Essay discussion

Essay discussion

Should hospitals be required to post a “Scorecard” indicating the number of days since a reportable error or other outcome statistics?

Pros? Cons ?

Would it improve outcomes by transparency? Is there value to comparing outcomes for a rural critical access hospital, an inner city safety net facility, and an affluent suburban medical center?

300-400 words, APA reference only

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Essay Discussion

In the recent past, there have been suggestions that hospitals should post scorecards that indicate the number of errors that take place or other statistics. If this happens, there are several pros and cons that would be observed. The first major advantage is that hospitals through their administration would do all it takes to ensure that the scorecards were free of error. This is mainly because medical professionals would not like to be associated with some of the errors that take place within the healthcare setting.

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