Clarke says, Participants will identify new issues and solutions to create win-win situations for both physicians and providers under managed care. Improving medical quality is not just up to the physicians who deliver care. Many of the systems you need to improve clinical quality involve operational systems, and operations is not what physicians do, Dr. Mayer said. Physicians make evaluations, decisions and write orders, Dr. Mayer continued. It s what happens after the order is written that is actually patient care.
Somebody has to take that order and put it in place, then implement it.
Without the administrative systems, nothing happens. Even clinical practice is intimately related to administrative system. Various organizational structures allow you operational effectiveness to varying degrees. Managed care improves quality Managed care has impacted clinical quality largely through these organizational structures, Dr. Mayer said. Unlike many, he believes managed care has improved quality by adding accountability, data and a systematic approach to medicine.