Ethical action to address the benchmark underperformance

Ethical action to address the benchmark underperformance

The healthcare facility should adopt ethical directives aimed at improving the overall health outcomes for the community. According to Thomas and Mathew (2020), the beneficence principle mandates healthcare professionals to treat the patients ethically through giving them autonomy and respecting their decisions. Acting within this ethical guideline will ensure an improvement in the underperformed benchmark to improve the well-being. The healthcare facility should act within the domains of this ethical principle through engaging the community in health promotion activities. Besides, it would be the interest of the entity to make patients follow ups to determine their recovery speed and avert the need for readmission due to exacerbations of diabetes. The organization could also deploy social workers to educate the community on screening for diabetes in primary care entities. This implies that the actions taken by stakeholders will lead to improvement of professional skills and community knowhow related to the underperforming benchmark.

Conclusion

Despite the performance of the healthcare entity in the community, there are some benchmarks that that are lagging and which need to be improved related to HgbA1C examination. This parameter can have a negative consequence on the performance and sustainability of the healthcare entity. The healthcare organization will therefore need to increase staff training and community education on diabetes screening in a bid to increase positive health outcomes for the patients and community.

References

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. NHQDR Web Site – National Diabetes Benchmark Details. https://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/National/benchmark/table/Diseases_and_Conditions/Diabetes.