I believe the government should be in a central position to issue
physician practice guidelines based on cost efficiency. Reason being
why is that the government plays an important role when it comes to
regulation and development within the health sector. For instance,
the government helps fund research laboratories which are beneficial
in the healthcare field. These research studies help provide sufficient
data which can or maybe cannot benefit the patient. Either way,
these laboratories help the medical field better understand the
outcome to such studies by providing medical data to the field. These
studies vary from the latest technology that can help provide fast
and efficient surgical procedures to testing out new rules and
regulations to better serve the people all while accommodating cost
effectiveness.
“Even when guidelines are correct, clinicians often find them
inconvenient and time consuming to use. Conflicting guidelines from
different professional bodies can also confuse and frustrate
practitioners” (Woolf et al, 1999). Guidelines implemented need to
be in the best interest for not only the patient, but health care
providers as well. Even though the government can implement such
guidelines, it is ultimately up to the organization to strategically apply
it to their organization by making sure both providers and patients
are positively impacted by it. In conclusion, the government should
dictate physician guidelines while purposing cost-effectiveness to
better the health care system and maximize its influential position to
best initiate the rules.
Woolf, S. H., Grol, R., Hutchinson, A., Eccles, M., & Grimshaw, J.
(1999, February 20). Clinical guidelines: Potential benefits,
limitations, and harms of clinical guidelines. BMJ (Clinical research
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1114973/
