Hsa 515 Assignment 1

Running head: LAW AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Assignment #1

HSA 515

Justify your position about the importance of the physician-patient and hospital-patient relationships.

The doctor-patient relationship has been and remains a keystone of care: the medium in which data are gathered, diagnoses and plans are made, compliance is accomplished, and healing, patient activation, and support are provided. To managed care organizations, its importance rests also on market savvy: satisfaction with the doctor-patient relationship is a critical factor in people's decisions to join and stay with a specific organization.

A patient must have confidence in the competence of their physician and must feel that they can confide in him or her. For most physicians, the...