Role of Various Stakeholders in Improving Health Care Culture

Role of Various Stakeholders in Improving Health Care Culture

Both internal and external stakeholders of healthcare organizations have a responsibility to improve healthcare culture. Internal stakeholders, including healthcare providers, have a role in providing patients with high-quality care and implementing interventions to reduce healthcare costs to make healthcare accessible to all populations (Angell, 2018). External stakeholders, including patients, have a role in improving health care culture by engaging in healthy lifestyle practices to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare expenses. In addition, pharmaceutical companies should improve health care culture by ensuring they manufacture safe pharmaceutical products to minimize adverse drug events and foster better health outcomes (Angell, 2018). Insurance providers’ role in enhancing healthcare culture includes offering affordable insurance covers to increase the accessibility of healthcare to all persons irrespective of their economic status. The policymakers as external stakeholders have a role in developing policies that will increase access to healthcare for citizens.

Use of CWV Principles by Health Care Organizations to Enhance Ethical Practices

The CWV principles that can be applied by healthcare organizations to better their ethical practices comprise solidarity, human dignity, and the common good. The principle of human dignity is used to support Christians’ belief that every life is sacred (Cuellar De la Cruz & Robinson, 2017). Although technology and medical treatments can improve a patient’s dignity, some forms take away their dignity. Organizations should avoid persistence on burdensome healthcare technology even when a patient may legally wish to forgo it to preserve their human dignity. Solidarity refers to living and dying in a community that understands each person’s value to society. Christians care for their neighbor’s health not only because they see a person as having dignity worthy but also because their lives are connected in a way that their lives depend on each other (Cuellar De la Cruz & Robinson, 2017). Consequently, health providers should make patients understand that they are valued in their community. The principle of the common good refers to the benefit of all. Health organizations should seek to provide health care for the benefit of all populations and avoid the tendency to be caught up in their interests and concerns.