Communities’ Readiness To Commit To High-Quality Health Care

Abstract

Now that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has become law, the question is whether the country is ready to implement its provisions, especially regarding quality. I believe that the answer is yes, at both the national and local levels. However, we must apply the lessons learned from previous health reform missteps to ensure the new law's success. Many Americans believe that the law's provisions concerning health care quality are not specific enough. However, this lack of specificity might provide the flexibility needed to successfully implement those provisions.

Health Care Reform and the Federal Transformation Initiatives: Capitalizing on the Potential of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses

“…Department of Health and Human Services, 1999). Recent passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed into law on March 23, 2010, signals a new era in the delivery of health services in the United States (Lavizzo-Mourey, 2010). …”