Strategies to Improve Health Care Quality in Virginia: Survey of Resid...

Strategies to Improve Health Care Quality in Virginia Survey of Residents Age 50

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Health care consumers, providers, elected officials and medical boards are pursuing many different avenues to achieve improvement in the services patients receive. This 2006 telephone survey of 800 age 50+ Virginia residents explores their perceptions about factors that influence health care quality, and their knowledge and understanding of the state’s existing licensure requirements for health professionals. Of those surveyed... 54 percent described themselves as either extremely or very satisfied with the care they receive 30 percent say they or a family member have experienced a medical error in Virginia 94 percent report their doctor is licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, but 64 percent have never checked his or her board certification status 68 percent incorrectly believe Virginia health care professionals are required (they aren’t) to demonstrate that their knowledge and skills are sufficiently up-to-date to enable them to provide quality care while 95 percent favor such a requirement as a condition of retaining licenses 90 percent feel practitioners’ competence should be periodically re-evaluated, and 88 percent stress the importance of them having high success rates for those diseases and conditions they treat most often Most feel that, every five years, health care professionals should... be evaluated on their qualifications (84%) be rated by their patients and by other health care professionals with whom they work (79%) pass a written test of medical knowledge (78%) The telephone survey of 800 age 50+ Virginians was conducted for AARP by Woelfel Research, Inc. throughout November 2006. Further information about the survey may be obtained by contacting the report’s author, Anita Stowell-Ritter, at 202-434-434-6205. (37 pages) Cancel You are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply. Please return to AARP.org to learn more about other benefits. Your email address is now confirmed. You'll start receiving the latest news, benefits, events, and programs related to AARP's mission to empower people to choose how they live as they age. You can also by updating your account at anytime. You will be asked to register or log in. Cancel Offer Details Disclosures

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