Section 6.10 · Pillar 2 · Health Systems, Governance & Infrastructure Transformation
Legal Enforcement and Regulatory Modernization
Reforms that make standards enforceable, protecting patients and healthcare workers.
The issue
Standards must be enforceable. The framework should recommend reforms that support patient rights, healthcare worker protection, hospital licensing, scope-of-practice enforcement, malpractice accountability, whistleblower protection, anti-retaliation, emergency care obligations, accreditation-linked licensing, and review of outdated healthcare laws.
Priority components
What good looks like in this domain, expressed as the components an institution should be able to show.
- 01Patient rights
- 02Healthcare worker protection
- 03Hospital licensing
- 04Scope-of-practice enforcement
- 05Malpractice accountability
- 06Whistleblower protection
- 07Anti-retaliation
- 08Emergency care obligations
- 09Accreditation-linked licensing
- 10Review of outdated healthcare laws
Implementation
What this domain requires in practice: the standard, the pack, the measurement, the tools and the evidence.
Standards
No approved ASQAT standards have been published for this domain yet. The standards layer is in place so that approved statements can be released without restructuring the platform.
Measurement
Measurement specifications for this domain are being developed. Indicator definitions are published only once the numerator, denominator and data source are agreed.
Measurement frameworkResources
Implementation resources for this domain are currently in development. Approved policies, procedures, checklists and tools will be released through the resource library.
Open the libraryAwaiting approved content
Evidence in practice
No approved implementation evidence has been published for this domain yet. Case studies are published only after review of what was measured and how.