Topic: Health Care Management in Diverse Settings
Topic: Health Care Management in Diverse Settings
Details: Health Care Management in Diverse Settings
For this assignment, imagine you have decided to leave your position at the primary care office from your Unit 2 assignment. You have accepted an administrator position at an academic medical center that is noted for its diversity in staffing. Using the resources provided in Unit 3, along with a minimum of two peer-reviewed articles based on your own research, complete a 3–5 page paper discussing the following:
Describe where the physician practice and the hospital fall on the continuum of patient care. How do providers at each location try to return their patients to their highest level of functioning?
Explain the scope of responsibility and authority that you had at the physician practice, compared to your new role as a hospital administrator.
Describe how your management approach has changed across the two settings.
Organize your paper using the following headings (please use these headings):
Title Page.
Introduction.
Preview the main themes of your paper.
Continuum of Care.
Describe where the physician practice and the hospital fall on the continuum of patient care. How do providers at each location try to return their patients to their highest level of functioning?
Scope of Responsibility and Authority.
Analyze the scope of responsibility and authority that you had at the physician practice, compared to your new role as a hospital administrator.
The Management Approach.
Describe how your management approach has changed across the two settings.
Conclusion.
Summarize the main themes of your paper.
References.
Paper Requirements
Your paper will be a minimum of 3–5 double-spaced pages in length, not including title and reference pages.
Font: Arial 12-point.
Cite at least two references which are in addition to your textbook.
Format your paper according to APA style.
Note: To fully understand how this assignment will be graded be sure to carefully read the Health Care Management in Diverse Settings Scoring Guide.
Resources
Health Care Management in Diverse Settings Scoring Guide.
Health Care Administration Undergraduate Library Research Guide.
Capella Writing Center.
APA Citation: Citing a Book | Transcript.
APA Citation: Citing an Journal Article | Transcript.
APA Citation: Citing a Website | Transcript.
APA Paper Template.
APA Paper Tutorial.
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Introduction
The health care system is complex and dynamic regarding the health needs of populations. There is a pressure to produce high quality health outcomes and reduce per capita costs, and as a result of this complexity, care coordination and management have become a significant priority for health organizations. There is a need for physicians and the hospitals to work in collaboration to meet the day-to-day concerns of patients and communality, which lead them to a path of continuum care.
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