Ambulatory Care Center
As a chief operating officer of a hospital, you have been tasked with opening a new ambulatory care center in your city.
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
- Specify whether you would utilize the professional autonomy, social contract, or free market perspective as the paradigm to design the structure of your new center. Debate at least two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of your chosen perspective. Provide at least two (2) examples of your perspective in action to support your response.
- Analyze the key components of three (3) sources of law related to the effects that each source could potentially have on your healthcare organization’s new initiative.
- Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Describe the evolution of hospitals and sources of law.
- Examine tort law and the criminal aspects of health care.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in healthcare policy, law, and ethics.
- Write clearly and concisely about healthcare policy and law using proper writing mechanics.
Click here to view the grading rubric.
| Points: 150 | Assignment 1: Health Policy and Law Basics | ||||
| Criteria | Unacceptable Below 60% F | Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D | Fair 70-79% C | Proficient 80-89% B | Exemplary 90-100% A |
| 1. Specify whether you would utilize the professional autonomy, social contract, or free market perspective as the paradigm to design the structure of your new center. Debate at least two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of your chosen perspective. Provide at least two (2) examples of your perspective in action to support your response. Weight: 45% | Did not submit or incompletely specified whether you would utilize the professional autonomy, social contract, or free market perspective as the paradigm to design the structure of your new center. Did not submit or incompletely debated at least two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of your chosen perspective. Did not submit or incompletely provided at least two (2) examples of your perspective in action to support your response. | Insufficiently specified whether you would utilize the professional autonomy, social contract, or free market perspective as the paradigm to design the structure of your new center. Insufficiently debated at least two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of your chosen perspective. Insufficiently provided at least two (2) examples of your perspective in action to support your response. | Partially specified whether you would utilize the professional autonomy, social contract, or free market perspective as the paradigm to design the structure of your new center. Partially debated at least two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of your chosen perspective. Partially provided at least two (2) examples of your perspective in action to support your response. | Satisfactorily specified whether you would utilize the professional autonomy, social contract, or free market perspective as the paradigm to design the structure of your new center. Satisfactorily debated at least two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of your chosen perspective. Satisfactorily provided at least two (2) examples of your perspective in action to support your response. | Thoroughly specified whether you would utilize the professional autonomy, social contract, or free market perspective as the paradigm to design the structure of your new center. Thoroughly debated at least two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of your chosen perspective. Thoroughly provided at least two (2) examples of your perspective in action to support your response. |
| 2. Analyze the key components of three (3) sources of law related to the effects that each source could potentially have on your healthcare organization’s new initiative. Weight: 40% | Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the key components of three (3) sources of law related to the effects that each source could potentially have on your healthcare organization’s new initiative. | Insufficiently analyzed the key components of three (3) sources of law related to the effects that each source could potentially have on your healthcare organization’s new initiative. | Partially analyzed the key components of three (3) sources of law related to the effects that each source could potentially have on your healthcare organization’s new initiative. | Satisfactorily analyzed the key components of three (3) sources of law related to the effects that each source could potentially have on your healthcare organization’s new initiative. | Thoroughly analyzed the key components of three (3) sources of law related to the effects that each source could potentially have on your healthcare organization’s new initiative. |
| 3. Two (2) References Weight: 5% | No references provided | Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices. | Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices. | Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. | Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
| 4. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% | More than 8 errors present | 7-8 errors present | 5-6 errors present | 3 |
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The U.S. health care delivery structure and care centers have undergone many changes over the years. As a result, the era of full-replacement hospitals has been waning and replaced by an era of affordable, incremental growth ambulatory care centers emphasizing…
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