Cases in Health Services Management (Rakich & Longest)
Instructions: Read the case and briefly outline your analysis based on the 8 steps shown on page C2 of the Hill & Jones text. List the steps as headings shown below and briefly discuss each.
1. History
2. Internal strengths and weaknesses
3. External Environment
Write a reflection discussing the impact of social class of individual/family life and future
a. The impact of social class on individual/family life
b. The impact of social class on future expectations
c. Your thoughts on How Class Works Social Class Indicator
Reflect on dialogue on your relationship (with partner…use a make-believe partner if needed). What do we each value most about our relationship? What do we value most in each other? Consider at least two things (please use more) (i.e. openness, honesty, empathy, loyalty, etc) THink CREATIVELY here, but be genuine. These can be related to course concepts, like the examples given, or we can go beyond the text to include factors unique to our relationship. What aspects of our relationship are we working to eliminate? (i.e. bad habits, not fighting fair, etc). Why do these need to be removed? What will eliminating these negative aspects do for our relationship? Where do we see our relationship going in the future? Explain. (offer rationale for why we see this particular relationship trajectory).
developing the following Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) competencies:
III.A.2 Healthcare System and Healthcare Management
i. Structural Design of Healthcare Organizations
ii. Operations Assessment & Improvement
iii. Quality Assessment for Patient Care Improvement
III.A.5 Management & Leadership
i. Impact & Influence
Learning Outcomes
Evaluate the structural design of a healthcare organizations. (III.A.2.i)
Analyze operational assessment and improvement strategies in a healthcare organization. (III.A.2.ii)
Critique quality assessment for patient care improvement in a healthcare organization.(III.A.2.iii)
Summarize the impact and influence of management and leadership in a healthcare organization. (III.A.5.
Read, summarize, explain, and evaluate the main points of each of the assigned chapters (chapters 8-10) summarize the main points in your own words.
The chapters to be summarized include:
CHAPTER 8: Women’s Rights Are Human Rights
CHAPTER 9: Animal Rights: Humans and Other Living Creatures
CHAPTER 10: Whose Life Is It Anyway? Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, Suicide
