Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
- Describe how a healthcare system consists of organizational units and processes by which a society determines the choices concerning the production, consumption, and distribution of healthcare services.
- Explain the role of a market-oriented health care system in providing necessary services.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the relevance of regulations in healthcare.
Course Outcomes assessed/addressed in this Assignment:
HA415-4: Explain policymaking and legal processes that underpin the individual health care and public health systems.
GEL-6.06: Apply research to create original insights and/or solve real-world problems.
PC-2.2: Formulate innovative solutions for identified initiatives.
It is important to understand the process of how ideas become regulations and rules and how rules and regulations become policy and laws for healthcare facilities. Imagine yourself as a healthcare administrator for a large healthcare facility. You need to create an infection control program and training program for your facility. The spread of diseases and conditions, for example, like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in many healthcare facilities across the country highlights the urgent need for an infection control program and training program to implement your plan.
