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Ethical and Legal Considerations in Healthcare Administration: Ensuring Professional Conduct and Compliance at Well Care Hospital

A discussion on ethical and legal responsibilities in healthcare administration, using Well Care Hospital as a case study for compliance and professional conduct.

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Running head:United States Healthcare Administration1United States Healthcare AdministrationAssignment 1Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System AdministrationPrevailing wisdom reinforces the fact that working in U.S. health care administration in the 21st Century requiresknowledge of the various aspects of health laws as they apply to dealing with medical professionals. Further,because U.S. health care administrators have to potentially interact with many levels of professionals beyond themedical profession, it is prudent that they are aware of any federal, state, and local laws that may be applicable totheir organizations. Thus, their conduct is also subject to the letter of the law. They must evaluate the quality of theirprofessional interactions and be mindful of the implications and ramifications of their decisions.You are employed as a top health administrator at the hypothetical Well Care Hospital in Happy Town. When youwere hired, your pre-employment screening involved background checks into any violation of hospital medicalmisconduct during the last five (5) years. The results showed that you were in good standing with the hospitaladministration community. During the past year, you had to undergo training in personnel conduct, as well as in inter-employee conduct with medical staff, nurses, technologists, etc. During the past six (6) months, the hospital has beenunder scrutiny for breach of medical compliance.Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:1.Articulate your position as the top administrator concerned about the importance of professional conductwithin the health care setting. Justify your position.2.Ascertain the major ramifications of having professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics andmedical conduct.3.Analyze the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence.4.Discuss the overarching duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care Hospital governing board’smanifesto.5.Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites donot quality as academic resources.

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