Complete the following assignment:
Assignment 1:
Create a word limit of 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:
Your duties while working with the integrated delivery system (IDS) include periodic participation with the ethical board. A question has arisen as to whether expensive treatment options such as robotic surgery should be made available, despite the ability for patients to pay. Answer the following questions:
1. Would the answer change if more insurance plans covered the expensive treatment options?
2. What are the economic implications if the facility absorbed the cost of the treatment?
Assignment 2
Create a word limit of 250–300 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. You should Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Discuss the following points regarding the total quality management concept:
1. Discuss personal experience in regard to quality improvement programs.
2. If you have no experience, you should gain some from friends or work colleagues or—as a last resort—news articles.
3. If news reports are used, references and in-text citations must be provided.
4. What has led to the more comprehensive strategic view about total quality management?
5. Why did some quality initiatives fail?