Homework
Length: 10 pages.
Topic: Analysis of a Healthcare Sector
Your portfolio homework focuses on a specific sector of healthcare and its relation to the current U.S. healthcare system. Choose one of the healthcare sectors listed below for your portfolio homework:
o Hospitals
o Long-term Care
o Mental and Behavioral Health
o Ambulatory Care
o For-Profit/Public Health Care.
Write a ten to twelve page paper where you address the following:
o Describe of the sector's historical development and current role in healthcare delivery.
o Explain how the political influence in the U.S. healthcare system impacts how this sector provides healthcare to specific communities.
o Evaluate how quality, safety, and competition within this healthcare sector impact patient care.
o Examine what major challenges exist for this sector for the system over the next decade from healthcare reform and other factors.
o Discuss a minimum of three challenges and offer your recommendations on how healthcare leaders and administrators can manage them.
o Provide a conclusion summary of your findings and of the project experience.
Utilize the following headings to organize the content in your work.
Introduction
Historical Development and Current Role in Healthcare Delivery
Political Influence
Quality, Safety, and Competition
Future Challenges and Issues
Recommendations
Conclusion.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.