Background Information:
1. The Mission Viejo Medical Center (in Mission Viejo, California,) comprises two institutions that are geographically adjacent:
a. Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center; website: Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
b. Children’s Hospital at Mission (CHM); website: Children’s Hospital at Mission (CHM) https://www.mission4health.com/affiliations/choc-childrens-at-mission.html
2. The two hospitals serve (within less than a 10-mile radius) the populations of the following nine municipalities: Aliso Viejo, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, and San Juan Capistrano.
3. There are two retirement communities in the service area:
a. The city of Laguna Woods (https://www.lagunawoodscity.org/) is home to Leisure World (https://www.lagunawoodsvillage.com/ ), a retirement community of more than 23,000 residents age 55 and older.
b. The city of Mission Viejo is home to Casta Del Sol, a retirement community of more than 3,000 resdients age 55 and older.
4. Following the example and success of integrating a special children’s hospital, it is suggested that an additional new hospital be built, catering to the special needs of the senior population, to be named: Golden Age Hospital (GAH).
Instructions:-
Add to the draft (see attached document), focus on the organizational structure and functions for the proposed GAH and Community Clinic and address the following:
a. Define the mission statement for the GAH and Community Clinic.
b. Prepare a simple organizational diagram depicting the organizational structure (blocks) of the existing Mission Hospital (MVH), Children’s hospital (CHOC), and the proposed Golden Age Hospital (GAH), and the Community Clinic (CC).
– Note what common services or functions they can share, e.g., blood bank, laboratory services, operating rooms, pharmacy, etc.
– Explain the organizational relationships between the structure blocks.
c. What is the recommended hospital size (number of beds)?
d. What major services/treatments will be offered based on the survey results (see attached survey) at the GAH and the Community Center (CC)? At least six (6) detailed services/treatments are required.
e. Physician–Hospital integration:
– How (if appropriate) would you integrate the services of physicians whose specialty is in geriatric treatment within the GAH/CC?
– Address the management aspects, not the clinical ones.
– Explain one of the organizational forms detailed in the following article (see attached Strategic Integration):
Cuellara, A. E. & Gertlerb, P. J. (2006). Strategic integration of hospitals and physicians. Journal of Health Economics. Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 1-28.
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