1. Discuss six (6) unique problems associated with delivering health care to an indigent population. 2. Discuss the five (5) ways that the Community Care Plan will improve the health status of the community. 3. Discuss the five (5) factors that point to the need for change by Cooper Green Hospital.
4. Discuss five (5) strengths and five (5) weaknesses of Cooper Green Hospital.
5. Discuss five (5) strengths and five (5) weaknesses of the Community Care Plan.
The major problems that plagued the company’s growth were as providing affordable good quality medical services to the indigent population of deficient country, streamlining procedures with polices, managing employees and gauging their performances, declining revenue, decreasing enrollments and under utilization, no upgrading enhancement of technologies, indifferent behavior of some employees towards the patients, inability of the infrastructure to cater to the increasing demands of the out patients section, resulting in long waiting hours and frustrated patients.Another problems faced by the hospital were balancing cost with maximum access to care, managing employee within budget, performance and demand and simplifying procedures and aligning them with policies.
The two plans are named as Health first, a traditional fee for service plan and the community care plan , a prepaid membership plan based on family size and income, which would given opportunity to the people to receive quality medical care for at affordable price and with less waiting time. In a scenario where there are constant changes in the US health care system, where managed care was altering how providers interacted with patients funding for care was restricted and many health care system were using non physician providers to cut cost, CGH had an opportunity and challenge
