Panel Project

Back Ground

You are part of a senior leadership group which operates a Regional

Hospital in the Southeastern Region of the United States catering solely to female

patients and their healthcare needs. The senior leadership team consist of: (a) Chief

Financial Officer, (b), Chief of Medical Services, (c) Human Resources Manager,

(d) Chief Legal / Ethics Officer, and the (e) Marketing Manager.

Through a review of the literature, legislation, news reports, and also

speaking with colleagues, you have noticed that there has been an increase in the

national awareness of prescription opioid-related issues including addiction,

incarceration, overdosing, and death. The federal, state, and local governments

have become involved in developing policies, and legislation that more tightly

regulate the opioid prescription practices of providers. However, the senior leaders

of the Regional Hospital have noticed that there has not been recent public

commentary on sustainable treatment options or the adverse effects opioids have

on unborn fetuses, or what the long-term health effects are on “addiction children”.

Because your facility is not a licensed opioid addiction facility, your

providers have referred patients, pregnant or otherwise who abuse opioids, and

suffer from opioid addiction to third-party providers, costing your organization a

potential source of revenue.

Assignment

Your assignment is to pursue a course of action that will enable the Regional

Hospital to begin offering opioid addiction services by January 31, 2020.

The senior managers have met to begin formulating plans for adding an

opioid addiction medical capability to the services that the Regional Hospital

provides. When articulating your strategy and developing your plan, please

consider the following: (a) licensing requirements for such a program, (b)

marketing, (c) the financial resources needed, (d) additional human resource

requirements, (e) legal considerations, (f) medical requirements, (g) spacing

requirements, and (h) nursing requirements.On your own, in 6-8 pages, you

will develop a solution to the case based on what works best for your role.

The solution will include:

 

• an overall statement of the management challenge presented by the

 

case

 

• a statement of the facts of the case
• a proposal that addresses the challenge and that states what would be
• best from the perspective of your role
• a defense of the proposal