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Critical Thinking Case Study: Let It Pour- My First Assignment As Executive Assistant

Let It Pour: My First Assignment as Executive Assistant
Hospitals are a necessary part of every individual's life. When one thinks of hospitals, help comes to mind (Hospitals Struggle to Keep Their Promises). Neither a person's age, ethnicity, nor economic background should matter when it relates to access to healthcare. Everyone will need hospital care at one point in their lives, no matter how healthy one may think he or she is. That is the reality. Unfortunately, many of these organizations are in danger. "Hospitals are experiencing a period of financial duress unprecedented in recent history. The number of hospitals that have closed their doors is at an all-time high, and many more might close within the next few years" (Moore et al, 1999). It is ironic to think that the institutions such as Faith Community Hospital that provide healthcare and even save lives, face severe problems. Problems that must be addressed early to avoid jeopardizing an individual's access to healthcare should those same problems lead to the hospital's demise.
Faith Community Hospital presently faces a variety of issues that are caused by a couple of problems. The first problem is the mission statement that is established at Faith Community Hospital. It is instilled in every member who works at the facility. The staff has gone so far as to include it on the back of everyone's business cards so that anyone who receives a card reads it as well. It is a mission statement that when it was implemented was well intended and supposed to unify everyone at Faith Community Hospital but has caused problems instead. The second problem is the lack of concrete organizational policies or guidelines involving certain practices at the hospital. In some cases, both the misinterpretation of the mission statement and the lack of concrete organizational policies and/or guidelines are the reasons behind certain actions by personnel, which in turn jeopardizes the institution.
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