Significance of the issue to the practice of healthcare administration

In your Course Project, be sure to include:

Description of your selected issue
Discussion of how the issue impacts healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations
Impact of your selected issue on patients and families
Critical analysis of the issue, including at least one specific case example
Significance of the issue to the practice of healthcare administration
Recommendations for approaches to deal with the issue
Possible Course Project Issues:

Medicare-funded organ transplants
Medicaid-funded organ transplants
Death with Dignity Act of Oregon
Genetic engineering
Institutional review boards and medical research
Hospital ethics committees – roles and responsibilities
Medical staff credentialing
Disruptive physicians
Living wills
Durable power of attorney for healthcare
Ethics of managed care
Legal aspects of managed care
Universal healthcare – Is it right for America?
Cost-shifting in healthcare
The Joint Commission – role in healthcare
The Joint Commission – alternatives
Patient safety in healthcare
Complementary and alternative healthcare – ethical issues
Complementary and alternative healthcare – legal issues
Nursing practice – ethical issues
Nursing practice – legal issues
Allied health practice – ethical issues
Allied health practice – legal issues
Medical practice – ethical issues
Medical practice – legal issues
New reproductive technology – ethical issues
New reproductive technology – legal issues
Landmark cases – Select any one landmark case in healthcare law and present your own summary of the facts, issue, finding and reason. Critically analyze the case, and explain your agreement or disagreement with the court’s finding.
Other topics – The course project can certainly be completed on another issue not listed above. If you are selecting a topic which is not listed above, please obtain approval from your professor before beginning your work.