Healing
Hands
Hospital
is
an
acute
care
community
hospital
that
serves
a
suburban
community
outside
of
a
large
city
with
two
competing
large
academic
medical
centers.
Both
Healing
Hands
Hospital
and
the
academic
medical
centers
have
a
long
history
of
service
to
the
region,
but
their
business
and
fundamental
practices
are
different.
Your
manager,
Ms.
Woods,
Healing
Hands'
Chief
Operating
Officer
(COQ),
is
part
of
the
task
force
working
on
the
strategic
plan
for
the
hospital
and
needs
to
understand
the
fundamental
practices
of
these
academic
medical
centers.
You
have
been
tasked
with
providing
this
information
for
Ms.
Woods
in
a
1-2-page
paper
that
discusses
the
similarities
and
differences
between
academic
medical
centers and
acute
care
community
hospitals.
Your
paper
should
address
each
of
the
following
prompts
below:
e
Explain
the
similarities
and
differences
between
the
mission
of
an
academic
medical
center
versus
the
mission
of
an
acute
community
hospital.
e
Discuss
the
similarities
and
differences
in
the
staffing
and
management
structure
of
an
academic
medical
center
versus
an
acute
community
hospital.
Note:
You
will
want
to
consider
what
type
of
staff
an
academic
medical
center
would
have
that
a
community
hospital
may
not
have.
e
Explain
the
similarities
and
differences
in
the
Reimbursement
model(s)
that
are
used
in
academic
medical
centers
versus
an
acute
community
hospital.
Be
sure
to
document
your
references
using
APA
format.
