1. As the new CEO of St. Michael's Medical Center, the author is tasked with addressing failures in management practices that led to lawsuits, barriers to resolving ethical and legal issues, and promoting a culture of patient safety and interdisciplinary teamwork. 2. Staff will be instructed on the benefits of promptly addressing challenges, the role of an ethics committee, and strategies to reduce ethical and legal violations through a memo outlining these issues. 3. The assignment requires preparing a 5+ page memo in APA format to be distributed to all hospital managers, supervisors, and staff.

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Assignment Description
Assignment Details
As the new chief executive officer (CEO) of St. Michael's Medi
cal Center, you are well-versed in risk mitigation. You are also
aware of the critical role that interdisciplinary
teamwork plays. Teamwork is important in finding solutions to
ethical and legal issues in the hospital. You note that one of the
biggest problems at St. Michael's Medical Center
has been the lack of teamwork and training.
For this assignment, you will review the course scenario on St.
Michael's Medical Center and prepare a memo for all managers,
supervisors, and staff to review and acknowledge
receipt.
In this memo, you will address the following:
Highlight the failures of hospital management practices, especia
lly those leading to the lawsuits at St. Michael's Medical Center
.
What barriers and challenges are there in resolving ethical and l
egal problems?
What are the benefits of addressing these barriers and challenge
s promptly?
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary teamwork, especially
addressing ethical issues and patient safety outcomes?
What are the limitations of interdisciplinary team collaboration

2. that the staff should be aware of and avoid?
How do healthcare organizations promote the culture of patient
safety?
What strategies should be deployed to reduce or eradicate ethica
l and legal violations in the hospital?
What is the role of a designated ethics committee in the hospital
?
Please submit your assignment.
Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimu
m, that you will need the following:
Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in a
ll capitals.
Length: 5 pages minimum
Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction.
Begin writing in third person.
Body: This begins on the page following the title page and abstr
act page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or
quadruple-space between paragraphs).
The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in
regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, exce
pt as required for APA-level headings and
references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for
this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to suppor
t your decisions and analysis are required.
A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page: References that align with your in-body academ
ic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The referen
ces must be in APA format using
appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and l
owercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Re
member, the Reference page is not a
bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body cita
tions used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corre

3. sponding in-body citation.
Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the followin
g criteria: Use this link to view the Grading Rubric.
This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria p
rovided here.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials.
If you are planning to repurpose an assignment or submit one yo
u have used before, please let your instructor know. If an instru
ctor is not made aware of work being repurposed
or reused, he or she will treat the assignment as a plagiarized ta
sk and reserves the right to post an F grade and submit a task fo
r review to administration until proof of originality
is provided. View the full AIU Policies on submitting papers.
The following are some tips if you have problems submitting yo
ur assignment:
1.
Resave in the proper format per the Assignment Detail instructi
ons, and resubmit.
2. Submit with a different Web browser.
3. Submit from a different computer.
4.
Call Technical Support at 877-221-5800, Menu Option 2. They
are open 24/7.
5.
If you are still having difficulties after trying steps 1 to 4, pleas
e contact your course instructor.
Make sure you submit this assignment by the listed due date. La
te deductions will apply for this assignment as follows:

4. 1.
Assignments submitted within 7 calendar days after the stated d
ue date: 10% penalty of total assignment points.
2.
Assignments submitted 8 to 14 calendar days after the stated du
e date: 20% penalty of total assignment points.
3.
Assignments submitted 15 to 21 calendar days after the stated d
ue date: 30% penalty of total assignment points.
4.
Assignments submitted 22 to 28 calendar days after the stated d
ue date: 40% penalty of total assignment points.
5.
No assignments, including late assignments, will be accepted aft
er the end of the course unless an approved Incomplete has been
granted.
Reading Assignment
Law & Ethics for Health Professions: Chapters 1, 3, 8, & 12
Assignment Objectives
Construct solutions to ethical and legal problems using collabor
ative healthcare teams.
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Unit 4 - Individual Project
Assignment Overview
Unit: Team Collaboration to Address Ethical Problems
Due Date: Tue,2/23/21

5. Grading Type: Numeric
Points Possible: 200
Points Earned:
Deliverable Length: 5 pages minimum
Type: Individual Project
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1:04 PM (CST)
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Assignment Description
Assignment Details
As the new chief executive officer (CEO) of St. Michael's Medi
cal Center, you are well-versed in risk mitigation. You are also
aware of the critical role that interdisciplinary
teamwork plays. Teamwork is important in finding solutions to
ethical and legal issues in the hospital. You note that one of the
biggest problems at St. Michael's Medical Center
has been the lack of teamwork and training.

6. For this assignment, you will review the course scenario on St.
Michael's Medical Center and prepare a memo for all managers,
supervisors, and staff to review and acknowledge
receipt.
In this memo, you will address the following:
Highlight the failures of hospital management practices, especia
lly those leading to the lawsuits at St. Michael's Medical Center
.
What barriers and challenges are there in resolving ethical and l
egal problems?
What are the benefits of addressing these barriers and challenge
s promptly?
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary teamwork, especially
addressing ethical issues and patient safety outcomes?
What are the limitations of interdisciplinary team collaboration
that the staff should be aware of and avoid?
How do healthcare organizations promote the culture of patient
safety?
What strategies should be deployed to reduce or eradicate ethica
l and legal violations in the hospital?
What is the role of a designated ethics committee in the hospital
?
Please submit your assignment.
Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimu
m, that you will need the following:
Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in a
ll capitals.
Length: 5 pages minimum
Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction.
Begin writing in third person.

7. Body: This begins on the page following the title page and abstr
act page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or
quadruple-space between paragraphs).
The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in
regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, exce
pt as required for APA-level headings and
references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for
this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to suppor
t your decisions and analysis are required.
A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page: References that align with your in-body academ
ic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The referen
ces must be in APA format using
appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and l
owercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Re
member, the Reference page is not a
bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body cita
tions used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corre
sponding in-body citation.
Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the followin
g criteria: Use this link to view the Grading Rubric.
This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria p
rovided here.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials.
If you are planning to repurpose an assignment or submit one yo
u have used before, please let your instructor know. If an instru
ctor is not made aware of work being repurposed
or reused, he or she will treat the assignment as a plagiarized ta
sk and reserves the right to post an F grade and submit a task fo
r review to administration until proof of originality
is provided. View the full AIU Policies on submitting papers.

8. The following are some tips if you have problems submitting yo
ur assignment:
1.
Resave in the proper format per the Assignment Detail instructi
ons, and resubmit.
2. Submit with a different Web browser.
3. Submit from a different computer.
4.
Call Technical Support at 877-221-5800, Menu Option 2. They
are open 24/7.
5.
If you are still having difficulties after trying steps 1 to 4, pleas
e contact your course instructor.
Make sure you submit this assignment by the listed due date. La
te deductions will apply for this assignment as follows:
1.
Assignments submitted within 7 calendar days after the stated d
ue date: 10% penalty of total assignment points.
2.
Assignments submitted 8 to 14 calendar days after the stated du
e date: 20% penalty of total assignment points.
3.
Assignments submitted 15 to 21 calendar days after the stated d
ue date: 30% penalty of total assignment points.
4.
Assignments submitted 22 to 28 calendar days after the stated d
ue date: 40% penalty of total assignment points.
5.
No assignments, including late assignments, will be accepted aft
er the end of the course unless an approved Incomplete has been
granted.
Reading Assignment

9. Law & Ethics for Health Professions: Chapters 1, 3, 8, & 12
Assignment Objectives
Construct solutions to ethical and legal problems using collabor
ative healthcare teams.
Other Information
There is no additional information to display at this time.
Legend
Extra Credit View Assignment Rubric
Unit 4 - Individual Project
Assignment Overview
Unit: Team Collaboration to Address Ethical Problems
Due Date: Tue,2/23/21
Grading Type: Numeric
Points Possible: 200
Points Earned:
Deliverable Length: 5 pages minimum
Type: Individual Project
Go To:
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