Service lines are a popular concept in healthcare administration that divide a hospital's services into clinical divisions. As the CFO, the author would utilize service lines and plan specific lines for different specialties to better organize and manage the hospital's services. A new community hospital's mission statement should focus on healthiest possible community to improve overall population health in the region. The Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System aims to standardize patient-reported outcome measures to improve quality of care and healthcare outcomes. This approach could significantly impact healthcare quality in the U.S. if widely adopted.

1. A popular concept in healthcare administration
Question 1A popular concept in healthcare administration these days is the service line. Let
us put you in the CFO position for this question. For your own hospital, are you in favor of
service lines? If yes, which specific service lines would you plan to utilize? If no, how would
you plan to organize and manage the services of your hospital without service
lines? Question 2We see modern hospitals moving in two different directions with their
mission statements these days. One school of thought is based upon excellence in patient
care, and the other is based upon healthiest possible community. Consider that you are now
the CEO of a brand new 250-bed community hospital in the Midwest. In preparing the
mission statement for your new hospital, which approach will you take, and
why? Question 3Read:http://commonfund.nih.gov/promis/overview Efforts to improve
the quality of healthcare can be seen everywhere in America these days. You can observe
this at your own local healthcare facilities. Americans are justifiably dissatisfied with our
healthcare system for many reasons. Case in point, a major initiative of the National
Institutes of Health, aimed at improving the measurement of patient reported outcomes in
medicine is the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
program. What is the PROMIS intended to accomplish? Do you feel that this approach will
ultimately have a significant impact on the quality of American healthcare?