In Let it Pour – My first assignment as Executive Assistant, Chris Smith takes the reader thru his first day at Faith Community Hospital as Executive Assistant. He has a great attitude and appreciation for life, even though it's raining outside. During his first meeting with his boss Pat, he realized it was not only raining outside but it was pouring inside Faith Community Hospital. Chris is given an assignment directly from pat to compose a preliminary report that will from the basis for a presentation. In the report Chris needs to give an informative analysis of all the problems that Pat mentioned within the hospital. Pat wants his report to consist of the current issues, the options to correct these dilemmas and what steps they plan on actually.
             The pertinent issues identified during the meeting in no particular order where: patients who refuse to take certain medical services, staff members who refused to provide certain services. In addition to these issues are the unclear unwritten directives, and different objectives of staff-members, causing tremendous loss of power by caregivers. Including unauthorized pro-bonos and payment options/installments, along with uncertain and unstated insurance policies, and exams. Not to mention unspecified, vague regulatory directives from insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid. Plus increasing insurance premiums, 7% decrease in patient population.
             Per the mission statement Faith Community Hospital is founded on spiritual heritage and values to promote the health and well being of the people in the community. (Case Analysis, 2004). Adequate health care is being misinterpreted and is placing patients, including staff members, at risk. The repeating problem that surfaces during the entire article was the loss of control over procedures and lack of official code of ethics standards. Staff members at Faith Community Hospital have an obligation to operate in ways that will merit ...