Acting as the president of a local hospital in an economical and socially deprived county in the US, having just received a phone call from the state's CDC office advising the hospital of an outbreak of Whooping Cough. As of now, a majority of the state is being affected by the outbreak and resources are becoming scarce. The hospital is the only medical center that serves the county. Based on trends and tracking, the CDC believes that the county in which can expect a major increase in patients in the next 48-72 hours with the disease. As the president of the 300-bed hospital which serves a diverse population of 50,000 citizens, it is the president's responsibility to make a plan of action to help address and treat patients of the county who might become ill in the next 48-72 hours.

The first task will undertake is to research the disease, its course of treatments, and cures to help effectively treat the potential outbreak. Once this is done, a presentation that can give to the county board and CDC showing how your hospital will combat the disease, treat patients, and develop strategies to prevent the spread of the outbreak.

As the president, work with internal and external vendors on ensuring that the hospital has enough resources and that more resources can be ordered and delivered as quickly as possible. Will need to reach out to and gain assistance from other healthcare organizations in the area to help track, treat, and control the spread of the disease. As the leader of the hospital, will have to make decisions on how to properly manage the shortage of beds, doctors and nurses, and resources that may occur due to the outbreak.

Instructions

an executive summary addressing how best to successfully manage the problem outlined in the scenario. First is theexecutive summary

Step 1- an Executive Summary covering the following:

• Develop an action planto share with the hospital staff and CDC local office to address and contain the outbreak in an effective and efficient manner at the hospital.
• Outline theprocess of developing alliances and partnershipsto help treat and contain the outbreak through the use of efficient and effective approaches to the healthcare delivery systems.
• Analyze the organizational decisionsneeded to be undertaken as a leader; that would play a part in addressing and containing the outbreak along with the use of limited resources.
• Determine the best leadership styleto use to effectively bring together multiple departments and agencies to work together as one team in containing and treating the outbreak.
• Summarize innovative processes neededto address the outbreak given the shortage of resources and time to implement a strategy.
• Outline any ethical considerationsthat should be addressed as part of the strategy in treating and containing the outbreak due to the shortage of resources such as money, manpower, and medicine.
• a conclusion on the process changesneeded to help improve reaction time and containment from the standpoint of the hospital.

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