• Does your community have the required medical resources to handle the patient's problem?
• How would the patients care be handled in your community? Identify the nearest hospital to the area you have chosen that treats the problem. Trace the patients course to this hospital.
• List the healthcare professionals and facilities that would be encountered on the way.
• Compare any two insurance plans and choose the one that would offer the most to the patient.
• Discuss the essential quality-of-care issues involved in this case. What is the role of Telemedicine in your community and how do you access it? How does it affect the quality of care?