The organization is concerned about the increasing age of its medical staff. Assuming that physicians will exit practice

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. Read "Case 5: Webster Health System" in the textbook. 
3. You will be developing a case review report to address some highlighted issues.
   1. The data needed for analysis is included in the case study.
      1. You should utilize this data to provide quantitative justification for your conclusions.
   2. There needs to be, where appropriate, analysis of the data that supports your responses.
      1. Short answers to the questions will not be enough.
4. The report should be approximately five to seven pages in length (including memorandum).
   1. It is to include a properly formatted title and reference page.
   2. Be sure to use proper APA formatting for headings and citation of tables and graphs.
5. Address the following questions and provide appropriate quantitative justification to support your conclusions and recommendations:
   1. The organization is concerned about the increasing age of its medical staff. Assuming that physicians will exit practice by age 70, indicate the physicians by specialty and location who may need to be replaced within the next five years.
      1. Can we establish age restrictions for members of our medical staff?
      2. Current medical staff bylaws make no mention of age restriction. How do we handle physicians who are becoming impaired due to age?
      3. What are the legal and ethical considerations that need to be addressed?
      4. What Christ-like characteristics apply in this situation? 
   2. Osteopathic Hospitals of America (OHA) has announced a campaign to ban smoking in all of its affiliated hospitals. OHA has indicated that beginning in 2019, any affiliation agreement with a member hospital will require that member hospital ban smoking as a condition of employment and annually test all employees for evidence of smoking. Once the ban is established, new employees are subject to discharge if they test positive for smoking. Employees who currently smoke will be given 12 months to comply with the ban or be discharged under state laws involving at-will employees. The intent of this law is to stop hiring any smokers and set an appropriate example to the public. Webster is concerned that this policy does not cover trustees and affiliated physicians.
      1. What should Webster do and why?
   3. Prepare a three to five page memo that describes this potential change to our board and its potentially positive and negative impacts on Webster Hospital.
      1. The memo should include a recommendation and action plan.
      2. The three to five page memo will count toward the total of five to seven pages required for this assignment.