Points: 100

Assignment 1: Legal Aspects of U.S. Health Care System Administration

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 70% F

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Articulate your position as the top administrator concerned about the importance of professional conduct within the health care setting. Justify your position.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely articulated your position as the top administrator concerned about the importance of professional conduct within the health care setting. Did not submit or incompletely justified your position.

Partially articulated your position as the top administrator concerned about the importance of professional conduct within the health care setting. Partially justified your position.

Satisfactorily articulated your position as the top administrator concerned about the importance of professional conduct within the health care setting. Satisfactorily justified your position.

Thoroughly articulated your position as the top administrator concerned about the importance of professional conduct within the health care setting. Thoroughly justified your position.

2. Ascertain the major ramifications of having professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics and medical conduct.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely ascertained the major ramifications of having professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics and medical conduct.

Partially ascertained the major ramifications of having professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics and medical conduct.

Satisfactorily ascertained the major ramifications of having professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics and medical conduct.

Thoroughly ascertained the major ramifications of having professional staff compromise the boundaries of ethics and medical conduct.

3. Analyze the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence.

Partially analyzed the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence.

Satisfactorily analyzed the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence.

Thoroughly analyzed the four (4) elements required of a plaintiff to prove medical negligence.

4. Discuss the overarching duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely discussed the overarching duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto.

Partially discussed the overarching duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto.

Satisfactorily discussed the overarching duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto.

Thoroughly discussed the overarching duties of the health care governing board in mitigating the effects of medical non-compliance, as they apply to the rules of practice set forth in the Well Care Hospital governing board’s manifesto.

5. 5 references

Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

6. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting

Weight: 5%

Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

7. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and  reference section

Weight: 5%

Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.

In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.

Most in-text citations and references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA style.

In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.

8. Information Literacy / Integration of Sources

Weight: 5%

Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.

Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

9. Clarity and Coherence of Writing

Weight: 5%

Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.