Instructions
The first paper is a Hospital Comparative Analysis Brief and is due Monday, Aug 8th. Purpose: Demonstrate analytical skills using a publicly available data source; Demonstrate ability to write clearly and concisely for an executive level audience. Assignment: In this assignment, you are the newly hired health planner for one of these two hospitals (you pick). Your CEO has asked you to compare and contrast the two hospitals. You have at your disposal the information and tools contained within the California Healthcare Atlas (http://gis.oshpd.ca.gov/atlas/healthcareatlas/mapframeset.aspx). In 250 words or less, write an executive brief that compares these two hospitals. How are they similar? How are they different? Are they competitors for similar patient populations? You will be graded on clarity of writing, succinctness, spelling and grammar. A minimum of 2 references should be used and cited. Remember – you are writing for the CEO. Palomar Health http://www.pph.org Tri-City Medical Center http://www.tricitymed.org Hospital Comparative Analysis Grading Rubric (100 points) Organization of paper and clarity 10 points Hospital comparison: Similarities 10 points Differences 10 points Discussion of competition (or non- competition) 10 points Citations (per instructions) 10 points Spelling and Grammar 20 points Length of paper (per instructions) 10 points Timely submission 20 points
