Assignment 1

Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric surgery, which at times is considered an elective procedure, is very popular in the U.S. During their recent monthly meeting, your hospital board of directors has recommended that you start a bariatric surgery center of excellence.

Using the South University Online library or the Internet, research bariatric surgery. Based on your research and understanding, respond to the following:

· Outline your approach to identifying your target market. Share who will be able to afford this procedure as an elective surgery as well as the medical disciplines involved with evaluation and care.

Identify and explain the indirect financial benefit from a bariatric center of excellence to various hospital departments, which would result from this hospital based program. When considering the indirect financial benefit, review the financial impact from the patient's first evaluation to their final postoperative visit.

Assignment 2

Health Promotion Programs

You are the director of patient services for a federally qualified health center. The department of health and human services (HHS) has announced a grant for health centers like yours to run any one of the following three health promotion programs:

· Decrease cigarette smoking
· Decrease osteoporosis among low-income groups
· Decrease childhood respiratory illnesses

Research the above-mentioned health programs for your city, town, or any other region. Based on your research, create a 2- to 3-page report in a Microsoft Word document the includes answers to the following:

· Which program would you take up? Why?
· What are the critical questions that you need to have answered? Provide at least five such questions. What kind of research you will do to answer these questions?
· What are the sources of information that you will use? Why?

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.