Introduction This paper will discuss the importance of the physician/hospital-patient relationship and how it relates to the Healthcare Administration profession. Also it will discuss the laws of contract principle and breach of warranty and how they affect the healthcare setting.
In addition, the paper will list the four elements of negligence; duty of care, breach of duty, injury and causation will be analyze each and how they affect physician/hospital- patient relationship. The paper will briefly discuss the functions and responsibilities of the governing board of a healthcare corporation. In the few weeks of researching healthcare administrative law a lot of new information has been discovered which has introduced the idea that the healthcare system is more than what is seen when entering the clinic and emergency rooms. It has helped to understand that there is a lot going on in the background that has to all come together and include the laws, politics, staff and the people that are served. We, society, must first look into the hows, whys, and whats of things before taking a stance on them positively or negatively. We all know that without some mutual understanding and active communication in our personal relationships they will definitely go wrong, with the same …show more content…
According to the there are two types of governing board which are “Active board governance is defined as taking a proactive and visible role in key strategic plans and controls, including those normative roles that experts consider to be essential for boards of directors (Charan, 2005),