You are the administrator of a radiology department at St. Anthony Medical Center, and you have been asked by the physicians to purchase a new MRI machine. Explain the steps you would take to conduct a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) for the MRI machine. What considerations would you make when conducting your CBA? If the CBA shows that the costs outweigh the benefits, does that mean that the MRI machine should not be purchased? Why or why not?

Every type of medical provider (including MDs, RNs, NPs, PAs, and technologists) has a “scope of practice” (SOP). What does scope of practice mean in health care delivery? Is SOP a federal, state, local, or facility requirement, or is it all of the above? Explain.

You are the administrator of a radiology department at St. Anthony Medical Center, and you have been asked by the physicians to purchase a new MRI machine. Explain the steps you would take to conduct a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) for the MRI machine. What considerations would you make when conducting your CBA? If the CBA shows that the costs outweigh the benefits, does that mean that the MRI machine should not be purchased? Why or why not?

You are a clinic administrator at St. Anthony Medical Center, and you received a cost report from the finance department. The report shows a cost allocation to your department for costs from the finance department, purchasing department, human resources department, and several other support centers. You are upset that the costs of these support centers are being allocated to your department, so you do some research to understand the cost allocation process. Locate and read a scholarly article on a cost-allocation method. For this post, please summarize the article and explain how it applies to this situation.