(Answered) : You have been hired as the new hospital administrator for a rural hospital located in Wheatland, Wyoming (population about 3,725

You have been hired as the new hospital administrator for a rural hospital located in Wheatland, Wyoming (population about 3,725 [2015]). This town sits on Interstate 25, approximately equidistant between Casper and Cheyenne. The community is the site of a 30-bed hospital and small emergency room/trauma center that services all of Platte County, Wyoming (population approximately 8,900 with a median income of about $28,000 [2015]). This small hospital also serves as a backup for medical services for the five surrounding counties, as needed (which on several occasions in the past three years, caused the hospital to exceed capacity due to