Part 1

Question 1- Read Perspective 2-5 in your textbook on pages 63-65, on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Consider all four of the scenarios presented in this perspective. Briefly explain and comment on each one. Which scenario do you feel would be best for health care in America by the year 2025? Why do you feel that the scenario you selected will be the best outcome for our nation, and why? What can you as a health care leader do to help make this scenario reality for your own community? Your response should be at least 500 words in length.

Question 2- Environmental analysis is not perfect, in fact far from it. What are the limitations of external environmental analysis in health care? Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Part 2

Question 1- Discuss the role of pre-service, point-of-service, and after-service strategies for effective implementation. Provide at least one example of each.

Question 2- Present one example of a value-adding support strategy to facilitate each of the following types of health care strategies: directional, adaptive, market entry, competitive.Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 3- Explain how competitive advantage can be gained from within the organization through service delivery strategies. Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 4- Read Perspective 9-1 Enhancement of Health Care Quality Using Clinical Pathways on pages 350-351 in your textbook. Clinical pathways are bringing about important improvements in the quality of American health care. As a hospital CEO or Director of Quality Improvement, how would you go about implementing clinical pathways in your own health care organization? Would you anticipate any resistance to implementation? Who would this resistance come from, and why? Your response should be at least 500 words in length.

Part 2

Question 1- How do situational analysis, strategy formulation, value-adding service delivery, value-adding support strategies, and action plans relate to one another in health care?

Question 2- How are strategies translated into action plans for health care organizations? Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 3- Explain the role of contingency planning in health care. Should every health care organization formulate contingency plans? Why, or why not?

Question 4- Read Perspective 10-2: The Balanced Scorecard on pages 394-395 in your textbook. What is a "Balanced Scorecard" in modern health care delivery? What makes a successful Balanced Scorecard for a health care organization today? Your response should be at least 500 words in length.