Question: 1. 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.

2. Explain the importance of aligning value-added support strategies to the culture, mission, vision, values, and goals of the organization. Provide at least two specific examples of value-adding support strategies that you might consider implementing in your own health care facility or program.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

3. 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.

Ginter, P. M., Duncan. W. J., Swayne, L. E. (2013). Strategic management of health care organizations (7th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.