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• HCA 421 Entire Course

• HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 1 (Basic Strategy)

• HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 1 (Basic Strategy)
• HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 2 (Internal Audit of Strategic
  Assets)
• HCA 421 Week 2 Assignment Competition in
  Healthcare
• HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 1 (Strategic External
  Assessment Industry and Competition)

• Basic Strategy Describe the key dimensions of an
  organizational strategy as well as how they
  would, or would not, be relevant to the
  "strategic mindset" or the ability to think
  "strategically" of an organization's management.
  Do you think these are learned or innate traits?

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• HCA 421 Week 1 DQ 2 (Internal Audit of Strategic
  Assets)

• HCA 421 Week 2 Assignment Competition in
  Healthcare

• Internal Audit of Strategic Assets Compare and
  contrast strategic "resources" and "competencies"
  and identify what role (if any) licensed health
  care providers in an organization play in the
  competitive advantage of a health care
  organization.

• One of the trends marking the continuing
  transformation of the U.S. health care industry
  is the dramatic increase in the pace of
  competition. The heightened competition is taking
  place among hospitals, among health plans, among
  physician groups, among drug companies, between
  physicians and hospitals, and between hospitals
  and health plans.

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• HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 1 (Strategic External
  Assessment Industry and Competition)

• HCA 421 Week 2 DQ 2 (Market Segments)

• Discussion 2 Market Segments If the movement
  toward "consumer-driven health care" continues to
  advance, speculate on how a health care
  organization may want to improve the way that it
  assesses and interacts with its market and
  customers, including providing health services
  and programs to meet the needs of a diverse

• Discussion 1 Strategic External Assessment
  Industry and Competition Describe Michael
  Porter's Five Forces Model. What does he attempt
  to explain? How might the forces function and
  affect industry profits?

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• HCA 421 Week 3 Assignment The Future Direction of
  Health Care (Five challenges)

• HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 1 (Profits and Revenues)

• Profits and Revenues Explain the four
  fundamental ways in which a business can grow its
  revenues and profits. Then, describe the five
  generic types of growth strategy available to
  individual SBUs. Hypothesize what metrics a
  program executive might use to monitor these
  strategies.

• In a three- to five-page paper
• a. Describe a minimum of five challenges from the
  list below that are defining the future strategic
  direction of health care.
• Proposed health care reform and legislation
• Information technology advancements including the
  electronic medical, or health, record (EMR/EHR)

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• HCA 421 Week 3 DQ 2 (Organizational Mission)

• HCA 421 Week 4 Assignment Communication in the
  Planning Process

• Organizational Mission Explain, in your own
  words, the terms "mission," "vision," "goals,"
  and "values" statements. What is the practical
  purpose of a statement of organizational values?
  Under what circumstances should an organization
  consider changing these - if at all?

• Explore the role of communication in the
  strategic and program planning processes in a
  health care organization. Consider the topics
  discussed (both in the text and in the
  discussions) thus far and clearly integrate at
  least five of them into your presentation

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• HCA 421 Week 4 DQ 1 (Implementing Strategy)

• HCA 421 Week 5 Assignment (Research Paper)
  Strategic planning and evaluation of the
  organization (Mayo Clinic)

• Implementing Strategy
• Discuss which is more important - the formulation
  of a strategy or its implementation - as well as
  the tribulations associated with your choice.
  Respond to at least two of your classmates'
  postings.

• For your Research Paper, you will choose one of
  the health care organizations listed below and
  conduct an analysis of their strategic planning
  and evaluation of the organization in an eight-
  to- ten (excluding title and reference page)
  paper.

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• HCA 421 Week 5 DQ 1

• HCA 421 Week 5 DQ 2

• Five weeks and the information read and
  discussed. Present to the class a topic that has
  not been covered in class that you find important
  to the course material, one that applies to you
  professionally, or one that is perplexing to you
  for further exploration.

• Describe the four primary purposes of a
  professional strategic financial management
  function in an organization. Further elaborate on
  how reimbursement, supply and demand, contractual
  adjustments, patient mix, regulatory legislation
  etc.

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