Instructions:

Conduct a cursory scan of a higher education system internal and external environments. Scan the internal environment to identify strengths and weaknesses of the higher education system. Then, scan the external environment to identify factors that offer opportunities for improvement and those factors that pose threats for the organization.

Discuss the role of stakeholders in quality and risk management including the relationships between employers and third party payers with healthcare organizations. What roles do each play in quality and risk management, if any? What is the impact on the patient's and care they receive? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

The Role of Government Analyze the governmental role in healthcare quality and risk management. Examine if Medicare, and CMS, are leaders or followers in the delivery of high quality healthcare in this country. What initiatives has the government undertaken in quality and risk management? Debate whether governmental involvement helps, or hinders, high quality. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

Based on your learning over the past six weeks, identify the factors that will be required for future change in the healthcare industry pertaining to quality improvement, patient safety, and risk management. What are the obstacles in improving quality of care? How ought financing of quality initiatives take place and whose responsibility is it for oversight? What role, if any, should patients participate in future initiatives? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

Customer-Oriented Strategic Plan :

1).In the business world, successful businesses listen to their customers’ voices and strive to provide exceptional customers’ services. This practice may not be widely accepted in the healthcare industry. Articulate at least two customer-oriented elements when developing a strategic plan for a 250-bed community hospital. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. Issues or Oppurtunities

Watch the video, Why Your Healthcare Practice Needs a Marketing Plan. Write a 3-4 page paper (excluding the cover page and title page) in APA style. Include the following content elements in your paper: Describe the main reasons why healthcare practice needs a marketing plan outlined in the video. Identify three necessary considerations described in the video. Discuss three distinguished strategies presented in the video. Articulate how you will apply the information in the video to your marketing plan or a marketing plan in a healthcare organization. Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.