Ronessa Lewis
Assignment due Thursday at 10am (Unit7)
Course: Development and
Strategic Planning in Health Care
1. Explain the key role of the service delivery portion of the value chain in medicine today. Provide
at least two specific examples of value-adding service delivery strategies that you might consider implementing in your own health care facility or program.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
2. 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.
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.
4. What are the components of an action plan for a health care organization? Explain the function of each component.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
5.Considering your own career in health care leadership, do you feel that a map or a compass is better suited for your planning? Explain your choice.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
6.Describe the idea of “balanced scorecard” in modern health care delivery. How did this idea emerge in U.S. medicine? Do you support this approach to measure health care performance? Why, or why not?
Your response should be at least 500 words in length.
