Strategic Planning Development for Health Care
Instructions
Why is innovation important to healthcare management? For this exercise, you will “nurture
foresight,” which is described in your textbook as a process involving looking ahead to
visualize developments and their possible impact on the organization, perhaps even before
they become inventions, trends, or actual concerns.
Go to the following website:
Source: National Institute for Healthcare Management. http://www.nihcm.org/
Select a featured publication of interest to you. Based on the publication that you review,
and to prepare your organization for the change(s) that you foresee, write a paper of 750 to
1000-words to respond to the following:
1. Describe the publication and the issue(s) that it presents.
2. After reviewing the article, identify the type of health care organization that you
would like to work for in the future and explain the implications of this issue to that
organization and to at least two groups of its stakeholders.
3. What are some of the questions that you would need to ask, resources you
might need to access, or actions you would take to prepare your organization for
change or to exploit opportunities?
4. Respond to two of the following questions:
a. Do you see changes arising from this situation to be a boon to patients?
Why or why not?
b. Do you think that government will create regulation relating to this topic
that you will need to comply with?
c. Do you see this issue as having the potential to result in a possible new
profit center for your facility?
Your writing should follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar,
punctuation, etc.) and it should be logical, original, and insightful. Finally, ensure that your
paper conforms to APA Style, including in-text citations and a reference page.
Requirements
• Responses to the questions should be written in a clear, detailed manner and observe the
conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
• Double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font.
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Kaplan University School of Health Sciences
HS450 Strategic Planning and Organizational Development for
Healthcare
COURSE #
• Include at least two references. The course textbook may count toward the reference
requirement for this Assignment. All references should follow APA style format
