Given the following scenario, briefly answer the following questions. Highlands

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Given the following scenario, briefly answer the following questions.

Highlands Health Care System, Inc. (HHCS) is a private, non-profit health care network serving a multi-county area of Northeast Mississippi where there is a growing aging population. HHCS has been in operation since 1952. It provides a large acute-care hospital; a Heart and Vascular Center, an acute inpatient Rehabilitative Center; Neurosciences and Stroke Center; Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Lab; a specialty pediatric clinic; Highland Hills Village Retirement Community; Home Health Care/Hospice Services and Hospice House; Outpatient Services and Wellness Center and, numerous community outreach programs. HHCS is on the cutting edge of medicine and utilizes advanced technologies.  

Recently, Brownstone Oncology (established 2002) received a grant (USD$6.4 million) to extend their services to their cancer patients at all stages of care. Brownstone is within half a mile of HHCS.

Write one SMART objective they might have to help achieve that goal? The objective must be related to the goal in Question 5 above and it must one sentence that is: Specific; Measureable; Attainable; Realistic; and Time specific.

List three areas of service that HHCS provides that could be linked directly to the services or to stages in the process of care that Brownstone provides or likely to provide in the future.

Identify three strategic alternatives that may be beneficial to Brownstone Oncology's development plan.

Based on the information provided, would you say that the two health care organizations are in competition, not in competition, or are complementary? Do you think HHCS holds any competitive advantage or disadvantage in relation to Brownstone Oncology? Explain your answer.

Explanation / Answer

Question no 1:

SMART objective: the organisation should offer quality of care which results in100% job satisfaction at appropriate cost which is suitable for patient at earliest moment.

Question no 2:

1. Need, demand, availability and accessibility of health care:

HHCS should concentrate on need of the. Oncology patients, availability of cancer patients and their accessibility towards brownstone oncology care services.

2. Patient preference, patient compliance and patient education:

Preference of patients are important. Categorization of cancer patients is important.

3. Clinical trials of the effectiveness of health care technologies and interventions to be concentrated.

Question no 3:

Strategic alternatives;

1. Health care market position analysis and health care industry trends and application

2. SWOT analysis

3. Mission and vision statement

Question no 4:

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