Strategic Thinking
Select an organization in the health care arena you would like to work for. With this organization in mind, describe how strategic thinking could lead to the identification of opportunities for this organization to gain a competitive edge in the industry. Provide at least one example that demonstrates the importance of “strategic thinking.” Support your primary response with at least one scholarly source. Provide in-text citations and complete references for all sources used. Format your post according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Required Resources Required Text
Read from the course text, Strategic management in healthcare organizations :
· Chapter 3: Strategic Thinking
· Chapter 4: External Environmental Analysis
Articles
1. Beaman, C. D. Jr. (2008). Caring for the uninsured. Healthcare Executive, 23(1), 46-47. Retrieved from the ProQuest database.
2. Galvin, R.S. (2008). Still in the game: Harnessing employer inventiveness in U.S. health care reform. The New England Journal of Medicine 359 (14), 1421-1423. Retrieved from the ProQuest database.
Multimedia
National Public Radio. (2013, April 29). Looking ahead: The future of health care policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Podcast file]. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/2013/04/29/179851904/looking-ahead-the-future- of-health-care-policy
Recommended Resource Article
Hayes, H., Parchman, M., & Howard, R. (2011). A logic model framework for evaluation and planning in a primary care practice-based research network (PBRN) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. . The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 24, 576-582. Retrieved from http://pbrn.ahrq.gov/pbrn-literature/logic-model-framework-evaluation-and-planning-primary-care-practice-based-research
Required Resources
Required Text
Read from the course text,
Strategic mana
gement in healthcare organizations
:
o
Chapter 3: Strategic Thinking
o
Chapter 4: External Environmental
Analysis
Articles
1.
Beaman, C. D. Jr. (2008). Caring for the uninsured.
Healthcare Executive, 23
(1), 46
–
47.
Retrieved from the ProQuest database.
2.
Galvin,
R.S. (2008). Still in the game: Harnessing employer inventiveness in U.S. health
care reform.
The New England Journal of Medicine 359
(14), 1421
–
1423. Retrieved from
the ProQuest database.
Multimedia
National Public Radio. (2013, April 29).
Looking ahead: The future of health care policy
(Links
to an external site.)Links to an external site.
[Podcast file].
Retrieved from
http://www.np
r.org/2013/04/29/179851904/looking
–
ahead
–
the
–
future
–
of
–
health
–
care
–
policy
Recommended Resource
Article
Hayes, H., Parchman, M., & Howard, R. (2011).
A logic model framework for evaluation and
planning in a primary care practice
–
based research network (PBRN)
(Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.
.
The Jo
urnal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 24
, 576
–
582. Retrieved from http://pbrn.ahrq.gov/pbrn
–
literature/logic
–
model
–
framework
–
evaluation
–
and
–
planning
–
primary
–
care
–
practice
–
based
–
research
Required Resources
Required Text
Read from the course text, Strategic management in healthcare organizations:
o Chapter 3: Strategic Thinking
o Chapter 4: External Environmental Analysis
Articles
1. Beaman, C. D. Jr. (2008). Caring for the uninsured. Healthcare Executive, 23(1), 46-47.
Retrieved from the ProQuest database.
2. Galvin, R.S. (2008). Still in the game: Harnessing employer inventiveness in U.S. health
care reform. The New England Journal of Medicine 359 (14), 1421-1423. Retrieved from
the ProQuest database.
Multimedia
National Public Radio. (2013, April 29). Looking ahead: The future of health care policy (Links
to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Podcast file]. Retrieved from
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/29/179851904/looking-ahead-the-future- of-health-care-policy
Recommended Resource
Article
Hayes, H., Parchman, M., & Howard, R. (2011). A logic model framework for evaluation and
planning in a primary care practice-based research network (PBRN) (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 24, 576-
582. Retrieved from http://pbrn.ahrq.gov/pbrn-literature/logic-model-framework-evaluation-and-
planning-primary-care-practice-based-research
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