Write a 2-3 PAGE paper, providing the foundation for the analysis of a healthcare organization and applying an understanding of the external healthcare environment.
BASE SUBJECT: Improving overall supply chain systems, decreasing time wasted by front line staff performing supply chain tasks, thus increasing time spent with patients
Healthcare System-wide Supply Chain
Organization: Cardinal Health
Sources:
- American Hospital Association. (2016). Survey: Hospital executive perspectives on group purchasing organizations. Retrieved from http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.supplychainassociation.org/resource/resmgr/Congressional_resourcesNewFolder/AHA_AHRMM_Survey_One_Pager.pdf
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Assessment Overview
Conduct in an in-depth analysis of a chosen healthcare organization and recommend evidence-based strategies to address organizational challenges and opportunities in a dynamic environment. Provide the foundation for this analysis and apply an understanding of the external healthcare environment across core disciplines.
Assessment Instructions
- Provide an abstract to Course Project in a single paragraph.
- Complete the Organization Overview section
- The first part of the PESTLE Analysis
Organization Overview
Introduce the organization and identify the challenges and opportunities. Discuss the specific project to be developed.
PESTLE Analysis (2 pages)
Conduct a general PESTLE analysis of your selected organization and choose a topic identified by this analysis. This can be a challenge or an opportunity to be pursued. Identify possible factors in the external health care environment impacting organizational outcomes both overall and on the specific topic you have selected. Be sure to apply foundational knowledge and an understanding of the external health care environment across core disciplines.
Submission Requirements
- Analyzes challenges and opportunities specific to the selected topic in the chosen organization through foundational knowledge and an understanding of the external healthcare environment across core disciplines.
- Conducts a PESTLE analysis specific to selected topic through foundational knowledge and an understanding of the external healthcare environment across core disciplines.
- Explains how analysis led to the identification of possible external healthcare factors that impact organizational outcomes.
- Writing is coherent and consistently appropriate, using evidence to support a central idea and with proper APA format, correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional. 12 font Times New Roman