HCS/499: Health Care Strategy Capstone
Wk 1 Email: Preparing for the Reinvention Scenario
Homework Content
1.
Review the Stevens District Hospital Strategic-Planning Scenario about a fictional, not-for-profit acute care hospital in Jefferson City. The hospital provides a range of services, including medical, surgical, rehabilitation, and emergency care in a regional market of 80,000 people. This assignment and future course assignments will use this hospital and scenario information.
You are a health care leader at Stevens District Hospital and have been asked to participate in a reinvention process. Throughout this course, you’ll be evaluating the data from this hospital including:
o Mission and vision
o SWOT analysis
o SMART goals
At the end of this evaluation, you’ll be tasked with creating a presentation that summarizes for the board all you’ve learned.
Write a 175- to 350-word email to a former coworker in which you:
o Describe your initial thoughts about Stevens District Hospital, including:
o The market served by the hospital
o Current financial challenges
o Any takeaways you have after reviewing the scenario
o Describe if you think Stevens would be a good hospital to transfer to.
Submit your assignment.