HSA3170 SPC Ways Leaders Monitor Operations in Health Care Field Paper

part 1

Your book this week discussed several ways that leaders monitor operations in the health care field. They talked about occupancy rates, patient mix, payer mix, and several other factors. These are essentially all ratios used to monitor operations. Discuss specific ratios used in your work or home life, and how they are impactful.

  • Write a minimum of 250 and a maximum of 300 words.
  • Submit your original post by Thursday before midnight EST.
  • Respond to at least 1 other post by Sunday before midnight EST.
  • Failure to submit posts in a timely manner, meet the assigned minimum word count, include citations and references for external sources, or respond to an instructor or peer comment will result in a loss of points.
  • Note: Cite paraphrased information that was obtained from another source but do not use quotes.

part2

Discuss why it is important to get broad involvement of internal constituents in the Strategy Formulation Phase.


  • Your post should be 175-250 words.
  • Review the Discussion Grading Rubric
  • You will not be able to see any posts by other students until you make your original post.
  • Support your post by citing one reference (other than the text).
  • Cite paraphrased information but do not use quotes for this assignment.
  • Submit your original post by Thursday before 12am midnight (EST).
  • Respond to at least two (2) other students’ original post by Sunday before 12am midnight (EST).
  • In addition to your replies on other students’ posts, you should also respond to any student who posts to your original post and to any of my questions.

part 3

Are “goals” and “objectives” the same thing from a strategic planning perspective? Explain.

In your post be sure to define goals and objectives (and cite your source) before answering the question.


  • Your post should be 175-250 words.
  • Review the Discussion Grading Rubric
  • You will not be able to see any posts by other students until you make your original post.
  • Support your post by citing one reference (other than the text).
  • Cite paraphrased information but do not use quotes for this assignment.
  • Submit your original post by Thursday before 12am midnight (EST).
  • Respond to at least two (2) other students’ original post by Sunday before 12am midnight (EST).
  • In addition to your replies on other students’ posts, you should also respond to any student who posts to your original post and to any of my questions.