Strategic management of health care organizations

Preface.Part 1 Strategic Management.Chapter 1 The Nature of Strategic Management.Chapter 2 Understanding and Analyzing the General Environment and the Health Care Environment.Chapter 3 Service Area Competitor Analysis.Chapter 4 Internal Environmental Analysis and Competitive Advantage.Chapter 5 Directional Strategies.Chapter 6 Developing Strategic Alternatives.Chapter 7 Evaluation of Alternatives and Strategic Choice.Chapter 8 Value Adding Service Delivery Strategies.Chapter 9 Value Adding Support Strategies.Chapter 10 Communicating the Strategy and Developing Action Plans.Part 2 Appendices.Appendix A Analyzing Strategic Health Care Cases.Appendix B Oral Presentations for Health Care Professionals.Part 3 Cases in the Health Care Sector.Case 1 The U.S. Health Care System.Case 2 Methodist Healthcare: Managing for the Future.Case 3 Community Blood Center of the Carolinas.Case 4 ASPIRE2 in Arkansas.Case 5 MMG: Can This Relationship be Saved? The Midwestern Medical Group Integration Journey.Case 6 Vietnam International Hospital: What Now?.Case 7 Indian Health Service: Creating a Climate for Change.Case 8 Dr. Louis Mickael: The Physician as Strategic Manager.Case 9 The New Office of Women's Health: Building Consensus to Establish a Strong Foundation.Case 10 The Rosemont Behavioral Health Center.Case 11 Riverview Regional Medical Center: An HMA Facility.Case 12 AIDSCAP Nepal.Case 13 Emanuel Medical Center: Crisis in the Health Care Industry.Case 14 Cooper Green Hospital and the Community Care Plan.Case 15 U.S. HealthSolutions.Case 16 C. W. Williams Health Center: A Community Asset.Case 17 RMC's Institutional Ethics Committee: Work To Do.Case 18 The Premier Health Care Alliance Emerges.Case 19 The Case for Open Heart Surgery at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital.Case 20 Sunshine County Health Department: Strategy Implementation.Index