Q.1 What are some of the innovative responses that hospital organizations (e.g., offices, clinics, hospitals, etc.) have made or are making now to address changes in today’s competitive healthcare marketplace? Then, analyze the long-term viability of these innovative responses and make a prediction for what innovative responses may be implemented in the future.

Q.2 Assess the history and proliferation of outpatient healthcare services and discuss why the shift away from traditional hospital inpatient care continues. Then predict what a hospital versus outpatient healthcare organization or clinic will look like 10–15 years in the future.

Q.3 Writing Assignments

Go to the website for the American Hospital Association (AHA) at the following web address.

:http://www.aha.org/ (Links to an external site.) .

Click on ” Advocacy”-‘Issues for you’ that is at the right top of the page. Under this area, there are 12 categories being addressed by the AHA with several topics under each category (eg, access to hospitals, long term care & rehabilitation etc.). Choose one of these topics and complete a 3–4-page paper related to why this is an issue and how it impacts the U.S. healthcare delivery system. Describe the problems associated with the issue and what is being done by the AHA and other stakeholder groups to address it. Finally, choose one recommendation that you believe would be most effective in resolving the issue. Justify your recommendations and be as specific as possible.

Your resultant written paper should be 3-4 pages, double spaced, and in APA format/style. Your primary text and the journal/website research article must be used as references to support your analysis/summary paper. You must use at least three professional references.