1. ASH HCA 421 W EEK 2 A SSIGNMENT C OMPETITION IN H EALTHCARE C HECK THIS A+ TUTORIAL GUIDELINE AT HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM / HCA -421- ASH / HCA -421- WEEK -2- ASSIGNMENT - COMPETITION - IN - HEALTHCARE F OR MORE CLASSES VISIT HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM O NE OF THE TRENDS MARKING THE CONTINUING TRANSFORMATION OF THE U.S. HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY IS THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE PACE OF COMPETITION. T HE HEIGHTENED COMPETITION IS TAKING PLACE AMONG HOSPITALS, AMONG HEALTH PLANS, AMONG PHYSICIAN GROUPS, AMONG DRUG COMPANIES, BETWEEN PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITALS, AND BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND HEALTH PLANS. P REPARE A THREE - TO FIVE - PAGE PAPER THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING : D ESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF COMPETITION THAT TAKE PLACE IN HEALTH CARE AMONGST THE VARIOUS TYPES OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS. E VALUATION OF THE BENEFITS AND PITFALLS OF COMPETITION IN HEALTH CARE AND SUGGEST ALTERNATIVES IF COMPETITION WERE NOT THE PRIME DRIVERS OF OPERATIONS IN THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. E XPLANATION OF THE ESSENCE OF SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION AND THE USE OF COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE. D ESCRIPTION OF THE INFLUENCE COMPETITION HAS ON THE SERVICES OFFERED BY HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CHOICES PATIENTS HAVE. Y OUR PAPER MUST BE THREE TO FIVE DOUBLE - SPACED PAGES ( EXCLUDING TITLE AND REFERENCE PAGES ) AND FORMATTED ACCORDING TO APA STYLE AS OUTLINED IN THE A SHFORD W RITING C ENTER. U TILIZE A MINIMUM OF TWO SCHOLARLY AND / OR PEER - REVIEWED SOURCES THAT WERE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. O NE SOURCE MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE A SHFORD L IBRARY AND FOCUS ON COMPETITION HEALTH CARE. A LL SOURCES MUST BE DOCUMENTED IN APA STYLE, AS OUTLINED IN THE A SHFORD W RITING C ENTER. HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM / HCA -421- ASH / HCA -421- WEEK -2- ASSIGNMENT - COMPETITION - IN - HEALTHCARE HTTP :// WWW. ASSIGNMENTCLOUD. COM