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Researchers Pia et al. (2015) revealed some of the common characteristics relating to the health care organizations such as those allowing the generation and synthesis of evidence that compares the benefits and harms of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor a clinical condition or to improve the delivery of care.

In addition, according to Pia et al. (2015) health care system constitutes all organizations, people and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore or maintain the health of communities. Moreover, Pia et al. (2015) reported some common characteristics all health care organizations of related to service delivery with the following analysis, The Commonwealth Fund Commission report15 has described the characteristics of high-performing systems, which include access to information, active management, interdependent accountability, patient access to care, and continuous innovation.

Furthermore, research findings on characteristics of health care systems have revealed that all health care providers and constituencies should be aware of the transformative potential of more integrated and comprehensive approaches that preserve or improve quality of care (Bekker et al., 2018).

Finally, according to Molyneux et al. (2011), health care providers should have common macro-priorities and intervention strategies in order to promote health in the world. In summary, based on the scholarly information above, I support the idea that access to information, active management, and interdependent accountability, patient access to care and continuous innovation are the key components for all health care organizations. These features are important because they may allow health care providers to consistently learn, adapt their diagnosis and treatments regarding rising circumstances such as environmental changes, diseases or pandemics.

In short, patient-centered, collaboration, accountability, adaptability, financial management, and respect are important characteristics in all health care organizations that aim to promote the health of communities or countries.

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Health care organizations are classified by service delivery, financing, payment solutions, and insurance relations to attract and maintain patients, clients, and/or consumers. All of the aforementioned classification systems are important to health care organizations requiring strategic planning and effective leadership who is hard working, provides accurate data analysis, and has the ability to make tough and informed decisions (Kaufman, 2018). Effective leaders will report on key performance measures allowing management to make informed decisions rather than misguided decisions.

Health care organizations providing affordable care and quality service delivery to patients become the provider of choice for the largest variety of patients. Kaufman (2018) suggests that organizations can only become sustainable if leaders evaluate their cost structures and re-examine their strategies and operations including access to services and timeliness of wait times to see providers. Effective leaders strategize ways to improve services to patients resulting in patient retention, and increasing organizational sustainability.

References

Kaufman, N. S. (2018). Health System Strategies: Making the Tough Decisions: Hospitals can further affordability by focusing on their cost structures and operations. Trustee, 71(2), 2728.

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Based on our discussion this week, how would you classify the health care organization in which you are employed? If you do not work in health care, respond to this question based on the health care facilities that you use in your community.

Distribution Channel

Respond to the following in a minimum of 350 words: 

Select a product you recently purchased and consider what channels were available for the marketing and purchase of this product. Based on the distribution channel through which you purchased the product, discuss how the value chain was affected by that channel of distribution. 

What pricing strategy should a company consider when attempting to market a new product?