PART 1—To prepare for this Assignment:

Read the articles and watch the videos on process mapping and critical path. Identify an operational activity within your organization, or an organization with which you are familiar. These activities could include business planning, staff training initiatives, changes in case management, etc.

The Assignment:

Using what you have learned about process mapping in this week’s resources, create a process mapping flowchart to measure operational data of the activity using Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Visio. Identify the important measurements within your process which provide operational data. Then, based on the process map you have created, list and describe these measurements and the critical path within your process, utilizing any additional process improvement tools necessary. Your completed Assignment should include the flowchart, a description of process measurements, the critical path analysis, and a 1- to 2-page summary.

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PART 2—-To prepare:

• Select a U.S.-based health care organization that has opened or is planning to open a branch in another country.
• Consider the impact of global marketing on the success of the branch facility.

Post a cohesive response to the following:

Briefly describe the health care organization you selected. Assess the impact of global marketing on the success of the organization’s branch facility. Include specific marketing strategies that may improve the organization’s international success. Then, evaluate competitive advantages for this organization in relation to medical tourism. Support your response by identifying and explaining key points and/or examples presented in the Learning Resources.

PART 3—-To prepare:

• Identify benefits of and barriers to medical tourism. Reflect on reasons consumers may or may not seek medical care outside of their home country.
• Consider marketing strategies to help consumers overcome potential barriers.

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By Day 3

Post a cohesive response to the following:

Analyze benefits of and barriers to medical tourism. Then, recommend marketing strategies to help consumers overcome potential barriers and seek medical care outside of their home countries. Defend or argue your recommendations. Support your response by identifying and explaining key points and/or examples presented in the Learning Resources.