In a three- to five-page paper:

• Describe a minimum of five challenges from the list below that are defining the future strategic direction of health care.
  • Proposed health care reform and legislation
  • Information technology advancements such as the electronic medical record (EMR)/ electronic health record (EHR)
  • Accreditation, quality of healthcare, and organizational compliance
  • Economics, including third party payers, future funding, rising costs, the Medicare and Medicaid programs
  • Access to health care including the uninsured and those in the poverty levels
  • Public entities in controlling the demand aspects of health service
  • Market shares and advancing age of population
  • Maintaining a skilled workforce
  • Pay for performance
• Describe how an organization can adapt its direction and strategies to effectively address these challenges.

Your paper must be three to five double-spaced

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pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources that were published within the last five years. One source must be obtained from a University Library. All sources must be documented in APA style.

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