a brief 2-3 page report about a health care economic issue that you have identified. Address the reasons why you selected the issue you did;

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

· Competency 1: Analyze the effects of financial and economic factors (such as cost-benefit, supply and demand, return on investment, and risks) in a health care system on patient care, services offered, and organizational structures and operation.

· Explain the rationale for choosing the health care economic issue.

· Competency 2: Develop ethical and culturally equitable solutions to economic problems within a health care organization in an effort to improve the quality of care and services offered.

· Describe a health care economic issue and how it impacts a specific community or population.

· Competency 3: Justify the qualitative and quantitative information used to guide economic decision making to stakeholders and colleagues.

· Identify the gap that is contributing to the need to address the economic issue.

· Competency 4: Develop ethical and culturally equitable economic strategies to address dynamic environmental forces and ensure the future security of an organization’s resources and its ability to provide quality care.

· Explain how the health care economic issue has affected your work, your organization, colleagues, and community.

· Competency 5: Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella writing standards.

· Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.