Business Management

Open Heart Surgery

Read the following article on pages 803-816, Case 19 from your course textbook Strategic Management in Health Care Organizations.

"The Case for Open Heart Surgery at Cabarrus."

Based on your reading of the above article, create a 4- to 5-page report in Microsoft Word document that covers the following questions:

• Why is the hospital considering this additional service?
• Does the hospital and community really need this service? Why or why not?
• What should be the most important characteristics of a hospital in which one would want to have an open heart surgery?
• Is it financially viable for a hospital to offer this service? What costs and revenues would you predict to know the viability? Would any revenues cover the costs of offering this service?

In addition to the above, state any three instances that could go wrong if this service is offered.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.