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Great start. Here are the items to address and expand in your FINAL PAPER based on your headings: 

Electronic Health Record Integration

Discuss how you decided (you just don’t go out and get one) which EHR system was BEST to purchase for Shady Acres Healthcare System. There are many vendors to choose from. Discuss your thought process and research.

Discuss implementing an EHR system. Discuss the challenges/issues going from paper charts to electronic for the organization. (e.g. issues: organizational change, employees, training, cost, etc.). Discuss your plans to address EACH issue.

Declining Revenue 

Address the following: Loss of $75K over 18 months? What kind of internal budgetary controls can be built into the system to stop this “bleeding”? Is there accountability? Accountability needs to be maximized in order to ensure success. Discuss your course of actions to correct this situation.

Comment: The assisted living, hospice and home health care facilities are experiencing a decline in census due to the poor economic conditions and unawareness?? Elaborate here. What economic conditions and unawareness of what are you referring to??  Why is this problematic (unawareness) and how does economic conditions affect SAHS?  Is this economic condition a temporary situation? Yes, no??

They can also apply for different grants that would help fund the clinics and community projects. What grants are you talking about? Grant from whom? Elaborate for a clearer meaning and understanding.  

With the decline in state reimbursement, SAHS should lobby with the state legislators in effort to see an increase in funding for their skilled-nursing facilities.  It is one thing to say – but how do you know that lobbying with state legislators will see an approval for funding or not? Do you have proof this is viable.  Discuss further by providing research to back-up your assertion.

Discuss your marketing plan. Why is it important?

Discuss your marketing strategies (tactics) and course of action for the assisted living, hospice, and home health.

Staffing Issues

Employee turnover and retention efforts. What strategies can management develop/put in-place to reduce employee attrition and improve retention? Discuss your course of actions for employee attrition and to improve retention.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU POST YOUR FINAL PAPER: The items mentioned above needs to be placed in-bold so that it can easily and readily identified when I read your final paper. If you have any questions, please let me know. I look forward to reading your final paper