discussion 1

This quarter, you are asked to choose and monitor two health care organizations to complete the written assignments.   

If you need guidance on choosing the publicly traded companies, click the link http://www.nasdaq.com/screening/companie.. for a complete list of health care industry companies.   

Health Care Organization Criteria  
Select organizations that represent either a health care product, service, or company that is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or NASDAQ market. Make sure that your companies are competitive in nature.   

• Post the organizations you have selected with their symbols and a brief summary of the organization and their missions.    
  • Do not use HMA or UHS organizations for this or any of the course assignments.   

Resource
Mergent is an online database that tracks companies and provides detailed information regarding financial statements, company history, news, staffing, etc.  Searching the Mergent database for the health care organization will give you many of the details needed for these activities as well as for the assignments in this class.  http://www.mergentonline.com.libdatab.st..

Prompts:  
Week 1: Share the organizations’ missions and what makes the companies