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Describe two or more key drivers affecting healthcare organizations and the U.S. healthcare delivery system.

Explain current and future implications of these drivers for healthcare administrators.

Describe two or three key changes or reforms that you would like to see enacted. Explain why these changes would be important from the viewpoint of 1) the healthcare consumer and 2) the healthcare administrator.

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Describe two or more key drivers affecting healthcare organizations and the U.S. healthcare delivery system.

The primary drivers affecting healthcare organizations include the increasingly aging population of America, obesity in society that will lead to a monumental increase in chronic diseases, shortages of primary care doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, and emerging consumerism from patients that expect more from their healthcare delivery systems. Patients are demanding more quality and safety while ...

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