Learning ObjectivesAt the conclusion of the course, students will understand the following:1. How the United States healthcare system performs in comparison with other countries.2. The historic and current drivers of change in the organization and delivery of healthcare in the US, and the strategic implications.3. The key stakeholders in the organization and delivery of healthcare in the US, and their relationships to each other.4. Innovative business models in the organization and delivery of healthcare.5. Strategies to achieve value in the delivery of healthcare services Preparing Thursday (32 points) 1. (5) Select five OECD metrics that you would use to pick the country with the best healthcare system (see OECD spreadsheet). Provide a rationale for your selections.2. (3) Identify the OECD country that best matches your criteria.3. (8)What best explains the high level of expenditures in McAllen Texas (Gawande 2009, The Cost Conundrum)? List 4 factors.4. (10) Identify five key stakeholders and describe their interests and influences in McAllen Texas?5. (6) What circumstances led to or contributed to the situation in McAllen Texas?Preparing Saturday (34 points )6. (6) List at least three causes of the primary care shortage in the US.7. (4) Contrast the US approach to any other country in the training and use of primary care providers. 8. (8) Identify four attributes of the US healthcare delivery system that may have contributed to the significant medical or health conditions of patients described in the Gawande article, The Hotspotters. 9. (6) What are three innovations discussed in the Hot Spotters might improve the value of healthcare services?10. (10) Why do you think the US does not have a single payer system? List at least 5 reasons why not.Preparing Sunday (34 points)Porter & Jain, 2013, "The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Interdisciplinary Cancer"11. (5) Why is multidisciplinary care important in cancer? How is value created for patients? 12. (5)How does integration of care actually take place at MD Anderson?13. (5) In light of trends towards vertical integration in healthcare, how can MD Anderson forward or reverse integrate to shore up its position? Porter & Teisberg, 2014,Cleveland Clinic14. (12) What is the Cleveland Clinic's overall strategy for improving value for patients? List 6 key elements.Casale, 2007, Shah15. (4) List and describe four factors that contributed to Geisinger's success with ProvenCareSM. 16. (6) List and describe the three advantages and three disadvantages for a provider (hospital and/or physician group) becoming an insurer.