Assignment
In this unit, you will become the marketing expert of a select healthcare system. By the end of this unit, you will be able to proficiently elaborate how healthcare marketing principles and theories can maximize effectiveness of a specific healthcare system.
To begin, select one of the following healthcare systems that you would like to explore for this unit:
• Acute care
• Ambulatory care
• Assisted living
• Continuing care retirement community
• Critical access hospital
• Dialysis care
• Home health care
• Hospice care
• Long-term care
• Memory care
• Palliative care
• Pediatric care
• Primary care
• Short-term care (e.g., post-surgery therapy)
• Surgical care
• Veterans Administration
The healthcare system that you selected will be the foundation for your Unit 2 Assignment.
• Discuss how your selected healthcare system can legally market their services and products (e.g., federal requirements, state mandates, etc.)
• Defend three marketing principles and/or theories that you believe are most promising for your healthcare system
• Research a real-life healthcare system that matches the system you selected and synthesize the success of its marketing efforts
• Report your findings by using the method below:
o 4-5 page fact sheet for the general community.
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.