Assignment task: Summarize. You can improve the health of its population by educating the patient population about the importance of healthcare screening and healthy lifestyles. This helps to empower the patient and give them a sense of control. The ACO must be able to collect and measure data points about healthcare screening and disease management. Then the ACO must use this data to unify and improve the deficiencies of healthcare providers. The external opportunities were opportunities for increased revenue for both the hospital and the providers for providing efficient cost effective care. The external threat for forming the ACO is that if you don't do it someone else will and they will take your patients. The critical issue the VMC is trying to solve is how to provide and measure efficient quality cost effective care.