Essay Example on Freeman Health System

Freeman Health System HC 6225 Health Systems Strategic Analysis January 14 2018 Freeman Health System is a large rural medical non for profit health system located in Joplin Missouri It consists of Freeman Hospital West Freeman Hospital East Freeman Neosho Hospital the Ozark Center for behavioral health services two urgent care clinics and dozens of physician clinics and specialty services With more than 300 physicians on staff Freeman Health System provides a multitude of services including heart and vascular care cancer treatments neurology and neurosurgery orthopedics women's services and children's services Freeman Health System is a premier healthcare institution in Southwest Missouri and the Four State Area Financial Performance When evaluating Freeman Health System for the purpose of generating an internal audit information was based on financial statements from 2013 and information provided by nonprofits findthecompany com The financial statement provided for 2013 will be provided at the end of the document Liquidity Current ratio 2 66 per group median 2 44 The metric is the ability to meet short term obligations The hospital s ratio being well above 1 indicates that it has significant financial liquidity and debt paying capacity Days cash on hand 24 per group median 27 

 Some of the tangible resources Freeman Health System possesses include cash on hand valuing 6 79 million and a credit rating that was recently raised to A in 2016 by the S P due to solid financial performance In addition the system owns a reported 148 million in land buildings and equipment Its location in Southwest Missouri along the Four State Area provides a steady large influx of patients requiring extensive medical care due to a large incidence of obesity diabetes and other chronic diseases The location also provides a relatively high volume of Medicare inpatients for multiple disease treatments and procedures Freeman Health System also provides intangible resources such as a highly skilled staff and a favorable reputation The system employs around 4 500 employees including specialized physicians mid level providers and nurses Their individual skills experience and organizational knowledge contribute as a strategic resource for the system Also Freeman Health System has the reputation for being the top hospital in the region It is one of only two level 2 trauma centers within a 70 mile radius and accepts many of the referrals from outlying facilities Core Competencies 

 Preventing readmissions after hip replacement excellent How well hospital keeps patients who had hip replacement from being readmitted in the first 7 days after discharge These competencies are focal points for Freeman Health System s marketing strategy as they demonstrate areas that a competitive advantage exists Internal Value Chain A value chain specific for Freeman Health System was not publically available but the Hospital Value Chain provided in the text fit appropriately The blue boxes display the primary activities of the organization from attracting patients through marketing and promotion to discharging referrals and follow up These activities occur sequentially so that value for the service is passed on to the patient The boxes above and below the primary activities consist of the support activities These support activities include various procedures and departments required to maintain the flow of the primary activities As previously mentioned the goal is to provide value to the consumer