Please read carefully and make sure you understand what is required to be done. Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations is the required text for this assignment along with the readings attach

Do this on one paper

Answer the following questions (from the text)

1. Why are directional strategies both a part of the situational analysis and part of strategy formulations?

2. How is strategy formulation related to the situational analysis?

3. Name and describe the expansion, reduction and maintenance of scope strategies (hint: Adaptive Strategies use Exhibit 6-4 in the text (8th Edition)

Then do separately please

As you continue reading Chapter 6, consider the growth strategy - mergers and acquisitions.  This is a strategy that has had a significant impact on health care service areas throughout the US.  Here is a recent one that impacts Virginia and North Carolina.  Please go to the following links:

Sentara Healthcare, Cone Health merger - North Carolina Health News

Sentara Healthcare & Cone Health seek merger estimated to be worth $11.5 billion | Healthcare Finance News

Sentara-at-a-glance-june2019.pdf

What are the strategies that are present in this scenario (i.e.:  what is the adaptive strategy, what is the market entry strategy)?  How will Sentara benefit from this action?  Does the consumer benefit? Your submission should be a minimum of four (4) paragraphs, no more than one page.