Melvin Alexander, executive director of Principled Solutions Enterprise, a management consulting firm specializing in health care, suggests that environmental changes oblige firms to make strategic changes in order to survive. Which of the following is one of the strategic changes he foresees will occur in the next three to five years?
A)changes in the behavior of the health care consumers
B)reduction in the number of available medical doctors
C)increases in the number of locations of health care facilities
D)decreases in information technology investment

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There will be new strategies to ensure success of the new law (ACA) as well as to achieve projected returns on the large investments made. The new strategies will center on changing the behavior of the health care consumers (e.g., patients, insured beneficiaries). Areas ranging from preventive care to new providers of health care to improved technology will be focal points of the strategies. To ensure success and compliance, there will likely be both carrot and stick incentives for health consumers to comply.

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