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Using case study, " Brigham and Women's Hospital: Moving the Needle Takes People, Processes, and Leadership" to respond to the discussion questions below. You may respond to the questions in the context of the case study. Be sure to use examples from the case study to explain your chosen improvement technique and analysis.

1. Choose a quality improvement technique, such as FOCUS-PDCA, Lean, Six Sigma, or some other methodology, and identify what you consider its strengths to be. Then, identify the chosen technique's desirability and usefulness in assisting an HCO in conducting its own Organizational Assessment from the strategic planning process.

2. How does the method you choose integrate well with the functions of determining the Organizational Volume Forecast, evaluating the Financial Condition, analyzing the Strategic Performance, and ascertaining the Organizational Core Competencies?

3. In addressing the strengths of the technique which you identify, you could provide a simple list (no need to be exhaustive) with a basic explanation. When showing its usefulness to an organization's assessment of its internal environment, you could simply use bullet points to identify the relevance.