EDD 8322 U2A1.docx EDD-8322 Describes the organization and indicates potential strengths

EDD 8322 U2A1.docx  EDD-8322  Describes the organization and indicates potential strengths and weaknesses that may impact future interventions.  1.          Provide a brief organizational overview.  ï‚·       Identify the type of organization it is.  The MSC Federal Health Care Center is a health organization charged with providing care to military service members and veterans. The organization is the result of a culminating project that arose from the merging of two local  government hospitals. The first hospital, a US Navy Hospital tasked with servicing military personnel and their dependents.  The second hospital, a VA Medical  Center (VAMC), provided care for local citizens that once served in the armed forces. The merger led to the MSC Federal Health Center, a first-of-its-kind partnership between the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense (DoD), integrating all medical care into a federal health care facility with a single combined mission of patient-centered care. Additionally, the MSC is comprised of eight community based clinics in addition to the main health facility.  ï‚·Note the size of the organization: the approximate number of employees, teachers, and students or  clients.  The MSC has a staff of roughly three-thousand, responsible for the care of a patient population of nearly a hundred-thousand. MSC is similar to many other government structures, in that division officers report to department heads.  Structurally, each department falls under a larger