An effective policy is one that achieves a specific outcome in terms of the impact that it has on an organization. Healthcare organizations need to understanding the importance of a policy with regard to setting the internal and external direction of the organization. This can only be done by measuring its effectiveness toward achieving a set standard. Select a healthcare policy and describe its expected outcomes. Based on what you learned this week, address the following requirements: **Demonstrate the impact of the policy by discussing changes in short-term, intermediate, and long-term outcomes. **Are the changes in outcomes truly attributed to the policy? **Identify the relative cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness of the policy. Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which will require supporting citations along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed reference in supporting your answer. You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to this weekly discussion question. These post replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that post’s answer.