; and (ii) whether that number of employees is necessary. (8) The information technology strategies of the Service with respect to furnishing and managing health care, including an identification of any weaknesses and opportunities with respect to the technology used by the Service, especially those strategies with respect to clinical documentation of episodes of hospital care, medical services, and other health care, including any clinical images and associated textual reports, furnished by the Service in Service or non-Service facilities. (9) Business processes of the Service, including processes relating to furnishing non-Service health care, insurance identification, third-party revenue collection, and vendor reimbursement, including an identification of mechanisms as follows: (A) To avoid the payment of penalties to vendors. (B) To increase the collection of amounts owed to the Service for hospital care, medical services, or other health care provided by the Service for which reimbursement from a third party is authorized and to ensure that such amounts collected are accurate. (C) To increase the collection of any other amounts owed to the Service with respect to hospital care, medical services, and other health care and to ensure that such amounts collected are accurate. (D) To increase the accuracy and timeliness of Service payments to vendors and providers. (10) The purchasing, distribution, and use of pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical supplies, medical devices, and health care related services by the Service, including the following: (A) The prices paid for, standardization of, and use by the Service of, the following: (i) Pharmaceuticals. (ii) Medical and surgical supplies. (iii) Medical devices. (B) The use by the Service of group purchasing arrangements to purchase pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical supplies, medical devices, and health care related services. (C) The strategy and systems used by the Service to distribute pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical supplies, medical devices, and