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The PowerPoint presentation, Futurescan 2023, features highlights from the latest edition of Futurescan, one of the industry's most respected health care trends forecasts. Ready for immediate use at your organization, you can employ this presentation tool for staff, leadership or boards.

A report from the 2022 Thought Leader Forum The new skill required of health care leaders today is the ability to drive transformational change optimizing our core businesses while positioning our organizations for big, future-oriented moves. But where do we begin?

An optimal digital strategy is no longer a “nice to have” — it is central to future positioning, especially since 50% of consumers say that a bad digital experience can ruin the entire experience with a provider. 

Futurescan 2023 is the latest in a series of publications for health care leaders that the American Hospital Association’s Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development (SHSMD) in collaboration with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) has published annually since 1999. This highly respected annual guide will help hospital and health system leaders prepare themselves and their organizations for the future as an essential tool for strategic planning.

The PowerPoint presentation, Futurescan 2022, features highlights from the latest edition of Futurescan, one of the industry's most respected health care trends forecasts. Ready for immediate use at your organization, you can employ this presentation tool for staff, leadership or boards.

This members-only report on compensation and work satisfaction gives you the insights you need to make compensation and other career decisions with certainty.

An optimal digital strategy is no longer a “nice to have” — it is central to future positioning, especially since 50% of consumers say that a bad digital experience can ruin the entire experience with a provider. 

The Thought Leader Forum report, sponsored by Kaufman Hall, shares what senior leaders feel about the profound impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the many changes made in response, and what health care will look like post pandemic. 

Futurescan 2022–2027 explores key forces that are transforming the future of health care. The annual publication features the expertise and perspectives of thought leaders in the field on important topics.

The Kaufman Hall 2021 State of Consumerism report details industry performance related activities designed to enable patients to become wholly involved in their healthcare.

Humanizing Brand Experience Vol 4 is the deepest, most comprehensive and clearest pre-post COVID-19 view of consumer, brand and experience needs in the health care industry. Informed by more than 30,000 consumers and with rankings of more than 200+ brands across the country, this first-of-its kind report highlights how consumer needs have (and haven’t!) changed as they’ve navigated health care through the pandemic. 

Futurescan 2021–2026 explores key forces that are transforming the future of health care. The annual publication features the expertise and perspectives of thought leaders in the field on important topics.

This resource is a guide to using impact analysis tools. It is designed to help planners and strategists at all levels understand how different drivers of change, such as COVID-19, social determinants of health and economic changes interact. Users will learn how to use different tools to quickly and systematically assess how different factors could shape outcomes and adjust their planning accordingly.

The PowerPoint presentation, Futurescan 2021, features highlights from the latest edition of Futurescan, one of the industry's most respected health care trends forecasts. Ready for immediate use at your organization, you can employ this presentation tool for staff, leadership or boards.

This report offers key considerations drawn from the forum of expert panelists who are effectively planning ahead to facilitate financial recovery with a strategic focus, including capital strategy, expense management, growth and investment towards a new future. 

Mentoring can make a world of difference in your career. Learn how one SHSMD member, Megan Stinchcomb, Marketing Strategy Manager at Nemours Children’s Health System, learned invaluable new soft skills through SHSMD mentoring.

A collection of resources for emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing the new issues for health care strategists.

SHSMD members play an integral role in effectively communicating information while providing leadership during a crisis.

Learn how hospitals and health systems successfully used telehealth to decrease transfers, time spent in the ICU, average cost of care and patient travel time, greatly improving the value of the care they deliver. This free report also offers expert advice on how to start and sustain a telehealth strategy.

The PowerPoint presentation, Futurescan 2020, features highlights from the latest edition of Futurescan, one of the industry's most respected health care trends forecasts. Ready for immediate use at your organization, you can employ this presentation tool for staff, leadership or boards.