Strategic Planning
Community Hospital Corporation identified best practice tips to help organizations prepare CHNAs and implementation plans that align with strategic planning priorities and Internal Revenue Service requirements. Here's the strategic roadmap they developed.
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." For healthcare strategists today, this quote from the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer reflects the relationship between skepticism and the process of…
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Chicago (January 26, 2017) — The Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development (SHSMD) of the American Hospital Association today released the highly respected environmental assessment Futurescan 2017-2022: Healthcare Trends and Implications.
As hospitals and health systems increasingly implement physician alignment strategies, physician relations teams must concentrate on ways they can bring value to their organizations in this new environment. This article explores the ways in which physician relations professionals can be more…
For two decades, research conducted by change management thought leader John Kotter and others has shown that approximately two-thirds of large-scale change initiatives fail to meet their objectives.1 Faced with daunting odds like these, how can strategists position themselves to better lead and…
A case study will be shared that highlights the hallmarks of planning and performance improvement: integration, alignment, engagement, communication, and focus.
The Jackson Story is the account of a strategic initiative resulting in the development of Meridian Health Village at Jackson, a health/fitness/wellness center. This presentation focuses on the consumer-centric planning, implementation, and communications which were key to turning this concept into…
The final result of Southcoast Health System's service line planning was a plan with a vision that supported the system's overall primary care strategy and articulated specific initiatives supportable by physicians. This lookback will be relayed by the chair of this effort, who himself is a…