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Essentials of Strategic Planning in Healthcare

Jeffrey P. Harrison, PhD, FACHE

Softbound, 232pp, 2010

Book Description

Essentials of Strategic Planning in Healthcare introduces readers to the factors influencing the strategic planning process in hospitals and other health services institutions today. Structured around a comprehensive case study and accompanying end-of-chapter exercises, this text places readers in the planner’s seat, asking them to apply what they have learned to lead the hospital in the case study to success.

Topics covered include:

  • The role leadership plays in strategic planning
  • Organizational factors critical to strategic planning
  • Completing a SWOT analysis
  • Analytical tools that support strategic planning
  • Key data sources available to planners
  • Strategic opportunities presented by pay-for-performance initiatives
  • Communicating the strategic plan to multiple stakeholders
  • Linking the strategic plan to operating performance
  • Physician involvement in strategic planning
  • Strategic planning initiatives across the continuum of care
  • Hospital–physician integration models
  • Factors affecting strategic planning in the post–acute care industry
  • Instructor Resources: Sample syllabus, PowerPoint slides, and a test bank.To see a sample, click on the Instructor Resource sample tab above.