Mallory s part of 457 final paper
Section Four: SWOT Analysis
Introduction
The purpose of the SWOT analysis is to define the internal and external factors that affect a company, in this case Jackson Park Hospital. It is composed of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, hence the acronym. We took the time to directly analyze Jackson Park Hospital in order to determine some of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that take place. We thought of strengths as advantages this hospital has, weaknesses as what the hospital could improve on, opportunities as situations in which the hospital could excel, and threats as competition from outside parties.
Strengths
Some strengths we came up with for Jackson Park Hospital are things that the hospital has either already done well at, or has the chance to excel at. The strengths are as follows: Jackson Park Hospital already has a budget for the fast track system in their emergency department, registered nurses do the triage meaning patients are seen by more than just a doctor. Patients are given written instructions when discharged; there is 24/7-hour emergency room care with a full time attending physician, nurses, residence physicians, and medical students. Lastly, Jackson Park has a partial hospitalization program that is designed for patients who need impatient care but not 24/7-hour surveillance.
Weaknesses
Weaknesses are factors, which internally inhibit the efforts of the hospital. The weaknesses we came up with for Jackson Park Hospital are as follows: they are below the national average on patient satisfaction on ten different factors, the overall hospital was rated a 2.5 out of 5 stars which means they have a damaged reputation, their fast track system takes an hours time. Also, Jackson Park ranks worse than average to average-on patient safety indicators, meaning they don’t have the patients in their best interest. Finally the hospital suffers from a high readmission rate and staff not being able to fulfill all of their
Introduction
The purpose of the SWOT analysis is to define the internal and external factors that affect a company, in this case Jackson Park Hospital. It is composed of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, hence the acronym. We took the time to directly analyze Jackson Park Hospital in order to determine some of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that take place. We thought of strengths as advantages this hospital has, weaknesses as what the hospital could improve on, opportunities as situations in which the hospital could excel, and threats as competition from outside parties.
Strengths
Some strengths we came up with for Jackson Park Hospital are things that the hospital has either already done well at, or has the chance to excel at. The strengths are as follows: Jackson Park Hospital already has a budget for the fast track system in their emergency department, registered nurses do the triage meaning patients are seen by more than just a doctor. Patients are given written instructions when discharged; there is 24/7-hour emergency room care with a full time attending physician, nurses, residence physicians, and medical students. Lastly, Jackson Park has a partial hospitalization program that is designed for patients who need impatient care but not 24/7-hour surveillance.
Weaknesses
Weaknesses are factors, which internally inhibit the efforts of the hospital. The weaknesses we came up with for Jackson Park Hospital are as follows: they are below the national average on patient satisfaction on ten different factors, the overall hospital was rated a 2.5 out of 5 stars which means they have a damaged reputation, their fast track system takes an hours time. Also, Jackson Park ranks worse than average to average-on patient safety indicators, meaning they don’t have the patients in their best interest. Finally the hospital suffers from a high readmission rate and staff not being able to fulfill all of their