Strategic Planning
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Importance of Strategic Planning 2
Roles and Responsibilities 3 Governing Board Strategic Planning Committee Chief Executive Officer Medical Staff Department Heads Patients and Community Planner Consultants The Steps of Strategic Planning 5 Get Organized Perform an Environmental Assessment The Internal Assessment The External Assessment Develop a Vision Review the Mission Statement Develop Strategies Goal Approach Critical Issues Approach Scenario Approach Prepare the Strategic Plan Approve the Plan Implement the Plan Monitor and Evaluate the Plan
Resources 11
Summary 11
References 12 The Governing Board of a hospital/health system is responsible for that hospital’s planning process. A strategic planning process must be established to position the hospital/health system in a rapidly changing environment.
Strategic planning is the process of determining what an organization wants to be in the future and how it will get there. Hospitals that develop and implement strategic plans tend to be more successful than those that don’t.
Strategic planning is different from short-term or operational planning.
Operational planning usually focuses on an annual cycle and requires the development of yearly objectives and plans. This becomes part of the annual budgeting process. Operational plans lay out how the hospital will move toward its future during that year. The future is described in the hospital’s strategic plan.
Strategic planning requires that choices be made about your hospital’s future. These choices concern your vision and mission, the goals to be pursued, what services will be offered and to whom, the resources that will be needed (people, facilities, technology, money and knowledge) and how they will be acquired.
IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING
A hospital/health system should plan for its future to:
Improve the hospital’s performance
Determine
Importance of Strategic Planning 2
Roles and Responsibilities 3 Governing Board Strategic Planning Committee Chief Executive Officer Medical Staff Department Heads Patients and Community Planner Consultants The Steps of Strategic Planning 5 Get Organized Perform an Environmental Assessment The Internal Assessment The External Assessment Develop a Vision Review the Mission Statement Develop Strategies Goal Approach Critical Issues Approach Scenario Approach Prepare the Strategic Plan Approve the Plan Implement the Plan Monitor and Evaluate the Plan
Resources 11
Summary 11
References 12 The Governing Board of a hospital/health system is responsible for that hospital’s planning process. A strategic planning process must be established to position the hospital/health system in a rapidly changing environment.
Strategic planning is the process of determining what an organization wants to be in the future and how it will get there. Hospitals that develop and implement strategic plans tend to be more successful than those that don’t.
Strategic planning is different from short-term or operational planning.
Operational planning usually focuses on an annual cycle and requires the development of yearly objectives and plans. This becomes part of the annual budgeting process. Operational plans lay out how the hospital will move toward its future during that year. The future is described in the hospital’s strategic plan.
Strategic planning requires that choices be made about your hospital’s future. These choices concern your vision and mission, the goals to be pursued, what services will be offered and to whom, the resources that will be needed (people, facilities, technology, money and knowledge) and how they will be acquired.
IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING
A hospital/health system should plan for its future to:
Improve the hospital’s performance
Determine