Strategic Planning for a Health Care Facility
Veterans Health Administration
Diane F. Jeanette
HCA 422: Health Care Planning & Evaluation
Bruce Carruthers
September 6, 2010
In business there are strategies that need to be fulfilled. Starting a business or health care organization we need to use strategy planning. In the strategy planning of our business or health care organization we need to map out the mission, vision and goals that we want our business or health care organization to meet. My paper is going to be on the Veterans Health Administration strategy planning. This paper will review their internal and external assessments, competitive marketing analysis, identification of stakeholders, an overview and assessments of services provided, competencies and resources, public entities and regulatory requirements, demographics served, strategic financial planning, financial and operational outcomes, current and future directions of the organization.
First let us look at what strategic planning is. There are several key dimensions of strategy and these are:
• A strategy will steer the direction of the overall organization which will affect the long-term well-being of the organization.
• A strategy will have long time horizons that will be measured in years instead of months or weeks. Most strategic plans will set goals to be achieved in five or more years in the future.
• A strategy will have impact that will be felt through the whole organization instead of within a single component of the organization.
• A strategy will build on and exploit to the fullest extent the organizations resources and abilities.
• A strategy will create the best possible fit between the organization and its mission, on one hand, ant the organization’s external environment, on the other hand.
• Strategic decisions require major resource commitments and are difficult to reverse.
• A strategy is distinguished by the strength of the organization’s commitment
Diane F. Jeanette
HCA 422: Health Care Planning & Evaluation
Bruce Carruthers
September 6, 2010
In business there are strategies that need to be fulfilled. Starting a business or health care organization we need to use strategy planning. In the strategy planning of our business or health care organization we need to map out the mission, vision and goals that we want our business or health care organization to meet. My paper is going to be on the Veterans Health Administration strategy planning. This paper will review their internal and external assessments, competitive marketing analysis, identification of stakeholders, an overview and assessments of services provided, competencies and resources, public entities and regulatory requirements, demographics served, strategic financial planning, financial and operational outcomes, current and future directions of the organization.
First let us look at what strategic planning is. There are several key dimensions of strategy and these are:
• A strategy will steer the direction of the overall organization which will affect the long-term well-being of the organization.
• A strategy will have long time horizons that will be measured in years instead of months or weeks. Most strategic plans will set goals to be achieved in five or more years in the future.
• A strategy will have impact that will be felt through the whole organization instead of within a single component of the organization.
• A strategy will build on and exploit to the fullest extent the organizations resources and abilities.
• A strategy will create the best possible fit between the organization and its mission, on one hand, ant the organization’s external environment, on the other hand.
• Strategic decisions require major resource commitments and are difficult to reverse.
• A strategy is distinguished by the strength of the organization’s commitment
References: Department of Veterans Affairs. (2008) Veterans Health Administration. Strategic Planning Process Moseley, G., (2009) Managing Health Care Business Strategy. Sudbury, MA.: Jones & Bartlett Publishing, LLC Prepare 5 Year HR Plan Report on VHA Long Range Planning (8107) Begin Report on VHA Long Range Plan (8107) Prepare Major (FY +2) Capital (Leases, Constr, equip, IT) Concept Papers