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Article: Advancing the State of the Art in Healthcare Strategic Planning
- Article from:
- Frontiers of Health Services Management
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Health Administration Press Winter 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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SUMMARY
A recent survey of the state of strategic planning among healthcare organizations indicates that planners and executives believe that healthcare strategic planning practices are effective and provide the appropriate focus and direction for their organizations. When compared to strategic planning practices employed outside of the healthcare field, however, most healthcare strategic planning processes have not evolved to the more advanced, state-of-the-art levels of planning being used successfully outside of healthcare. While organizations that operate in stable markets may be able to survive using basic strategic planning practices, the volatile healthcare market demands that ...