Academic medical centers (AMCs) are facing unprecedented financial pressure as funds for academic and research programs decrease, and competition for the remaining funds increases. Federal funding continues to decline, and the shift toward population health management and translational research will drive investments in newer technologies and infrastructure required to support such endeavors. These compounding pressures […]
Success in today’s environment often requires rapid action at
unpredictable times. The right strategic planning process can
drive your senior team to think strategically, prepare for
uncertainty, and respond with agility.
Alan Zuckerman’s latest strategic planning book, Healthcare Strategic Planning, now in its third edition, takes a contemporary look at a traditional business planning process to show the nation’s hospitals what they need to do differently to meet the demands of operating under health care reform. What type of planning techniques and strategies will help hospitals […]
There are multiple factors to consider when building a strategic plan; competition, quality and care experience, culture, and market and industry innovation, are just a few of the most critical components. It is often said that sound strategy development is both an art and a science – requiring planners to blend intuition and creative problem […]