Strategic planning sets the vision for the hospital or health system. The process unites the board, administration, medical staff and employees in a shared understanding of the organization. The end result is a visionary and directional document that guides the decision making for the organization’s governing body, administration, management and medical leadership.

The strategic planning process and resulting strategic plan:

• Serves to inform, motivate and involve key constituencies
• Identifies priorities for services, capital investment, and facility planning
• Drives the establishment of benchmarks to monitor organization-wide performance
• Becomes a framework for decision making, securing support and approval

• Interviewing and surveying board members and community representatives, medical staff and hospital leadership
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Validation of strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
• Development of strategic vision and organizational mission
• Formulation of strategic goals, strategies and tactics

Strategic Planning Results
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