Full Description
Updated guide on essential strategic management practices for health care organisations
Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations delivers an essential framework for leading health care organisations through strategic management, examining the processes of strategic thinking, consensus building and documentation of that thinking into a strategic plan, and creating and maintaining strategic momentum. This Ninth Edition contains numerous updates on the rapid advancements in the field of health care, different health care settings, and natural disasters in a healthcare context, with revisions to existing content reflecting the latest research and methodology in the field.
This book shows readers how to:
Map and analyse external issues, trends and events in the general environment, the health care system, and the service area
Conduct a comprehensive service area competitor analysis and perform an internal analysis to determine competitive advantages and disadvantages
Develop directional strategies, identify strategic alternatives, and make rational strategic decisions
Create effective value-adding service delivery and support strategies, and translate service delivery and support plans into specific action plans
Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations provides heath care management students and health care administrators with essential foundational guidance on strategic management concepts and practices, tailored to the unique needs of the health care industry.
Contents
Preface
About the Companion Website
Parts and Chapters
Part 1 - The Strategic Management Imperative and Context
Chapter 1: The Nature of Strategic Management
Chapter 2: Context and Change
Part 2 - Situational Analysis
Chapter 3: External Analysis
Chapter 4: Service Area Competitor Analysis
Chapter 5: Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage
Part 3 - Strategy Formulation
Chapter 6: Identifying Strategic Alternatives
Chapter 7: Directional Strategies
Chapter 8: Evaluation of Alternatives and Strategic Choice
Chapter 9: Strategic Planning Metrics
Chapter 10: Communicating Strategy and Developing Action Plans
Part 4 - Resources for Strategic Thinkers
Resource A: Health Care Organization Accounting, Finance, and Performance Analysis
Resource B: Analyzing Strategic Health Care Cases
Resource C: Extended Example of Service Area Competitor Analysis -Internal Medicine
Resource D: Extended Example of Internal Analysis - Centene Corporation
Resource E: Summary of Strategic Alternatives
Resource F: Summary of Strategic Alternatives Analysis Methods
Resource G: Extended Example of Action Plans - Rehabilitation Medicine (RM), Cardiac Rehab Lab
Resource H: Health Care Acronyms
Resource I: Glossary of Health Care Strategic Management Terms
Index
