title: Planning process a powerful tool.
abstract: Although business and industry have been involved with the planning process for some time, hospitals have only recently realized the powerful tool that the process represents.
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D006040:Goals; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000639:trends*; D007221:Industry; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States