title: Decision support systems and the healthcare strategic planning process: a case study.
abstract: The repertoire of applications that comprises health-care decision support systems (DSS) includes analyses of clinical, financial, and operational activities. As a whole, these applications facilitate developing comprehensive and interrelated business and medical models that support the complex decisions required to successfully manage today's health-care organizations. Kennestone Regional Health Care System's use of DSS to facilitate strategic planning has precipitated marked changes in the organization's method of determining capital allocations. This case study discusses Kennestone's use of DSS in the strategic planning process, including profiles of key DSS modeling components.
authors.affiliation: HBO & Company, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lundquist
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Norris
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management; D005845:Georgia; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States