A reasoned approach to hospital planning in an uncertain world.
The historical approach to planning community hospitals fails to recognize the substantial impact of finance on program decisions. A fundamentally different approach, an approach that involves the chief financial officer in the planning effort, is proposed here. By integrating financial planning within the overall planning effort, a hospital can develop a truly strategic plan based on the best information from everyone on the hospital management team.
D005376:Financial Management; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000191:economics*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States