title: Strategic planning. Implementing a foundation.
abstract: An interdisciplinary continuum-of-care process achieves a unit's mission and enhances team excellence. Quality of patient care improves, costs decrease, staff satisfaction and morale increase, and a sense of team integration emerges. Strategic planning is an effective tool to actualize this process.
authors.affiliation: Department Head of General Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fidellow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hogan
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques