Competitive strategies in the NHS.
The NHS has, of necessity since implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990, strengthened its skills in business, marketing and other functions borrowed from industry and commerce. One area where, however, the NHS is currently weak is in competitive intelligence. Hazel Coad and Barbara Kennedy explain what this strategically important function is and how it can help financial viability.
Coad
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H
Institute of Health Services Management.
Kennedy
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B
D003625:Data Collection; D004465:Economic Competition; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000592:standards; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D011361:Professional Competence; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D013597:Systems Analysis; D006113:United Kingdom