title: Matrix sorts hospital issues for urgent or long-term plan.
abstract: The strategic planning process requires many tools in determining and acting on the issues that will influence a hospital's future. To efficiently and effectively launch a strategic plan, administrators must begin by prioritizing problems and opportunities so that they are proactive rather than reactive. In the following article, the author suggests a matrix system that will aid in that effort.
authors: Widener University, Chester, PA.
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Bender
mesh_terms: D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States