title: Planning to plan: the process of success for the future.
abstract: Taking the confusion out of the planning process is a challenge for hospital administrators who, in the 1990s, will be called on to reevaluate strategies for both the institution and individual clinical areas. Identifying a planning process that fits the hospital and its management style is as important as producing the plan itself. In the following article, the author discusses the factors and players that must be considered in the planning process.
authors: Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Espy
mesh_terms: D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States