Hospital and medical staff strategic planning: developing an integrated approach.
The physician as the principal customer of the hospital is a relatively new concept, indicative of the shift to a more complete market orientation in strategic planning. Although medical staff and medical community dynamics receive increasing attention in strategic planning, much more sophistication is now needed to involve physicians constructively in strategic planning for the hospital and medical staff. While full consonance of physician and hospital plans may be achievable only in a completely integrated delivery system, there is considerable room for improvement in current organizational models.
Zuckerman
A M
AM
Chi Systems, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States