title: Standard planning for new programs.
abstract: Health-care executives need to eliminate "gut feel" decisions with a standardized approach to business planning, such as Baxter Healthcare Corp.'s Healthcare Business Planner. The author illustrates how University Hospitals of Cleveland used this model to determine the feasibility of an ambulatory center dedicated to systemic lupus erythematosus.
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D009934:Organization and Administration; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States