title: Strategic planning in patient education: a key element of successful management.
abstract: Strategic Planning is a useful technique for patient education planning in health care facilities. The consultants to the planning process at a Veterans Administration Medical Center outline the lessons of strategic planning in an effort to guide and encourage newcomers. The Seattle VA Medical Center planning outcomes are described to emphasize the benefits. The authors enthusiastically recommend strategic planning as a management tool for patient education committees.
mesh_terms: D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014861:Washington