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Strategic planning: today's hot buttons.

R C Bohlmann1

  • 1Health Care Consulting Group, Englewood, CO, USA.

Medical Group Management Journal
|August 5, 1998
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Group practices require ongoing strategic planning despite mergers and managed care evolution. Proactive planning addresses future ownership, managed care, and physician satisfaction, demonstrating essential leadership.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Medical Group Administration
  • Strategic Planning in Healthcare

Background:

  • The healthcare landscape is characterized by continuous mergers and the evolving nature of managed care.
  • Group practices, even those that have undergone previous mergers, face persistent challenges and evolving needs.
  • Physician dissatisfaction and performance standards are key concerns within group practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To emphasize the continued necessity of strategic planning for group practices.
  • To highlight critical areas requiring strategic consideration, including mergers, managed care, and physician well-being.
  • To underscore the role of strategic planning in demonstrating proactive leadership.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of current trends in group practice management.

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  • Identification of key challenges and opportunities facing medical groups.
  • Review of strategic planning components relevant to healthcare organizations.

    • Main Results:

    • Mergers and managed care have not diminished the need for strategic planning in group practices.
    • Group practices are actively seeking guidance on future mergers, ownership, managed care, and physician satisfaction.
    • Strategic planning, incorporating benchmarking, ancillary services, and physician involvement, offers solutions.

    Conclusions:

    • Strategic planning remains crucial for group practices navigating a dynamic healthcare environment.
    • Proactive strategic planning is essential for effective leadership and addressing contemporary challenges.
    • Addressing physician involvement and performance standards through planning is vital for practice sustainability.