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Strategic planning with family physicians: a case study.
Canadian Family Physician Medecin De Famille Canadien
|January 26, 2011
Summary
Family physicians engaged in strategic planning to define their practice philosophy and future goals. Overcoming physician-manager collaboration challenges was key to successful planning and future programming.
Area of Science:
- Medical Practice Management
- Healthcare Administration
- Family Medicine
Background:
- Strategic planning is crucial for healthcare organizations.
- Effective physician involvement in planning is often challenging.
- Traditional physician-manager relationships can hinder collaboration.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline a strategic planning process for family physicians.
- To identify and address barriers to physician involvement in planning.
- To develop strategies for enhanced physician-manager collaboration.
Main Methods:
- The study involved family physicians at Sunnybrook Medical Centre.
- A strategic planning process was undertaken to develop practice philosophy, mission, and goals.
- Issues related to planning needs, physician involvement, and collaboration were identified.
Main Results:
- Numerous issues were identified concerning the need for planning and physician engagement.
- The traditional physician-manager relationship was recognized as a barrier to collaboration.
- Strategies were developed to overcome identified obstacles.
Conclusions:
- Successful strategic planning requires addressing physician involvement and collaboration barriers.
- Proactive strategies are needed to foster productive partnerships between physicians and managers.
- Administrators can implement outlined suggestions to involve physicians more effectively in planning.
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