Regulations and Accountability / Strategic Priorities
You have just been appointed the Director of Planning for Community Hospital, a 250-bed acute care facility. The Chief Executive Officer has asked you to analyze the organization's five strategic initiatives and recommend some priorities for Community Hospital. The strategic initiatives are: 1) Develop a new Perinatal Center; 2) Expand the hospital's ambulatory care presence in the secondary service areas; 3) Launch a hospital? wide cost containment program; 4) Implement a medical staff development plan; 5) Become a Magnet Hospital. Considering the various decision support tools dealing with regulations and accountability, how would you go about this assignment and how would you apply these tools?