Flow chart eases planning process for hospitals. 1991

J C Quinn
St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, OK.

If planning is the key word for hospitals in the next decade, how do their administrators get through the tedious tasks associated with formulating strategy, making purchases or changing directions for individual units? In the following article, the author suggests a methodology to streamline the process and put it in the hands of department managers.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008722 Methods A series of steps taken in order to conduct research. Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D010934 Planning Techniques Procedures, strategies, and theories of planning. Planning Theories,Methodology, Planning,Planning Methodology,Planning Technic,Planning Methodologies,Planning Technics,Planning Technique,Planning Theory,Technic, Planning,Technique, Planning,Theory, Planning
D012107 Research Design A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly. Experimental Design,Data Adjustment,Data Reporting,Design, Experimental,Designs, Experimental,Error Sources,Experimental Designs,Matched Groups,Methodology, Research,Problem Formulation,Research Methodology,Research Proposal,Research Strategy,Research Technics,Research Techniques,Scoring Methods,Adjustment, Data,Adjustments, Data,Data Adjustments,Design, Research,Designs, Research,Error Source,Formulation, Problem,Formulations, Problem,Group, Matched,Groups, Matched,Matched Group,Method, Scoring,Methods, Scoring,Problem Formulations,Proposal, Research,Proposals, Research,Reporting, Data,Research Designs,Research Proposals,Research Strategies,Research Technic,Research Technique,Scoring Method,Source, Error,Sources, Error,Strategies, Research,Strategy, Research,Technic, Research,Technics, Research,Technique, Research,Techniques, Research
D003659 Decision Making, Organizational The process by which decisions are made in an institution or other organization. Organizational Decision Making
D006748 Hospital Departments Major administrative divisions of the hospital. Departments, Hospital,Department, Hospital,Hospital Department
D006752 Hospital Planning Areawide planning for hospitals or planning of a particular hospital unit on the basis of projected consumer need. This does not include hospital design and construction or architectural plans. Regional Hospital Planning,Regional Hospital Plannings,Hospital Planning, Regional,Hospital Plannings, Regional,Planning, Hospital,Plannings, Hospital,Planning, Regional Hospital
D013597 Systems Analysis The analysis of an activity, procedure, method, technique, or business to determine what must be accomplished and how the necessary operations may best be accomplished. Agent-Based Modeling,Analysis, Systems,Complexity Analysis,System Dynamics Analysis,Systems Approach,Systems Medicine,Systems Oriented Approach,Systems Thinking,Agent Based Modeling,Agent-Based Modelings,Analyses, Complexity,Analyses, System Dynamics,Analyses, Systems,Analysis, Complexity,Analysis, System Dynamics,Approach, Systems,Approach, Systems Oriented,Approachs, Systems,Approachs, Systems Oriented,Complexity Analyses,Dynamics Analyses, System,Dynamics Analysis, System,Medicine, Systems,Medicines, Systems,Modeling, Agent-Based,Modelings, Agent-Based,System Dynamics Analyses,Systems Analyses,Systems Approachs,Systems Medicines,Systems Oriented Approachs,Systems Thinkings,Thinking, Systems,Thinkings, Systems

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