2020 has been a year full of learning, growing, and overcoming for all of us. We hope Stratasan's Strategic Growth blog series has been a bright spot in your week, delivering insight and inspiring creativity. We uncovered innovative solutions to the healthcare revenue crisis, learned how to identify service line opportunities, discovered how new diagnosis and procedure codes are created, and much more.
As we close out the year, we thought it'd be helpful to share our five most popular blog posts of 2020. These posts received the most views and seemed to provide useful growth guidance to you, our readers. If you’re staying home for the holidays or enjoying some downtime before the new year begins, check out these posts that you may have missed or revisit your favorites for fresh insight.
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2020
We hope it’s been an incredible year of learning through Stratasan's Strategic Growth blog series. We said goodbye to a dear friend, learned the secrets of the DIKW pyramid, uncovered innovative solutions to the healthcare revenue crisis, and much more.
As we close out the year, we thought it would be helpful to share the five most popular blog posts from 2019. These posts received the most views and seemed to provide useful growth guidance to you, our readers. If you’re traveling over the holidays or just enjoying some downtime before the new year begins, check out these posts that you may have missed or revisit your favorites for fresh insight.
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2019
The Secrets of the DIKW Pyramid
By Jason Moore
Have you heard of the DIKW pyramid? If not, you’re not alone. But if you’re up for a refreshing shift in perspective on how to make data-driven decisions, then read on.
Within the healthcare landscape, change is constant. As a result, growth departments — whether they be strategic planning, marketing, business development, or physician relations — must make informed, data-driven decisions that can keep pace with the rate of change. Stratasan views the DIKW pyramid as the best and most philosophically accurate way for leaders to make these decisions.
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We hope it’s been an incredible year of growth and learning through Stratasan's Strategic Growth blog series. We’ve learned how to apply the principles of “good strategy” to our annual planning, outlined how to achieve organizational alignment, and discussed how to thrive as an independent hospital in challenging healthcare times.
As we close out the year, we thought it would be helpful to share the 5 most popular blog posts from 2018. These posts received the most hits and seemed to provide the most helpful growth guidance to you, our readers. If you’re traveling over the holidays or just enjoying some downtime before the new year begins, this is a great way to review helpful blog posts that you may have missed or revisit your favorites for fresh insight.
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2018
Validate Your Market Understanding for More Informed Strategic Planning
By Morgan Atkins and Hank Neuhoff
An Environmental Assessment (EA) is an opportunity to validate your market understanding and can serve as an exposition on your market’s climate. EAs provide a comprehensive baseline for planning and can serve as a year-long reference point for measuring the progress and success of your strategic initiatives.
With so many high-priority outcomes connected to your EA findings, it’s important to get these assessments right. This checklist can serve as a handy guide to completing a successful EA. We’ll outline best practices and provide you with a step-by-step process for the best possible results.
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Interviews with: Mitzi Kent and Dustie Maguire
Get an insider look at the organization of a successful physician relations program as shared in this interview with Stratasan and LifePoint Health. Learn about the goals and responsibilities, hiring and leadership, relationship building techniques, intelligence and information, and compliance needed to run a thriving and effective team.
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Use the Right Data to Stay Competitive and Optimize Physician Outreach
Whether it proves to be an opportunity or a curse, one thing is certain; today’s healthcare providers are living in interesting times. The US healthcare system is facing a monumental physician shortage due to population growth, an increase in the number of aging Americans, and the retirement of practicing doctors. Additionally, despite increased medical school enrollments over the last half decade, the physician shortfall is projected to grow to 100,000 by the year 2030, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Concurrent to these headaches has been the onslaught of big data—seen by many as a potential elixir to a myriad of problems, and seen by others as merely a new conundrum.
One thing is certain: hospitals and health systems have never had a more urgent need for accurate, actionable intelligence—especially with regards to fostering and maintaining their physician relations to drive strategic growth.
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Takeaways from the 2018 Healthcare Marketing and Physician Strategies Summit
By Jackie DeGroat
This month, several members of our team attended the 2018 Healthcare Marketing & Physician Strategies Summit in Salt Lake City, UT. This year, more than 800 executives attended The Summit, which is the leading conference for senior-level marketing, strategy, physician relations, sales, and business development executives from hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, integrated networks, and medical groups.
Attending as sponsors, our team found the experience to be a rewarding mix of networking with peers and gleaning best practices from specialists in various arenas of the healthcare industry. Here are my key takeaways, summarized as a series of best practices for physician liaisons in the areas of sales planning and tracking and measuring results.
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By Drake Jarman
Make it Happen in 60 Days or Less
Switching healthcare data analytics partners can be scary. But keeping the status quo could be a costly mistake. Staying associated with a sub-par partner can lead to lost revenue, marketshare, and diminishing physician relationships. In a healthcare ecosystem where change is the only constant, hospital leaders want:
- A partner who is nimble, creative, and who can scale to meet their evolving needs
- A robust tool that can equip them with intelligence to adapt and evolve amidst changing healthcare realities
- Data transparency for more insightful and effective growth planning
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By Lee Ann Lambdin and Monika O’Clair
Huggins Hospital: A Planning Success Story
In 2017, Huggins Hospital had a fairly new leadership team and an outdated strategic plan. Given the ever-changing healthcare environment, their plan needed to be updated to reflect the new landscape.
Huggins realized it would be valuable to bring in an outside partner—someone who could bring a fresh perspective and innovative ideas—to guide them through the process. They were looking for a nimble planning process and techniques for seeking meaningful, diverse input into the strategic plan—all of which they found in their partnership with Stratasan.
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