Adapting Your Growth Strategy to Meet the Needs of Aging and Racially and Ethnically Diverse Patient Populations
By Michael Shipley
Senior Product Manager
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Vice President, Customer Success
One of the things I enjoy most about leading Stratasan’s Customer Success team is that I get to serve our healthcare clients in a variety of ways: as a champion, a cheerleader, a problem solver, and an advisor. In recent weeks, I’ve had a number of conversations about strategic planning and how it’s that time of year again. Surprisingly, I’m hearing that many teams aren’t ready to “get started” yet… much like I’m not quite ready for talk about pumpkin spice lattes, Thanksgiving plans, and holiday lights.
Nevertheless, it’s time. Whether you are a part of a hospital / health system or an ancillary care provider, here are four important reasons you need to prioritize strategic planning today:
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By Michael Shipley
Senior Product Manager
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How to Succeed in the Midst of Challenging Dynamics
Note: This post is an excerpt from my SHSMD 2021 conference presentation. You can download the slide deck from this presentation here.
It’s true, the COVID-19 pandemic has been unlike anything our healthcare system has seen in recent history. In many cases, teams have been short-staffed and budget dollars reallocated. How can growth departments rebound from such challenges, often with no additional resources? By learning from those familiar with overcoming similar obstacles.
Staying nimble and adaptable in the face of challenges is something many veterans know how to do well. Experienced leaders are accustomed to making adjustments when there are unplanned changes, budget reductions, or higher demands on the same few resources.
Over the past year, I’ve worked alongside and advised numerous Stratasan clients as they’ve navigated shifting priorities and supported their staff through COVID-19 related challenges. In this post, I’ll share how I’ve seen these hospitals respond and how we can all learn from their experiences.
I’ll also share some of Stratasan’s story of rebounding from loss. I’ll provide some of the insights we’ve learned on how to focus priorities, make risk/reward calculations, and automate more.
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Tags: strategic planning, healthcare strategic planning, SHSMD, COVID-19, SHSMD21
Tools to Revive your Planning Strategy
With this final post in our series on how to adjust and renew your approach to strategic planning in the wake of COVID-19, we’re discussing what tools you can utilize to support your efforts. If you missed the first two posts, click here to learn how to effectively use 2020 data, and here for suggestions on how to refocus priorities upended by COVID-19.
If you’re at the point of revisiting your 2021 strategy, or taking steps to set the course for what strategy should look like post-COVID, then the tools shared in this post will help you along the way.
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How to Refocus Priorities Upended by COVID-19
In our first edition of this blog series, Evaluating 2020 Data—Is It Useful or Not? we discussed how to approach and make sense of 2020 data and use it for strategic planning. In this post, we’ll build upon that idea and consider how strategic planners can adjust and refocus their priorities after a disruption of such magnitude as COVID-19.
How can strategic planners start again? By moving forward in the face of many unknowns and building a new strategy based on a year of data irregularities. The insights shared here will hopefully provide a starting point to do so.
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Does your hospital have a good strategic planning process in place? How frequently is the plan updated and does it impact your day-to-day work and growth planning? Take this short quiz and find out how your team is doing with strategic planning!
With this quiz, you'll receive:
- Immediate feedback as to how good your team is at strategic planning
- Tips and best practices for improving your strategic planning process
- Insights about the value of strategic planning to meet growth, quality, service, and physician relations goals
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Introducing Demographics for Launch Pathway
By Tony Camarata and Morgan Atkins
Demographic data is one of the oldest forms of strategic planning data available. The inaugural US Census was in 1790, which is relatively recent considering the history of census data. Today, demographic data is a basic commodity with detailed information being available on the Census Bureau's website. You can also get this kind of information from numerous established businesses or from a trade association.
While easy access to demographic data is convenient, simply having the information is often not enough. Businesses and organizations looking to use demographic data to find opportunities for growth will need the data to be filtered and organized in a way that makes it useful. This is especially the case for hospitals and healthcare systems.
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Tags: strategic growth, demographics, healthcare data, healthcare marketing, healthcare strategic growth, healthcare strategic planning, marketing, marketing development, marketing roi, targeted marketing, launch pathway, healthcare data analytics, healthcare demographics
Why it’s Critical for Planners to Keep Budget Top-of-Mind
As strategic planners set their course for growth in the new year, it’s critical for finances to be top-of-mind. Often, the budget isn’t always a primary focus for planners, who are more locked in on market share and growth opportunities. But it’s an important step worth remembering and in this post, we’ll discuss why. We’ll review the following two areas of consideration:
- Do you have all the resources you need to fulfill your plan? If not, what will the cost be to acquire the necessary resources?
- Will the new idea you have planned be profitable? Is it worth the financial risk?
Mindful examination of these questions on the front end will pay off through the year. You’ll hit fewer roadblocks and see more success as you execute upon your growth goals and ideas.
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Become Your Own Best Advocate with Trackable, Data-Based Reporting
As with any area in business, marketers and strategic planners must be able to prove the value of their work to leadership. Yet with their reputation as a cost center, these teams feel more pressure to demonstrate positive financial impact. Essentially, marketers and planners must be adept at marketing their own achievements if they want to gain approval for new initiatives and see their budgets grow year over year. This is particularly true in healthcare, where budgets are tightening and facing closer scrutiny.
In this post, we’ll discuss tools and strategies that healthcare marketers and planners can employ to show they are valuable contributors to growth. We’ll also cover some real-world examples of teams facing common challenges finding success, proving their worth, and driving growth. Let’s dig into two key ways to make your team indispensable.
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