Healthcare Strategic Planning
Healthcare organizations must look to the future and envision the type of organization it wants to be for its patients, staff, and community. To achieve this, a strategic plan will guide the organization through any type of change. Strategic planning is a “written outline of the future that should enhance efficiency and effectiveness, encourage unity and focus, empower meaningful change, and streamline decision-making” (Sare & Ogilvie, 2010, p. 59) and it begins with identifying an unmet need. The purpose of this paper is to outline the need for an additional Nurse Clinician as well as expanding the responsibilities of all Nurse Clinicians to ensure the health record technology is being used to its maximum potential in the Sunnybrook Veterans
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172) and communicate the purpose, direction and philosophy of the institution to the employees and public. For Sunnybrook, this means it wants to be there when it matters most, invent the future of healthcare and provide care with excellence, collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement (Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 2016). These statements are the starting off point for strategic planning and serve to guide the actions of those who will develop and implement the plan (Desmidt, Prinzie & Decramer, 2011). By adding one Nurse Clinician and changing the role of all Clinicians, senior management will have accurate data on the care provided and resources utilized in order to develop a plan that will meet the needs of those who reside in the facility now and in the …show more content…
Additionally, the data was not always accurate as staff used subjective, rather than objective data. With the position now centralized, the job of the MDS Nurse Clinician ends with the completion of the MDS and any gaps or errors in the documentation are forwarded to the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) to address, it is the same for the EHR Nurse Clinician. The main role of the APN is to implement evidence-based research into practice and to educate staff on new clinical procedures and while documentation is within their role profile, senior management believes it is not the best use of their time as the efficient use of resources is crucial to ensure fiscal responsibility and the delivery of quality care (Weiss,
172) and communicate the purpose, direction and philosophy of the institution to the employees and public. For Sunnybrook, this means it wants to be there when it matters most, invent the future of healthcare and provide care with excellence, collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement (Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 2016). These statements are the starting off point for strategic planning and serve to guide the actions of those who will develop and implement the plan (Desmidt, Prinzie & Decramer, 2011). By adding one Nurse Clinician and changing the role of all Clinicians, senior management will have accurate data on the care provided and resources utilized in order to develop a plan that will meet the needs of those who reside in the facility now and in the …show more content…
Additionally, the data was not always accurate as staff used subjective, rather than objective data. With the position now centralized, the job of the MDS Nurse Clinician ends with the completion of the MDS and any gaps or errors in the documentation are forwarded to the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) to address, it is the same for the EHR Nurse Clinician. The main role of the APN is to implement evidence-based research into practice and to educate staff on new clinical procedures and while documentation is within their role profile, senior management believes it is not the best use of their time as the efficient use of resources is crucial to ensure fiscal responsibility and the delivery of quality care (Weiss,