Community South Medical Clinic Swot Analysis

S.W.O.T. (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)

The needs of Community South Medical Center is a shortage of clinical staff including registered nurses, respiratory therapists, and medical technologists; non-interfacing information technology systems; antiquated facilities and infrastructure; decline in T.J.C. compliance on internal audits; and a shift to its financial mix. In order to re-evaluate the strategic plan the Center put into place three years ago, looking at the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the continued operation of the Clinic. The strength this clinic has is special expertise in many different fields of medicine, the reputation of the clinic and the technology the clinic retains. The clinic could

"There are steps that will proactively and effectively create a flexible strategic plan for the present and the future of the clinic that will withstand all internal and external challenges." (Springer, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. 2015)."Having a strategic plan, means following a variety of common practices recommended for strategic planning-having a comprehensive plan, involving physicians, involving the board, and implementing the plan. About one-half of the hospitals assigned responsibility for the plan to the CEO." (Journal of Healthcare Management. May/Jun2008,) Both of these studies state that strategic planning is important in the healthcare system to ensure quality care is being given by the best physicians with the most experience, but there also must be staff willing and able to assist these physicians in maintaining the hospitals and clinics to run

The more programs we can design to maximize the patients' care and the quality of that care, we can begin to create an over-all healthcare system that provides the best care for everyone. With improvements and revenue these facilities can function if their planning has taken into consideration all these systems and programs. The fundamental basis of the healthcare system needs to address these issues in order to create a quality facility for everyone. Integrating efficiency and effectiveness of strategic planning is not that easy to incorporate in a facility that is already established. To integrate programs and specific plans, there are so many factors that need to be addressed and over-come. The system structures and conditions of the plan that are under the control of the company are easier to manage and address any issues that may happen. The external factors that are not under the control of the company make the planning process more difficult to implement for efficiency and