Strategic Planning for Rural & Community Hospitals
In a complex and dynamic rural healthcare landscape, the need for strategic alignment is paramount. Stroudwater’s strategic planning solutions are designed to create a cohesive, outcomes-driven plan, harmonizing your board, administrative, clinical, and operational leadership teams around strategic growth priorities. Our mission is to crystallize your vision and transform it into action, setting a course for your team to move both urgently and intentionally toward your strategic goals.
Curry Health Network (CHN), an Oregon special health district comprised of a hospital and several medical clinics located on the southern Oregon coast, was lacking a clear strategic plan. CHN leaders wanted to develop a plan that would guide the organization with key priorities.
Reliable Solutions for Unique Challenges
Strategic planning in healthcare is a team effort.
Rural and community hospitals have specific needs and face unique challenges. Our rural-focused strategy blends best practices with fresh thinking, ensuring that your strategic growth plan aligns with your organization’s mission, vision, values, and goals. Using a customized, collaborative approach, we start by listening and together develop a proactive, growth-oriented strategic plan that reflects your organization’s and community’s priorities.
Stroudwater’s approach to strategic planning emphasizes:
A Data-Driven Process
Our strategic assessment delivers objective, data-driven insights into the current state, illuminating areas of highest importance and greatest opportunity.
Collaborative Planning Sessions
We foster an innovative and diverse working environment that encourages all perspectives to be heard, developing actionable goals and strategies.
Planning with Implementation in Mind
Three Approaches to Strategic Planning
A detailed study of your organization’s operations, including interviews with staff, leading to a comprehensive report focused on financial performance and operations with a high-level market assessment.
An intensive three-day process in which our consultants work with the rural hospital to co-create a strategic plan. The RSP includes a detailed market analysis and a high-level finance and operations assessment.
A three-to-four-day intensive process in which our consultants work with the rural hospital to co-create a strategic plan. The RSOP includes an additional day to deep dive into the rural hospital’s choice of key operational areas.
This deeper dive analysis could include:
- Revenue Cycle Processes
- Debt Capacity Analysis
- Affiliation Risk Analysis
- Facility Review
- Swing Bed Program Evaluation
- ED Assessment
- Clinic Assessment
- Provider Needs Assessment
- Quality Program Review
- Process Mapping
The Strategic Planning Team
Your Partner in Strategic Growth
Stroudwater has helped hundreds of rural & community healthcare organizations grow and evolve through strategic planning. Our experienced consultants are well-versed in the unique challenges faced by rural & community hospitals, ensuring that their growth plan is innovative and aimed at high-impact opportunities for growth and physician engagement.
Our team works closely with senior leaders to understand internal and market context, crafting a realistic and transformational plan. From network development to digital strategies, service line planning to financial positioning, Stroudwater’s strategic planning team is your partner on your pathway to success.
