Strategic planning is increasing in value as more organizations are implementing such strategies. Strategic planning can help improve morale and satisfaction amongst staff, managers, and stakeholders. It can help improve efficiency within the organization and ideally the quality of care as well. Most importantly, it helps an organization to focus and prioritize its goals, therefore, increasing its chances for success. Critical care medicine is a unique branch of medicine because of the high costs associated with care.
It is reasonable to perceive that these costs will go up in the future. Our population is aging and our abilities to sustain life are constantly improving. ICU is also unique because it is associated with high stress for the patients, families, nurses, physicians and allied health professionals. Care is often associated with post-traumatic stress and burnout. For these…
