NATIONAL HEALTH CARE REPORTS

Health Strategies & Solutions publishes national reports in partnership with leading health care organizations, including the Catholic Health Association, the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development, and the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions.

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Strategic Planning Best Practices Survey and Report

Find out how your organization’s strategic planning stacks up against the best in this new benchmarking study. Raising the Bar: Best Practices in Strategic Planning presents findings of a SHSMD survey of 440 health care organizations to determine current practices in health care strategic planning, then profiles 12 health care organizations that exemplify advanced planning approaches. Author Alan Zuckerman concludes by comparing health care strategic planning with strategic planning in best-practice organizations outside of health care, and challenges health care organizations to raise the bar by seizing opportunities to improve their planning.

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Catholic Healthscan 2006

The Catholic Health Association and Health Strategies & Solutions collaborated on a research project designed to gain a better understanding of the current state of hospital-physician relationships at CHA member organizations. A survey, conducted in the fall of 2005, was developed to gauge a comprehensive range of perspectives about the current challenges Catholic health care organizations and physicians face.

The Catholic Healthscan 2006 report presents the survey results and explores possible approaches for reengaging physicians and health care organizations to enhance the way they deliver quality health care. The report also includes case studies and information about best practices for hospital-physician relationships based on the real-world experiences of Catholic providers.

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Financing the Future II

The Healthcare Financial Management Association's latest Financing the Future II report on joint ventures with physicians and other partners features commentary by Alan Zuckerman and Craig Holm of Health Strategies & Solutions.

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Catholic Healthscan 2004

Health Strategies & Solutions and the Catholic Health Association collaborated on this survey and report of the most important issues affecting Catholic hospitals in the U.S. Catholic Healthscan 2004: A National Survey of Health Trends Affecting Catholic Health Care Organizations from 2004-2008 includes the results of the 25-question survey and then provides analysis and possible approaches for Catholic providers to consider when addressing these critical issues.

For more information or to purchase copies of Catholic Healthscan, call 314-253-3458 or click here.

Child Healthscan

Health Strategies & Solutions and the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) partnered to publish a report that examines pediatric health care trends.  Child Healthscan is based, in part, on a national survey of 116 NACHRI members, which examined perspectives on issues facing pediatric providers for the next two to five years.

Based on these survey results and research from the field, the report examines 10 key trends that will impact the delivery of pediatric health care, including growth, market aggregators, finance, government policy, workforce, demographics, health status, technology, consumer orientation, and quality.

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