Strategic Healthcare Management: Planning and Execution, Second Edition By Stephen Walston

What makes a successful healthcare leader?

The purpose of a healthcare institution should guide its strategies. The US healthcare system is constantly engaging in dynamic reform. Successful leaders are equipped to make decisions that will advance their organization’s ability to achieve its mission, even in times of great ambiguity. Strategic Healthcare Management: Planning and Execution, Second Edition, explores both theoretical concepts and practical tools which support leaders in thoughtfully approaching major decisions. The text explores methods and implementations of strategy to achieve advantage, supported by cases and examples. In addition to the concepts and practical means for understanding, implementing, and monitoring strategies, author Stephen Walston also contributes financial tools for guiding strategic decisions and approaches for analyzing healthcare markets.

An important aspect of this updated edition is the emphasis placed on relevant case studies that serve to depict common strategic challenges. These threats range from the formation of accountable care relationships, to competitive positioning, and so much more.

Noteworthy topics include:

• The shift to value-based care
• The continued evolution of healthcare reform
• Hospital and healthcare business models
• Disruptive innovation in healthcare
• The consolidation of the insurance and provider sectors
• The advantages and challenges of alliances and partnerships, both domestic and international