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Strategic Planning and Marketing Flashcards

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  1. A SWOT analysis in healthcare strategic planning examines:

    Answer: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

    SWOT analysis evaluates an organization's internal Strengths and Weaknesses alongside external Opportunities and Threats to inform strategic planning.

  2. Which approach to healthcare strategic planning focuses on continuous adaptation to environmental changes rather than a fixed long-term plan?

    Answer: Emergent strategy

    Emergent strategy recognizes that effective strategies often evolve in response to unexpected environmental changes rather than adhering rigidly to pre-set plans.

  3. A healthcare organization's mission statement should primarily communicate:

    Answer: The organization's fundamental purpose and reason for existence

    A mission statement articulates an organization's core purpose, the population it serves, and what it does — guiding all strategic and operational decisions.

  4. Market segmentation in healthcare marketing involves:

    Answer: Dividing the patient population into distinct groups with shared characteristics to target effectively

    Market segmentation divides a broad patient population into subgroups based on demographics, geography, health needs, or behaviors to tailor services and communications.

  5. A balanced scorecard in healthcare typically measures performance across which four perspectives?

    Answer: Financial, customer, internal processes, and learning/growth

    The Balanced Scorecard framework measures organizational performance from financial, customer, internal process, and learning and growth perspectives.

  6. A Certificate of Need (CON) program requires healthcare organizations to:

    Answer: Obtain state approval before making certain capital expenditures or adding services

    CON programs require healthcare organizations to demonstrate community need and obtain state regulatory approval before making major capital investments or offering new services.