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HCA 340 Week 4 S.W.O.T. (Strengths,
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S.W.O.T. (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). For this
assignment, you will apply the S.W.O.T. Situational Planning Strategy
introduced in Chapter 5 of your course text, based upon the following:
Situation: You are the C.E.O. of Community South Medical Center, a
large, urban for-profit healthcare facility. This institution has
comprehensive health services including acute care, residential care,
independent living, in-home nursing, hospice, neonatal, and pediatric
services, advanced cardiac services, a major trauma center, a center of
excellence for pulmonary services, and a neurosurgery center.
Community South Medical Center has a positive bottom line and is
striving to enhance health services for the population it serves. The
patient care mix has shifted in the last three years and its reimbursement
source is currently: 25% Medicaid (up 20%); 35% Medicare (down 12
%); 25% employer sponsored health insurance (unchanged), 8%
managed care (down 20 percent), 4% private pay (unchanged) and 4%
no-pay (up 25%).
The Medical Center is in an older urban area. Businesses with well
paying jobs have gradually been replaced by smaller shops and other
small businesses. Overall, the community is trending towards a
predominantly elderly population.
The Medical Center has an excellent reputation and has been
recognized in the past by receiving a Baldrige Center of Excellence
evaluation and a The Joint Commission (T.J.C.) approval for their
quality of services; however, recent self-inspections indicated a slight
decline in compliance with T.J.C. standards. Patient satisfaction survey
results have an overall mean of 95 percent. The medical staff strongly
supports new program development and there is an abundant supply of
physicians.
Currently, the major issues confronting the Community South Medical
Center are: an identified shortage of clinical staff including registered
nurses, respiratory therapists, and medical technologists; noninterfacing
information technology systems; antiquated facilities and
infrastructure; decline in T.J.C. compliance on internal audits; and a
shift to its financial mix.

Action: As the C.E.O., it is time to embark on the annual updating of the
organization's strategic plan. The last major revision to the strategic
direction was completed three years ago.
In a four to six page (excluding title and reference pages), doublespaced
paper, respond to the following questions:
1. Select one of the needs of Community South Medical Center and
identify at least one strength, one weakness, one opportunity, and one
threat (S.W.O.T.) for that need. How do each of these correlate to the
overarching issues confronting Community South Medical Center?
2. Is it time to revise the strategic mission and plan of the organization
from three years ago or continue as originally planned with a yearly
assessment? Should the C.E.O. address the issues confronting
Community South Medical Center or wait another year? If so, what
should the strategic plan be? If not, why?
3. What leadership positions would be in your strategic management
team? Why? What would their responsibilities be?
4. What are some of the market trends you can identify in this area?
How might they affect Community South Medical Center? How would
you prepare for them?
You must use a minimum of four scholarly sources, excluding the text,
cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Writing Center.