Strategic Planning, Performance Improvement, and Information Systems (Research Paper Sample)

How strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems are interrelated and fundamental to the delivery of quality health care.
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Abstract
The research paper is about enhancing quality of health care sector through, strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems. The research paper begins with an introduction part that explains precisely how the complaints received from the public concerning poor health care services has motivated research on this topic. The papers also through the thesis statement illustrate the kind of relationship that exists between the quality of health care and the coordination of the three factors mentioned above.
The paper explains how an increase in population has been a major challenge in the country and how that has negatively impacted on the quality of service delivery in the health care sector. The paper further explains how negligence on government part has worsened the situation in the health sector. Government negligence has been observed mainly in terms of failing to allocate required resources to facilitate the expansion of medical facilities to accommodate the ever rising patient population.
The paper defines the meaning of strategic planning and explains how the concept can be incorporated in managing the health sector. The paper elaborates the pillars of strategic planning and the requirements of a successful strategic plan in the health sector. The paper gives various ways in which performance can be improved in the health sector, and further explains the role of information system in achieving efficiency. Finally, the research paper ends with a conclusion that summarizes the findings from the project paper.
Table of Contents
Introduction………………………………………………………………………...4
Thesis Statement…………………………………………………………………….4
Background Information……………………………………………………………4
Strategic Planning and Quality Health Care………………………………………5
* Cost Reduction Strategic Plan………………………………………………5
* Financial Management Strategic Plan………………………………………6
* Accountability Strategic Plan………………………………………………...6
Performance Improvement and Quality Health Care………………………………7
* Reduce the Number of Patient Waiting Hours………………………………7
* Improving the Hygiene Standards……………………………………………8
* Training and Seminars………………………………………………………...8
* Motivating Medical Practitioners……………………………………………..9
Information Systems and Quality Health Care………………………………………10
* Management of patient records………………………………………………..10
* Referral services…………………………………………………………………10
* Increased safety………………………………………………………………….11
* Smooth flow of information through health department website……………11
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………..12
Reference…………………………………………………………………………………13
Introduction
There has been an increase in the number of complaints from patients concerning the quality of health care across the country. The research paper, therefore, aims at giving direction on how the quality of healthcare services can be improved. The paper has identified three key major issues that need to be addressed to attain the required quality levels. These issues are; strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems. The research paper elaborates how these factors are interrelated and how their coordination can lead to quality healthcare in the country.
Thesis statement
The interrelation of Strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems play a significant role in ensuring citizens get quality health care. Many private hospitals have continued to outshine public hospitals because they are keen on ensuring that the three factors above are strictly monitored (Baack & Fischer, 2013). That has resulted in efficient service delivery and hence led to high-quality services in private hospitals as compared to public hospitals. The quality of health care services is therefore positively related to strategic planning, performance improvement, and information system.
Background Information
An increase in population across the country has put a lot of pressure on the existing health facilities. The number of doctors employed by the government cannot cater for the high population of sick people. Furthermore, the medical facilities seem to have been overwhelmed by the increasing number of patients. It is very hard for the government hospitals to accommodate all in patients because the facilities being used are few, and the government has been slow in realizing the need for expanding such essential facilities. To make matters worse the maintenance of existing medical facilities is very poor in terms of hygiene and from the managerial perspective (Baack & Fischer, 2013). The supply of medicine seem to be far below the required quantity raising the question as to the whether the government keeps data records of visiting patients to establish their actual numbers and requirements. These factors have led to poor service delivery in public hospitals and thus this research project seeks to establish the coordination of strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems can be used to correct the horrible situation so as to improve quality in the health care sector.
Strategic planning and quality health care
By definition, Strategic planning can be termed as the process of defining organizational strategy, in this case, the health care sector. The approach aims at helping the health organiz...