Leading a Strategic Planning Effort.

Toolkit

Leading a Strategic Planning Effort.

March 6, 2005

Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association, Health Research and Educational Trust, Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2002.

This tool provides a model strategic plan that health care leaders can adapt to their own institutions. It includes a number of strategies aimed at staff, management, and the board for communicating and sustaining a culture of safety.

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