Where Will You Emerge?
April 9th, 2009 by Brad Reed
Is the recession reshaping your organization’s thinking? I hope so. I read an article recently that said recessions are an important time to pull your head up and say this is a good time for planning efforts. When the dust settles on this economic crisis, how will the healthcare market reemerge? More importantly, how will your company or hospital reemerge? How will it be positioned? What will be its niche?
Analysts are predicting that 2009 will be a year when strong hospitals get stronger and weak hospitals get weaker and/or die. Sure, it doesn’t seem logical, but one of the most important things an organization can do during an economic downturn is to strengthen its positioning. For my health’s sake, I sure hope the best providers out there are doing that.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Thanks for sharing those articles, Brad! I’m interested to see how many of the healthcare predictions come true in the coming months.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
With the increase in competition hospitals need to be ready the moment a patient walks through the door or dials the call center. Everyone from the doctors to the janitors have to be ready to eat, live, breath and sleep the brand. I think this will help make the strong hospital even stronger.