COMPARE AND CONSTRAST answer 1 and answer 2

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ANSWER 1:

The healthcare organization's strategic plan I chose to research was Lehigh Valley Health Network. The stakeholders identified in the plan include the Board of Directors, the staff, volunteers, donors and the community. In order to meet these objectives, the strategy calls for collaborating with other organizations to raise literacy awareness in our community, devising new methods of involving volunteers in literacy programs, enhancing communication between donors and other stakeholders, conducting a needs assessment study of existing fundraising activities to determine where additional funding is needed, and developing a marketing campaign to raise awareness of the literacy program's existence.

The strategic plan examines how Lehigh Valley may better serve its community by assessing external and internal analyses. As part of the external review, it's important to look at the community's requirements as well as the organization's strengths and flaws. The plan outlines a number of objectives aimed at assisting Lehigh Valley in better meeting the needs of its inhabitants via improved services and initiatives (Lehighvalleyreads.org. n.d.). A few examples include suggesting that Lehigh Valley increase its use of social media platforms and phone calls to better connect with citizens. As part of its outreach efforts, Lehigh Valley hopes to build relationships with local media sources and hand out leaflets in areas where residents may not be familiar with the organization's offerings.

For the organization, Lehigh Valley Reads' strategy is a valuable tool for pinpointing its strengths and limitations, as well as where it hopes to go in the future. Their website, which presently primarily gives information on the organization's activities and events, is one area where they may make improvements. (Lehighvalleyreads.org. n.d.). According to the strategy, they should build a more comprehensive website that explains who they are and what they do better. They must also keep their community assessment up to date on a regular basis to ensure that they are fulfilling the demands of the neighborhood. If they could conduct surveys more often so that there are no gaps in information about how people feel about the organization's work, this would be ideal.

Goals and objectives for improving literacy rates, providing literacy programs for marginalized communities, and advocating for the importance of literacy have been outlined. In order to improve literacy rates, we need to engage closely with the local community in order to make educational materials and tools more widely available. The second objective is to provide free programs for those who cannot afford them in order to provide literacy services to marginalized communities. Lobbying for literacy is the third goal, and this is done through advocating for policies that encourage literacy.

I think that this is a good set of plans for accomplishing their goals. Executive and decision-makers, students, and plan stakeholders seem to have been carefully considered in the development of this plan. In addition, provide instances of how they will address the demands of those specific audiences. (Lehighvalleyreads.org. n.d.). The plan also employs a wide range of strategies to deal with each of these, including, but not limited to consistent messaging across all communication channels, ongoing development of programs and events aimed at raising awareness about reading in Lehigh Valley, publication of web articles highlighting literacy efforts throughout the district and beginning social media conversations among adults in their daily lives.

Reference:

Strategic plan 2019 - 2021 - lehighvalleyreads. (n.d.). Retrieved July 12, 2022, from https://lehighvalleyreads.org/LehighValleyReads/media/Documents/LV-Strategic-Plan-for-Website-2-28-2019.pdf

ANSWER 2:

For this assignment I chose to highlight Johns Hopkins Medicine. Their strategic goals were extremely easy to find online and was displayed in a way that that was interactive and interesting. As far as I can find, the stakeholders were not specifically listed. However, based on my review of the plan it seems that the external stakeholders are their partners and their patients. Their internal stakeholders are their staff. The plan appears to be well thought out and covers many aspects of Johns Hopkins Medicine which aims to continue their legacy of patient care, research, and education. Some of these aspects include making Johns Hopkins Medicine easy, pushing the boundaries of science and education, and improving the quality and affordability of healthcare. I feel as if this strategic plan is thorough.

One of their goals is to push the boundaries of science and education. In order to achieve this goal, they have laid out five-year strategies which include improving research reproducibility and educating and training future health care workers by emphasizing data science and constantly evolving venues of care.

Additionally, another goal is to support the well-being of their people and their community by promoting diversity and inclusion in their workforce, building a culture of trust and empowerment in their workplace, and supporting people by encouraging healthy practices.

Lastly, another interesting goal is to work like one organization by making sure policies are harmonized across Johns Hopkins Medicine, implementing a system approach to credentialing providers and optimizing internal communications while using multiple channels.

I think that Johns Hopkins Medicine is a wonderful example of a strategic plan and would recommend that anyone building a strategic plan use this is as a base.

Reference: Q, A. (2022, January 22). John Hopkins Medicine Strategic Plan Innovation 2023. Https://Www.Hopkinsmedicine.Org/Strategic-Plan/. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/strategic-plan/