Banner Health Strategic Plan for Nurse Staffing

Banner Healthcare
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Introduction
Every organization usually visualizes a future in which they are still relevant. As a result, they always strive to draw up strategic plans that have future projections and the issues to address in order to survive. In the case of the healthcare sector, having one eye into the future is very important since the sector is extremely dynamic. This is exactly the case of Banner Healthcare, a healthcare organization whose headquarters are in Arizona, in the city of Phoenix. on the provision of quality healthcare. Banner healthcare has continued making necessary adjustments to its strategy, so as to remain afloat in the provision of quality healthcare over many years in the future.
Banner healthcare has come up with a plan that will enable it to remain afloat and relevant to meet the needs of the people it serves, for the next ten years. By continuously improving on its nurse staffing, network growth, resource management and patient satisfaction, Banner Healthcare has strived to be a leader in the healthcare sector. These four factors play a major role at assessing the organization’s readiness to address the future needs in the healthcare sector. By looking at each of them keenly, Banner healthcare will ensure that it continues staying afloat; even a decade or so down the line.
NETWORK GROWTH
Through the Banner Health Network, Banner Healthcare has managed to have at its disposal, a large network of medical professionals and supporting organizations, which is ever-expanding (Banner Heath, n.d.). The organization plans to ensure the growth of its network through the continued collaboration of physicians, new healthcare models and insurance plans. The organization has embarked on the provision of optimum, affordable healthcare for the people. The dissemination of these services and the continued linkup with new patients is what provides the organization with an ever-growing network, which is good for not only the next ten years but even more.
Network growth goes hand in hand with physical growth. This requires the establishment of physical locations in whichever the places the organization will be spreading to. As a result, Banner Healthcare has set aside funds that are used or are to be used, in the physical expansion of its network. These funds are particularly channeled towards the construction of its offices, new hospitals, and other elements of infrastructure that might be needed for the same purposes. It prides itself in centers such as the Thunderbid and Estrella Hospital in Arizona (Colling & York, p.284).In this manner, the organization has ensured that in the next decade; it will have pread its network of coverage even further.
NURSE STAFFING
Banner has a total of 4000 medical personnel under its staffing options. This number is made up of advanced practitioners as well as physicians (Banner Health, n.d.)The provision of quality healthcare usually goes hand in hand with the availability and competence of the available nursing staff. They are the heartbeat of the organization, and the management clearly acknowledges that. The organization has invested in the continuous training of the nurses, to ensure they are abr...