Stakeholder Analysis

Stakeholder Analysis
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Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholder analysis is the process of comprehensively gathering and examining qualitative data to determine the relevant issues to consider in policy development (Kneafsey et al., 2016). Stakeholder analysis is an essential aspect of healthcare strategic planning. Key stakeholders in healthcare strategic planning comprise persons who have a vested interest in the success of the strategic plans (Kneafsey et al., 2016). This essay will discuss the key stakeholders in an actual community and their importance.
Primary Stakeholders
Patients
Patients are the recipients of healthcare. They are the primary reason for the existence of healthcare organizations; hence directly affected by any decisions or policies made by healthcare organizations through strategic planning (Kneafsey et al., 2016). Therefore, it is crucial to consider patient's opinions and insights in healthcare strategic planning to ensure they maximally benefit from the strategic planning. Selecting patients as stakeholders involved determining the end-users of strategic plans in healthcare, who are the patients.
Hospitals
Hospitals are vital in healthcare. They provide patients and society members with complete and quality healthcare. Hospitals are also involved in the training of healthcare workers. Therefore, hospitals should be directly involved in strategic planning to ensure that all plans will enhance the service delivery of the hospitals, which benefits patients and community members. Hospitals facilitate healthcare in communities. Selecting hospitals as stakeholders was tied to how they determine the healthcare that the end-users (patients) receive. Hospitals are interested in strategic plans because they affect how the hospitals operate, which makes them stakeholders.
Physicians
Physicians are critical stakeholders in the healthcare system. Their role in promoting and restoring health through making a diagnosis on patients and administering appropriate treatment contributes to the general well-being of patients and society. Therefore, involving physicians in healthcare strategic planning is vital because the plans directly affect their service delivery to patients and community members. Choosing physicians as primary stakeholders in my community was based on their significance in community well-being by delivering their services. Strategic plans in healthcare could affect how physicians render services to patients, such as their qualifications, codes of conduct, and practice fields.
Policymakers
Policymakers establish the framework within which medical care is provided to community members. Policymakers include government institutions such as the ministry of health or other jurisdictional entities responsible for citizen's health (Leviton & Melichar, 2016). Policymakers develop policies determining people eligible for care, the care services to be provided to them, where and by whom, the mode of payment for health services, and other significant concerns in healthcare service delivery. Therefore, strategic planning should actively involve policymakers to ensur...