SWOT Analysis of Community South Medical Center

SWOT Analysis of Community South Medical Center

Introduction

This case study requires SWOT analysis and deeper understanding to resolve its current issues in the region it is situated. Tools and tactics of strategic management will be implied to come up with best possible routes to overcome the hindrance in Community south medical center's operations. The foundation has established itself well in the past 3 years and has won recognition award for maintaining health care services for the society but due to the lack of computerized system, technologist, registered nurses and few other problems need immediate attention. In the latter part of the discussion we would explain the techniques that could help the community resolve arising problems, initially we will discuss the problems faced in detail.

Discussion

Community South Medical Center is a reputed institution which has a number of medical services arranged for the patients welfare and health. Currently the medical institution has been facing quite few problems in different areas and needs to focus one problem at a time. We understand the core competencies faced by community south medical center are slight non-compliance on T.J.C standards and urgent requirement for maintained IT systems that would improve the operations of the community center to technological standards.

SWOT Analysis of Community South Medical Center

Strength

This large urban institute located maintains a mean of 95% patients' satisfaction, promising for the last couple of years and has achieved recognition awards by Baldrige Center of Excellence evaluation and a Joint Commission for providing comprehensive quality health care services.

Weaknesses

Community south medical center is confronting issues regarding non-compliance and lack of a registered therapist, nurses and Information technology oriented structured systems and related facilities to keep the systems up-to date and marked.

Opportunities

The area Community south medical center resides in is an older urban area which is inclined primarily towards elderly population. The area is being run under smaller businesses and shops, this will enable the medical institution to give a boost to its Medicare and Medicaid services which targets population which are over an age of 65 and suffer financial crises.

Threats

Gradual disturbance to the institutions financial mix and non-compliance to the T.J.C internal audits are the possible threats the institution is open to and needs to provide immediate solutions to prevent them.

The SWOT analysis conducted for the community center identifies its performance for past few years and also highlights the existing and upcoming problems the community center maybe be subjected to.

Community south medical center's recognition is approved by two large organizations, which confirms that the medical center is providing sufficient services for the society's wellbeing and is determined to excel for further improvements regarding effective health care, high quality and value. However, lack of experienced technologists and registered nurses has led to old-fashioned and outmoded infrastructure. If the community center needs to excel, it is imperative to overcome its weaknesses at first which are causing the foundation to limit itself from growing in a standardized way. Also to capture new arising opportunities regarding settlement of the ...