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Managing a palliative oncology program: the role of a business plan.

Walsh D, Gombeski WR Jr, Goldstein P, Hayes D, Armour M.

Palliative Care Program T10, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.

Today's health-care environment demands that palliative-care programs operate in a businesslike manner. This report summarizes the business plan and the process followed to develop the Palliative Care Program at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF). The benefits generated from this effort and the lessons learned that may be helpful to other program managers are described. By disciplining itself to focus on financial, marketing, and operational issues, the Palliative Care Program is in a better position to advance its clinical services within the organization and in its market area, and can thereby serve its patients more effectively.

PMID: 7517428 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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