Final Strategic Development - Organization is Johns Hopkins Medical

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Running head: BENCHMARK - A STARTING POINT

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BENCHMARK - A STARTING POINT

Assignment 03: Benchmark - A Starting Point

Ebonee L. Jarrell

National American University

Benchmark - A Starting Point

Johns Hopkins Hospital is a world-renowned facility that is ranked among the top three adult hospitals in the United States and number one in Maryland. Johns Hopkins Medicine has established a mission that focuses on improving the health of residents of Baltimore and surrounding communities. They are committed to setting a worldwide standard of excellence in research, clinical care, and medical education (Behr, 2020).

Johns Hopkins Hospital has established initiatives to enhance the care and treatment needs of the community it serves. By establishing 300 programs, they identified high priority issues to include asthma, cancer, diabetes, obesity, mental health, substance abuse, and more (Behr, 2020). Many of the initiatives are directed to assist the local communities of Baltimore. However, Johns Hopkins has expanded their markets to areas in the Washington, DC metro area. These facilities include Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC, Suburban Hospital in Montgomery County, MD and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida to name a few. These expansions further enable the organization to expound on the initiatives to enhance the treatments in the surrounding communities.

While Johns Hopkins Medicine facilities maintain their own healthcare objectives for the communities they serve, they all share the same mission, vision and core values. This approach allows them to push out and provide a standardized innovation plan to all of their facilities. “Innovation 2023 is Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2019 through 2023” (Q, 2018). This strategic plan establishes priorities, guides business tactics and resolutions, and furthers their legacy of innovation and distinction in patient care, research and education.

The strategic plan is broken into six pillars. Three of the pillars in the strategic plan seem to focus on the patient. The first one is “Make Johns Hopkins Medicine Easy” which targets enriching the patient experience by bettering access to care, communication and transitional care. The second pillar called “Support the Well-Being of Our People and Our Communities” is designed to grow the local community engagement and foster a culture within the organization that supports diversity and inclusion. The last patient focused strategy is “Improve the Quality and Affordability of Health Care.” This strategy is intended to maximize the value for all patients by having a concentrated focus on safety, quality, and efficiency while striving for continuous improvements of performance (Q, 2018).

The final three strategies focus on furthering the organization as a whole. “Work Like One Organization” builds upon their leadership by working to become the standard in the integrated health care delivery system. Another plan is “Push the Boundaries of Science and Education” which enriches the atmosphere for learning through continued innovation and investing in fundamental science to develop new ways to teach, train, and deliver clinical care. Lastly, and most fitting, is “Aim for Precision in Everything We Do.” This final strategic plan uses data in innovative techniques to direct decisions in all aspects of the organization to include finances, administration, education as well patient care (Q, 2018).

As outlined in their mission, vision, core values, and Innovation 2023 Strategic Plan, Johns Hopkins Medicine is committed maintain the reputation of high quality, elite care that they have established over the years. They have expanded their facilities to produce the services and capabilities to meet the needs of the surrounding community.

References

Behr, Z. (2020, December 17). Mission, Vision and Values | Johns Hopkins Medicine. Johns Hopkins Medicine. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/about/mission.html

Q, A. (2018, December 12). John Hopkins Medicine Strategic Plan Innovation 2023. John Hopkins Medicine. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/strategic-plan/