Bryan Hehemann, president and chief executive officer, said the 40-page, three-year plan will remain as an internal working document not for public release.
He said the board approved the general direction of the hospital and its priorities and expectations. The strategic plan also identified essential clinical programs for moving the hospital forward.
“Operating programs where patient services and volumes can be grown,” Hehemann said.
The strategic plan includes four pillars: 1) key clinical programs; 2) more convenient access points including urgent care, senior services and primary care offices; 3) community outreach including wellness and prevention; and 4) building value-based care, according to Hehemann.
An affiliation agreement with TriHealth, reached in January, included a $17 million commitment from the Cincinnati health system. That included $9.5 million spent to install and launch the electronic medical record system Epic.
TriHealth will also dedicate $3.5 million to expand clinical services and $2.5 million to support an expansion and renovation of the emergency and surgical departments.
“They’ve brought significant resources to the table and have helped us plan for the future,” Norman said. “Health care is going through rapid change.”
Hehemann said there are time frames and accountability measures included in the plan. The next steps will be sharing the strategic plan with the medical staff and management teams at McCullough-Hyde and TriHealth.
Hehemann said the strategic plan was developed in part through interviews with the medical staff, hospital management teams and non-medical persons such as city government leaders, business and chamber representatives and service club members.
“With TriHealth as our affiliate and partner, we hope to build services in Oxford that also allow people to be transitioned to higher care,” Hehemann said, including the TriHealth Institutes. “Those are services we want to build relationships and bridges with to offer a smooth transition.”
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