The 2018-2022 Swedish Strategic Plan will provide direction for Swedish over the next five years. With direction from our strategic plan, we will work together as a team to make certain Swedish is positioned to continue to provide the best care for the Puget Sound for years to come.
Overview
We work in a very disruptive environment in health care, both nationally and locally. The industry is evolving in many ways. How and where patients receive their care is changing dramatically, becoming more community-based and supported through ambulatory, virtual and other types of non-acute care.
This decentralization has resulted in a need for healthcare organizations like Swedish to shift to a more integrated system of care. This shift will allow us to provide seamless care for patients regardless of where they access it.
The strategic plan will serve as our roadmap leading us into this next phase of healthcare — Health 2.0 — the transformation from a health care organization to an organization focused on health. This work will guide us in directing our efforts and resources, ensuring that while we manage the current environment, we also proactively shape our future and position Swedish for long-term sustainability and transformation.
Transitioning to Health 2.0 requires a strong infrastructure. Our 2018-2022 Swedish Strategic Plan will provide this through three key areas:
To Strengthen the Core, we will continue to focus on our caregivers and providers through improvements in our caregiver experience, including providing more support to develop and foster the relationship between caregivers and their core leaders. Strengthening the core also means striving for excellence in clinical care so that when people seek out our services, they know they will continue to receive the highest quality care available. Finally, we will also maintain a focus on opportunity for improved operational and financial performance.
We will preserve our commitment to Be Our Communities’ Health Partner, providing services and collaborating with others to improve care and outcomes for the populations we serve. We have always been a partner for health in the community, caring for all who walk through our doors, regardless of ability to pay. We have resolved to improve the health of the region in our commitment to charity care, research, community health, and education. We see this service as our responsibility to our community.
Finally, we will pursue goals that will Transform Our Future, including diversifying our revenue sources, ensuring financial stability, using our data assets and exploring our capacity to digitally enable the health experience. We need to provide care when, where, and how our consumers and patients want to receive it. We will also partner with Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH) to contribute to the national and regional health care dialogue, by serving as a voice for our patients in advocating for transformation in health care.
Swedish remains committed to improving the health and well-being of each person we serve. Our new model will enable us to continue providing the highest quality care available in the way that our patients and communities need it the most.
Videos
Click below for an intro video to the 2018-2022 Swedish Strategic Plan, and overview videos on Strengthen the Core, Be our Communities’ Health Partner, and Transforming our Future. To scroll between these videos, use the playlist icon in the upper left corner of the video player. To turn on captions, click the closed caption button on the right side of the video play bar.
Resources
More resources will be added to this page as they become available, if you have any questions please contact communications@Swedish.org.