{"title":"A brief history of American healthcare. Predictions for the future of hospice.","authors":"R C Tenney","doi":"10.1177/104990918800500309","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In March 1988I waspreparing the agendafor our hospice Boardof Directorsretreat.This was appropriatesinceI was chairmanof the PlanningCommitteeandhad led two previousannualretreatson strategic planning.After threeyearsof committeework I wasalsoappointedto the board.Preparing retreatsor seminarson strategic planningis not new to me becauseour companyhasdone strategic/marketingplansfor more than200hospitalsandI havepresentedseminarson strategicplanningandmarketing for statehospitalassociation meetingsandtheAmerican Collegeof HealthcareExecutivesConferenceon Administration. Howeverin doing our researchon the latestin hospice literature,I wasextremely takenby aletter from the publisherin theJanuary/February issueof theAmerican Journal ofHospiceCare. Partof the letter read:","PeriodicalId":77805,"journal":{"name":"The American journal of hospice care","volume":"5 3","pages":"9-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/104990918800500309","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The American journal of hospice care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/104990918800500309","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In March 1988I waspreparing the agendafor our hospice Boardof Directorsretreat.This was appropriatesinceI was chairmanof the PlanningCommitteeandhad led two previousannualretreatson strategic planning.After threeyearsof committeework I wasalsoappointedto the board.Preparing retreatsor seminarson strategic planningis not new to me becauseour companyhasdone strategic/marketingplansfor more than200hospitalsandI havepresentedseminarson strategicplanningandmarketing for statehospitalassociation meetingsandtheAmerican Collegeof HealthcareExecutivesConferenceon Administration. Howeverin doing our researchon the latestin hospice literature,I wasextremely takenby aletter from the publisherin theJanuary/February issueof theAmerican Journal ofHospiceCare. Partof the letter read: