Strategic Planning Process (continued):

A modified version of ECRI's program is diagrammed here. Key components include clinical strategic planning, technology assessment, interaction with capital budgeting, acquisition and deployment, resource (or equipment assets) management, and monitoring and evaluation. The significance of the first two components is that a technology strategic plan is derived from and supports a well-defined clinical strategic plan. These components and the one dealing with capital budgeting will be analyzed in this section. The remaining components will be analyzed in Sections 3, 4, and 5.