Application of the basics of strategic management in healthcare practice (review)

The study confirms the decisive role of strategic management in healthcare management practice. The authors pay attention to historical aspects and modern approaches to the characterization of strategic management. The study justifies the importance of ensuring the continuity of strategic goals. The analysis made it possible to identify general and unique characteristics of the strategic management of health care. The authors emphasize the need to take into account the specifics of the healthcare industry when using traditional methods of strategic management. An analysis of existing tools and approaches to strategic management in healthcare proved their relevance and confirmed the mandatory regulatory and organizational support of strategic management in this industry. Therefore, strategic management ensures unity and coherence of strategic objectives. The results of the study expanded the understanding of the possibilities of applying strategic management technologies in the healthcare system, paving the way for further research on this issue.