PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Medical Center board of commissioners is seeking more input as it drafts its 2017-19 strategic plan, said Eric Lewis, chief executive officer.
Among the top goals for the updated plan are maintaining and expanding needed health care services to the community, maintaining a stable workplace for engaged employees and continuing to be locally owned and operated.
A rough draft of the plan will be presented during the Oct. 19 board meeting, which is at 6 p.m. in Linkletter Hall at Olympic Medical Center, 939 Caroline St., Port Angeles.
A final plan will go up for board approval during the Nov. 16 meeting.
Lewis said that while much of the plan will be similar to the 2016-18 plan, the 2017 version will include focuses on workforce development and recruitment, and retention of providers, nurses and employees across the board.
The hospital has received input throughout the year and among the top recommendations is to have more providers, Lewis said.
“We want to make sure we have the workforce to meet our community’s needs,” he said.
The 2017 plan will also include a Sequim campus expansion, expanding the cancer center and expanding clinics, he said.
That would happen after the Port Angeles medical office building is complete.
The hospital held community forums in Sequim and Port Angeles this week. No one from the public spoke at the Port Angeles forum Wednesday.
A strategic plan draft will be available at www.olympicmedical.org from Nov. 3-13
To provide input, contact Bobby Beeman, communications and public affairs manager, by calling 360-417-7122 or emailing bbeeman@olympic medical.org.
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