Checkmate: LEVERAGING CHESS STRATEGY TO SET AND ACHIEVE STRATEGIC GOALS IN HEALTHCARE.

The article presents the U.S. healthcare industry presents many challenges for healthcare leaders, including an aging population, lower reimbursements, staff shortages, information security, and regulatory and legislative burdens. Topics include the failure to do so places the health of their organization and patients at risk, and the connection can be drawn between the strategic planning carried out by healthcare leaders and the strategic planning used in the game of chess.