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. 2011 Aug 9;18(6):820–826. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000117

Table 3.

Results of the SWOT analysis, Glide

Strengths Weakness

  • Has a strong existing culture of CQI;

  • Has abundant experience in analyzing and using quality improvement data;

  • Has a strong leadership support;

  • Commitments have been obtained from all funding partners.

  • Current IT infrastructure is inadequate;

  • Network connectivity is variable;

  • As a division of a large foundation organization, Glide must compete for resource allocation and IT staff's attention.
Opportunities Threats

  • Improves quality and timeliness of performance data reporting to funders;

  • Increases competiveness in grant opportunities;

  • Improves chronic disease management;

  • Improves revenue cycle.

  • Individual clinicians have difficulties in using and adapting to new technologies and new workflow requirements;

  • Resource demand of EHR implementation conflicts with other priorities.

CQI, continuous quality improvement; EHR, electronic health record; SWOT, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.