Eight Prompts to Use ChatGPT or Google Bard to Sketch Out an Initial Draft for Healthcare Strategy Documents

The first draft of a strategic plan or grant can be misery - even if you have a good idea of what direction you'd like to go with the grant. Some of that misery comes through having to sketch out basic drafts of the strategies behind your organization and how they relate to strategic models.

This is one of the more random things that ChatGPT can be really helpful for.

Start out by giving it several paragraphs of publicly available information about your healthcare facility. (Don't give it anything that you wouldn't want shared with the public). Keep in mind that the outputs are going to relate to your inputs, so this is a critical step.

Then it's onto the specific prompts. These ones were written by ChatGPT to get the most out of seven specific models for an "Example Healthcare Entity."

ChatGPT's Recommendations for Prompts for Healthcare Strategic Models

1. The Strategy Diamond: "Given the information about Example Healthcare Entity, please analyze and suggest a strategy using the Strategy Diamond framework, considering arenas, vehicles, differentiators, staging, and economic logic."
2. Porter's Five Forces: "How would Porter's Five Forces framework apply to the Example Healthcare Entity? Please consider competitive rivalry, supplier power, buyer power, threat of substitution, and threat of new entry."
3. SWOT Analysis: "Perform a SWOT analysis on the Example Healthcare Entity. What are the entity's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats?"
4. Balanced Scorecard: "Using the Balanced Scorecard approach, how would you align the business activities of the Example Healthcare Entity to its vision and strategy? Please consider perspectives of financial, customer, internal processes, and learning and growth."
5. PESTEL Analysis: "Analyze the external environment of the Example Healthcare Entity using the PESTEL framework, focusing on Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal factors."
6. Value Chain Analysis: "Perform a Value Chain Analysis on the Example Healthcare Entity. Where are the primary and support activities that add value in their operations?"
7. Ansoff Matrix: "Using the Ansoff Matrix, what growth opportunities could be suggested for the Example Healthcare Entity? Consider market penetration, market development, product development, and diversification."

And the eighth prompt to highlight any convergences between the models could be:

Convergences: "Based on the previous analyses using different strategic models (Strategy Diamond, Porter's Five Forces, SWOT, Balanced Scorecard, PESTEL, Value Chain Analysis, and Ansoff Matrix), identify any major convergences or consistent themes emerging in the strategic position of the Example Healthcare Entity."

Clearly, these eight responses are just an initial draft to get your writing started. It will work better for some healthcare entities than others, but I think it's definitely worth giving it a try.

Make sure to pester ChatGPT for additional information on each of the models and for possible references to examine the models deeper.

Personally, I'd recommend trying both ChatGPT 4 and Google Bard.

Please let me know how it works for your healthcare organization.