Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is located in Boston, Massachusetts. This hospital is a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Brigham and Women's Hospital is the result of the merger of three major teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School. These hospitals were: Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Robert Breck Brigham Hospital, and Boston Hospital for Women. Since 1980, after the merger, Brigham and Women's Hospital has become the largest, most innovative and respectful hospital in the northeastern United States. (Brigham and Women's Hospital and Faulkner, 2013) “For the 21st consecutive year, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) has secured its place on the U.S. News & World Report America's Best Hospitals honor roll, ranking ninth. The honor roll highlights only 18 hospitals, out of nearly 5,000 nationwide, for the rare breadth and depth of their clinical excellence. In the ranking of best hospitals, BWH ranks among the top 10 in six categories: Cancer, Cardiology and cardiac surgery, Diabetes and endocrinology, Gynecology, Nephrology and Rheumatology. BWH ranks in the top 20 in geriatrics, orthopedics, pulmonology, neurology and neurosurgery. (Brigham and Women's and Faulkner Hospitals, 2013) According to Robert Hino's interview, the strategic plan is really important for hospitals because the strategic plan is "a living, breathing, essential part of how we do business . » (Hino, 2013) All strategic plans should include the following: 1. Company mission 2. Company vision 3. Company values ​​4. Short-term strategic goals. 6. Strategic thinking should be evident. the plan. Every business must have a strategy. September 5). The History of Brigham and Women's Hospital. Retrieved from http://www.brighamandwomens.org/about_bwh/about_us.aspxHino, R. (2013, September 25). Hospital strategic plans must go beyond the status quo. taken from http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php/2013/09/25/p4358BWH Bulletin. (June 15, 2012). Past, present and future of BWH discussed at town meeting. Retrieved from http://www.brighandwomens.org/about_bwh/publicaffairs/news/publications/DisplayBulletin.aspx?articleid=5614Brigham and Women's and Faulkner Hospitals. (September 19, 2013). Center for Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research. Why is this research important? Retrieved from http://www.brighandwomens.org/research/centers/pcerc/default.aspx