Importance of Culture in Health Care Organizations
Discussion: Deriving Organizational Culture from Organizational Theory
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The health care environment is inclusive of teams in all sectors of health care to achieve shared goals, merge observations, expertise, and decision making in an effort to increase patient safety and effective patient-centered care. According to Babiker et al. (2014), the need for effective teams is increasing due to the increase of co-morbidities and the increasing complexity of specialization in care. This can only be achieved by placing the patient at the center of care through sharing a diverse collaboration of values and principles. This partnership comprises different members with different backgrounds and cultural beliefs. Discuss the importance of culture in health care organizations when developing organizational goals and how organizational theory influences the creation of these targets.
Babiker, A., El Husseini, M., Al Nemri, A., Al Frayh, A., Al Juryyan, N., Faki, M. O., Assiri, A., Al Saadi, M., Shaikh, F., & Al Zamil, F. (2014). Health care professional development: Working as a team to improve patient care. Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics, 14(2), 9–1
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Culture in Healthcare Organizations
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According to Lubis and Hanum (2020), culture refers to a set of norms for how members of a group or organization typically think, feel, and act toward one another. When it comes to respecting and responding to their patients' varying needs, values, and preferences, healthcare practitioners and institutions may be influenced by cultural norms and beliefs. Health outcomes, the quality of treatment provided, and health inequities may all be influenced by cultural factors.
The importance of culture in healthcare organizations when developing organizational goals can be seen from different perspectives (Szara et al., 2018). One is cultural competence which refers to the ability to treat patients with different backgrounds, beliefs, and behaviors. Cultural competence can improve patient satisfaction, adherence, trust, communication, and health outcomes while reducing errors, complaints,
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