Organization and Management of a Health Care Facility

Organization and Management of a Health Care Facility
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Organization and Management of a Health Care Facility
Health administration is the branch that deals with the management, organization and administration of healthcare facilities like the hospitals, healthcare systems and hospital systems and networks. The holders of these posts in the different healthcare facilities are responsible for policy making, facilitating the policy implementation, and ensuring that the specific goals are attained (Showalter, 2012). The administrators are thus the focal point where the control of hospitals is located. This is the heart of the hospital. The managerial individuals are the highest in the employee hierarchy in a hospital. The structure of a hospital administration depends on the type on the type of health facility. The normal managerial structure in an organization should be used when it comes to a hospital with special attention to the choice of each individual who is holding a position in the administration. This paper focuses on a hypothetical case of a hospital organization, the organization structure, the hiring plan and the deployment of technology within the organization.
Summary of hospital’s organizational structure
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Hospital Chief Director- CEO

* Highest managerial professional in the hospital
* Oversees all the day-to-day activity of a hospital
* Makes short term and long term goals

Human Resources and Communication Officer

* Makes and ensures the working environment is conducive for every worker.
* Carries out onboarding for the hospital new staff members.

Nurses

* Nurses help the doctors to carry out their work
* They are responsible for patients welfare

Allied health professional

* They are involved in special medical procedures in the hospitals
* They assist in day-to-day medical tasks

Support Staff

* They assist the medical professional in running the hospital. They include the accountants, cleaners, cooks and watchmen.

This is the organizational structure that exists in a typical health institution. The structure provides a smooth flow of communication in both directions which ensures that the hospital is running in the optimum conditions providing the best healthcare while still attaining the set goals.
Hospital Directors, CEO
These are mandated to managing the hospitals crucial day to day work. They make the important decisions concerning the running and welfare of the hospitals. The individuals are most of the times employees whose managerial services are required by the hospital owners.
Board of Executives Trustee
These individuals are the key figures in the ownership and existence of the hospitals. They are of different types depending on the type and nature of the hospitals ownership. In a private hospital for instance the executive are the main shareholders. And the nonprofit hospitals volunteers head the board. The board of the executive’s chairman acts as the top most person in the organizational structure hierarchy.
Departmental heads
These are the CEOs of different departments. They repres...