According to Rosenau, Lai, and Lako (2012), the United States health care industry P4P is one of the most important developments after capitation and managed care. The target of P4P is to change the behavior patients, physicians, and those working in the health care industry through a system of rewards and punishments. The P4P bonus for physicians can become the form of an add-on to his or her salary to the general fee-for-service. A bonus for a hospital can be additional payments beyond the payments received through the diagnosis group based payment. A punishment through the P4P system can end in the reduction of compensation or other penalties.
Spaeth career path has given him different views on issues in healthcare and therefore giving him a broad understanding of healthcare business. One of the biggest challenges today, he states is the changing structure of health care and a declining work. The declining workforce is seeing stress on the worker as the skilled and educated employee doesn’t want to work more than eight hours or on the week-ends in a 7- days- a- week, 24- hours- a- day hospital setting. Another major issue is that hospitals are becoming more specialized where top dollar reimbursement can be achieved which leaves a gap in the traditional services. Lastly, the issues of senior leaders not spend enough time mentoring younger leaders (Grazier, 2005).
They are in charge of empowering the staff members with a vision which will bring positive changes to the health care organization through inside side and outside interaction. Role of leadership in an organization Health care organization leaders demonstrate appropriate styles and behaviors that best suits the complex and constantly changing system of health care. Such changes include change of technology into more sophisticated ones, nursing shortage, time and cost constrained work environment, challenge of achieving the desired patient outcomes and increased patients patient acuity (Mathena, 2002, p 136-142.). The role of leaders is to impalement strategies related to achieving the goal of the health care system even with the limited resources. The roles of leaders in a health care organization motivate staff members to go beyond self interest for the general
The implementation of EHRs in LTC facilities or home health can manage patients care to promote improvements in the patients outcome and possible help decrease medical cost. In this forever changing healthcare industry, which stresses continuity of care, the movement to push for EHRs in LTC facilities is necessary. Review of another study stressed that the healthcare team is vital in the implementing of EHRs. The healthcare team approach is vital to the success of the EHRs and vice versa. If done effectively, care coordination puts patients at the center of the care process, encouraging, engaging as well as responsibility.
A number of hospitals have formed partnerships or open their own care clinics to address this need. The use of electron medical records (EMR) has helped in this process. The use of retail clinics and EMR as part of a system network will help address the concern with continuation of care. The extension of teleconferencing to include a network that provide access from home will have the effect of giving care to more people and encouraging retired doctors to become part of the system which will open up more access. The use of genetic testing for the administration of drugs will be one of the largest cost saving disruptive innovations.
Organizational change plan- Part II EMR Linda Adkins HCS/587 March 11, 2013 Rochelle Robinson-Levant Organizational change plan- Part II EMR Change to electronic medical records for a small hospital in Pennsylvania like many other hospitals has been a challenge. Prior to implementing this change, the management has had to look at the importance of the EMR system and the issues that will need to be considered while putting the EMR system into place. To put the EMR system into place, hospital management will need to study the barriers and look at issues that may affect the application of the system. They also should look at the factors that could impact the readiness of the implementation of the system. Management
“Technical benchmarking is performed by design staff to ascertain the capabilities of products or services, especially in comparison to the products or services of leading competitors. For example, on a scale of one to four, four being best, how do designers rank the properties of your organization’s products or services? If you cannot obtain hard data, the design efforts may be insufficient, and products or services may be inadequate to be competitive” (asq.org, 2015). Finally, audits are used to measure how medical treatments and procedures are improving the patient’s experience and functional status. Patient satisfaction is important at the facility and using audits will allow the tool to determine how the patient is progressing with health.
Organizational Design Paper Mildred Williams HCS/514 November 4, 2013 Vinnette Batiste Organizational Design Paper According to Baldwin (2013), some factors that impact an organization are more difficult to master than others. It varies to which degree a director, manager or corporate leader can control. At the same time, a leader can improve the condition of the internal and external factors affecting the organization. When a leader understands the factors at work, it prepares him better for the challenges ahead (Baldwin, 2013). In this paper, we will analyze the design of the Naples Community Hospital (NCH) Healthcare system, its internal and external factors that defined and shaped the organization.
Emergency Department Bottleneck Proposal University of Phoenix OPS/HC 571 January 23, 2012 Middletown Hospital Bottleneck Proposal In the United States today, receiving quality health care is a challenge. Over the years the challenges in health care have been improving the public health care system, keeping cost under control, improving access and coverage, encouraging healthy behavior, improving quality, strengthening the health workforce, addressing social determinants of health, and encouraging more realistic expectations (Jonas, Knickman, & Kovner, 2008). These challenges concern many health care organizations because of what could happen if the issues are not managed properly. This proposal is to help Middletown Hospital operate efficiently and provide the best quality of care and safety to their patients. Because Middletown Hospital has been receiving a large number of complaints about long waits for care and poor service from 6:00-10:00 p.m., the chief executive officer (CEO) has authorized a Six Sigma Team to analyze root causes and provide recommendations for improvement.
Strategic Plan Part I- Organizational Structure Jennifer Janke HCS/589 Health Care Strategic Planning Sheryl Mc Gee, PhD April 13, 2015 Strategic Plan Part I - Organizational Structure Strategic planning is necessary in health care organizations since change is a continuous aspect and implementation is necessary. For this project, Health South Sunrise Rehabilitation Hospital is the chosen organization that is moving forward by improving itself to provide better services to their patients. Mission and vision statements as well as values are important to be communicated with employees, stakeholders, and everyone else. Strategic planning will have successes and failures, but leaders need to think positive at all times. This paper will