Strayer Hrm 568 -Consulting Contract

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Consulting Contract Tyneca M. Allen Dr. Chuks Agada HRM 568 April 26, 2015 Create a consulting contract that defines the boundaries of your analysis and objectives of the project. To survive in today’s competitive marketplace, hospitals are faced with the challenge of becoming more market driven: they must identify and satisfy the needs of their customers in a manner superior to that of other hospitals offering competitive services. Understanding the nature of this new focus on competition has become a matter of life or death for many hospitals because of the rapidly changing nature of the healthcare environment (Pinto, 1990). In order to better create the conditions for the successful development and introduction of these new programs and services, a variety of management and healthcare professionals must maintain effective and supportive work relationships (Pinto, 1990). Successful implementation of new healthcare services often requires the creation of hospital project teams and the joint efforts and combined expertise of a variety of relevant functional departments (Pinto, 1990). Project teams must to be effective in the following areas to improve their productivity goals. • Healthcare marketing personnel are responsible for targeting appropriate market segments, developing marketing strategies, and creating promotional campaigns. • Finance and administrative members often oversee concerns related to cost minimization and maintaining peak levels of efficiency and usage of the new service. • Finally, physicians, nurses, and members of ancillary support departments have an equally large stake in the success of a new hospital program. They can ensure that the new service is technically adequate and provides the type of health benefit that potential customers in the marketplace have a right to expect

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