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Challenges of Healthcare Management

   

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CHALLENGES OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENTName of StudentInstitution Affiliation
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Question 1. Healthcare management entails the general management and leadership in a hospital, healthcare systems.[CITATION Aki14 \l 1033 ]. It basically entails the administrative aspects of the hospitals. It also ensures that particular outcomes are achieved which constituent parts within thehospitals and health facility operates smoothly without any problems. This requires that the right people are in the right place and they are doing the right thing at the right time[CITATION Cha141 \l1033 ]. And also the workers especially the nurses should be aware of how to handle the patient. In most case, this has not been the case due to some of the problems which are faced by the health care management in any healthcare setup. There are many problems which always hinder the smooth operation of healthcare (healthcare management problems). One of the main such problem is lack of adequate finance to ensure a smooth operation and coordination of workers both in the clinical officers and the nurses and how they handle the patient in the hospitals and clinics[CITATION Dav151 \l 1033 ]. With insufficient funds, the hospital will not be able to procure all the required drugs and apparatus which ensure a smooth healthcareoperation. To the patients, lack of enough money due to their low income will deter them from attaining the appropriate healthcare[CITATION Dic13 \l 1033 ]. In some country, the government may come in to subsidize the cost of healthcare by providing the drugs thus making it easy for the citizens to attain a better healthcare at a relatively low cost. With good pay to the nurses,they are highly motivated and they do a super work and this will ensure a proper healthcare management. The manager will also be able to communicate effectively and pass all the relevantinformation in the hospital when there is adequate finance in the healthcare setup. This
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healthcare management problem can be fully understood under the following sector[CITATION Geo15 \l 1033 ]. Structural For a hospital which is a private, the administrator is the higher ranked individual who needs to control all other officers and employees.[CITATION Geo15 \l 1033 ]. When the organization of the healthcare is faced with financial problems, then the administrator will not beable to do all the monitoring of the workers and also to ensure that no any worker is complainingof little pay which is not proportional to his or her duty. In some cases, the healthcare is managedby the CEO at the highest rank who is then followed by the three officers; chief nursing officer, chief medical officer, and chief financial officer. Under chief medical officer, we have the physicians whose main duties are to give the injections to the patients[CITATION Mor15 \l 1033 ]. These physicians must be fully controlled by the chief medical officers and they should be provided with all the required material for their efficient operation in the healthcare setup. Allthese required equipment like needles and the drugs to administer injections to the patients must be adequate in the hospital[CITATION Bri12 \l 1033 ]. So if the hospital is facing financial constraint, then the physicians will not be able to obtain these materials. A physician should put on gloves, dust coat, a protective nose mask and in some cases protective gumboots all these willrequire adequate finance to help them avail all these necessary equipment. In the hospital rooms where the patients need to be injected, there must be a clean bed sheet and adequate beds. These will only be possible if the healthcare is very strong financially. Needles are also used once and then thrown away and in some cases, they are highly sterilized
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and then used at some later times[CITATION Cav11 \l 1033 ]. The physician is supposed to have adequate medicine to administer to the patient and the drugs administered should not have reached the expiry date and all expired drugs should be thrown away and new ones to be procured. When enough finance is not available to any hospital, then it would not be able to undertake all these smooth operations and administering appropriate drugs in a clean environment which also must be cleaned by cleaning workers who must also be paid very well toundertake their operations. Under Chief Nursing officer, we have unit Manager who controls the charge manager, under charge manager we have shift team leader who controls the registered Nurses[CITATION Bri12 \l 1033 ]. The Registered Nurses (RNs) need sufficient funds to undertaketheir duties which include; Maintaining accurate, detailed report and health recordsRecords the patient’s medical details and vital symptoms Record, monitor, and report changes in the patient’s condition. Order, evaluate and interpret diagnostic tests to identify and also assess the patient conditionsConsult and coordinate with healthcare team member to assess, interpret patient care plans. This will ensure a smooth healthcare management in the hospital and it may not be possible if the hospital is facing a financial constraint[CITATION Cav11 \l 1033 ]. With enough finance, The Registered Nurses are able to fully coordinate with the team members Instruct families, individuals among other groups on different health topics like disease prevention, childbirth, and also develop a health progress programs. These educations will not be easy without enough money since there is some material the Nurses will have
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