Organization And Management Of A Healthcare

Running head: ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF A HEALTH CARE
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IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE
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Introduction
The hospital is continuously evolving and it is very crucial to continuously monitors
as well as implements the multiple disciplines activities for the benefits of stakeholders of the
hospital. The stakeholders comprise of the healthcare provider as well as healthcare seekers.
‘We Care Hospital’ is aiming at providing effective care with the implementation of
information technology within the hospital. This paper intends to examine the management as
well as the adverse impact of implementing the information technology for delivering patient
service.
Organizational Structure of ‘We care Hospital’
The organization structure of the hospital is headed with the board of directors. The
administration department report to the board of directors and other senior key stakeholders
of the hospital. The administrative department has to deal with multiple disciplinary
professionals of the hospitals. The major multi-disciplinary departments include information
technology department, therapeutic department, support department as well as diagnostic
services department. The other departments include security, housekeeping, kitchen, and
other departments that deal with delivering the services of the hospital.
Board of Directors is generally head of the hospitals. They supervise each and every
department of the hospital. The Board of Directors consists of influential leaders or
individuals in the healthcare sector or trustees. They are the governing bodies of the hospital
and their major duties include reviewing the overall strategies as well as objectives of the
hospital (Miller, Freeman & Mannion, 2015). They would not involve in managing the
activities of the hospital rather they would supervise them. Therefore, the major board of
directors consists of chairperson, trustees or company secretaries and other general counsel of
the hospital. In addition to these professional bodies, treasurer and chief executive officers

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are also the members of the board of directors. The duties of each member of the board of
directors vary from one professional to others. They majorly set goals and objectives for the
hospital as well as other healthcare professionals.
According to White (2017), hospital administrator has to deal with multiple healthcare
professionals in the hospital. They can manage individually or work with the team. They
ensure that there is an efficient practice for delivering efficiency along with high-quality care.
They play an efficient role as an interpersonal role, informational role and decision making
for the benefits of the hospital’s stakeholders. The major duties include administrating
Board of Directors
Support service
Department
Therapeutic service Information
Services
Diagnosis
Services
Hospital Administration
Maintenance
Housekeeping
Transportation
Biomedical
technology
Imaging
Medical
laboratory
Neurology
Emergency
medicines
Cardiology
Health
education
Medical records
Human
resources
Admission
along with
billing
Nursing services
Dietary
Pharmacy
Surgery unit
Maternity
Pathology
Intensive care

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multiple disciplinary departments that are nursing professionals, medical records keeping,
housekeeping and any other administrative department like billing. They also regulate the
welfare of the employees as well as established standard sets of policies for the effective
deliveries of the hospital’s services.
The major responsibility of therapeutic service is delivering treatment for the patients.
Such treatment can include physical treatment, medical psychology or any other occupational
therapy. The head of this department is to supervise multiple theoretical services of the
hospital. To administer the overall functionality of the intensive care unit, inventory
management in the pharmaceutical department and assigning the necessary responsibilities of
the nursing professionals.
The informational service's main responsibility is to process as well as document the
information within the framework of the hospital. The services within the frameworks
include the medical records department, human resources management, and many other
hospital networks. These services fall under multiple departments and thus resulting in
multiple roles as well as responsibilities. The major duties of such professionals are providing
an efficient flow of admission process, overseeing the appropriate maintenance of medical
records. The head of the information system delivers the duties in maintaining the efficient
network of computers and overseeing the malpractice in the service.
The diagnostic services include the multiple departments that include the medical
laboratory as well as emergency medicines. Imaging services also come to under-diagnosis
services. The responsibilities include finding the major causes of disease or injuries that have
occurred to the individuals. The duties of these professionals include planning and organize
the effective procedure for the efficient deliveries for such services.