Health Care Managers Roles
Health Care Managers Roles and Functions
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Health Care Managers Roles and Functions Health care managers play a part in many roles and functions. “A manager is anyone in an organization who supports and is responsible for the work performance of one or more other persons. Managers can have a variety of titles (including supervisor, team leader, division head, administrator, vice president, and more), but all managers share some common traits” (Lombardi & Schermerhorn, 2007, p. 7). Managing health care facilities is more challenging to deal with because health care managers are responsible for patients, staff, and the health care facility. Health care facilities include inpatient and outpatient health care facilities, clinics, doctor’s office, or hospitals. The four major functions of health care managers are to organize, plan, control, and lead. “Healthcare management is the profession that provides leadership and direction to organization that deliver personal health services, and to divisions, departments, units, or services within those organizations” (Thompson, Buchbinder, & Shanks, 2012, p. 2). It is important for health care managers to organize and plan the daily functions of employees. Health care managers are responsible for the specific departments and the employees. For example, if an employee comes into work with no given task, mistakes can be made. Health care managers, especially, cannot afford to make mistakes because people look for health care facilities to fail. Health care managers must organize and plan for each day. Organizing and planning go hand in hand. To health care managers organizing requires “the process of assigning tasks, allocating resources, and arranging and coordinating the activities of individuals and groups” (Thompson, Buchbinder, & Shanks, 2012, p. 16). When planning health care managers has the employee’s interest at heart. Through planning health care
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Health Care Managers Roles and Functions Health care managers play a part in many roles and functions. “A manager is anyone in an organization who supports and is responsible for the work performance of one or more other persons. Managers can have a variety of titles (including supervisor, team leader, division head, administrator, vice president, and more), but all managers share some common traits” (Lombardi & Schermerhorn, 2007, p. 7). Managing health care facilities is more challenging to deal with because health care managers are responsible for patients, staff, and the health care facility. Health care facilities include inpatient and outpatient health care facilities, clinics, doctor’s office, or hospitals. The four major functions of health care managers are to organize, plan, control, and lead. “Healthcare management is the profession that provides leadership and direction to organization that deliver personal health services, and to divisions, departments, units, or services within those organizations” (Thompson, Buchbinder, & Shanks, 2012, p. 2). It is important for health care managers to organize and plan the daily functions of employees. Health care managers are responsible for the specific departments and the employees. For example, if an employee comes into work with no given task, mistakes can be made. Health care managers, especially, cannot afford to make mistakes because people look for health care facilities to fail. Health care managers must organize and plan for each day. Organizing and planning go hand in hand. To health care managers organizing requires “the process of assigning tasks, allocating resources, and arranging and coordinating the activities of individuals and groups” (Thompson, Buchbinder, & Shanks, 2012, p. 16). When planning health care managers has the employee’s interest at heart. Through planning health care
References: Lombardi, D. N., & Schermerhorn, J. R. (2007). Health care management: Tools and techniques in a health care environment. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Private Duty Nursing. (2013). Retrieved from http://jfs.ohio.gov/OHP/consumers/PrivateDutyNursing.stm Thompson, J.M., Buchbinder, S., & Shanks, N.H. (2012). Introduction to Healthcare . Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC.