Homework For Health Care Management
Discussion 8
Homework For Health Care Management Discussion 8
Due at 5PM CST, Monday, September 11, 2017
Assigned Readings: Chapter 4
Answer the following questions:
For a hospital to operate efficiently and effectively, the three
important influences in its governance, medical staff, board of
trustees, and administration, must work together in reasonable
harmony. What factors might contribute to tensions among these
groups?
As the nursing profession has expanded through advanced
degrees, specialization, and clinical practice, nurses’ salaries and
responsibilities have also increased. Now, hospitals substitute
non-nurses for nurses to perform all but the most technical tasks.
What are the implications for the nursing profession? Have nurses
lost their traditional role of hands-on patient care and, if so, is that
to their advantage or disadvantage?
The traditional management style of hospitals has been
hierarchical and internally focused. What are three important
challenges that face hospitals to accommodate new payer and
consumer expectations?
The availability of hospital insurance removed an important cost
constraint from hospital services and charges. What were some

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