HCAD 660 Discussion 4

HCAD 660 Discussion 4

HCAD 660: Healthcare Institutional Organization and Management Discussion 4 Questions

Instructions: Please answer using your own words in a minimum of 350, maximum 500 words (2-3 paragraphs). PER QUESTION 5 in total. Referenced with two (3) peer-reviewed journal articles or qualified text publish within the past five years and follow APA Manual 6th or 7th editions scholarly writing guidelines. APA in-text Citation formatting is required. When writing replies, please provide your experiences, new ideas, add probing questions to engage readers and new literature on the topic to enhance the learning opportunity.

Questions:

4.1. Leadership

Address (Answer) ALL questions in a minimum of 350, maximum 500words

Drawing from relevant reference materials, discuss how health leaders foster a culture of ethics, morality and social responsibility? Is morality a legal issue or leader issue?

Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe?

Consensus asks the question: Is it popular?

Conscience asks: Is it right?

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

How do health leaders foster a culture of ethics, morality and social responsibility?

Is morality a legal issue or leader issue?

How are professional ethics different than morals, beliefs, customs or ethnic traditions?

Cite the name/link to the code of professional ethics to which you subscribe.

Seven Thoughts on Leadership

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/7-thoughts-on-great-leadership.html

 

4.2. Servant Leadership

Healthcare organizations are, by definition, in the community. Healthcare leaders should be of the community. What are some ways you – as an individual healthcare executive – can contribute to the community beyond the boundaries of your organization?

4.3. Regulatory influence of the operations

How is the design of aprogram will be influenced by the regulatory environment in which the organization operates? Some jurisdictions are quite prescriptive, requiring Certificate of Need submissions for major projects and even (in the State of Maryland) mandating hospital reimbursement rates.In other places, market forces are left to drive healthcare.What are the relative merits of these divergent approaches?

 

4.4. Strategizing: Tools of the Trade

Briefly describe one of the tools or best practices of strategic planning or execution (implementation) (SWOT, Service-Value Chain, Appreciative Inquiry, etc.). Provide a URL/web link or reference for that tool or best practice that contains more information. The challenge will be to not repeat any of the tools or resources.

Demonstrate insightful thought and critical analysis about the approach. Propose an improvement.

4.5. Anticipating Change

Identify a disruptive innovation in healthcare (i.e. one that completely changed the market). Why was it revolutionary? How did it change healthcare? How can you be prepared for change?

NOTE: The concept of disruptive innovation can be confusing. It is not a better method to do something, but a new and different way that often causes the disappearance of what it replaces. Think of photography; the emergence of digital technology virtually destroyed the film industry (e.g., Kodak

Requirements: .doc file

Attached are the readings you can also use others materials that you deem appropriate. Please make sure you 3 use in-text citations per question.

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