Balance Scorecard in Health Care Organizations

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Over the past few years, the health care service has seen many changes. The Affordable Care Act, for example, creating more insurance in order to care for the indigent and people in the most need of help. Health care is a very essential and necessary element of an individuals lives. The methods and preparation that is needed in order to provide adequate and efficient patient care to all is very critical and sometimes specific. The health care organization has ventured from focusing on input management to focusing and improving output management (White, 2011). "The scorecard provides a language and framework to communicate mission and strategy" (Ball, 2003) to the entire health care organization. It sets the tone and provides a concrete reference for all employees to follow in order for the organization to deliver consistent and efficient services throughout the whole organization. The scorecard also "uses measurements to inform employees about the drives of current and future success" (Ball, 2003) and "articulates the outcomes that the organization desires" to employees in order to reach their long-term goals. This shows how the "senior executives can channel the energies, abilities, and specific knowledge" (Ball, 2003) to employees about future goals and stay consistent throughout the whole organization. The "balanced scorecard is a model and performance tool used to monitor financial and quality performance" (Pane, 2011) and "translates mission and strategy into outcomes and measures" (Ball, Harbor, Moore, Verlaan-Cole, 2003). The balanced scorecard is organized into four perspectives: financial, customer,internal processes and learning and growth" (Ball, 2003). The financial perspective is intended to inform the organiza... ... middle of paper ... ...ly financial and strategic improvements, but also provides a system to bring the organization together as they seek for one true goal that cannot be accomplished without the WHOLE organization actively participating. Works Cited 1. Mavluntona, Inese, Babauska, Santa, (2013, June 19-21) Retrieved on March 29 2014, from http://www.toknowpress.net/ISBN/978-961-6914-02-4/papers/ML13-366.pdf 2. Pane, J Fred (2009, June) Hosptials Benefit from Implementing a Balanced Scorecard. Retrieved on March 29, 2014 from https://www.premierinc.com/connect/general-news/Jun-09/Hospitals-Benefit-Balanced-Scorecard.jsp 3. Ball, Ted, Harber, Bruce, Moore, Ken, & Verlaan-Cole, Liz. (2003). Healthcare Sector Management Trends. Received on March 29, 2014, from http://quantumtransformationtechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/BestPractice-Scorecards-for-Governance-Orgs-and-CEOs.pdf

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