Healthcare Organizational Management

The last century has been characterized by unparalleled technological improvements and progress in research which have transformed every aspect of human society including organizational management. According to Domínguez-Rodríguez, et, al., organizational management is defined as the act of outlining, coordinating, controlling resources and leading in an entity with unique goals and objectives (Domínguez-Rodríguez, et, al., 2014). At the heart of organizational management lies the theories of systemization, planning, and managing resources which correspondingly apply to the healthcare setting bringing to life the concept of healthcare administration or management. Casciani (2012), defines healthcare administration as the oversight and superintendence

According to Swayne, Duncan, and Ginter (2012), healthcare administrators are high-level officials that oversee the fundamental duties that ensure health institutions function efficiently. One critical responsibility of healthcare administrators is to strategize, manage and lead patient-centered medical services. Healthcare managers might assume an array of duties from an individual clinical setting to the whole hospital facility. In different contexts, healthcare administrators work together with health practitioners to ensure that health care services are efficiently administered to patients (Swayne, Duncan, and Ginter, 2012). Health care administrators employ numerous approaches with the objective of providing that medical resources and medical patient services are executed following the already established

One fundamental problem affecting healthcare administrators is the fast-changing nature of technology. The contemporary society is inspired by technological developments which make it easier for people to conduct their activities. In the provision of health care services, technology plays a crucial role in information management systems, the diagnosis of particular diseases which has made it easier for physicians to understand some of the most troubling health conditions. Nonetheless, technology is expensive, and it is additionally continually changing which necessitates continuous restructuring and renovation exercises which are particularly costly making it difficult for health administrators to employ technology in the provision of health care services