For this assignment, reflect upon the elements of health care policy covered in this course and how your role as a health care administrator can influence policy development locally, nationally or within your health care organization. You will create a 5 slide Power Point Presentation with speaker notes that address the following (You may use Prezi if you are competent with this technology):
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Role of the health care administrator--
A Healthcare Administrator oversees the day-to-day administrative operations of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Also known as Health Service Managers, these professionals are required to plan and supervise all medical services. Duties include monitoring budgets and updating health records.
Characteristics of a successful health care admadministrator--
The top skills you'll need to be a successful hospital administrator include:
Ways in which Health Care Administrators can influence health care policy development--
Clarify our agenda (be specific)
• Link health literacy to health care reform
– Patient safety
– Improve quality
– Reduce cost
• Strike while the iron is hot
• Organize
• Build support
• Develop allies
• NALS and NAAL
• Growing field of research
• National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy
• Making Health Literacy Real: The Beginnings of My
Organization’s Plan for Action (CDC)
• Organizations and agencies leading the way:
-Health Literacy Missouri.
Health policy refers to decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society. An explicit health policy can achieve several things: it defines a vision for the future which in turn helps to establish targets and points of reference for the short and medium term.
professional plan to become engaged in health care policy issues--
A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession and the public interest.
Professional nursing organizations are able to monitor public policy and offer ways for their members to learn about health policy. They also serve as a resource for reliable information related to policy issues and policy makers.
For this assignment, reflect upon the elements of health care policy covered in this course and...
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