Your director has come to you and asked that you take on a new project that will involved a number of large and small changes to the work that your department is currently doing. Provide a brief outline for how you will implement this change.
I will work on following aspects to implement and manage such change:
Your director has come to you and asked that you take on a new project that...
The Executive Director of The Community Health Network, Ms. Diane Peterson, has asked you to come up with recommendations in a business memo format for how the practice can improve access and quality while containing costs and positioning the network for future growth. She has asked you to complete this important task, since she knows that you are earning your credential in the discipline of health services management and possess the requisite experience. Using the case study below: You are...
You are the director of compensation for a midsized organization. Come up with a new compensation strategy that will support the motivational needs of knowledge workers and reinforce the real-time performance appraisal system that the organization has embraced. Also, make sure that this compensation strategy is competitive in the marketplace. Make sure to describe a compensation program for knowledge workers. Be sure to address the questions below in the presentation. What is the compensation strategy being proposed? Did employees provide...
As the health and fitness director of a large corporate wellness program, you have been asked to provide data to your supervisor that supports the effectiveness of your program. The trend in the company has been to cut programs that do not “carry their weight.” The “bottom line” is important. In your review of the data related to your program, it is obvious that the data are not strong. However, in fairness to you, the program has been in operation...
You are 6 months into a new position as director of imaging at General Hospital. You have been asked to manage the imaging equipment procurement portion of a project that will involve renovations in the ED, OR and a portion of the main department. Your first step is to create a document that will assist you to easily identify your stakeholders, their interest in your project, their opposition(s), etc. in preparation for a discussion with the larger group. Using Word...
You have just begun working as an assistant director for one of the service lines for an 800-bed acute care hospital (based on your own background and interests, select a service line you will work for). Within the first few weeks of your employment the director approaches you to tell you that he needs you to undertake a research project. You will come up with a problem that may impact the service line you are working for and answer the...
Imagine you are the Human Resources Director of an assisted living facility. Your Board has asked you to explain how employee and career development activities ensure a competitive working environment. The Board has asked you to rank and explain the four career development stages in order of employer responsibility and involvement for the assisted living facility. How will you use knowledge of career development stages to ensure a competitive working environment? Also, the Board is interested in your explanation of...
"Merging Accounting Information Systems" Suppose you are the Director of Accounting for a company that has just purchased another company. You are charged with merging the newly purchased company’s accounting department into your own, and bringing Stanley Smith, their Director of Accounting, in as your new Assistant Director of Accounting. How will you approach this? Identify at least three (3) questions you want to ask Stanley and information you would gain from the responses. Provide your opinion on the principal...
Human Resources You are the Cancer Program Director for a large hospital. The Vice President you report to has just informed you that the Board of Directors has approved the development of a radiation treatment department. The feasibility study listed the employees that will be needed by job title and an estimated total payroll. It did not include further details about staffing. The types of positions include entry level service and support staff, licensed technical and nursing staff, and a...
On your first day as HIM director at a small community hospital, your coding staff has come to you complaining about the number of errors originating from patient registration. Over the course of the next week, you see how these errors are impacting the entire revenue cycle from duplicate medical record numbers to wrong insurances listed. 1. First, assess the possible reasons for the errors. 2. How would you present this information to the patient registration director to reduce the...
To help guide the focus of your project, your audience is the CEO of a mid-size, private sector, non-unionized firm where you have recently been hired to replace the HR Director of the company. An announcement was made two weeks prior to you being hired regarding the abrupt departure of the former HR Director and you have been hired as the replacement. There have also been rumors that there will be reorganization and widespread layoffs within the company. Several employees...