Answer To: MBA623_T1_2020_Assessment_02_v02_Healthcare_Management Assessment Information Assessment 2...
Sunabh answered on May 20 2021
Healthcare
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Executive Summary
Australian government has been focusing upon healthcare delivery system in Australia more than ever and healthcare management is no exception. Healthcare managers need to possess the required skills in order to cope-up with current scenario in Australian healthcare industry. The current paper will analyze the annual report of Calvary Healthcare, Bethlehem. Further, efforts will be made to present a critical analysis of specified issues along with areas for future improvements.
Australian citizens as well as all the permanent residents of Australia have access to Medicare, which provides health services at a subsidized rates. Therefore, healthcare management emerges as a critical aspect as it requires special emphasis upon needs of stakeholders, best leadership practice, and effective organizational design along with team building. This paper focuses upon analyzing healthcare management for Calvary Healthcare, which is an entity of Calvary. Calvary is a not-for-profit, catholic healthcare provider and the current paper analysis their annual report in order to present a brief analysis of their political environment, organisational design, leadership framework, financial resources and utilization and attitude towards resource availability. This paper will end with a discussion where major emphasis will be upon potential recommendations concerning improvements for future.
Introduction
Australian healthcare system is majorly funded by Medicare (national health insurance scheme). Australian citizens as well as all the permanent residents of Australia have access to Medicare, which provides health services at a subsidized rates. Therefore, healthcare management emerges as a critical aspect as it requires special emphasis upon needs of stakeholders, best leadership practice, and effective organizational design along with team building. This paper focuses upon analyzing healthcare management for Calvary Healthcare, which is an entity of Calvary. Calvary is a not-for-profit, catholic healthcare provider and the current paper analysis their annual report in order to present a brief analysis of their political environment, organisational design, leadership framework, financial resources and utilization and attitude towards resource availability. This paper will end with a discussion where major emphasis will be upon potential recommendations concerning improvements for future.
Political and policy environment
It would be essential to consider that ‘Calvary healthcare’ operates majorly in three segments, which are health, aged care and disability; therefore, their policies and political environment revolves around these three segments. It is evident from the annual reported published by the organisation that, they focused upon environment sustainability as a major aspect. Further, CHCB embraced sound environment principles as well as practices where the major focus was to minimize the operational impact on the environment.
‘Clinical safety and Quality’ is the central policy statement, which forms the basis of other policies at CHCB. CHCB considers that their policies defines their expectations concerning care for others and environment. In other words, the policy environment at CHCB is defined by their values and being a part of Catholic health community, their policies are also directed towards continued source of healing, nurturing and hope towards the communities and people that they serve.
Organisational design and coordination
Organisational design can be considered as one of the major determining factor concerning organisation’s performance along with the working of individuals in the organisations (Burton & Obel, 2018). It would be essential to consider that organisational designing should be scientific in order to facilitate the working conditions especially in healthcare. As mentioned above also, Calvary healthcare is a non-profit organisation and The Little Company of Mary Health Care Board of Directors is also accountable for Calvary Ministries. The Board of directors is being chaired by Mr Jim Birch along with Mr Patrick O’Sullivan, Mr David Catchpole, Dr Annette Carruthers Mrs Lucille Halloran and many more.
Further, the board of directors are responsible for managing the organisation as well as the staff members working...