Middleville Regional Healthcare, management assignment help

Assignment
2: Middleville Regional Healthcare

Due Week 9 and worth
160 points

Middleville Regional
Health Care is one (1) of three (3) hospitals serving a community of 350,000
people. Summary statistics on Middleville and its competitors, from the AHA
Guide, are shown below in Table 1. All three organizations are
not-for-profit.

Table 1:
Middleville, Brierfield, and Greystone Health Care Systems

The
governing board of Middleville hired a consulting company to evaluate its
strategic performance, specifically in the areas of Human Resources, Information
Technology, Financing, and Marketing. As part of the consultant’s evaluation,
several leaders of Middleville’s units were asked their perspective of the
organization’s performance.

You are working for
the consultant. Your job is to identify the issues from the response that should
be considered further by the consultant team and possibly discussed with the
governing board and the CEO. The firm has a rule, “Never offer a criticism or
negative finding without suggesting how the client organization can correct it,”
so you must indicate what sort of correction you would recommend as part of your
list. Because you know there were about two (2) dozen other interviews, you
decide you should rank your issues in importance, to make sure the most critical
are discussed.

Write a six to eight
(6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Explain the
   governing board’s role in these strategic initiatives, determining its
   responsibility and involvement.
2. Evidence-based
   management means that operational and strategic decisions are made based upon
   the evidence that goals and objectives are actually being met. Quantitative
   measurements must be identified and measured. This data is then used to evaluate
   the HCO’s performance. Name three (3) performances Middleville can use to
   measure its success in providing quality healthcare to the community, and
   identify quantifiable, measureable indicators that can be used to do so. Explain
   the importance of each performance measurement.
3. Given the statistics
   of Middleville and its two (2) competitors provided in Table 1, recommend to the
   HCO what areas it should focus on to maintain its competitive market share as
   well as continue to provide healthcare to the community in the 21^st
   century.
4. Some of
   Middleville’s Board members are very interested in pursuing advanced technology
   systems over the next five (5) years, while others are concerned about the
   enormous expense and need assurance that the investment in technology will be
   worthwhile. In both monetary and process terms, describe the costs and benefits
   associated with implementing EMR and associated health data systems. Lay out a
   plan for how various systems can be implemented.
5. Middleville has
   faced many challenges in recruiting and retaining nurses and other clinical
   employees. The economy has hit the area very hard and budgetary limitations have
   reduced the amount of money available for salary increases. The Board knows it
   needs to provide other benefits to their valued employees. Provide at least two
   (2) suggestions to Human Resources to promote employee satisfaction and,
   therefore, retain experienced personnel.
6. Use at least three
   (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar
   Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
7. Format
   your assignment according to the following formatting requirements: