Health Care Administration

I was nine years old when my family made the stannous decision to come to America; with only a few clothes and barely any money, the pursuit of the American dream seemed more like a fantasy than anything else. Ever since I was young, I was drawn to the medical field. Looking back, it all appears as a nightmare now: a cold room, no electricity, and my parents imploring for the nurses help. Yet this nightmare was my firsthand experience at the detrimental effects of a limited healthcare. Growing up in a poor town of Albania, I faced minor health concerns, but it wasn’t until I got sick with a common cold that my life almost ended. The unsanitary hospital condition and the lack of medications were part of the sad reality I could not escape from. Thus today, it is my goal to make a significant contribution to the health of the future generations. My passion for the medical field combined with my determination on building and perpetuating an outstanding healthcare service, has lead me to pursue a master’s degree in Health Administration

However, in light of its organizational problems, the situation surrounding HCCH has many opportunities.  First, increased funding looks promising; as $875 billion dollars has of late been approved with the Affordable Care Act to challenge the unacceptable status quo of health care in all of America.  Second, HCCH is in a good position to be repositioned- meaning that HCCH’s core values of service, equality, and trust are important values to its stakeholders and will only better be reinforced through an effective rebranding.  The rebranding itself is of course the third opportunity as the professional advice sought generated enlightening ideas and will guarantee a quality solution. By leveraging these opportunities and strategically managing and mitigating its problems, HCCH has the potential to create a viable marketing plan that will help keep it moving towards its organizational goals.

The cost of healthcare is on the rise and the demand for services has increased of required and

Demand is simply defined as goods and services that people are willing and have the ability to buy during a certain time at various prices. Demand in this study will be the request of the patient for medical services. The physicians demand estimates are focused on the recent utilization of healthcare and the delivery patterns. A current pattern of the utilization of physician services is observed as the level of services for what the U.S is willing and able to pay. The demand determinants are based on future demand trends in one of the

Several agencies fall under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services. Among those agencies I felt may be of benefit to Jimmy were the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Other governmental agencies that might have been of assistance to Jimmy are The Department of Labor (DOL) which falls under the Government Accountability Office.

I was nine years old when my family made the strenuous decision to come to America; with only a few clothes and barely any money, the pursuit of the American dream seemed more like a fantasy than anything else. Ever since I was young, I was drawn to the medical field. Looking back, it all appears as a nightmare now: a cold room, no electricity, and my parents imploring for the nurses help. Yet this nightmare was my first-hand experience of the detrimental effects of a limited health care. Growing up in a poor town in Albania, I faced minor health concerns, but it wasn’t until I got sick with a common cold that my life almost ended. The unsanitary hospital condition and the lack of medications were part of the sad reality I could not escape from. Thus today, it is my goal to make a significant contribution to the health of the future generations. My passion for the medical field combined with my determination on building and perpetuating an outstanding healthcare service, has led me to pursue a master’s degree in Health Administration

Companies can choose many ways to set prices, skimming price strategy where a company sets a higher price than normal and a penetrating price where low initial price is set. “Pricing

Services Administration (HRSA) under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (Knudson, Gibbens & Fischbach, 2014). These services have a wide responsibility for analyzing the effects of policy on rural communities and helps shape rural health policy in a variety of ways.

Hospice administrator is accountable to the governing body for implementing, monitoring, and reporting on program services for resolution of problems and for program improvement.

goals as well as giving back to the communities we serve. We hold each other accountable for all aspects of our performance” (CVS, 2010). Using their strategy to “Use minute clinic location and specialty pharmacy division to lower costs while improving the health of those we serve and increase CVS Caremark leadership in and contribution to the areas of pharmacy services and healthcare (CVS,2010), CVS does not fail to deliver. Every team member feels passionate about their jobs, feel connected and put discretionary effort into their work. The level of competence of the health providers in the clinic and the pharmacy increases the level of customer satisfaction and quality of service delivery (CVS, 2010). There is congruence and team work

My field of study is the HCA (Health Care Administration) program. When I graduate in this program, I plan on working and getting all the hands on training as possible while under the wing of another until I feel as confident to go out and possibly opening up a business of my own. The type of business that I would open would sort of be like a small health care facility. To help the elderly who may not have the high income to afford the expenses it would normally cost to live in a place as such.

The field of study I am particularly interested in is Medical Office Administration. Based on my own research this job involves sitting for long periods of time, requires extensive knowledge of computers and the ability of multitasking. The roles of this job include effectively managing an office. They work in a variety of fields ranging from a physician’s office to a rest home facility. There are particular skills needed to do well in this, which include being well-organized, good communication skills, and an understanding of medical terms. This job is more suitable to people who work well with computer technology. In addition, someone who is able to pay attention to details would succeed in this field. I am interested in this field based on the heavy use with computers and the fact that there is a variety of job options out there. In the Medical Office Administration field, these types of jobs will be in higher demand as the population continues to grow.

Personally, I find the following statement, "health care executives should not be driven by desire for self-wealth, increasing profits, power, independence, and a need to succeed, but should focus on providing quality and safe service” (Belhaven University, 2016) to be what every Christian healthcare executive would want as their personal mission and/or vision statement. God is the creator of human kind and knows people and their need far more clearly than we can ever imagine. The desires of healthcare administrators or executives should be from scriptures when we are in search for or of His wisdom. Romans 3:23 exemplifies us all because we “have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (NIV) from time to time.

As a health care administrator there are many challenges that have to be faced. Health care administrators have to deal with a very demanding career with all things health care on a constant change. The changing of health care with new developments is what causes health care administrators to have such a tough job. They have to make sure that they stay up to date on the changes happening. The main two challenges that I think will be faced is communication to employees and staying up to date with trending health care issues.

Two of the major factors affecting demand for any market are (1) consumer tastes and preferences and (2) consumer expectations. The healthcare market is no exception to these two aspects. “People with low health literacy are more likely to report poor health, have an incomplete understanding of their health problems and treatment, and are at greater risk of hospitalization (Haun et al. 2015).” Health literacy could, if the consumer has an inadequate understanding, cause the miscommunication that leads to the consumer purchasing healthcare now rather than waiting for another option or a different time. Similarly, the consumer may misunderstand his/her healthcare options to believe that the healthcare needed must be purchased at that time because of the fear of a future price increase. On the contrary, a consumer with adequate levels of health literacy may understand the procedure and choose to wait until a later date when the price may drop, or they may understand that the options are not what is best for them and not purchase the healthcare.