The Human Resources Issues At Healthamerica

Human resource management is an energetic advocate to health care and to an organization. I will challenge to display fair how so in this paper by defining key roles that human resource administration shows in the health care field. I inspiration assess three to five tasks of human resource administration in positions of their equal of support and give an view of which one I touch to be the principal purpose in expanding the health care field. To sum up, I will study the part of human resource management in an organization’s strategic plan.

The intervention begins with Dayspring providing health screening exercises for client’s employees for them to understand the common health issues and needs they may face. From then on, Dayspring liaises with the Human Resource (HR) in-charge to propose suitable recommendations and plan various health talk packages and activities to take up based on the overall health report results and needs of their employees. This is to better cater to the health needs and provide effective health programmes for clients. The HR in-charge is responsible for informing his or her employees about the upcoming health programme details and encouraging participation. This is done via different platforms such as email, posters, mass announcements, etc (Jolyn Wong,

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.

The text will cover a number of different aspects of leadership. We will consider my personal understanding of leadership and it relates to certain leadership theories. In my philosophy of leadership, I will address what role I believe a health care leader should play, what leadership theory they should follow, and why leaders should follow that theory. It will describe my current sphere of influence and how it has shaped my understanding of leadership. I will explain how I am a leader in my current position and how I apply my leadership philosophy within my position. Then I will provide how I see the use of informal, formal, positive and negative power as it applies to my personal philosophy of leadership.

The Human Resources Department is a critical component in the health care workforce. They are in many ways the backbone of an organization as they handle a variety of issue that employee have. Some of the most complicated issues that Human Resources has to deal with is disability discrimination. The reason this subject is very difficult is because of the acts that protect the disabled from discrimination. First there is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the second is the Americans with Disabilities Act. These acts cast a wide shadow over what is discrimination and what is not, but not every situation can be visibly seen as discrimination or not as there are many other factors that come into play. The Human Resources department not only has to deal with issue of internal discrimination but also discrimination in hiring practices. This department has to be knowledgeable enough to distinguish what is discrimination and what is not and help to make proper decisions that are best for the employee or job applicant and the employer.

The author explains that you must communicate effectively to be an exceptional leader. Part of that communication is verbally explaining the vision foreseen so staff members can have the confidence to make rational decisions on their own. It also provides you a chance to build a rapport by listening to them and following through with the plans discussed. This way there is no guessing and everyone remains on the same page. He goes on to explain that there are many other forms of communication like memos or emails sent. One of the key things pointed out, when sending written communication was to get to the point quickly so others will actually read it. If the email or memo is too long the whole purpose of it is lost amongst words with no meaning. One of the most important facts about communication noted is that it's a two-way street we must listen and become a part of the group as a whole. John calls this "managing while walking around", If you're like me, you probably wonder what that actually means. He is clearly stating that we must seek out ways to communicate and participate in situations that the staff has to deal with on a day to day basis. This shows that the leader does not think he is above them and that he sincerely cares about their well

The concept of leadership has always frightened me. I always assumed a great leader was born to lead, a leadership theory Scully describes as the “great man” (2015). A theory which I quickly realize wasn’t true once I was forced into a charge nurse position. A leader is built through knowledge, motivation and dedication. I accepted a Shift Administrator (supervisor) position to gain the knowledge and experience to prepare me for the next level as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

In health care today, leaders are important to ensure that the system continues to move forward, to improve, and survive with all of the changes that are occurring at an alarming rate. A leader, according to Sullivan (2013) “is anyone who uses interpersonal skills to influence others to accomplish a specific goal” (p. 41). Leadership can be in a formal or informal within an organization depending on their position within an organization (Sullivan, 2013). For this particular assignment, this writer performed an interview with the Vice President of Finance, Physician Services, and Business Development of our local hospital.

It is very imperative that leaders communicate among group members. Communication is a way of sharing information through expressing ideas and thoughts about a subject. In addition, it is important for leaders to communicate because it improves their leadership skills, keeps the group focused at the task at hand, and lets the group stay organized at all times. Moreover, leaders being able to communicate among group members helps the leader understand everyone opinion, take their ideas into consideration, and find out whether the group has thoroughly understood their discussion. In other words, it is important for leaders to communicate their ideas to their group member in ways the group will understand. For instance, if the group

Communication is a fundamental and essential skill for leaders and managers. Communicating is the one of the important competencies of leadership and management skills. In nursing leadership and management, accomplished communication is crucial for effective implementation of the change process. It is an intervention that leaders and managers in nursing use to accomplish their goals.

Clear communication is the foundation of leadership, success, and community. I have gained experience with communication through debating with my parents and siblings, experiencing conflicts with friends, and participating in the community. Communication has helped me in resolving conflicts, building relationships, among peers and family. Because the ability to communicate in a positive, effective manner is key to leadership, the Niwot freshman class deserve a president with this quality which I have.

There are many factors in the healthcare industry which can incur more costs to the employers. The cost of healthcare is on the rise in the country and the reasons commonly known are the age of the population and the development of new treatment and technology but there is also very less understanding on how these costs are measured and how much more we pay for the outcomes we achieve. Poor costing systems have disastrous consequences and since the cost is misunderstood they are unable to link costs to improvements and outcomes that prevents them from making cost reductions. (Kaplan&Porter,2011). Most times the healthcare facility has to pay more for the errors from their side too.

Barriers to communication have a significant impact on effective leadership. This barrier is a double-edged sword as they can affect both the employees' actions when communication from the leader is flawed, and also affect the leader's ability to make informed decisions when communication from employees to leadership is not well received. Uniquely, there are various communication channels (formal and informal) within my organization. Some of these channels include the use of emails, Microsoft Lync chat system, memos, letters (snail mail), Facebook@Work, video conferencing, telephone, town hall meetings, intranet, etc. Furthermore, leadership strives to make all initiatives known to employees and uses all means to make sure the message is well received and understood. We do however experience the full spectrum of poor to skilled communication every day in meetings, emails, and critical conversations. Highly effective communicators use other people’s time and attention wisely and would encourage the people disseminating the message to know the audience to whom the message is intended. Also, I would recommend to individual leaders to strategically plan their communication to make sure they accomplish the desired result.

Over the last several years, the health care sector has been facing a number of challenges. This is because there are shifts in the population demographics; with one of the largest segments (i.e. the Baby Boomers) become older. Evidence of this can be seen with information complied by Berkowitz (2010). He found that 62% of this segment has at least one of six chronic conditions including: hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease or cancer. Moreover, demand for orthopedic services is expected to increase by 23% in 2020. These figures are showing how there is an increasing need for specialized health care facilities. (Berkowitz, 2010, pg. 96)

Another challenge affecting the human resources for health in Malawi is shortage as a result of migration of professional health workers to management related work or positions(9). Medical doctors and state registered nurses are being promoted to take up managerial positions either in government or working in Non-Governmental Organisations (21). Malawi has successfully managed to address the challenge of brain drain to other countries by implementing incentives but continues to struggle with migration within the country whereby health workers are moving from bed-side patient care to managerial positions. Some health workers especially nurses are pursuing careers other than nursing(4). The MoH should consider establishing positions that will make these health workers to still remain in hospitals providing patient care. There is need to develop a clear career pathway so that staff trained in health management should be allocated to the managerial posts while health workers remain with patients. Furthermore, the ministry should be vigilant in reinforcing the agreements within the MOUs with the NGOs on the health worker recruitments from the public sector(10).