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determine the key reasons why change management in health care IT is a hot-button issue

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ANALYZE THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING AN IT BUDGET WITHIN A HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION

From the first e-Activity, analyze the process for developing an IT budget within a health care organization, and select one (1) aspect of the budgeting process which is the most difficult to execute. Next, suggest one (1) technique which you could use to overcome the difficulty that you selected. Provide a rationale to support your response.
From the second e-Activity, determine the key reasons why change management in health care IT is a hot-button issue. Next, among the eight (8) fundamental stages for the process of change described by Kotter, select the most significant stage, and suggest one (1) way to complete the stage in question. Provide a rationale to support your response.
 
Eactivity – Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research articles on IT budget development process within health care organizations. Be prepared to discuss.
Read the article titled, “Change Management in Health Care”, located at http://www.zzjzfbih.ba/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Change-Management-in-Healtcare.pdf. Be prepared to discuss.

DISCUSS HOW THAT ORGANIZATION MIGHT INFLUENCE THE ETHICS PRACTICES OF THE HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. 

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DISCUSS HOW THAT ORGANIZATION MIGHT INFLUENCE THE ETHICS PRACTICES OF THE HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. 

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
As a member of Silver Creek Hospital’s Ethics Committee, you have been asked by chief executive officer (CEO) Beranger to provide examples of 2 ethical issues or dilemmas that the committee may help physicians, patients, or family members resolve. Additionally, CEO Beranger asked that you conduct research on any organization (e.g., American Medical Association [AMA], the Joint Commission [TJC]) that accredits health care organizations or provides ethical guidance to the health care professional and discuss how that organization might influence the ethics practices of the hospital or health care professional.

What does the term “variance analysis mean when applied of financial performance of health care organizations?

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WHAT ARE THE FOUR MAJOR BUDGETS OF A HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION? BRIEFLY DISCUSS EACH.

1. What are the major components of the planning/control cycle?
2. What are the four major budgets of a health care organization? Briefly discuss each.
3. Describe the four types of responsibility centers, including the characteristics of each.
4. What are transfer prices? Discuss their major disadvantages.
5. Name two financial measures used to judge the performance of investment centers that are not used to measure the financial performance of profit centers.
6. What does the term “variance analysis mean when applied of financial performance of health care organizations?
7. A new cardiac catheterization lab was constructed at Havea Heart Hospital. The investment for the lab was $450,000 in equipment costs and $50,000 in renovation costs. A desired return on investment is 12 percent. Once the lab was constructed, 5,000 patients were served in the first year and were charged $340, for each procedure. The annual fixed cost for the catheterization lab is $1 million and the variable cost is $129 per procedure. What is the catheterization labs profit? Did this profit meet its desired ROI? Why or Why not?

Identify the human, fiscal and material resources necessary to efficiently achieve quality health care outcomes.

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IDENTIFY THE HUMAN, FISCAL AND MATERIAL RESOURCES NECESSARY TO EFFICIENTLY ACHIEVE QUALITY HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES.

Module VI concentrates on the following course outcomes—
· Identify the human, fiscal and material resources necessary to efficiently achieve quality health care outcomes.
· Definitions of financial terms often used in healthcare will be identified. Different types of budgets and budget preparation will be reviewed. The role of the nurse manager in the budget process will be discussed in detail, as well as ethical issues associated with budgets in healthcare.

Reading Assignment

Sullivan: Chapters 14, 15, 16
American Nurses Association Policy Statement on Workplace Advocacy:http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/HealthcareandPolicyIssues/ANAPositionStatements/workplace.aspx (Links to an external site.)

Overview

Budget and Finance

 Financial issues in healthcare often seem remote to the nurse and the nurse must have an understanding of financial matters of the health care delivery system, including the viability of the workplace, and the opportunities to optimize healthcare for the welfare of their patient. Key behaviors needed by nurse managers and those who care for groups of patients is ability to: understand the budgeting process; recognize general types of budgets; distinguish between direct and indirect costs; be familiar with the steps of a typical budgetary process and cost out nursing services. Different types of budgets include: operating budget, performance budget, capital budget, expense budget, zero-based budget, product line budget, cash budget. Operational plans, cost center, expense, revenue and profit are other key concept that will be addressed in the readings.