HSA 3510 Chapter 13: Chapter 13 - Class Notes
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Managers make a difference in the performance of organizations. Add value to make unhealthy people healthy or to keep people healthy. Allocate resources to most effectively create valued services based on evidence. Process of making and reviewing strategic decisions made by hcos. Being responsible for making informed and wise decisions that affect health outcomes and processes of care at a given level of quality and a given level of cost. Individuals and groups who will be influenced by or have an interest in the decisions that hcos make. Boards are self-perpetuating (existing board members select new members when openings arise) Owned by and accountable to elected public officials or to boards appointed by elected public officials. Interests generally are represented by a governing board elected by the investors. The goals of boards and those who appoint boards can differ widely. Select, encourage, advise, evaluate, compensate, and replace chief executive officer (ceo).