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1. MARYJOY FAIDALAN NOVEMBER 24, 2021
BSBA FM-2A MS.VIOLYROSEBELLO
ACTIVITY NO. 30
Prepare a five page report onthe organizational structure of ahospital. Provide
a brief comment on the structure. What improvementswouldyousuggest?
Hospitals mustoperate with extreme precision, providing high-quality
services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Organizations with this need typically
choosea vertical organizationalstructurewith multiple layers of management,
with the majority of the personnelworking in highly particular, narrow, low-
authority roles. The multiple layers of administration are designed to ensure that
no single person can significantly disruptthe system. This framework also ensures
that activities are completed precisely and accurately.
Directors'Boards
Because hospitals are corporations, they are governed by boards of directors. The
boards of non-profithospitals are frequently made up of significant individuals of
the health-care and local communities. Many hospitals were created by religious
organizations and continue to be affiliated with them. The boards of these
institutions frequently include clergy and congregationalleadership.
Universities frequently superviseeducationally related hospitals. As a result,
university boards of trustees or regents may also serveas hospital boards of
directors. Multi-hospital systems, especially for-profitones, typically have a single
board of directors that oversees multiple locations.
ExecutiveOversee Day-to-Day Operations

2. Boards of directors delegate responsibility for ensuring that their decisions are
implemented and that the hospital's day-to-day operations are successfulto their
executives. The chief executive officer is in chargeof everything that takes place
in a hospital. Hospitals, on the other hand, typically have chief nursing officers,
chief medical officers, chief information officers, chief financial officers, and
occasionally chief operational officers, all of whomhave considerablepower. The
central core management is made up of this group of top executives.
Hospital Department Administration
Each hospital department's top managers report to the top management. These
individuals are in chargeof a certain medical or operational service. The majority
of departments are concerned with patient care, such as orthopedics, labor and
delivery, and the emergency room. Food services and billing are examples of non-
patient-care divisions.
Clinical departments typically have huge staffs, extensivesupply and purchasing
needs, and a slew of rules to adhere to. As a result, administrators frequently
employ assistantadministrators to assistthem in managing their complex
operations.
Patient CareManagers
People who directly supervisepatient care are found inside a department. Nurse
managers, directors of rehabilitation services, and supervising physicians allhave
employees who providehands-on patient care reporting to them. This level of
management ensures that employees are acting responsibly, providing thebest
care, fulfilling all of their responsibilities, adhering to hospitaland legal standards,
and, in the case of nurses and allied health careworkers, according to physician
directives.

3. When something goes wrong with a patient or a clinician, these individuals are in
chargeof resolving the issue. They are usually in chargeof their employees'
schedules and basic human resourcefunctions.
Providersof Patient Services
A hospital's service-providing staff makes up the majority of its workforce. Ittakes
a lot of hands-on employees to make everything happen, fromnurses and
physicaltherapists to line cooks and laundry workers. Theseindividuals have
extremely precisejob descriptions and responsibilities, which hospitals expect
them to do to ensurethe safety and well-being of patients.
Board
Every hospital has a governing body that is in chargeof making high-level
decisions about the organization. The board of directors of a hospital is frequently
recruited fromthe healthcare community and consists of
specialists in their specialties. The boards of directors of religiously connected
hospitals frequently include clergy. University faculty fromthe medical school
with which they're affiliated are frequently found in teaching hospitals.
Executives
Executives at hospitals arein chargeof overseeing business strategy, managing
the organization, and making financial choices. Medical and health-care
administrators may be in charge of entire practices or clinical areas. A hospital
usually has a chief financial officer who is responsiblefor the company's financial
health and a chief operating officer or chief executive officer who is in chargeof
high-level business planning and decision-making.
Administratorsof Departments

4. Department administrators areresponsiblefor the day-to-day operations of
individual departments within a hospitaland report to the institution's executives.
The chief of surgery, for example, is in chargeof both supervising and doing
surgery within the surgicaldepartment. Public relations, fundraising, and
recruitment are all possibleactivities for a chief of surgery. Department
administrators arealso employed by non-medical departments within a hospital,
such as food services or switchboard workers.
Providersof services
Doctors, nurses, orderlies, physicaltherapists, laundry workers, and themany
other staff needed to keep a hospital running representthe great majority of
hospital employees. They offer patient care, keep records, and ensurethat the
hospital is able to give effective care to patients.
In order to function, hospitals require precision in the performanceof job
responsibilities as well as severallayers of responsibility. Hospitals adopta vertical
organizationalstructurewith multiple layers of management to accomplish this.
Understanding the organizationalstructureof a hospital helps that staff be aware
of their own obligations, the responsibilities of people around them, to whom
they report, and to whomthey should speak about specific responsibilities or
areas of knowledge.
Communicategoalsand progress
Once your plan is underway, be sureto communicate with your team and with
your organization at large. Sharemilestones both large and small as well as

5. setbacks. Congratulatethose who have contributed and made an impact on your
progress. Your plan is morelikely to succeed when staff are engaged.
Effective management is the essential to every business's success,and the
same can be said for hospital management. Here are the top nine management
tips for running a successfulhospital.
 Hospital Staff Education
New hospital employees must be capable hospital administrators. Staff members
at hospitals should be encouraged to participate in continual training in order to
improvetheir abilities. Current employees should be trained in both management
and technology with in-house training also available.
With advances in technology over the last severalyears incorporating medical
data-informed decision making, the field of quality improvement in healthcare
has grown significantly.