Health Services Administration Developing an Action Plan

Imagine that you are the Director of the Admitting Department of a hospital, and your strategy to increase patient satisfaction is to hire additional staff to register patients. Outline the action plan (who, what, and when) that you would use in order to effectively implement your strategy.

The most effective way to implement this strategy is to bring in qualified personnel who can deal with the immediate challenges facing the facility. This is accomplished by working with a staffing service. They will provide people to address the short-term challenges impacting the hospital. (Parkin, 2009) (Suchman, 2011)

In the long-term, there will be an emphasis on hiring staff members to work part time. They will be trained in various procedures and can understand the most important aspects of the department. This strategy...

(Parkin, 2009) (Suchman, 2011)
In this case, these changes will take place over the course of one year. This will occur with temporary assistance helping to address the current challenges within one to four months. In months five through twelve, permanent personnel will be trained to address the long-term challenges. (Parkin, 2009) (Suchman, 2011)

From the scenario in part 1 of this discussion, determine two specific unit objectives that would help to ensure the success of your strategy. Provide a rationale for your response.

Two specific objectives that will ensure the success of the strategy include: accountability and transparency. These different areas are important; as they will make certain that everyone is performing their jobs to the most of their abilities. While at the same time, it…