Healthcare Resources
Allocating Healthcare Resources
Allocation of Healthcare Resources
It may seem that the resources that a healthcare organization has at its disposal is contained in a very small list, but for proper allocation of total resources every possible thing has to be considered. Resources refers not only to the money that a business has on hand, but the people, buildings, land, recruitment of people, retention and finances. An organization is the sum of all of its parts and must operate within the framework of those resources. How those resources are allocated is an important function of the control of the organization also. This essay will discuss the resource acquisition and allocation processes in a healthcare organization with specific emphasis regarding those processes in allocating financial, operating, capital, human, recruitment, and retention resources.
Resource Acquisition and Allocation
In one aspect a healthcare organization is no different from any other organization depending on type. Healthcare businesses can be either for profit or nonprofit organizations and these two types have different internal functions, but, as far as the basic functions of the organization are concerned, it does not matter whether this is a healthcare concern or a company that trades in any type of service or widget. The basic financial accounting, and other aspects of resource allocation are the same.
Acquisition of resources is a process that requires that the organization is always looking for ways to improve its processes. This means that since acquisition is the initial step in obtaining the resource, the many ways that this can be accomplished need to be examined. Healthcare organizations are generally limited as to operational funds. Thus, the officers of the organization need to discover the most cost effective means of acquiring resources and in the acquisition they need to find the most cost effective resources that will meet their needs.
One example is the process of acquiring human resources to staff the organization. The text (Longest & Darr, 2008) describes the process required for acquiring these human resources. First, the organization must have a method of profiling that has been predetermined. "The strategic plan, anticipated demand for services,...
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