Essays on Darr

Question 1

Quality can be defined as elusive in that different people interpret it differently. Few can define quality in measurable terms that can be operationalised.

- Transcendental quality

According to this approach, Quality is a natural factor that is recognizable worldwide as a mark of high standards free from any defects. Some people see it as one which cannot be given a definite definition since human beings can only learn through experience. Examples of this are;

“Where shopping is a pleasure” Supermarket; “We love to fly and it shows” Airline.

- The Product-based

This product views quality as measurable and quantifiable. Products are made of various ingredients and mostly the more the ...

Part 1 –Week one

Description of some administrative/ organizations’ challenges managers must consider when looking to solve ethical problems. Three major ethical dilemmas health care administrative/ organizations managers’ face include conflicts of interest; the professional obligation to provide appropriate medical care in relation to management costs and patient autonomy. Conflicts of interest emerge within the boundaries of financial obligations to co-providers such as pharmacies; medical equipment companies and academic research programs. Real conflicts arise when physicians order equipment/ drugs or encourage patients to engage in certain research practices and hospital administration in the capacity of health care institution manager may have to ...

Management Case Study – Somebody has to be let go

Introduction Having Health Systems (HS) or Health Service Organizations (HSOs) as clients can be tough and challenging. Often, a manager is left with the responsibility of redesigning the organization of the consulting firm based on the demands of the HS and HSO clients. Ever-changing rules and regulations such as the newly ratified Affordable Care Act (ACA) has required HSs and HSOs to have to adapt, and in turn, affect the flow of operations and the stability of consulting firms. Another common result of common changes in the HS and HSO industry would be the reduction in reimbursements as a result ...

Value chain

The value chain concept is an important factor that is required within the healthcare environment in order to optimize service delivery. Thus supply chain momentum is hugely influenced by effective resource monitoring and utilization due to the core prospects of cost saving implications. Various economists attached the value chain concept on the entire production chain, ranging from the input of raw materials to the output of the final product consumed by the end-users. The benchmark reflected under this concept aims at exploring the various stages that the production process involves, within the operations of an organization. There are ...

Hospital Software Management (A).

Given the development and changes in healthcare in the last few years, one can easily question the type of information system to be used in this area. Therefore the modern complexity of the healthcare provision in the areas of management, legal and clinical relationship needs a total configured software and information system with clear operations in the area of clinical management, office operations. There is need for extra capacity incorporation with various laboratories and medical equipments. Therefore in this paper I have discussed the various hospital software solutions to be adopted by the healthcare managers so as to increase their ...

Bad Image Radiology Department

Step I: Summary of the case

Notably, many hospitals find themselves in the middle of court cases and trials with very little knowledge of the events that led to the scenario. This case is a good example. It presents the origin of the problem, the personnel that were involved and the events that led to the problems presented. It is about MacMillan hospital and the problems that generated from the department of medical imaging. The department had contracted its services to Good View Company and the major shareholder was Goodview (Darr, 2001, p. 322). He started neglecting his work and ...