Question

Explore the important roles governing boards, owners, and managers play among the many stakeholders involved in the operation of the health care system: what they do, the challenges they face, and competencies and training required. What do you think some of the biggest challenges of being the CEO of a health care organization (HCO) would be? If you were the CEO of a large HCO, what type of management training would you want to provide for your managers? What topics would you want to cover? Why?

Answer 1

The biggest challenge of the CEO of a health care organizations are:
• Lack of advancement of opportunities
• Work load
• Poor salary
• Staff shortage
• No proper organizational culture
• Lack of mentors
• Poor leadership bonding
• Access to technology is limited or absent
• No proper training
• No time with patients
• Financial and productivity
• Patient safety
• Patient satisfaction
• Hospital security
• Ethical changes

Training regarding financial management and how to obtain positive patient satisfaction to be given. These topics should be included because these are the major challenges faced nowadays. Only if finance is properly managed the healthcare care organization will have profit. On the other hand the patient satisfaction is very important because only if they are satisfied they will come to the organisation again which will on the other hand provide profit.