Decision making in Healthcare management
Statement of the Issue
Ethical decision making is required when the healthcare executive must address a conflict or uncertainty regarding competing values, such as personal, organizational, professional and societal values. Those involved in this decision-making process must consider ethical principles including justice, autonomy, beneficence and nonmaleficence as well as professional and organizational ethical standards and codes. Many factors have contributed to the growing concern in healthcare organizations over ethical issues, including issues of access and affordability, pressure to reduce costs, mergers and acquisitions, financial and other resource constraints, and advances in medical technology that complicate decision making near the end of life. Healthcare executives have a responsibility to address the growing number of complex ethical dilemmas they are facing, but they cannot and should not make such decisions alone or without a sound decision-making framework.
Healthcare organizations should have mechanisms that may include ethics committees, ethics consultation services, and written policies, procedures and guidelines to assist them with the ethics decision-making process. With these organizational mechanisms and guidelines in place, conflicting interests involving patients, families, caregivers, the organization, payors and the community can be thoughtfully and appropriately reviewed.
Policy Position
It is incumbent upon healthcare executives to lead in a manner that sets an ethical tone for their organizations. The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) believes that education in ethics is an important step in a healthcare executive’s lifelong commitment to high ethical conduct, both personally and professionally. Further, ACHE supports the development of organizational mechanisms that enable healthcare executives to appropriately and expeditiously address ethical conflicts. Whereas physicians, nurses and other caregivers may primarily address ethical issues on a case-by-case basis, healthcare executives also have a responsibility to address those issues at broader organizational, community and societal levels. ACHE encourages its members, as leaders in their organizations, to take an active role in the development and demonstration of ethical decision making.
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Q&A
What is Punch-line or conclusion of Managerial Decision Making?
hi everyone!
let me share with you that i am a student and my teacher (subject - management) has briefed a topic manager decision making process/style and barriers. He also asked for a conclusion/punch line in 3-4 sentences as main idea we got from this topic.
plz can you help me to find out the conclusion.
shami
If you are having trouble understanding the assignment or the teachers expectations then you should set up a meeting with the instructor to discuss the assignment. Your professor will appreciate your honesty and the fact that you were up front about your confusion instead of turning in the assignment or project incorrectly.
