As a practice manager, you will use planning and organizing skills daily to ensure quality of
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Respond to the following: Separate your responses to each question by using a return or
heading.
• As a health care manager, how could you use the skills of planning and organizing to
continually improve quality?
• How could you improve these skills to be a more effective manager?
• What is an example of planning or organizing that a health care manager does regularly
to improve the quality of care? (E.g., Forecasting staffing to appropriately staff the clinic
so that the day runs smoothly and efficiently for all patients and medical staff.)
Discussion 1 E.R 150
As a health care manager, how could you use the skills of planning and organizing to
continually improve quality?
The skills of planning and organizing are crucial to have as health care manager because it’s
what keeps deadlines, prioritizing task, and outcomes be successful. When using these two
skills together it improves the quality of care. The skill of organizing helps manager know what
is needed and what decision need to be made from supplies, recruitment, budgeting, and
spending. The skill of planning will help create clarity and improve communication. Planning
helps to reach goals and the steps to get the job done.
How could you improve these skills to be a more effective manager?
The ways to improve planning and organization skills is by communication and collaboration. A
manager should be clear on the plans for the day, week, or month.
As a health care manager can prioritize each task or delegate tasks. I also think making a list of
urgent to unimportant task can help with skill improvement.
What is an example of planning or organizing that a health care manager does regularly
to improve the quality of care? (E.g., Forecasting staffing to appropriately staff the clinic
so that the day runs smoothly and efficiently for all patients and medical staff.)
The example I can think of that a health care manager does regularly would be to hold regular
meetings to communicate with staff and discuss of any issues that need attention. This should
help the manager and staff stay on the same page and have clear communication.
Discussion 2 L.A 150
As a health care manager, how could you use the skills of planning and organizing to
continually improve quality?
As a health care manager, using the skills of planning and organizing will help the practice run
smoothly. Having the practice organized will help increase productivity with the team. The
manager should plan the day to day for the team. The manager should also make sure that it is
enough people on the schedule so that the team can work efficiently.
How could you improve these skills to be a more effective manager?
As a manager I would make sure that I prioritize my tasks in categories. I would also make sure
that I some kind of routine so that I can make sure that things get done. Keep a list of the things
that need to be done. I would try to plan out my week the week before so that I will already
have a heads up of what needs to be done.
What is an example of planning or organizing that a health care manager does regularly
to improve the quality of care?
The example that a health care manager does regularly is making sure that the team has all the
resources that they need to efficiently do the job. Doing random check ins and having weekly
meeting to make sure that everything is done correctly.
