Questions and Answers on Health

Questions and Answers on Health
Case: Disparities in Care at Southern Regional Health System
Suppose Tim Hank wants to appoint a health care disparities council to advise him on how to reduce healthcare disparities.
Tim Hank needs to seek advice from the council committee. The committee chosen must be able to offer provisional processes for doing the important advisory job. Through the committee, Hank will learn the following manner of developing a viable program, lead the people towards implementation, and interact with employees. Besides, Hank will acquire the practical approaches to communicating the importance of the program and sound decisions to address potential complexities and improve service delivery. Overall, the advisory committee shall enable Hank to appreciate team diversity, learning, and cooperation.
Use this chapter to help Mr. Hank create the council
In the creation of the council, Hank needs to form a committee of individuals with a shared vision of organizational improvement. The scope of the team should be conditional to the appropriate skills, roles, and availability of the members. Equally, the input, output, and relevance of the persons should guide the membership procedures of the committee. Regarding relational organization hierarchy, the group must have mechanisms to ensure the perception of importance and power. Moreover, the committee must have an appointed leader who issues directions and shows the authority of the position in compliance to the group’s culture.

How many people and which stakeholders would you appoint?
The number of individuals appointed to committee is reliant on the applicability, input, and output that the individuals would be giving to the project. Each of the following stakeholders should have two representatives the government, head of non-profit organizations, the hospital, and public representatives. Public representatives must entail the gender and social balance to progress fair representation.
What would the purpose and goal of the council be?
The council’s purpose is to oversee the implementation of the new policy. The role is outlined by the organizational objectives and vision. The council, thus, has the responsibility of providing cognizant information to the disagreeing hospital personnel about the need to proceed and have the new hospital policy implemented. Equally, the goal of the committee is to ensure proper implementation of the recommendations to enhance the productivity. In this view, the committee shall promote the adoption of a new policy by the public irrespective social differences.
What would you do to ensure the council fulfills its purpose?
I will make sure that the council outlines comprehensive guidelines and code of conduct to guide the proceedings. Also, the formulation and adherence to an action plan shall also form the basis of a sustainable plan. Hence, the group must develop an action plan, communicate, and progress provision of appropriate data for informed decision-making.
Case: Taking Care of Business at Graceland Memorial Hospital
Think about the two-hour meeting at the end of the case
The two-hour meeting at Graceland Memorial Hospital was quite effective. The meeting had an elaborate agenda and organization making participants observe protocol and purpose. Throughout, everyone remained focused on the meeting’s agenda and portrayed a high level of concentration. In the discussion, the Chairperson assured everyone of freedom to express their views and commitment of the executive to implement the suggested ideas. Therefore, the session was interactive, and each stakeholder shared his or her sentiments.
Explain which task roles and maintenance roles would help during that meeting.
Task roles necessary for the meeting would include initiation of the matter of discussion, intent to seek information and members’ opinions, the need for members to clarify their points and finally having a consensus. Similarly, maintenance roles would be to encourage the members to speak their minds, harmonize the varying opinions, and maybe set standards.
Describe which personal roles might have interfered with reaching agreement
Personal roles that could interfere with reaching the agreement could include dissenting opinions, side talks among group members, individual domination of the meeting and withdrawal by some members. Also, conflicting interests and biased opinions could also affect the probability of consent.