Discussion: Budgets of Health HCA 827

Recessions commonly have a negative effect on the budgets of health care organizations as well as the personal finances of individuals. How has the most recent recession changed health care in your community? Have these changes been entirely negative, or are there positive results as well? Explain. What do you believe are the best strategies for your community to enact to support any positive changes and to offset the negative changes? Why?
Economic downturn commonly means less time in the hospital and greater demand for other services. How might health care leaders best create steady revenue streams amidst changing service requirements created by fluctuating economic conditions? Why? Can steady and sustainable revenue ever be fully achieved? Why or why not? To what extent does the notion of universal health care coverage influence the stability and sustainability of revenue streams for health care organizations? Why?
HCA 827 Topic 6 DQ 1
Stakeholder feedback comes from a variety of sources in the contemporary, connected world including patient and employee perspectives as well as the views of community and government. As a health care leader, what research-based approach would you take to reduce staff anxiety and improve staff opinions with regard to the use of patient satisfaction questions as a tool for organizational decision making? Why would you take this approach?You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

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