Execution processes in medical services management and organizational practice

¶ … execution involves the rigorous discussions that entail a variety of elements that are necessary for the successful implementation of the company's core objectives and business functions. It involves a lot of questions and follows ups that are all intended to provide utmost accountability in the way a firm is run. The process of execution involves the making of assumptions regarding the operating environment of the firm. It also involves the process of assessing the firm's capabilities as concerns its running and interaction with its clients and other business entities. The execution process plays an integral part in the linkage of the firm's core business value with strategy. It also defines the roles of the individuals who will be responsible for the implementation of the strategies. It is also fundamental role of execution process to synchronize the roles of these individuals with their respective dockets or disciplines. It has a major role in the process of rewarding the outcomes of the management process.

The process of execution is designed so as to include various mechanisms for adjusting the assumptions that were initially made in order to match the mood of the changing business environment .This ensures that there is a continuous upgrade of the firm's capabilities in order to meet the many challenges that affect the contemporary business environment. The process of execution should meet the following basic principles of proper management: It should provide the best form of execution of power by outlining the sound structure of management and leadership. It should also define sound execution processes. This is through integrated and disciplined processes compliance principles. The final mantra that must be realized by best execution technique is the adoption of execution by promise techniques. This is done by approaching execution by way of a network of promises. This study analyses the process of execution.

Description of the existing execution environment

The current execution mechanism in the running of the medical services involves a wide variety of closely monitored and implementable steps that define the roles and responsibility of every department and individual across the board. The culture of serving is well executed across all the medical centers to a very satisfactory degree. This is mainly fostered by the strict regulations that govern the conduct of all the medical and nonmedical staff at the main health center and its subsidiaries.

Another important element of the current execution culture is the existence of a special department whose sole role is to study, report, analyse and document all the changes and challenges that occur in the daily execution of the medical centre operations. The department has the role of making observations and recommendation that are forwarded to the hospital board for consideration.The main principle that has to be attained or aimed at by the department is to better equip the medical center with the necessary skills and information needed for the proper facing of all the challenges that are caused or rather associated with change.

The culture of patience and humility is also prevalent across the whole medical center. This is also once again fostered by the high degree of integrity that is well spelled out in the basic rules that govern the conduct of the staff while performing their duties.

The hospital is also run with the basic principle of non-tolerance to mistakes. This is because the health care sector is directly responsible for the life of persons under their care. This principle is founded from the Hippocratic right that is a mandatory code of ethics in the medical profession. The other element of culture that is prevalent in the running of the medical center is the presence of a culture of learning. This is mainly promoted by the frequent seminars that are organized for the various departments of the firm. In the quest to embrace the current technological and scientific discoveries, the hospital has setup a center that is dedicated to the research and development of better techniques of treating the common ailments that are clinically very prevalent in the various regions.

The other very notable aspect of the execution culture in the medical sector is the distinctive nature of idea and instructional flow. The instruction and ideas are made to surface in a bottom up approach. This means that the running of the hospital is mainly affected by the recommendations that surface from the various department s and then forwarded to the board of management. The hospital has a very accommodative ambience that is infiltrated with a lot of care and responsibility for life. This is fostered by the presence of several volunteering nuns from various parts of the world.

The principle of reward is also notable among the management of the hospital as long serving and experienced staff members are often rewarded with better pay perks and promotions. The management of the hospital has done its best in order to foster proper communication channels between the management and also between the clients and the management. This is mainly through the appointment of various supervisors and group leaders to head the various depertments.The group leaders are mandated to present weekly reports to the hospital board on the nature of the running of the hospitals departments.

The execution environment is also equipped with the best resources needed for the proper running of the medical centers. Since the centers are numerous and geographically dispersed. The management of the medical consortium resorted to the adoption of the best methods of operational management. This involved the installation of proper state of the art technology with the core function of implementing a sound standard operating platform. The process of hiring new staff is headed by the best team of head hunters in the market. This is to ensure that the best staff with the right qualifications and skills is employed. The hospital is also equipped with the right financial managers who are meant to ensure the financial well-being of the organization.

The degree of compliance across the medical centers is basically not very bad. This is because the hospitals are equipped with the certified level of staff, equipment, and drugs and even funding. All the departments are also closely monitored for any form of non-compliance. The compliance aspect of execution is very important for the operation of the hospitals since the health sector is run with no tolerance to mistakes. This is for the obvious reason that it directly involves the life of persons and death is eminent in case of non-compliance cases.

Leadership

A major leadership gap exists in the running of the health facility. This is mainly due to the common belief by most of the subordinate staff members who make the majority to tend to think that the other doctors and medical staff are more superior. The situation is made worse due to fact that most of the decision s that are supposed to be implemented as recommended by the staff is never adopted. This lack of clear-cut guideline as to who is responsible for following up the adoption of and implementation of the recommendation is a major cause of leadership friction.

The other major cause of leadership friction is that the management of the health facility is the only organ that has the mandate on the hands-on involvement in the final decision making. These decisions rage from strategy to the way the services are rendered to the patients .The usual management's obsession with utmost perfect is also considered a leadership drawback by the other staff members even though it is crucial to some extent for the welfare of the patients

Culture

There is generally a very small culture gap in the running of the hospital facility. However it is however very common to sense the lack of freedom that permeates the atmosphere surrounding the hospital. This is due to the strict rules that govern the patient to staff interactions. The strict nature of some of the doctors is also very common.

Resources.

Generally there are sufficient resources in the hospital facilities. The only issue however is the presence of some older generation equipment in the facilities.A practical example to this is the use of the old and outdates ultrasound equipment of the same model in all the branches of the health facility. The other equipment however is in their best state and recent versions.

Compliance

The level of compliance is generally high except for the existence of some noisy environments in the health facilities subsidiaries that are located in noisy neighborhoods or near public roads. This problem is however not very concerning since it is inevitable to have noisy conditions in some health centers. Examples are the emergency health centers that are strategically located within the industrial zones of the state. The ultrasound equipment does not meet the current compliance levels of safety and accuracy. This is due to their old age and models.

Recommendations

The management should be more responsive to the recommendations of the other health facility staffs. Representatives of the general staff members should be present in the decision making organ of the health facility. The management should also ensure that the old ultrasound equipment is upgraded by purchasing a new line of more technologically enhanced and safe equipment. The management should also instill a more relaxed culture by putting less stringent rules that govern patient to staff interactions.

Conclusion

The strategy execution process consists of the management's attempt to ensure that their strategic plans are implemented in order to ensure that the organization is profitable and successful. This process requires the effort of both the management and the general staff in order to be successful. The effective implementation of these execution processes is very vital for the achievement of the organization's intended purpose. It is very important to ensure that the strategic plans are implemented in a timely fashion while using allocated budgetary derivatives. Therefore, the strategic execution element of management is a core pillar in the success of an organization.