objectives

• Develop a crisis management plan for a healthcare organization to ensure patient safety and containment or control of contagions in the event of a natural disaster, a catastrophic building failure, or an act of terrorism
• Formulate policies governing health service vendors retained by a healthcare organization to address legal and regulatory requirements to ensure the safety, care, and privacy of patients
• Evaluate the impact of legal and regulatory policy on decision making and strategy development in healthcare organizations
• Compose performance baselines for healthcare organizations and develop strategies to manage and measure performance
• Assess the implications of various health issues and methods of managing them on operational performance of healthcare organizations
• Critically evaluate the efficacy of management practices in a contemporary healthcare organization

How will accomplishing these objectives support your success in management?What risks or challenges might a health care manager encounter if he or she has not mastered these objectives?Incorporate perspectives based on readings regarding the challenges of the health care system. Explain.