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
1.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.
2.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.
3.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.
