Why Is It So Hard To Manage Healthcare: Theoretical Discussions

Öz

Public health service organizations have distinctive and unique characteristics. They require a wide range of resources, from healthcare workers with professional background and medical technology, to the basic consumables, and robotic medical devices. Continued high labor intensity and capital-intensive technology are specific to healthcare services. Moreover, interdisciplinary team work is increasingly prevalent, and there has been a great deal of challenge supported by organizational and professional boundaries.  The aim of this study is to summarize the theoretical and current discussions concerning management of health care organizations different from general management perspectives of the other sectors.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Health Services,Healthcare Organizations,Health Administration

Sağlık Hizmetlerini Yönetmek Neden Zordur?: Teorik Tartışmalar

Öz

Kamuda sağlık hizmeti sunan kuruluşlar, diğer kamu kuruluşlarından farklı olarak kendine münhasır, spesifik özelliklere sahiptir. Sağlık hizmeti sunan kuruluşlar, hizmeti sunabilmek için farklı mesleklerden uzmanların işgücüne ve tıp teknolojisine, basit sarf malzemeden robotik özellikli tıbbi cihazlara kadar geniş perspektifte maddi kaynağa ihtiyaç duyarlar. Yoğun emek ve yüksek teknoloji kullanılan sağlık kurumları, karmaşık bir yapıya sahip olma ile beraber farklı mesleklerden sağlık çalışanlarının ekip halinde, disiplinler arası uyum içinde çalışmalarının sağlanmasının önünde profesyonel ve organizasyonel zorlukların bulunduğu örgütlerdir. Bu çalışmada, sağlık kurumlarını yönetmenin diğer sektörlere özgü yönetim anlayışından hangi perspektiflerde ayrıldığı konusunda teorik ve güncel tartışmalar özetlenmektir.  

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Sağlık Hizmeti,Sağlık Kurumları,Sağlık Yönetimi

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