The document provides an overview of the different departments in a hospital, including administrative departments like human resources, marketing, and legal services, finance departments like accounting and patient financial services, operational departments responsible for facilities, supplies, and quality assurance, and clinical departments that provide direct patient care such as nursing, medicine, and surgery. It details the functions of each department and how they work together under the oversight of the hospital's board of directors to effectively run hospital operations and care for patients.
The document provides an overview of the different departments in a hospital, including administrative departments like human resources, marketing, and legal services, finance departments like accounting and patient financial services, operational departments responsible for facilities, supplies, and quality assurance, and clinical departments that provide direct patient care such as nursing, medicine, and surgery. It details the functions of each department and how they work together under the oversight of the hospital's board of directors to effectively run hospital operations and care for patients.
The document provides an overview of the different departments in a hospital, including administrative departments like human resources, marketing, and legal services, finance departments like accounting and patient financial services, operational departments responsible for facilities, supplies, and quality assurance, and clinical departments that provide direct patient care such as nursing, medicine, and surgery. It details the functions of each department and how they work together under the oversight of the hospital's board of directors to effectively run hospital operations and care for patients.
The document provides an overview of the different departments in a hospital, including administrative departments like human resources, marketing, and legal services, finance departments like accounting and patient financial services, operational departments responsible for facilities, supplies, and quality assurance, and clinical departments that provide direct patient care such as nursing, medicine, and surgery. It details the functions of each department and how they work together under the oversight of the hospital's board of directors to effectively run hospital operations and care for patients.
• Hire, train, evaluate, and • Record, monitor, and • Maintain building, equip- • Provide patient care discipline personnel. analyze financial transac- ment, and surrounding services in various • Recruit, train, and coordi- tions and prepare reports grounds. departments: nate volunteer services. required. • Develop and manage • Plan and organize events • Perform tasks to receive a off-campus clinics. Nursing Services to present and maintain a patient in the hospital • Inventory and distribute Ancillary Services positive image of the including: obtain and enter supplies and instruments. Pathology/laboratory hospital in the community. information in the • Measure quality of services. Radiology • Plan and coordinate computer, obtain consents • Develop, implement, and Physical rehabilitation advertising to maintain and authorizations, monitor procedures to Respiratory therapy the hospital’s visibility in prepare a chart, and reduce risk. Pharmacy the community. assign a room and bed • Monitor resource utilization. Other Clinical Services • Purchase and inventory where appropriate. • Evaluate medical staff Medicine materials, supplies, and • Record charges, pay- experience and training for Surgery equipment. ments, adjustments, and credentialing. Anesthesia • Handle legal issues that write-offs, and prepare • Assist patients in under- Pulmonary arise. claim forms and patient standing their illness, Cardiology • Ensure compliance with statements. treatment, and recovery Emergency all federal and state • Provide assistance to from a social and economic regulations. patients in understanding perspective. their accounts and • Oversee the maintenance, resolving billing issues. storage, retention, and • Monitor and follow up on security of patient medical accounts receivables. records.
Figure 3-4 Administrative, Financial, Operational, and Clinical departmental functions.
Board of Directors
Finance Operations Clinical
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Accounting Support Quality Medical/ Other clinical
Human Services Assurance Attending staff Services Resources
Admitting Plant operations Risk Nursing Surgery
Volunteer Grounds and Management in various areas Services Maintenance Medical/surgical Patient unit, Labor/ Financial Utilization Medicine Satellite delivery, OR, ER Marketing Services Management Development (Utilization review) Outpatient clinics Ancillary Anesthesia Public Credit and Services Relations Collections Medical staff Central Credentialing Supply Pathology/ Pulmonary Purchasing Laboratory Social Services Cardiology Legal Radiology Services Health Emergency Information Physical Department Management Compliance Rehabilitation
