Policy and Planning Constraints

Locate an example of a policy or guideline from an external source to a healthcare organization. Explain how this policy or guideline may be a constraint to a healthcare organization’s planning, or how it may shape the healthcare organization’s philosophy. For example, given that the American Academy of Pediatrics offers guidelines on child vaccinations, these guidelines might impact the ability of the healthcare organization to deliver services to newborns and infants. Using a similar example, as well as the characteristics of effective plans as your framework, discuss how proper planning can help organizations in their future decision making.

Required Text

• Management principles for health professionals (6th ed.): 
  
• Chapter 4: Planning and Decision Making 
• Chapter 5: Organizing
• Chapter 6: Improving Performance and Controlling the Critical Cycle 

Recommended Resources

Articles

1. Heiser, S.  (2010).  Is your health care planning up to date?.  Financial Executive, 26(10), 20-22.  Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
2. Pescosolido, B. A., & Olafsdottir, S.  (2010).  The cultural turn in sociology: Can it help us resolve an age-old problem in understanding decision making for health care?.  Sociological Forum, 25(4), 655-676.  Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.
3. Woltmann, E. M., & Whitley, R.  (2010).  Shared decision making in public mental health care: Perspectives from consumers living with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34(1), 29-36.  Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.