Module 6 Presentation

1/12/2020

The role of managers and technology

Managers in many organizations are in charge of planning both short-term and long-term plans. Other important roles of a manager are monitoring the productivity in the organization as a whole as well as supervising the employees. Managers and technology cannot operate independently. It is the managers who make decisions on the best time to adopt a given technology.

The role played by managers and technology brings about the concept of management technology. Management technology involves the use of a variety of software and hardware solutions which, when incorporated into an organization; they make the performance of a manager to be more efficient. In precise terms, technology enables the achievement of management functions. The roles of a manager and technology can be explained as below;

Communication- It is one of the essential functions of management that leads all the other functions. If a company has to achieve good output, then the flow of communication in that organization should be efficient. Communication technology plays a vital role in enhancing the flow of communication across various departments in an organization.

Planning- Planning is a function of management that allows for data collection and analysis. This data is used to make future forecasts and also guide in decision making. Technology is widely employed in all the stages of data collection and analysis. It could be hard for managers to easily gain insights and understand large volumes of data without using data analysis software.

Monitoring- Managers of organizations need to be updated on the progress of various projects in an organization. In addition, they are required to supervise the employees and maintain their records. Software technologies enhance quality control in many organizations. This enables easy monitoring.

Control - in the entire process of monitoring and evaluation, control is essential. Managers are part of what happens in an organization every day. They follow up with each activity to ensure success. In the process, managers detect areas that need more attention through the monitoring and evaluation process. Managers use technology that is focused on control to generate solutions to the problems as a result increases the levels of productivity.

Ways to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce cost through new technology

In the efforts of improving the health care outcomes, it is imperative to consider the behavior of the consumers of health care. In the modern-day, health experts know the complicated health issues in the world.

Healthy behaviors result to good and improved healthcare. On the other hand, unhealthy behaviors lead to a decline in the levels of health. In consideration of ways to improve healthcare and how we can lower the costs of technology in healthcare, we can look into a small cycle. A significant number of people in the world are smokers today. The use of tobacco products is widely associated with several diseases, such as lung cancer.(Hallsworth et al, 2016) When a person consuming tobacco gets cancer, then the government has to invest in cancer control by buying cancer equipment.

Another disease that is widely associated with behavior is diabetes. People with behaviors of having a high intake of sugar and foods with high sugar levels are prone to diabetes. The emergence of diabetes means that the government would have to spend money on technologies that will help to control the disease with expanded spending on medicine. In the efforts to improve healthcare outcomes, people need to be well-educated behaviors which are unhealthy and threats that they face. There should be continuous public awareness of the health and unhealthy behaviors amongst the public. Also, the adoption of health care policies can help to improve health care outcomes. In the modern-day, governments continue to enact laws that serve to achieve improved healthcare. An example of such a policy is the introduction of precautions associated with smoking tobacco or even alcohol consumption. The brands are well-typed the implications of health implications use.

Deficiencies in the clinical use of technology

In the world today, due to the increase in a number of diseases, it has become necessary to keep healthcare technology on the rise. New healthcare technologies are emerging with the emergence of unique health conditions. Deep investment in research, in addition to innovation, leads to the development of new healthcare technology. However, the rates at which health technology is transferred from one country to another takes some time. The deficiency of healthcare technology has detrimental effects on the healthcare of individuals. (Alexander & Madsen 2017). Several people fall victim to the deficiency in technology in the clinics today. The clinics are accessible by many people despite the fact that they have fewer resources in terms of technology as compared to the large hospitals which have advanced technologies. Inadequate finances to acquire health technologies if a significant hindrance that prevents many clinical centers from falling short of the essential technology.

Technology and medical errors

With the recent growth of technology in the health sector, the use of technology in healthcare has got its dangers. Just like much other technology, technology in healthcare can result to medical errors. Healthcare electronic records of various patients can crisscross, which can result to wrong diagnosis or administration of drugs that do not suit a certain parent.

Some technologies also give the wrong diagnosis for the first time. When the tests are not repeated and confirmed to be accurate. Healthcare technology can result to misdiagnosis. Consumers of healthcare services will end up getting the wrong treatments. (Senders 2018) The introduction of new technology requires experts to interact with technology. When people using technology do not have full expertise, then the use of that technology is a threat by itself. Physicians using a healthcare technology need to keep close contact with the vendors to enhance safety in the use of that specific technology.

Concentration on profit margins

Over the last few years, physicians have raised concerns over the profit margins in their healthcare facilities. The most probable cause of declining profits is, amongst other factors, the spending on healthcare technology and clinical innovation. The healthcare facilities would rather result in other means of expanding their income flow, such as venturing into different new ways of offering healthcare services. There is a rising need for healthcare experts to think of ways of improving profits through venturing into activities that help to raise more profits to cover the increasing costs of healthcare.

Healthcare systems can enhance their profits by merging. The interaction of the skills and talent will improve new levels of service delivery. There will also be an expanded geographical area. Such mergers will imply the merging of their technologies, which would result in a one strong health care point with improved profit margins.

The hospital can use a variety of methods to increase the flow of income into the healthcare centers. Even though the overemphasize of profit margins can reduce the efficiency of the entire health care system. Healthcare centers seeking ways to increase their profits should do so without affecting the quality of services they deliver to the customers.

References

Hallsworth, M., Snijders, V., Burd, H., Prestt, J., Judah, G., Huf, S., & Halpern, D. (2016). Applying behavioral insights: Simple ways to improve health outcomes. World Innovation Summit for Health.

Alexander, G. L., & Madsen, R. W. (2017). A Report of Information Technology and Health Deficiencies in US Nursing Homes. Journal of patient safety.

Senders, J. W. (2018). Medical devices, medical errors, and medical accidents. In Human error in medicine (pp. 159-177). CRC Press.

Moghaddasi, H. (2019). The role of World Health Organization and Information Technology in improving patient safety through reducing medical errors. Arch Community Med Public Health, 5(2), 049-051.