Harkins L T, Herkimer A G
Department of Allied Health Sciences, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos 78666, USA.
J Health Adm Educ. 1995 Summer;13(3):485-95.
Health care executives are confronted by a working environment that is increasingly difficult to manage. Skyrocketing health care costs, with shrinking reimbursement, threaten the existence of hospitals. A successful hospital chief executive officer (CEO) is one who can effectively manage his/her hospital in spite of industry challenges and problems. Graduate programs in health services administration must be designed to meet the needs of future health care executives. Many times, educators are criticized for not addressing "real world" issues within the curricular structure. The present study was conducted to gather information from executives who are the experts on what to expect in the health care industry regarding the appropriateness of curricular topics. Results indicate that practicing CEOs believe those curricular areas which focus on financial planning, budgeting, medical-legal issues, and strategic planning are more important than those that deal with international health care, epidemiology, or research methods. The information gathered in this study may be useful as a guide for educators, to evaluate and revise existing graduate programs in health care administration. Data presented here may also be used to assist in long-range planning for new health administration programs.
医疗保健管理人员面临着一个越来越难以管理的工作环境。医疗保健成本飙升，报销费用却在减少，这威胁到了医院的生存。一位成功的医院首席执行官（CEO）是能够在面对行业挑战和问题时有效管理其医院的人。卫生服务管理研究生项目必须设计成满足未来医疗保健管理人员的需求。很多时候，教育工作者因在课程结构中未涉及“现实世界”问题而受到批评。本研究旨在从管理人员那里收集信息，他们是医疗保健行业在课程主题适用性方面的专家。结果表明，在职CEO们认为专注于财务规划、预算编制、医疗法律问题和战略规划的课程领域比那些涉及国际医疗保健、流行病学或研究方法的领域更重要。本研究收集的信息可能有助于教育工作者评估和修订现有的医疗保健管理研究生项目。这里呈现的数据也可用于协助新的卫生管理项目的长期规划。
