WK1A3 The Importance of Human Resources Management to the He

WK-1-A-3:

The Importance of Human Resources Management to the Health Care System

Research the changes in the healthcare industry in the past five to ten years and the role of HRM in maintaining success while adapting to these changes. Select one healthcare trend for deeper study. On the basis of your research, present an analysis of the trend by addressing the following:

Describe and explain the trend you selected, citing some important data. Focus on changes in the trends over the past five to ten years and the effects of these trends on HRM.

Briefly note the common characteristics of an effective healthcare HR department and explain which of these characteristics will equip HRM to respond to the selected trend.

Explain five common HRM metrics used to ensure positive outcomes and give an appropriate example of each metric as it applies to a healthcare organization.

Explain the strategic importance of the selected trend as it relates to the overall plan of a healthcare organization and its HR department.

State your opinion or conclusion about the selected trend on the basis of the research you conducted.

Cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Present your analysis as a 2- to 3-page report in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style. On a separate page, cite all sources using APA format.

Solution

HealthCare Trend:

Technological Innovation

Introduction to Technological innovation:

As it is known that ‘A healthy individual will make a healthy society’. In the present era the focus is more towards the healthcare of the society and every government is trying to provide a proper healthcare facility to every section of the society. In order to ensure that proper health services are provided to all the sections of the society and reach out to every individual, the health industry has to bear lots of expenses. New and innovative technology should be used so that the patients are provided with the best services within the most economical costs. In this era where high costs overpower the motto of serving the patients properly, IT (Information technology) proves to be a boon for the healthcare sector.

Innovations in technology have proved to be helpful for the health industry. It provides quality services to the patients with no more cost involved, also patient’s history is easily maintained in the system and even stored for future references, providing digital images of the reports and managing the case properly. With the help of information technology the services offered by healthcare industry are now more organised, manageable and are rendered quickly to the patients.        

Changes in the technological trends over the past five to ten years:

Change is always unavoidable. Information technology in itself undergoes number of changes from time to time. With every change the IT sector aims to grow better and perform well in its area. Some of the important changes in technological trends over the past five to ten years are listed below:

Effects of technological trends on HRM:

The new and upcoming IT trends as explained above are leaving an everlasting impact on the Human Resource Management in the organizations. It is as follows:

Strategic importance of technological innovation on Health Organizations and its HR department:

Innovation in technology helps the HR department of health organizations in number of ways:

Conclusion:

Over the past number of years, number of advancements in technology has been experienced in almost every sector. The health sector is mostly influenced by the advancements in the technology in number of ways. It have eased the lives of the doctors and the patients. Every department of the Health organisation is benefitted for the innovations in IT industry. Mostly the HR department as it can now easily keep a track on the employee information, their performance, any changes in their level of productivity, evaluating their performance etc. It is just a beginning as over the years new and improved technology will come in the market which will add up to the benefits of the health organizations.