25 Sep consider the business of delivering healthcare

For Discussion, consider the business of delivering healthcare. Select a healthcare business such as a hospital, nursing home, or a long-term care facility and reflect on what the healthcare business you selected needs to continue delivering care to its patients from an operational perspective. Finally, select a healthcare manager from the type of healthcare business you selected with whom to conduct an interview. When conducting the interview, focus the conversation on the following:

• What are the key operational decisions that healthcare managers must consider when determining the annual budget for healthcare business?

• Who are the stakeholders involved in overseeing that a healthcare facility is operationally sound?

• What are the funding sources for the healthcare business and how are they obtained and maintained?

Provide a brief description of the healthcare manager you interviewed. Next, explain the process for how your interviewee determines the annual budget for the healthcare business and how the manager ensures that the healthcare business is operationally sound. Then, explain who the stakeholders are and how they oversee the healthcare facility from an operational perspective. Finally, describe what funding sources are obtained and how they are maintained.