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Homework: Rough Draft

Write a 1 to 2 pages executive summary of your presentation, plus a 3 to 5 pages paper where you will synthesize the functions of the master's-prepared health care administrator, including role, responsibilities, and priorities. You will also need to touch on all major components of a health care administrator, such as, but not limited to, human resources, finance, information technology, regulatory topics, and leadership.

For this homework, you will focus on the following six duties from the What Medical and Health Services Managers Do page of the Occupational Outlook Handbook website:

1. Improve efficiency and quality in delivering healthcare services
2. Develop departmental goals and objectives
3. Ensure that the facility in which they work is up to date on laws and regulations and in compliance.
4. Recruit, train, and supervise staff members
5. Manage the finances of the facility, such as patient fees and billing
6. Create work schedules

Your executive summary and paper must include all the elements listed below, so be sure to address each point. You may also want to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion in the scoring guide to see how your work will be assessed:

A. Provide an executive summary of a health care administrator's job responsibilities.

B. Outline at least six specific functions of a health care administrator.

C. Describe successful leadership traits for the six identified health care administrator functions.

D. Analyze current health care challenges confronting health care administration professionals.

E. Summarize the knowledge and skills necessary for health care leaders to succeed for the next 10 years.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this homework is:

1. Synthesize the functions of the master's-prepared health care administrator, including role, responsibilities, and priorities.