Strategic management of health care organization: Exhibits of a health care organization (ficticious)

THE IROC MEDICAL CENTER
2002-2003 STANDARDS FOR AMBULATORY
MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF CARE

The IROC Medical Center provides an effective environment of care as described by the 2002-2003 ambulatory standards. The goal of this Medical Center is to provide a safe, functional, supportive, and effective environment for patients, staff members, and other individuals in the organization. The standards in the IROC Medical Center focus on how everyone in the organization participates in the processes and activities that make the care environment safe and effective. The standards also address department leaders’ responsibility for identifying and communicating the care environment needs to the organization and allocating appropriate space, equipment and resources to safely and effectively support the organization’s services.

STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

PLANNING EC. 1
The organization plans for a safe, accessible, effective, and efficient environment consistent with its missi...