Healthcare Organization Study: United Healthcare
Healthcare Organization Study: A Case Study over United Healthcare
Grand Canyon University- NRS-451V
March 30, 2014
Healthcare Organization Study: A Case Study over United Healthcare The United Healthcare is recognized as a “Charter Medical Incorporated founded by a group of physicians and other health care professionals” in 1974 used to expand health coverage choices for clients whose commission is “helping people live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better for everyone”(United Health Group). Being a worldwide top seed, United Health Group is an expanded health care enterprise, “serving more than 80 million peoples globally with health care benefits” (United Health Group). United Health Group has supported and subsidized numerous institutions by assisting build over “11 Centers of Excellence worldwide, fostering health workers and teaching them the ropes of things”(World Health Organization, 2007). The goal of this paper is to provide an evaluation of the preparedness of the United Health Care System, particularly toward the needs of residents in the coming period, their strategic plans that discourses issues relating to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and to patient satisfaction.
Meeting the Needs of Clients The commission statement of an organization contains its cause and what their goal is for the future. The United Health’s commission statement is, “We seek to enhance the performance of the health system and improve the overall health and well-being of the people we serve and their communities and will have the courage to acknowledge mistakes and do whatever is needed to address them”(United health group, 2012) United Health Group hold their staff and employers to great standards during patient care such as “integrity, compassion, relationships, innovation, and performance” (United health Group, 2012). A project promoted by United Health System is “Community-based Diabetes Prevention
Grand Canyon University- NRS-451V
March 30, 2014
Healthcare Organization Study: A Case Study over United Healthcare The United Healthcare is recognized as a “Charter Medical Incorporated founded by a group of physicians and other health care professionals” in 1974 used to expand health coverage choices for clients whose commission is “helping people live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better for everyone”(United Health Group). Being a worldwide top seed, United Health Group is an expanded health care enterprise, “serving more than 80 million peoples globally with health care benefits” (United Health Group). United Health Group has supported and subsidized numerous institutions by assisting build over “11 Centers of Excellence worldwide, fostering health workers and teaching them the ropes of things”(World Health Organization, 2007). The goal of this paper is to provide an evaluation of the preparedness of the United Health Care System, particularly toward the needs of residents in the coming period, their strategic plans that discourses issues relating to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and to patient satisfaction.
Meeting the Needs of Clients The commission statement of an organization contains its cause and what their goal is for the future. The United Health’s commission statement is, “We seek to enhance the performance of the health system and improve the overall health and well-being of the people we serve and their communities and will have the courage to acknowledge mistakes and do whatever is needed to address them”(United health group, 2012) United Health Group hold their staff and employers to great standards during patient care such as “integrity, compassion, relationships, innovation, and performance” (United health Group, 2012). A project promoted by United Health System is “Community-based Diabetes Prevention
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