Communication Barriers In Healthcare

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In healthcare, the organization readiness has been reported as an issue. Due to the absence of the brief, reliable, and valid measure to construct. There have been several attempts of measuring organizational readiness but most of the available instruments are not theory based with limited reliability and validity (Shea et al. 2014).
However, the organization readiness is a multilevel construct that can be assessed by an individual or sub-individual levels, such a team, department or organization (Shea et al, 2014). According to Shea et al (2014), there are three considerations leaders should remember when measuring the readiness for change at the team or department level. First, the items should be group referenced, for instance, “We are
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Many employees encounter barriers when implementing changes. However, barriers can be due to employees, departments, inadequate training, lacking equipment (TSB. 2014). It is management’s responsibility to ensure that employees can implement change without obstacles and resistance.
COMMUNICATIONS PLAN
In healthcare, implementing a communications plan help sites, programs and services set priorities and focus on resources where they are needed most. If a plan is not created, there is a risk of circulating important information that is confusing, conflicting or unclear. The communication plan will be used a guide whenever HCHHA is communicating with the public, internal and external stakeholders, and partners. The internal stakeholders will include the board of executives, physicians, nurses, staff, and more. The external stakeholders will include patients, residents, family members, and education partners.
Challenges
At HCHHA, there may be a few communication challenges, such as the communities may not easily move past the long-standing concerns about services being removed or not in the area, such as hospice care and residents have to travel a great distance to receive care. In addition, financial constraints and physician and nurse shortages will continue to force further district and regional service re-alignment across the healthcare
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She is currently president of the board of directors and has one year remaining on her third three-year term. In 2012, the private duty division was created to assist patients with activities of daily living and provide other services needed. Because many challenges the organization is facing the board of executives are fully committed to open communications with all stakeholders groups ad new strategic plan will be developed early in 2017, providing the board and team members with an ideal opportunity to educate and engage stakeholders.
Goals and Objectives for Communication Plan In healthcare, management is responsible for the overall leadership in providing a positive communications atmosphere (Riverside Healthcare, 2016). In order for information and decision making to be effective, communication between management and employees are the key elements. HCHHA will align their key elements with the revised vision, mission and the three strategies in the direction for the strategic plan:

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