Women CEOs in Healthcare Administration

WOMEN CEOs IN HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION

Introduction

The disparity of men and women in corporate management is largely seen in healthcare administration . Witnessing the larger number of women obtaining a master 's education in healthcare administration , and having opening salaries similar to men , successful careers for women in healthcare management may seem highly possible . However , surveys clearly show that as the career advances , women are faced with lesser promotional facilities , both positional and salaried . Furthermore , men occupy most of the senior level administration posts in the healthcare industry , which has a

larger population of women (Borkowski Walsh 1992

The exclusion of half the population from the run for high-level management posts would also waste the effective ideas conceived by the female gender . In to prevent this ongoing tragedy , it is mandatory to research this trend and solve this problem in a reasonable fashion

Goals Objectives

The chief aim of this survey is to examine the various factors responsible for the low representation of women and minorities in healthcare administration , and address the significance of their educational level in acquiring the top-level management posts . Moreover the study would clearly define the importance of the presence of women and other minorities in healthcare management , and emphasize on the probable positive changes brought about by them , via case studies of female CEOs of healthcare . For example , it is the view of Dorothy Hill Chief Executive of Acadia Hospital , that a past experience of nursing provides a better insight of the daily running of the hospital and the critical issues at hand (Woelflein , 2006

Methodology

The activities included in this research would include a thorough analysis of the available literature on disparity in healthcare administration , interviews with employees of healthcare management , and visiting various sites to observe healthcare administration (Betancourt 2002

Studies that document disparities in healthcare management , and the various economic , organizational , and psychological speculations on the causes of these disparities would be the chief literatures to be inspected . Articles on effective recommendations to resolve these disparity problems , and case studies that demonstrate influential female senior management would also be reviewed in to obtain a practical analysis of the factors effecting the top-level administration (Borkowski Walsh , 1992

Secondly , recorded interviews and surveys would be held with the present CEOs of various hospitals . These interviews would be based on their past career history , as well as their opinions on different aspects of hospital administration . A detailed examination of this information would clearly define the road taken by the present CEOs to reach their extreme level . Special attention would be given to the female CEOs , as it would provide an appropriate insight to the matter at hand Interviews of employees at their initial and mid-career level would also be taken so that the exact starting points of the with-career growing disparity are isolated (Borkowski Walsh , 1992

Lastly , a number of hospitals would be visited in to analyze the efficiency of the various healthcare managements running in the area The visits would be divided...