Background:

This case study challenges students to apply their knowledge of health economics and financial management to a real$-$world scenario, encouraging them to think critically and propose solutions for improving the cost efficiency of hospital departments while maintaining high$-$quality patient care

Content:

Select a hospital department where you are familiar with its operations, either as an employee or a patient Describe the department's services and any challenges related to cost efficiency. Cost inefficiencies can be related to waste of time, resources$/$supplies$,$ workflow, staffing, or other relevant areas.

Describe the services provided by the department

Analyze the operational challenges, focusing on issues that contribute to cost inefficiency.

Identify areas where resource mismanagement occurs

Highlight the impact of these inefficiencies on the hospital's budget, resource allocation, and the patient, directly or indirectly.

Propose strategies to address the cost$-$efficiency challenges and discuss cost$-$saving measures that can be applied.

Describe how these strategies would be implemented. This includes the following:

a$.$ Explain how key performance indicators and metrics will be used to evaluate the success of these initiatives.

b$.$ Discuss the fole of ongoing monitoring and evaluation in maintaining improvements in cost efficiency and patient care quality