In the class sessions, an emphasis was given to having the students apply a theme in which to

understand there is an inherent tension experienced within healthcare services organizations and

depicted by $$the clinical thinking and the business thinking$.$ It was emphasized that while the course

addresses the financial aspects of health care organizations $($part of the $$business thinking$),$ the

$$clinical thinking$$ is necessary to maintain the purpose of the organization as an entity that provides

healthcare services, and both the $$financial thinking$$ and the $$clinical thinking$$ must be taken into

account when making management decisions. With this in mind, please click on and read the article

entitled: $$Overloaded Pharmacists Warn They$$re Making Fatal Mistakes$($How Chaos at Chain

Pharmacies is Putting Patients at Risk$)$ from the February $1,2020$ Late Edition of the New York Times

and discuss the issues indicated in the following:

a$)$ First, before considering the article, explain the meaning and nature of the clinical $$ business

tension relationship within the operations and management of the health care organization.

b$)$ From the article, discuss whether you see any illustration, evidence, of the clinical $$ business

tension and why you believe this consideration is$,$ or is not, a factor in the operation and

management of the healthcare services organization referred to in the article.

c$)$ If the clinical $$ business tension is evident in the article, identify the clinical and business

practices that are apparent and how they generate the operational conflict and tension,

including from a financial perspective.

d$)$ Explain whether similar practices are found within other health care organizations $($e$.$g$.$

hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient facilities, etc.$),$ and consider referring to other articles or

material as support and examples for your explanation.

e$)$ Given that the article and healthcare services organizations exemplify the clinical $$ business

tension, how can administrators$/$managers $($whether with clinical and$/$or business training and

orientation$)$ properly function and resolve the related operational processes within the

healthcare services organization.