PMID: 11329646May 2, 2001Paper

Effect of a changing health care environment on social work leaders: obstacles and opportunities in hospital social work

Social Work
Terry Mizrahi, Candyce S Berger

Abstract

The health care system is undergoing dramatic change in auspice, structure, and services delivery in response to an emphasis on market-driven, cost-containment strategies. Consequently, many hospital social work directors either have lost some of their administrative responsibilities or have expanded their span of control beyond social work services. This article examines the responses of social work administrators to the breadth of changes occurring throughout their hospitals; the major accomplishments of social work services within their facilities; and the failures, frustrations, and obstacles in the delivery of social work services. As a result of examining the relationship between their actual and anticipated behavior and changes in the hospital and external environment, the authors found that social work leaders in hospitals understand the complexities and challenges of the world around them. Overall, they have exhibited commitment, competence, and confidence in shaping organizational change.

Citations

Oct 30, 2008·Social Work in Health Care·Jaime AlveloDavid Rosario
Oct 13, 2010·Social Work in Health Care·Rebecca G Judd, Sherry Sheffield
Feb 27, 2004·Social Work in Health Care·Judith GlobermanJoan MacKenzie Davies
Apr 20, 2005·Social Work in Health Care·Camille Gregorian
Sep 7, 2007·Social Work in Health Care·Charles AuerbachHeidi Heft Laporte
Feb 5, 2003·Social Work in Health Care·Keith R Nelson, Joseph R Merighi
Jun 14, 2019·Social Work in Health Care·Seok In NamJunpyo Kim
Mar 19, 2005·Social Work in Health Care·Joanne SulmanMaureen McGillivray
Oct 20, 2020·Human Service Organizations, Management, Leadership & Governance·Mimi Choy-BrownHolly Delany Cole

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