The Feasibility of Care Management in Coast Guard Healthcare Facilitate: A Contingency Theory Perspective and Analysis of Organizational Culture
Abstract
The Coast Guard Health Services Program is faced with many challenges in the post 9/11 environment. The Program's role in supporting Coast Guard missions changes as mission priorities change. Looking at the environment in terms of contingency theory, the Program must find the "right fit" for adapting to this ever-changing environment. One method of coping with this environment is through the development of a care management program for Coast Guard healthcare facilities. Care management is an approach to managing care that includes preventive services as a means to decrease the disease burden of a population, improve health, and decrease costs. This graduate management project evaluates the organizational culture of the Coast Guard Health Services Program from a contingency theory perspective in order to assess the feasibility of a care management program for Coast Guard healthcare facilities. This evaluation is done using a survey instrument that looks at the care management dimensions of quality improvement, resource management, clinical data management, non-clinical data management, information utility, prevention, educational interventions, comprehensiveness, and continuity of care in Coast Guard healthcare facilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 19, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA443937
Entities
People
- John G. Allen