Cognitive thinking in an economic strategy at providence health care in general radiology

The project presents an analysis of the resources, management preferences and organizational functioning of Providence Health Care (PHC) general radiology to identify gaps which create barriers to supporting the imposed strategy. PHC Corporation has an established strategy that supports the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority strategy, which itself supports the performance agreement with the Ministry of Health. It is a continual challenge to balance between the imposed low cost strategy and PHCYs values differentiated cognitive strategy. The Federal and Provincial Governments mandate health care regions to meet fiscal targets. General radiology is consistently 0.044 percent over its allocated budget. Two internal gaps were identified: inadequate angiography financial resources; and the need to discover and nurture the organizational capabilities of staff. Two recommendations are made: a reallocation of hnds to general radiology from programs that request angiography services, and enhanced nurturing of the abilities of the staff.