Howell Chapters 1&2

Chapter one focused on the hospitals administrative side of structure had begun to design around the “efficiency movement”. This structure was based on new technology, scientific ideas going into financial and accounting, and making the hospital as modern as possible. The most interesting thing that was discussed in the book was the fact that they stated that the most important technology that was moving into hospitals was technology that kept track of money. This showed that hospitals were slowly starting to become more of a profit organization and attract more people who could actually cover some of their cost. The hospitals also began to keep data gathered a put the information in the form of charts and graphs.

Chapter two covers the business and management aspect of the hospitals. The financials of hospitals were not as important, but when more people for the middle class started coming to hospitals. This is why the hospitals needed more structure and organization. The technology being purchased included: calculating machines and machines that analyze.