Health and Pharmaceutical Administration

Preparing Operating and Capital Budgets for Hospitals

Turn hospital budgeting from a stated policy into a practice your organisation can evidence.

  • 5training days
  • 4modules
  • 8sessions
  • 32topics
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Preparing Operating and Capital Budgets for Hospitals
5days

About the programme

Course Overview

Accreditation bodies assess hospital budgeting on documented evidence of consistent practice. The data supporting this aspect of health and pharmaceutical services is usually present but rarely assembled into a decision. Participants develop a defensible line of reasoning for the choices they make about the wider health and pharmaceutical services agenda. Post-incident reviews keep identifying weaknesses in hospital budgeting that were visible long before the incident. A common pattern is strong design of this strand of health and pharmaceutical services paired with weak follow-through. Every module pairs a short input on the wider health and pharmaceutical services agenda with structured practice on the participant's own material. The content is relevant to those who own hospital budgeting and to those who are held accountable for its results. It establishes a shared vocabulary for the practice within health and pharmaceutical services so that teams can disagree productively about it. It ends with a prioritised list of changes to the health and pharmaceutical services capability that the participant is prepared to defend internally.

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Assign clear ownership for each element of hospital budgeting across the functions involved.

  • Manage the supply chain and cold chain supporting hospital budgeting.

  • Draw practical lessons from failures in hospital budgeting without assigning blame that suppresses reporting.

  • Establish incident and near-miss reporting on hospital budgeting that staff trust.

  • Measure patient experience of hospital budgeting and act on what it shows.

  • Estimate what hospital budgeting costs to run properly, and what is lost when it is not.

  • Protect patient confidentiality and data within hospital budgeting.

Who Should Attend

  • Supply chain and biomedical staff supporting hospital budgeting.

  • Quality and patient safety officers monitoring hospital budgeting.

  • Finance managers costing services delivered through hospital budgeting.

  • Analysts producing the data on which decisions about hospital budgeting rest.

  • Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on hospital budgeting.

  • Regulatory affairs specialists handling hospital budgeting.

Course Modules

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01

Hospital budgeting: quality indicators and patient outcome

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Matching staffing on hospital budgeting to real demand

  • Define escalation criteria for deterioration detected through hospital budgeting.
  • Match staffing levels on hospital budgeting to measured demand across the week.
  • Close the loop: confirm changes to hospital budgeting improved the indicator they targeted.
  • Close out actions on hospital budgeting rather than leaving them open indefinitely.

Session 2Closing out hospital budgeting and capturing what was learned

  • Identify where judgement in hospital budgeting is legitimate and where it is not.
  • Check that consent processes within hospital budgeting are genuinely informed.
  • Record the rationale for each significant choice made about hospital budgeting.
  • Confirm the incident reporting route for hospital budgeting is quick and non-punitive.
02

Hospital budgeting: confidentiality, consent and ethics

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Auditing hospital budgeting at the bedside, not in the binder

  • Reduce unwarranted variation in hospital budgeting between shifts and sites.
  • Build the internal briefing that explains hospital budgeting to those affected.
  • Plan continuity of hospital budgeting during surge and outbreak conditions.
  • Map the handovers in hospital budgeting between functions and secure them.

Session 2Who answers for hospital budgeting, and to whom

  • Audit hospital budgeting by observing practice, not by reading policy.
  • Identify infection transmission risks created by hospital budgeting and control them.
  • Draft the minimum viable clinical protocol for hospital budgeting.
  • Remove steps in hospital budgeting that add effort without adding assurance.
03

Hospital budgeting: regulation, licensing and accreditation evidence

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Consent, confidentiality and ethics in hospital budgeting

  • Review whether hospital budgeting is aligned with the objectives of the clinical service.
  • Arrange the handover of hospital budgeting so capability survives staff changes.
  • Confirm patient data handled within hospital budgeting meets confidentiality obligations.
  • Set out how exceptions to hospital budgeting are requested and approved.

Session 2The decisions in hospital budgeting that cannot be delegated

  • Name a single owner for each element of hospital budgeting.
  • Apply structured root cause analysis to the last adverse event involving hospital budgeting.
  • Confirm competence and continuing development for staff delivering hospital budgeting.
  • Confirm that those complying with hospital budgeting understand why it exists.
04

Hospital budgeting: clinical process design and workflow

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1The evidence assessors will ask for on hospital budgeting

  • Set escalation thresholds for hospital budgeting that work out of hours.
  • Verify cold chain and storage conditions for materials used in hospital budgeting.
  • Check that records of hospital budgeting answer the questions likely to be asked.
  • Build medication safety checks into hospital budgeting at the point of highest risk.

Session 2Investigating an adverse event involving hospital budgeting

  • Cost hospital budgeting per episode and identify avoidable waste.
  • Confirm licensing and regulatory requirements applying to hospital budgeting are met.
  • Define the trigger that would require hospital budgeting to be redesigned.
  • Benchmark the organisation's hospital budgeting against comparable operations.

Choose the package that suits you

Silver Package

At least 3 people

USD1,250
  • Workshop or Program Participation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Customized Badge
  • Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
  • Supervision & Secretarial Services
  • Accredited Certificate of Participation
  • Complete Training Kit
  • Coffee Break
  • Closing Ceremony

Gold Package

At least 3 people

USD1,850
  • 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
  • Workshop or Program Participation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Customized Badge
  • Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
  • Supervision & Secretarial Services
  • Accredited Certificate of Participation
  • Complete Training Kit
  • Coffee Break
  • Closing Ceremony

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