Hospital management as a disciplinary system can be divided into two parts: comprehensive theory and application. The application part, should be unfolded according to the systematic thought. According to the systemic view, hospital management is a system, which is a management whole composed of a number of connected and differentiated elements. These elements are; management of people, management of things (medical), management of information, management of things and equipment, financial management. A number of specialized management formed by these elements.
Organization, personnel management is the task of the study of the hospital system, the rational structure of institutions, their respective duties, powers, responsibilities and their mutual coordination, the rational allocation of personnel and a reasonable intellectual structure, the mobilization of personnel motivation, personnel education and training and quality improvement of the planning and organization of the issue.
The management of the matter is mainly the management of medical business. According to the medical law, through the planning, organization and control, the medical process elements - a medical personnel, medical institutions, medical technology, medical equipment, medical supplies and medical information to get a reasonable combination and circulation, in order to improve efficiency, improve the quality of medical care and technical and economic results. The management of medical business can be divided into medical management, technology management and quality management. Medical management, divided by function and department, includes; ward management, outpatient and emergency management, nursing management, medical technology management, preventive health care management, first aid management, pharmacy management, infection management and so on. Technical management refers to the management of planning, organizing and developing the improvement of technical elements in medical activities. It generally includes the management of medical technology standardization, the management of medical technology measures, the management of preventive technology, the management of new technology development and technology construction, the management of scientific research, the management of technical training, teaching management and the management of assessment. Quality management is the study of the law of medical quality formation and planning, organization, control and evaluation methods.
Management of things includes equipment management and material management. This is to make the hospital medical activities based on good material security based on the planning, organization and control work. The management of things both economic and technical aspects. Hospital equipment management includes medical equipment management, construction equipment management and logistics equipment management. Material management is the medical process of drugs, equipment, goods, fuel and other needs of the procurement, storage, supply, use and other management.
Economic and financial management is to carry out economic accounting and cost accounting to achieve greater medical effects with less financial and material resources. Its task is to manage and use the funds well, rationally organize income and expenditure to ensure the normal conduct of medical business and development of financial needs.
Information management, is to study the characteristics of hospital information intelligence, information processing methods and management of intelligence data work. Including hospital statistics, case management, data management.
In the hospital management system, the various professional management is interrelated and different from each other. Therefore, it is necessary to study the comprehensive coordination between the various professional management, but also to study their respective laws. In these professional management, the management of the medical process, that is, medical management, technology management and quality management as the main body (as the purpose), the other professional management (as a means) around the center of the link and for the medical process, thus constituting the hospital management system.