Abstract

BLANCO ASPIAZU, Miguel A et al. The Internal Medicine in the hospitable environment. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.1, pp. 72-84. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: the work context changes of the internists demand to make perfect the functioning of their services. Objectives: identify problems that affect the Internal Medicine and the necessary organizative changes to solve them, at a clinical-surgical hospital. Material and Methods: it was a qualitative research based on the activity of a nominal group that gave vent to own tasks of the strategic direction. Results: the mission, vision and the Internal Medicine service's strategic lines of work were defined; the context was assigned priority to its problems: Deterioration of the clinical method; the practice of a biologist medicine; insufficient availability of beds; Limitations in human, materials and financiers resources for the maximum quality of attention; Overload of the clinical services. It was defined fortresses, weaknesses, threats and opportunities. The offensive, adjustatives, defensives and survival actions to achieve a positive change were derived. Conclusions: the management of the human capital in internal medicine implies a collaborative structure more efficient for the hospital, that better utilization of the internists like generalist and integrative doctor that would contribute to diminish the physical frontiers of the wards and centering the work in the sick persons.

Keywords : Internal Medicine; strategic management; generalist and integrative doctor; collaborative structure.

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