Hospital/Health Care Management

While healthcare administrators and healthcare managers share similar responsibilities, they do perform different tasks. Healthcare administrators oversee the staff of a medical facility. They may supervise and manage one department or the whole facility depending on the need and availability of administrators. Responsible for staffing and financial aspects of the medical facility in which they work, healthcare administrators help a facility run smoothly with constantly changing healthcare regulations and cutbacks.
Healthcare managers take on a broader role within a medical facility. Often acting in a similar capacity to a corporations HR representative, healthcare managers deal with daily operations such as budgeting, patient care, organizational issues and general business concerns. They may work directly with a hospital board to find ways of better managing the hospitals structure or provide a plan of action in times of crisis. In smaller facilities, they could take on a larger role to fulfill HR requirements