title: Hospital financial managers are central to management team.
abstract: The hospital financial manager must play an increasingly larger role in the development of overall hospital policy. Human resources, as well as physical assets and capital must be considered, and the financial manager needs to establish programs that not only create a sound economic base, but that also show management's commitment to people.
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D003657:Decision Making; D005376:Financial Management; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006808:Humanism; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States