title: Improving hospital budgeting and accountability a best practice approach.
abstract: Best practices in setting and managing healthcare organization budgets include: Using comparative benchmarks. Setting accurate, high-performance department budgets. Establishing a culture of accountability. Managing expenses. Monitoring variances and requiring corrective action plans. Employing a balanced scorecard.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics, Salt Lake City, USA. jon.clark@hsc.utah.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002017:Budgets; D005375:Financial Audit; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008330:Management Audit; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012941:Social Responsibility