Organizational Chart and Authority Levels Reading

The organizational chart is a visual representation of the ____ or levels of authority, within an organization.

• hierarchy

• bosses

• chiefs

• doctors

Within the organizational chart, therapeutic medical services are usually divided by areas of
_______.

• medical facilities

• medical specialty

• workplace departments

• location

__________ are the hierarchy of command from the top down through all the different ranks of employees

• bosses

• cheifs

• lines of authority

• none of the above

Workers with more training and experience have more authority than workers with
________.

• less years of experience

• less years of training

• fewer credentials

• none of those

A __________ has the highest level of decision- making power within large healthcare organizations.

• doctors

• nurses

• governing board

• none of these

Decisions from the board are passed down from the administrator to __________.

• doctors

• medical assistants

• department heads

• cheifs

____________ is another name for the hierarchy of authority that establishes the fl ow of decision making and directives.

• bosses

• chain of command

• department heads

• cheifs

A primary care team includes doctors, nurses, and ________.

• allied health professionals

• CRNAs

• IT employees

• medical scribes

The doctors diagnose and __________.

• perform operations

• prescribe treatments

• hand out medications

• none of these

_____ therapists, and pharmacists help to design and carry out the treatment plan.

• doctors

• medical assistants

• specialists

• nurses