Occupational therapy managers have to set objectives which correlate with those for the health and social services and work towards achieving them through the management of resources. Cooperation in the collection of data, to give an adequate overview of the needs of the service as well as the actual resources available, requires an understanding of formal information systems: Körner, performance indicators, resource management, clinical budgeting and performance reviews can be used to manage services more efficiently and realistically.
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