Post a comprehensive response to the following’s, prepare for this Discussion: 

Complete the readings in your Learning Resources.  Review the profiles of the various healthcare managers who work in a healthcare setting in this week’s Required Media. (Click on the organizational charts to learn more about the healthcare professionals in direct, non direct, and physician practice settings.

Explain the roles and functions of healthcare managers and leaders in direct and non direct service healthcare settings.  Select one individual from a direct care setting and one individual from a non direct setting in either the Welcome to Waldenville or the Good Samaritan Hospital’s Organization Chart—Week 1 media, and describe their core competencies. 

How are these core competencies of the featured leaders similar and different?  In which setting would you prefer to work, and why?