YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Hospital Change Initiative
Essays 751 - 780
the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...
respected academically and is in the business of training future health care providers as it serves the local community. All "att...
100 percent and also to create a neighborhood health and daycare facility. Another proposal is the creation of a preventative diag...
instruments not trustworthy? This is just another meaningless slogan, a cousin of zero defects" (Deming, 1986; p. 66). The...
occur in an EMS vehicle in the summer months (McElroy, 2002). Such degradation can occur with no visible changes to the medicatio...
differs from HHC, it does not make that information readily accessible. The mission statement of the larger organization is in pa...
its founding in the late 18th century, the United States has opened its borders to people from a variety of countries and cultures...
data needing a broad bandwidth, but also the need for security as patient files are confidential and security measures are not onl...
2005). Theres little doubt, however, that spending in Medicaid has been on the rise - and this has constituted a huge problem (Bec...
a serious or highly unusual medical problem, a hospital devoted to the care of patients with similar conditions may be preferred. ...
the FTCs complaint is true, "alleging that the systems three hospitals extracted huge price increases from payers after the deal a...
stories are legendary about people who receive their tattoos under the influence. The problem is that with mentally challenged i...
ineffective - organizational structure on the organizations ability to function at optimal levels has been known literally for dec...
litigious society where health care workers and institutions are open and easy targets, this dearth of lawsuits reported in The Ne...
processed, but also in terms of the culture where employees feel appreciated. They are paid more than the average wage, on top of ...
employers are increasing employees portion of premium payments or ceasing to contribute anything at all. Many employers have ceas...
or reject MEDITECHs suggestions as they see fit. Whether users accept or reject the suggestions made by MEDITECH, care prov...
into operation, it meets all the other requirements. The following reflects the costs involved in this project. * $450,000 is the...
of the market (Christensen, Bohmer and Kenagy, 2000). The area of disruptive technology is the same one through which personal co...
HMOs now are listed as the responsible parties for 97 percent of all Americans who have insurance coverage and are not covered thr...
to the fact that it placed requirements on HMOs that were not in place on indemnity carriers, it actually served to reduce the abi...
parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...
hospital will have to reduce costs by 15 percent to break even. 5. Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders are implemented differently by ...
Spence (1973) proposes that employers rationally offer higher compensation to those workers who have completed a higher level of e...
regards to lung function. If patients cannot breath on their own, RTs are trained on how to intubate patients and connect them to ...
markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...
feel that ongoing, regular access to and the use of health information is essential to achieve important public health objectives ...
any other industry, but health care is different in that practitioners are constrained by patient progress. A doctor may order a ...
in the world (McClory 2002). The Cardinal had lost his battle with cancer and he was ready to let go (McClory 2002). Letting go a...
considered one of a number of high stress jobs, and stress is problematic, causing inefficiencies, high staffing turnover rates an...