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the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...
of health care is in and remains in flux as we seek systems that not only work in the present but also are sustainable over time. ...
and simply "more territory to cover overall" (McConnell, 2005, p. 177). In response to this downsizing trend, the best defense tha...
interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...
Focuses on how Duke Children's Hospital relied on the balanced scorecard system for improvement. There is 1 source listed in the b...
the west Los Angeles market, this requires an increase of 9% as the hospital currently has a 6% market share. This should be achie...
The vision is to be a leader in providing high quality health care services. Their values include a customer-focus and to exceed t...
a transition where parental involvement in hospitalization has changed. In the past, parents had been expected to leave the hospi...
caring; 2. every human culture has lay (generic, folk or indigenous) care knowledge and practices and usually some professional ca...
you have a potentially volatile atmosphere" (Hughes, 2005). Kowalenko, Walters, Khare, and Compton (2005) surveyed 171 ED p...
eliminate the risk of non compliance and simply use new equipment each time. With mass production techniques it was possible to pr...
to wash their hands both before and after attending each patient. However, one physician-investigators asserts in reference to doc...
The NYSNA representative agrees, suggesting that closing hospitals is not a good way to deal with the health care crisis ("Prevent...
Empirical research ahs consistently reported that when communication between the two professions is good, which includes doctors ...
Indeed, it is more advantageous to allow the hospitals to stay open, and if they do not meet expectations, then they will just fai...
of outcomes of care - Source of unnecessary - and high - costs - Fragmented state to state - Based on varied data * The problem ha...
Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...
a part of the normal flora of human beings and colonizes the anterior nares (Nicolle, 2006). However, it is also a significant pat...
reassuring people that if they come to the hospital, they will get the best care possible, with the latest technology, and be retu...
interfaces with the a new computerized patient order entry system. Therapists use tablets at the patient bedside, which enhances m...
human capital is aligned with business needs. The shape of contemporary business leadership has taken on a vastly divergent appea...
In eight pages this paper examines the rural hospital economic survival issues the state of Iowa struggles with and the impact of ...
nurse seeks to preserve any culture-specific aspect of the patients life everywhere possible. When some culturally-linked aspect ...
it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...
to transfer data recorded by the monitors by telephone to the clinic. Nurses orchestrate this data transfer and conduct an initia...
When all other approaches have appeared to have failed, or if the individual commits an act for which accommodation is not an opti...
degree (Barnes, et al, 1999). At a time when many healthcare facilities were moving away from clinical ladders, Miami Valley Hos...
with humanity, that is, to be humanistic in ones orientation refers to the principles of humanism, which has been given a variety ...
of dissatisfied customers (patients and their parents) ad they were making losses which were increasing. The drive for change ofte...
quality of the customer service. The measures here will be against the expected levels from past visitors as well as the levels co...