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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...
some determining the study was inconclusive, others saying certain interventions should be made universal and still others stating...
interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...
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...
by 2010 (About Healthy People, n.d.). It has survived four presidents and several changes in congressional leadership based on pa...
degree (Barnes, et al, 1999). At a time when many healthcare facilities were moving away from clinical ladders, Miami Valley Hos...
acquired by larger companies seeking to grow through that route. Traditional retailers have blamed Internet retailers, piracy and...
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...
and a domiciliary residence for homeless veterans (Mountain Home VA Medical Center, n.d.); the Knoxville CBOC frequently sends its...
as such this will also lead to patient satisfaction. The cost per patient or per visit may be measured in financial terms; this ...
of that knowledge and create cost savings with the way it is implemented, such as new procedures, or new ways of managing old proc...
numbers and then as a percentage on yearly basis. The measure in the first year for reference only, in the second year the numbe...
you have a potentially volatile atmosphere" (Hughes, 2005). Kowalenko, Walters, Khare, and Compton (2005) surveyed 171 ED p...
caring; 2. every human culture has lay (generic, folk or indigenous) care knowledge and practices and usually some professional ca...
a transition where parental involvement in hospitalization has changed. In the past, parents had been expected to leave the hospi...
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...
but fails to deliver in terms of system response. The hospital and its IT contractor, DCS, are entering non-binding mediation in ...
matter crucial in todays health care industry. The health maintenance organization (HMO) was born of an effort to reduce the rate...
of such fires; and learning how to prevent them. Some of the material addresses all three points, some does not. Because there are...
which of these three factors was the most influential in propelling hospital quality improvement. This research revealed that the ...
can be defined as any threat to maintaining standard operations or a threat to the protection of rights of patients. Because hosp...
employees feel valued; the conditions in their working environment; and resources and salary. Cline, Reilly and Moore (2003) con...
This research team selected homeless adolescents as the focus for their study. While, in general, the concept that informed parent...
old systems to new needs, but Acme Hospital appears not to be hindered by this affliction. It fully expects to acquire all new ha...
in death is a wise safeguard. In the early part of the twentieth century, rationalizations abounded in medical literature that def...
a part of the normal flora of human beings and colonizes the anterior nares (Nicolle, 2006). However, it is also a significant pat...
of outcomes of care - Source of unnecessary - and high - costs - Fragmented state to state - Based on varied data * The problem ha...