YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Redesigning a Major Hospital
Essays 541 - 570
HMOs now are listed as the responsible parties for 97 percent of all Americans who have insurance coverage and are not covered thr...
of the market (Christensen, Bohmer and Kenagy, 2000). The area of disruptive technology is the same one through which personal co...
employers are increasing employees portion of premium payments or ceasing to contribute anything at all. Many employers have ceas...
parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...
to the fact that it placed requirements on HMOs that were not in place on indemnity carriers, it actually served to reduce the abi...
environment. That open system "interacts with internal and external stressors and is in a state of constant change, moving toward...
therefore, highly desirable to have a variety of types of LTC settings. Furthermore, alternatives to institutionalized care can o...
(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...
provide the physician interface. Beyond these duties are the operational and administrative duties required in this type of facil...
completing the ranges of study required to attain the licensing level each holds. Aides are not licensed individuals and may or m...
wrong leg amputated. Ben Kolb was eight years old when he died during "minor" surgery due to a drug mix-up. These horrific cases t...
to improving standards of public health, noting that the infant mortality rate was reduced significantly between 1980 and 1993, an...
aware that Faith Community hospital deals in "product" much more valuable than anything that could be produced by a factory or dea...
these issues(LaBar, 1997). While OSHA as an organization is necessary, it perhaps oversteps its bounds and makes arbitrary rules, ...
jobs. The evidence appears to indicate that the survivors will also suffer. There is a range of literature that outlines responses...
in the standard of care. But also risk management serves to prevent such incidents and promote patient safety. Risk managers analy...
Get my grandmother to the hospital right now! As far as I was concerned, the best way to do that was to drive her there as fast a...
platform that could standardize procurement. Thus, there was no way to assure each emergency department was paying the guaranteed ...
the written record. The patient also adamantly refuses a recommended treatment, but he is only 16 years old. The parents go along ...
I - Demonstrating Integrity at all times D - Showing concern for the Dignity of others E - Displaying Excellence and Empathy in ...
nurse desk or to another location for prescription refill. Messages are recorded on paper message pads, after which the message i...
stories are legendary about people who receive their tattoos under the influence. The problem is that with mentally challenged i...
the FTCs complaint is true, "alleging that the systems three hospitals extracted huge price increases from payers after the deal a...
hospital will have to reduce costs by 15 percent to break even. 5. Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders are implemented differently by ...
The primary ethical issue lay in whether to terminate the pregnancy. The doctor of record resisted abortion as an option, in fact...
Spence (1973) proposes that employers rationally offer higher compensation to those workers who have completed a higher level of e...
considered one of a number of high stress jobs, and stress is problematic, causing inefficiencies, high staffing turnover rates an...
Boyer explained the learning community as: 1. A purposeful community-a place where faculty and students share academic goals and w...
is a delicate balance between cost, supply, usage and contingency measures. Though the hospital needs to carry adequate supplies ...
has emerged since the existing systems originally were placed into service. There are more reasons than only convenience fo...