YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Redesigning a Major Hospital
Essays 391 - 420
to the CEOs statement, the difficulties which the hospital is experiencing can be divided into two main but overlapping categories...
environment (Austin, Trimm and Sobczak, 1993). The problems seemed to be a lack of communication between departments and failure t...
be used as effectively as possible. In undertaking this study, the aim will be to gather information regarding past IT projects in...
2002). These may appear far removed from finance, but in reality they are closely related, as although the hospital works in a rel...
eventually to the client, it is often the insurance company that foots that bill. While that is the case, insurance rates rise, an...
not only better oriented overall to do the job but who also would be paid enough to have an incentive to stay in the job or put ma...
lung cells and forms a coat on the interior of the tiny alveoli in the lungs where oxygen enters the bloodstream. The coating enab...
data needing a broad bandwidth, but also the need for security as patient files are confidential and security measures are not onl...
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...
continues to battle against the ongoing nursing shortage. Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that ...
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. ...
instruments not trustworthy? This is just another meaningless slogan, a cousin of zero defects" (Deming, 1986; p. 66). The...
100 percent and also to create a neighborhood health and daycare facility. Another proposal is the creation of a preventative diag...
its founding in the late 18th century, the United States has opened its borders to people from a variety of countries and cultures...
HMOs now are listed as the responsible parties for 97 percent of all Americans who have insurance coverage and are not covered thr...
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...
occur in an EMS vehicle in the summer months (McElroy, 2002). Such degradation can occur with no visible changes to the medicatio...
processed, but also in terms of the culture where employees feel appreciated. They are paid more than the average wage, on top of ...
All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...
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...