You are HR Director of Westcoast Regional Medical Center and you are currently faced with a shortage of nurses. Your firm currently has plans to expand the nursing staff by 11%. In addition, the annual turnover of the current 400 person nursing staff is 36%.…
Edgewood Lake Hospital (ELH) which opened in 1945, is a 30-bed, independent, not-for-profit hospital located in rural northern California. It provides inpatient and outpatient services to the close-knit community that resides within the forested and lakeside town the facility is nestled in. Although it is known for its great track record for quality and is held in high regard by the surrounding community, it has steadily experienced financial losses from 2006 through 2009. These losses can be attributed to factors both internal and external to the facility itself.…
As the new CEO of Middlefield hospital a quality of 450 tertiary bed hospital integrated healthcare system in a major urban area in the Northeast with employee turnover rate issues, nursing vacancies, a new hospital in the area recently opening, and employee morale deteriorating I need to come in strong making serious changes. I will send out a memo to the head staff for an urgent meeting. The meeting will take place on both day and night shift so everyone can aware of the upcoming change. At the beginning of the meeting, I will address the human resources department “HR” recruiting, promoting, internship and partnership with Essex University.…
I can relate to your story. In 2004 a similar situation happened to me. As an emergency care nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital located in the downtown area of Miami Florida, you are exposed to every situation. During changed of shift, the nurse reported that a patient came with an open abdominal wound post an altercation. She also mentioned that he is a newly diagnosed HIV patient, and the primary doctor just informed him of his diagnosis. As we were making rounds, I realized that I knew the man, and his wife is my hairdresser. Like you, I manage to keep my professionalism and care for him. We were not friends, but I am sure he was worried that I would tell his wife, not knowing that would be an HIPA violation, and I could lose my license.…
At Boston Children's Hospital, everything that we do is tied to our mission. No matter your role at the hospital we are all working Until Every Child Is Well. By creating innovative solutions and collaborating across the institution we are all working to provide the highest quality of care, be on the frontier of research, ensure continuing victories in pediatric medicine and build a healthy community around us. We invite you to learn more about our…
Grady Memorial Hospital frequently referred to as Grady Hospital or simply Grady, is the largest hospital in the state of Georgia and is the public hospital for the city of Atlanta. Historical segregation of its hospital units meant that it was also called "The Gradys," a name that still surfaces among elderly Atlanta residents, especially African Americans. Grady is a Level I trauma center. Trauma is any life-threatening occurrence, either accidental or intentional that causes injuries. The leading causes of trauma are motor vehicle accidents, falls, and assaults. Located downtown near the campus of Georgia State University, Grady is considered to be one of the premier public hospitals in the Southern United States. Grady Hospital is named for Henry W. Grady, an Atlanta Constitution journalist and later owner who became a major force in Georgia politics, and advocated for a public city hospital. Grady is now the flagship of the Grady Health System (Grady, 2009). Marketing plays an important role at Grady Memorial Hospital. This paper will explain product, price, place and promotion of this hospital as well as examine the relationship between the organizations marketing and partnerships. It will also touch on why…
McLeod Regional Medical Center is a non-for-profit hospital organization that has provided medical excellence since 1906 from the Midlands to the Coastal region of North and South Carolina. McLeod Health’s network consist of seven hospitals, over 750 physicians, and more than 8500 employees. The segment of the organization that this will focus on is the business office or patient accounting department of the organization. This department includes the services of billing, coding, refunds, appeals, etc. This is the department that ensures that billing and coding are done legitimately that produces the income of the organization.…
THE UF Health Shands Hospital employ a tracking system to ensure that quality measures are in place to monitor outcomes in patient care. In 2013, Shands hospital was recognized as one of the top performers on key quality measures by the Joint Commission (UFHealth, 2016). This designation was based on the ability of the hospital to demonstrate improved performance on evidence-based interventions that increased the chances of healthy outcomes for patients with certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, stroke, venous thromboembolism and perinatal care, as well as for inpatient psychiatric services and immunizations. UF Health Shands HomeCare program offers a variety of programs individualized for every patient (UFHealth, 2016). The “Our Pathway Programs” help with disease management (i.e. heart failure, diabetes, COPD); orthopaedic recovery; wound care; IV therapy; medication management; fall risk assessment; caregiver assistance and education; and the overall improvement of the well-being of the patients.…
Starr county memorial hospital has been operating since 1975 and through the years has been able to expand and continues to grow. "Our hospital is dedicated to expanding out medical services to include the latest technology and medical procedures available to allow us to meet the healthcare needs of the community." It strives to serve the needs and care for the people of Starr county. SCMH consists of 48 beds total and has a 24-hour emergency department. The hospital has doctors coming from all over the world like India, Pakistan, Veracruz, and South America. Some doctors go away to get their degrees and have come back to serve the community at…
Nightingale Community Hospital (NCH); a 180-bed, acute care, not for profit organization provides services in critical and emergency care, Oncology, cardiology, general medical and surgical services and neuroscience, vascular, level II nursery units amongst a few others. Providing these services Nightingale has held a commitment of safety, community, teamwork, and accountability. These four values have kept Nightingale compliant in several accreditation functions required by the Joint Commission.…
Eighty percent of patients at RRMC were Medicare or Blue Cross and the administration experienced much difficulty when it came to negotiating prices with Blue Cross due to monopoly”(Richards & Slovensky, 2004). In this market, buyers have high bargaining power because reimbursements rates are low. Because Medicare and Blue Cross held monopoly in these services area, negotiating prices remained extremely difficult for RRMC. The suppliers have lower bargaining power due to low Medicare reimbursements and difficulty negotiating prices with Blue…
Huntsville Hospital (HH), located in Northeast Alabama, is part of the Huntsville Hospital Health System, originating in downtown Huntsville, Alabama in the late 1800’s. As the not-for-profit, public hospital system developed, HH became the second largest employer in Madison County, Alabama with an estimated 7000 employees, 2000 nurses and 1000 physicians.…
Hammond General Hospital is a 334 bed general hospital located in a Mid-western town of 45000 and serves a countrywide population of approximately 140,000. Recently the board of directors at Hammond awarder the management contract of the Food Service Department to an outside company, Master Host Company. Master Host appointed Dave Smith as director of food service. It must be noted that this is the first time in the hospitals history that someone outside the hospital has been appointed as director of a department.…
Mary Ann Lewis is the CEO of Mid-Atlantic Nursing Center (MANC). She has come to the knowledge that a former patient’s son would like to endorse a new facility to expand MANC. MANC is an assisted living facility whose clients are taken care of in a home like environment. MANC has two open facilities in northern Virginia and in suburban Maryland. The two already running facilities comprise of the Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland metro areas. Both the facilities are well known for their technical knowledge and skills when it comes to hiring the well qualified staff members. MANC makes it a priority to hire the right people who make a perfect fit to care for the specific culture and structure of the MANC company.…