• Operational Expertise – Keen business insight and in-depth knowledge of developing lean operations.
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This case is about Dr Melissa Walker, she is a top-level orthopaedic surgeon who has either studied or worked almost all of her life. While on holiday in Santa Fe she met the love of her life, Michael Langford. He worked for a publishing company as editor in chief. They got married within 6 months after they met.…
The Board of Directors has hired a new CEO, Shannon Johnson, who comes from serving 5 years as CFO to Rocky Hills Valley Hospital, a critical access facility in rural northern California. She will be faced with the challenge of employing effective leadership in order to make ELH profitable within a 2-year…
“Shortly after Hayden’s fifth birthday, he began having headaches and nausea. At first, the doctor thought he had migraines and asked his mother to keep a record of when his head hurt. After only a short period of time, Hayden’s headaches grew more frequent. Then, he began having trouble with the vision in his right eye causing him to see double. It was at this point, his mother knew there was a bigger issue at hand.…
As the new CEO, you have learned that the hospital's employee turnover rate exceeds 20%, and there are over 100 nursing vacancies. You have also learned the following facts that may be impacting these workforce shortages:…
The Non Governmental Organization that I am going to write about is MercyCorps. MercyCorps mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping People build secure, productive and just communities. MercyCorp is helping make the world a better place, in many different areas from conflict relief, learning, human rights issues, and much more.…
In our quest for providing a wholesome and healing environment for patients today, some hospitals have focused on holistic approaches that encompass the body, mind and soul to incorporate external environment. The model of healing hospital paradigm takes recovery and wellness of a person’s total being into account. Contrary to traditional way of curing diseases, this model concept embellished the idea that the physical needs as well as the emotional and spiritual needs are paramount to the patients’ healing process. Important to this paradigm are the three main components which are a loving care culture, an environment that fosters healing and an integration of technology and work design. However, one should not forget that there are multiple challenges to overcome with the implementation of the healing environment in the customary hospital setting. This paper will discuss the components of healing hospitals and their relationships to spirituality, challenges or barriers and the complexities involved in the implementation.…
John Brockett stepped foot in the New Haven Colony in 1638 as one of its chief founders and civil engineers. He was appointed the first surgeon for the colonies’ soldiers, and served in King Philip’s War under this role. His son, my 8th great-grandfather, would receive medical training at Oxford and return to America as the first resident physician in the New Haven Colony. At this time, ailments of the chest were treated with poultices and prayer. Little could my ancestors imagine that the heart and lungs could be put on bypass, that aortic valves would be threaded through the arterial system on a catheter, or that lung resections could be completed through three small incisions in the chest.…
I support your summation that case management encompasses the continuum of care is not merely subjective however this process requires a participative process to identify and facilitate options and services for meeting individuals’ health needs, while decreasing fragmentation and duplication of care all the while enhancing quality, cost-effective clinical outcomes(Dunham-Taylor & Pinczuk, 2015, p. 635). Therefore a central prerogative and essential component within these practices is fluidity that is most effective when it changes and adapts to potential obstacles in the navigation of healthcare system. Lastly, when case management is practiced in this manner, costs are contained and patients, and families are viewed as essential members…
The mission of the American Association of Medical Assistants is to provide the medical assistant professional with education, certification, credential acknowledgment, networking opportunities, scope-of-practice protection, anAAMA/MSMA Code of Ethics & Creed…
Situation: You are the C.E.O. of Community South Medical Center, a large, urban for-profit healthcare facility. This institution has comprehensive health services including acute care, residential care, independent living, in-home nursing, hospice, neonatal, and pediatric services, advanced cardiac services, a major trauma center, a center of excellence for pulmonary services, and a neurosurgery center.…
What is the job or the graduate program? The graduate program that I am applying for is the Northeastern University Physician Assistant program. The program is 24 months, the first year consist of multiple courses that prepare students for the PA exam (PANCE). In addition, it also serve as the base for becoming a PA.…
Harmony Healing House (2013) Becoming the Hospital of the Future Retrieved March 15th, 2013 from: http://harmonyhealinghouse.com/hospitals.asp…
The healing hospital 's paradigm has three components with a major focus on the patient 's environment. The three major components are a culture of loving care, a healing physical environment, and an integrated work design and technology. Health care providers at healing hospitals support the physical and emotional well being of the patients, and not just focusing on curing their diseases. Healing hospitals ensure patients are comfortable and mentally and physically prepared for their treatment plan. Health care providers at these facilities have to be competent in the patient 's medical needs and the ability to deliver loving to the patients. It is important for workers to go the extra mile for their patients, and to help with their spiritual needs.…
I am currently the Director of the Patient Care Management Department at one of the local for-profit hospitals. We have gone through some tremendous changes since I have been there. When I started at the hospital,…
Leadership in terms of ability to renew the Board and keep a sense of consistency…