Health Cruises Case Read the Health Cruises Case and submit answers to the following questions. 1. What is the minimum number of passengers Health Cruises must sign up by November 20th to break even? [show your calculations] Considering that an average ticket price is $1500 and the cost per passenger is $200‚ each sold ticket generates $1‚300 of the positive cash flow. Since $295‚000 of the initial capital had been spent by November 14th‚ the following minimum number of passengers must
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1. As noted in the first part of the case‚ establishing a questioning culture is essential for effective evidence-based management practice. Sally‚ Richard‚ and others have made several attempts to influence the culture at AMC‚ some more successful than others. For example‚ they tried to establish regular evidence-based management workshops‚ and they implemented and evidence-based quality improvement project to reduce patient falls on Richard’s unit. What more could they do to influence the culture
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Case Study in Cultural Identity Walden Student Walden University Case Study in Cultural Identity Mental health counselor at some point in counseling will address complexities in determining some identity of clients. Racial identity and consideration is “paramount” to the mental health of any client (Sue & Sue‚ 2008). Counselor’s must recognize cultural perspectives; understanding how clients see the world‚ and function as products of their environments. Navigating through complexities
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Stoddard County Public Health Clinic is located on Highway 25‚ North of Bloomfield‚ Missouri. The clinic provides services to infant and child; young and middle aged adults; older adults; environmental services; and group/community services. When the 2009 budget cuts were distributed among the different departments‚ the manager of the Young and Middle Aged Adult Department noted a 15% budget cut. This paper is a case study of how the Young and Middle Aged Adult Department Manager will decide what
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Patient-centered health care is the dominant model in health service delivery. Within this framework‚ patient satisfaction has emerged as an important indicator of the quality of patient care (Brown‚ Stewart‚ McCracken‚ et al‚ 1986). The significance of patient satisfaction is further emphasized by evidence that satisfied patients are more likely to adhere to treatment‚ benefit from their health care‚ and have a higher quality of life. Additionally‚ patient satisfaction data have been used for quality
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Memorial Health System CPOE Implementation Joyce A. Holt HCS/481 July 02‚ 2012 Steven Fowler Memorial Health System CPOE Implementation In going through the case study of the Memorial Health System CPOE Implementation it is apparent that the direction of the implementation was developing trouble from the onset of the proposal and the evaluation (Wager‚ Glaser‚ 2009). The first problem that is apparent is the lack of belief in the project. When the board approved the CPOE initiative and appointed
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Managing Quality in Health and Social Care Table of Contents Introduction In case of Health and social care services‚ quality is very important. A social care organization has to follow legal regulations and standards to provide quality service to the society. But there are some barriers to these quality services. A social and health care organization has to overcome these barriers as much as possible and at the same time it needs to adjust
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of partnerships between the health and education sectors with other governmental and nongovernmental sectors‚ United Nations organizations and the community at large. It also led to the development of a supportive environment‚ including empowerment of both students and staff and subordinate staff in being accountable for their health. Health promotion interventions have now become integral to school activities. (Tompa.et al‚ 2008). 5.1 Impact Evaluation A study was conducted in 2008 which
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• Compare the two cases in terms of methods‚ costs (if applicable)‚ and effectiveness of the outcomes (3 points). Both cases are a form of an alert identification subsystem belonging to the parent HELP System. Furthermore‚ both cases did not explicitly state vocabulary and ontology used. However‚ I can infer based on my knowledge in the field now that diseases‚ diagnoses‚ laboratory and procedures follow ICD 10‚ SNOMED‚ LOINC and CPT ontology for coding and that interoperability is achieved by
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1. What is the minimum number of passengers Health Cruises must sign up by November 20th to break even? [show your calculations] Fixed Cost = 220000+10000+65000 = 295000 Variable cost per passenger = 200 Revenue = 1500 per passenger X # of passengers (# of passengers = x) Revenue – Cost = Profit 1500x – (200x+295000) = 0 x = 226.92 rounded up to 227 passengers to break even 2. Should Health Cruises go ahead with the cruise since 200 people have signed up by November 14th?
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