Gulf Coast Hospital Eva Michelle Carlin HCS/533October 20‚ 2014 Dr. Kevin Lett Gulf Coast HospitalThe Gulf Coast Hospital‚ a 350-bed facility‚ is located in New Orleans‚ Louisiana along the Gulf coast. The Gulf coast has been hit with numerous hurricanes and tropical storms and in 2005 Katrina hit land. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone of the 2005 season and made her way onto the shores of the Gulf coast on the morning of Monday‚ August 29
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System Design and Analysis Project Hospital Billing System by Information Technology Students De La Salle Lipa ... Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction Mataas na Kahoy Community Hospital is a newly opened establishment and has been operating for only three months‚ that is why nearly half of the method/work procedures are conducted manually‚ may it be on the patient’s record of admission‚ on the inventory
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“The Haunted Hospital” written by Miss Cellania gathers the background information at Waverly Sanatorium‚ a hospital that was used to treat patients with tuberculosis in the early 1900’s that resulted in an estimated 64‚000 patients had passed during the operation of Waverly until it had closed in 1961 (Cellania). The article continues discussing the hauntings of the sanatorium such as the underground tunnel and room 502. ‘The Haunted Hospital’ closes with the topic of the new owners of the sanatorium
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For some of the most common conditions treated in hospitals‚ as many as one in five patients is readmitted within 30 days of his/her discharge‚ reports the Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Being readmitted has consequences. For one‚ readmissions cost Medicare an estimated 17.5 billion a year‚ as hospitals bill the government for the care. But the toll readmission takes on patients and their families is incalculable. “The most important problem of readmission is not the cost‚ but
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Scorecard Solution at Peel Memorial Hospital | Case Analysis | | Thomas N. Bailey | 2/15/2011 | Kaplan University GB520 Term 1101D Unit 4 Introduction Prior to the 1990s‚ generous government funding allowed Canadian health care facilities to provide excellent service and quality. In the early 1990s‚ increasing health care costs have changed government funding‚ requiring providers to be more financially accountable. In the mid-1990s‚ hospitals and regional health authorities across
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NIGHTINGALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. RCA (ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS) FOR THE SENTINEL EVENT REPORT HAPPENED ON MAY 14‚ THURSDAY AT 9:00 AM. 1. SENTINEL EVENT DESCRIPTION. The pre-op nurse told the mother that once Tina (The patient)‚ a 3 years old child‚ went to the OR‚ her surgery would take about 45 minutes and then she would go to recovery and she would be there at least one hour
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Winterbourne View Hospital Winterbourne View Hospital was a 24-bed hospital that was registered to provide assessment‚ treatment and rehabilitation for people with learning disabilities and autism. Unfortunately‚ instead of protecting patients form any abuse‚ staff was proven to mistreat and abuse the service users. These events first came to light in May 2011. Prompted by concerns raised by a former staff member‚ a journalist working for the BBC managed to get a job in that hospital. Using a hidden
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particular topic cannot be over emphasized. This is more so as the visits patients take to the hospitals require the need to keep records of their health statistics‚ in such a manner that they can be easily retrieved and updated in a concurrent and simultaneous manner‚ while health personnel who need to update these statistics could also do so easily via any workstation in the hospital. In developed societies‚ hospitals especially laboratories are equipped with computers to process patients samples and return
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Globalisation refers to the integration of markets in the global economy. Markets where globalisation is particularly common include financial markets‚ such as capital markets‚ money and credit markets‚ and insurance markets‚ commodity markets‚ such as markets for oil‚ coffee‚ tin‚ and gold‚ and product markets‚ such as markets for motor vehicles and consumer electronics Globalization is not new.But recently it has been moving at a faster pace. Today it is easier for companies to work in other
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EUTHANASIA What happens when a patient has an incurable illness and decides for euthanasia? Would you do it if the patient were your relative? When people talk about euthanasia‚ they that it is a suicide or a crime‚ but it is easy for them because they have not faced with an incurable illness. People who have experienced this case say that euthanasia is the best option for the patient and the family. When the patient has an incurable illness and is suffering‚ there are three reasons why family
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