Hospital History • Overview • Pennsylvania Hospital (1751) – Oldest voluntary hospital • Focus on sick‚ poor‚ homeless • Not a focus of care for physicians – Primary care in home/office • Mental illness – First mental hospital in 1772 1 Hospital History (cont.) • Growth of urban areas – Growth of hospitals – Focus on research‚ teaching‚ medical schools • Major discoveries – Anesthesia • Ether • Antibiotics • Sulfa Drugs‚ penicillin (decreased infection rates and mortality)
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Strategic Planning at Harvard Medical School Phase I: September 2007-September 2008 Report by Jeffrey S. Flier‚ MD Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Introduction This report summarizes the yearlong strategic planning process that I initiated in September 2007 and formally launched in November‚ soon after being named dean. It has been my great pleasure to see our extraordinary community rise to this challenge and to personally get to know and work closely with so many wonderful individuals. I am deeply
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Ayala Discharge Planning Checklist Discharging a patient from a hospital setting should be very easy‚ according to all of the patients that are in the hospital and don’t care about anything at the moment except getting home. While the patient is inpatient there are many things that could go wrong‚ however in house the patient is being controlled and managed. When a patient goes home there are no monitors or hourly blood draws to ensure their safety and survival. Discharge planning is not easy‚ and
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Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis‚ Missouri is a Catholic non-profit community hospital. SSM Health offers care through 20 hospitals‚ 63 outpatient care sites‚ nursing homes‚ hospice and more. One of those 20 hospitals include Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. (SSMHealth‚ 2017) Cardinal Glennon is among one of the leading academic medical centers in its region. Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital is not just your day to day walk in Emergency Room type hospital. Cardinal Glennon is
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I chose UF Health Shands hospital in Gainesville‚ Fl as my healthcare setting. To give some background‚ with a combined 996 licensed beds ‚UF Health Shands hospital in Gainesville‚ Fl include UF Health Shands Children’s hospital‚ UF Health Shands Cancer hospital‚etc. The missions that the hospital upholds are patient care‚ research‚ education‚ and community service. Their values are centered around accountability‚ diversity‚ excellence‚ innovation‚ integrity‚ teamwork‚ and trust. The overall goal
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should the hospital board make for next year and the next five years? After reviewing the balance sheets for the Patton Fuller Community Hospital for the next fiscal year‚ it shows that the hospital will break even. For the year the hospital is making enough money that will cover all of their debts. The hospital will not make any profits. To avoid debts of the hospital from increasing‚ the hospital will need to increase their revenues. Healthcare organizations need to realize hospital revenue management
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The North Texas State Hospital has two locations one being in Vernon and the other in Wichita Falls. It is considered the largest state hospital in Texas serving over 30 counties. The Wichita Falls Campus provides general psychiatric inpatient services for child‚ adolescent‚ adult‚ and geriatric patients. Patients admitted to the state hospital are typically on a court ordered temporary commitment‚ 46-B commitment for competency restoration‚ voluntary or an emergency commitment. Patients are
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Maintenance in a hospital is very vital and should not be neglected as regular maintenance prevents any unfortunate accidents from happening by providing a safe environment for staff and visitors as well as it helps the hospital to maintain a good appearance and image. It also ensures the equipment is operating at peak efficiency. When regular maintenance is not present‚ the equipment may fail anytime and the downtime can result in inconvenience and increased costs to the hospital. General mechanical
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2. Institutional Environment and Power in Planning. A literature review (785 de 750) Before the presentation of the case study‚ it is necessary to describe the main concepts related to institutional environment‚ in order to provide a framework of reference for the empirical analysis described next. Following to Bastiaensen et al (2002‚ 2004)‚ Healey (2005)‚ and Van den Broeck et al (2013); it is necessary to acknowledge the importance of the institutional environment as a crucial guiding concept
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East Tennessee Children’s Hospital is located in Knoxville‚ Tn. It is a one-hundred and fifty two bed facility that specializes in children’s needs. It’s mission statement reads‚ “East Tennessee Children’s Hospital will improve the health of children through exceptional‚ comprehensive family- centered care‚ wellness‚ and education.” Their web page does reflect on their mission statement. A belief that children are unique and that they deserve the best healthcare
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