The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Anthony R. Kovner Harvard Business Review No. 91506 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1991 HBR Anthony R. Kovner The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Bruce Reid‚ Blake Memorial Hospital’s new CEO‚ rubbed his eyes and looked again at the 1992 budget worksheet. The more he played with the figures‚ the more pessimistic he became. Blake Memorial’s financial health was not good; it suffered from rising costs‚ static revenue‚ and declining quality of care. When the
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Operations Management Shouldice Hospital January‚ 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................3 Scope .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Analysis ......................................................................................................................
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Faith Community Hospital Case Study Executive Summary The mission statement of Faith Community Hospital Mission states‚ With the foundation and commitment to our spiritual heritage and values‚ our mission is to promote the health and well being of the people in the communities we serve through a comprehensive continuum of services provided in collaboration with the partners who share the same values. However‚ Faith Community Hospital is not living up to its mission statement. To the contrary
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Western Governors University Joint Commission Compliance Audit Task 2 AFT2 Accreditation Audit By Cricket Besse 055895 Nightingale Community Hospital Sentinel Event Registrar‚ registered child (3 year old patient)‚ obtained insurance card and entered demographics. She was then taken to pre-op where the nurse told mother that once in the OR the surgery would take about 45 minutes and then she would go to recovery. The mother informed the pre-op nurse that once her daughter went
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Executive Summary Nightingale Community Hospital prides itself on their values‚ such as safety‚ community‚ teamwork and accountability. Yet‚ we now understand the more has to be done to provide a safer place for our patients. Nationwide‚ hospitals are trying to find innovative ways to provide safer care and less complication for their employees. Establishing and encouraging standard practices within the infrastructure of the hospital will reduce chances of human error. With so many physician
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Bottleneck analysis: Also see enclosed Process flow chart (Appendix 1). Hospital is able to perform 42 exams/afternoon and send 38 patients to the operation rooms. But surgery capacity is 33 operations/day only. Bottleneck (number of operations/day) is therefore located between these two processes. Hospital performs 33 operations/day = demand 116 beds/Wed‚Thu and 99 beds/Tue. Demand is 116 and current capacity is 89. Bottleneck is the number of beds available. It is necessary to increase capacity
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Hospital Supply Inc.: A quantitative analysis I. Introduction: Hospital Supply‚Inc.‚produced hydraulic hoists that were used by hospitals to move bedridden patients. The costs of manufacturing and marketing hydraulic hoists at the company’s normal volume of 3‚000 units per month are shown in Exhibit 1. EXHIBIT 1: Cost per unit for hydraulic hoists Unit manufacturing costs: Variable materials $550 Variable labor 825 Variable overhead 420
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Patton-Fuller Community Hospital has been in business in the City of Kelsey since 1975. The hospital provides high quality medical care to the citizens of Kelsey and the surrounding area. Some of the services the hospital offers are x-rays‚ pharmacy‚ and emergency services for children and adults. “As one of the first hospitals in Kelsey‚ the staff is committed to providing a variety of programs that will support the health and welfare of the local community populations” (Apollo Group‚ 2010). The
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Mountain View Community Hospital Case Study Frank Asi DBM/502 August 13‚ 2013 Aviv Raveh Mountain View Community Hospital Case Study Introduction The increased use of electronic medical records (EMR’s) is certainly impacting the world of healthcare. Some claim EMR transition is necessary for efficiency of healthcare processes while others claim electronic records signals the final end of personal privacy. Regardless‚ the transition to EMRs will continue and the healthcare industry must learn
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the provost. The provost being the head of both the medical school and teaching hospital is the most influential person and is in the best position to initiate decisions in solving the gap and inconsistencies between the two institutions. The case also indicated that the top management is the only one common among the two institutions so to address the problem occurring among the medical school and the hospital. The events that have transcribed in the renal unit should have been prevented also
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