Avoiding readmission is financially feasible for the organization by lowering their healthcare spending. Congress enacted the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program under which Medicare penalizes hospitals for higher than expected rates of readmission. In 2015 CMS withheld 3 percent of reg reimbursement for hospitals having too many 30 day readmissions for HF. Heart failure accounts for more than 38 billion dollars of health care spending annually. More than 25% of pts hospitalized will be
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Parkland hospital is Dallas County’s public hospital and the primary teaching hospital for UT Southwestern Medical Center. It has been ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” for 17 consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report. It is an imposing 2.5 million square feet‚ 17- story facility which opened the doors to its new facility in 2015. David Lopez is the chief operating officer (COO) for the Parkland organization‚ a position he has held since 2016. His academic background includes a Bachelor
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the Director of Informatics for the Metro Hospital in Brisbane. The Metro Hospital is a 363 bed facility on the Northside of Brisbane. The services include general surgical‚ general medical‚ oncology‚ vascular‚ ear‚ nose and throat‚ palliative care‚ ophthalmology and maternity and children’s services. It has good links with the General Practitioners who fall into the catchment area for the Metro North Medicare Local. Your mandate is to lead the hospital to achieve level 7 of the HIMSS EMR Adoption
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Policy changes Like many other hospitals‚ Memorial waited for help to come from the National Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). FEMA is expected to provide guidance in natural and man-made disasters‚ furthermore‚ they are not meant to take over situations (Shoup‚ 2005). In advance of the disaster the then Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco wrote to President Bush requesting a disaster declaration to allow federal assistance. The emergency responses were delayed by
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Last April‚ Dallas Cowboys’ Greg Hardy faced a 10-game suspension without pay from the NFL for “conduct detrimental to the league‚” as per CBS Sports. Rumors emerged that the 26-year-old defensive end had lost the will to contest the severity of the punishment and would no longer seek legal battle to appeal it. However‚ more recent reports said otherwise. According to Mike Florio of NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk‚ Hardy is keen on challenging “in court an arbitration ruling that imposes anything
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(Part A) Veterinary hospital. The purpose of a veterinary hospital is to provide basic medical help to animals‚ such as vaccinations and medications. They also perform surgeries and provide first aid for injured animals. (Part B) Solar power is not an entirely reliable source of power as it relies on the availability of the sun‚ however‚ using solar power to run some of the smaller‚ non-essential items would reduce the use of electricity generated by fossil fuels. Solar panels can be installed on
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goes to the GP. GP examines the patient and in some cases the GP will refer the patient to the hospital. In the hospital the person will be examined by a doctor and maybe there’s a surgery. After the surgery he needs to go to the local pharmacist for his medicines. The pharmacist sends him a bill. The payment of this bill will be arranged between the patient and the health insurer. 5. Four external factors that influence the costs of the hospital are: If the government doesn’t invest in the healthcare
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CASE: Community Hospital Evening Operating Room Solution 1) The average customer arrival rate and service rate per hour Patient arrival time in a day (11 pm to 7 am) = 8 hr/day Patient arrival time in a year (Total study time) = 8 (hr/day) * 365 = 2920 hrs For average customer arrival rate‚ we know that 62 patients are required during that time period. So average customer arrival rate (λ) = 62/2920 = 0.0212 patients /hr Service rate (μ) = 60/80.79 = 0.7426 /hr
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Population Genetics / Hardy-Weinberg Problems Directions: Work out the following problems on a separate piece of paper. Show ALL work and circle your answers. 1) If the frequency of a recessive allele is 30% in a population of 100 people‚ how many would you predict would be carriers of this allele‚ but would not express the recessive phenotype? q= 0.30 p= 0.70 Carriers = 2pq = 2(.3)(.7) = .42 #= (.42)(100) = 42 individuals 2) From a sample of 278 American Indians‚ the following MN
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Akron Children’s Hospital Anthony D. Davis‚ Sr. Keiser University MBA 542
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