Improving Patient Throughput In the Emergency Department Introduction St. Vincent’s Medical Center‚ a 501 bed facility located in Jacksonville‚ Florida‚ provides general medical and surgical care to the North Florida Region. St. Vincent’s admits over 26‚000 patients annually. The average occupancy rate is approximately 84% with the Emergency Department (ED) peeking at 100% for approximately 4-12 hours daily. The hospital is struggling with availability of bed space. This shortage of available
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(Martinsburg Police Department.) Berkeley County established its first Sheriff’s Department in 1865‚ this branch off came from Frederick County‚ Virginia when Berkeley County became part of West Virginia (Berkeley County Sheriff Department.) From 1865 to 1870 John W. Pitzer served as the first Sheriff and only twenty-nine men have been elected since that time (Berkeley County Sheriff Department.) The mission of the Martinsburg Police Department is to promote a feeling of security and preserving the
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Daugherty Informative The Alaska Department of Fish and Game In the beginning‚ Game management in Alaska was almost non-existent. It started in 1949 just as a fishery service put into place by the Territorial Legislator. The idea of the this wasn’t to control all the fish‚ but to influence the federal government ’s way of looking at fish management in Alaska. It wasn’t until 1957 when the Alaska Fishery Service was changed to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The first commissioner
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Conclusion………………………………………………………………………...Page 9 Bibliography……………………………………………………………….……….Page 10 The purpose of this paper is to discuss of the various ways in which information technology has changed the purchasing department‚ in particular how the Internet has impacted on the purchasing department. Will be outlined the most well known information system‚ their objectives and the e-purchasing. An example from daily business life will be illustrated in the second part of this paper. 1. Introduction IT is
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attention of the media outlets as it was with Edward Snowden’s revelations in the British newspaper. Namely‚ The Guardian published an article about the National Security Agency (NSA) spying the nation and requiring Verizon‚ the biggest wireless communication service in the USA‚ to hand over all records of the citizens’ phone calls to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the NSA. In addition‚ to the classified NSA files‚ the Washington Post and The Guardian announced
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Charleston Fire Department Case Study Columbia Southern University Advanced Fire Administration Charleston Fire Department Case Study On June 18‚ 2007 “the Charleston witnessed the largest single loss of fire fighters in the country since the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks.” (Smith‚ 2011) That day the fire service had to witness the unfortunate loss of nine firemen who died in the line of duty. Some would say that the deaths of these nine men were an atrocity to the fire service. The
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Jimmy Carter formed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by consolidating several government organizations. That same year Congress appropriated funds to transfer the Civil Defense Staff College (CDSC) and United States Fire Administration (USFA) and National Fire Academy (NFA) into FEMA. The Civil Defense Program (CDP) had been established in 1947 under the Department of Defense. Training was first offered under this authority in the spring of 1951 at three federal facilities. In 1954‚
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reliant upon the roles that are not limited to external‚ but internal roles as well. In the two case studies‚ both the new chief executives employ different styles in an attempt to reform their departments. While Captain Ed Davis employs the “Statesman” style for the Lowell Police Department (LPD)‚ Chief Ken Fortier practices within his dominion‚ the “Administrator” style for the Riverside Police Department (RPD) which in reality‚ have both resemblances and dissimilarities. Together the statesman
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The Importance of MIS in the Human Resources Department Management Information Systems (MGMT 5853) 04/04/2011 Introduction of Management Information Systems In this modern‚ increasingly globalized world‚ to be able to get and manage information is very important for every company. Management Information Systems (MIS) have very significant functions in a company; without them‚ the company would have trouble surviving and competing with other companies. “Management Information Systems (MIS) is
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The County Fire Department is one of the largest departments in Maryland providing fire protection‚ emergency medical services‚ as well as other services to over 800‚000 citizen. The department is a fire-based EMS system that answers around 130‚000 calls a year‚ with 70% being Emergency Medical Services (EMS) related making EMTs and Paramedics the backbone of the department. There is around 1‚100 employees with 20% of those employees being paramedics. The function of a paramedic is to provide advance
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