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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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‚ If the prices
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Giving a helping hand In today’s society‚ “going green” has ultimately become the latest and greatest fad sweeping the nation; from recyclable grocery bags to vegetable oil being used as gasoline replacement‚ our society is slowly coming together to accommodate our environment. As we have seen in the last decade our world’s lack of natural resources and pollution problems have become a huge ordeal. Having to find alternatives from gasoline‚ for example‚ could potentially help our economic recession
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Rainwater harvesting is the accumulation and deposition of rainwater for reuse before it reaches the aquifer. Uses include water for garden‚ water for livestock‚ water for irrigation‚ and indoor heating for houses etc.. In many places the water collected is just redirected to a deep pit with percolation. The harvested water can be used as drinking water as well as for storage and other purpose like irrigation. Contents • Advantages • Quality • System setup • Vendors • Rain water harvesting
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The similarities and comparisons in Community Psychology and Public Health to Social Problems. Contents: 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………..Page 3. 2. Historical Background…………………………………………………….Page 3. 3. The different Approaches/Models to social problems……Page 3. 3.1. Community Psychology…………………………………………...Page 3. 3.1.1. Mental Health Model………………………………………Page 3. 3.1.2. The social Action Model………………………………….Page 3. 3.2. The Public health approach………………………………………Page
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Number- M00470967 HRM 1004 MANAGING ORGANISATIONS MODULE LEADER- Dr Sara CALVO MODULE TUTOR- Dr PARISA DASHTIPOUR WHAT ARE THE LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP THAT ARAVIND HOSPITAL CASE BRINGS FORWARD FOR YOU? HOW DID ARAVIND BOOST ITS EFFICIENCY FROM TWO TO SEVEN TIMES (MCDONALDIZATION) ARAVIND EYE CARE HOSPITAL-McDONALDIZATION INTRODUCTION: In the present scenario achieving effective and efficient health care services is an acute issue that needs an immediate attention. In developing
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Problem Summary The Riverview Children’s Hospital is eight months behind schedule with the implementation of a new computerized financial system. Management wants the system to be in place by the end-of-year audit [April]‚ which is only six weeks away. However‚ management estimates that there is only a fifty percent chance that the system will function correctly if its implementation is rushed. While this makes a case for delaying the implementation‚ it also pushes the schedule into another
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Yesterday‚ I followed my father to visit my uncle who was hospitalised at a private hospital. We left home at about 5.00 p.m. and reached the hospital at 6.15 p.m. The private hospital was a new hospital. It was opened two months ago. My uncle suffered from chronic diabetes. Two days ago he came to the hospital for his regular check-up but the doctor had to admit him because his sugar level was very high. The doctor had to monitor him all the time. He would be allowed to go home once his sugar level
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The IPOS Cycle: IOPS cycle is an organized procedure through which all processing within a computer takes place. And it takes place through four operations. 1. Input 2. Processing 3. Output 4. Storage 1. Input Operation: In the input operation‚ data is entered or otherwise captured electronically and is converted to a form (machine language) that can be processed by the computer. 2. Processing Operation: In the processing operation‚ the data is manipulated to process
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Hospital is a place where we find only the sick and the disabled. The smells of medicines‚ the sight of the doctors and nurses running here and there‚ and wheelchairs rolling from one end of the hospital to another is all that we see in a hospital. The aura is ever so depressing and disheartening. Some people even get nausea or faint with the effect of the pungent smells hanging in the very air of the hospital premises. Once when my grandfather was very seriously ill‚ and was hospitalised I
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