Topic: Acute Hospital Care Course: Health Care and Insurance Date: November 28th‚ 2012 Acute Hospital Care Acute care is medical treatment at a hospital which is short-term. Acute care is a level of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness‚ for conditions that are the result of disease or trauma‚ and during recovery from surgery. Acute care is generally provided in a hospital by a variety of clinical personnel using technical equipment‚ pharmaceuticals
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Proposed Title of the Project: Computerized Hospital Management System in Zimbabwe. 1.0 Background of the Project/ Introduction Through preliminary literature survey/review on I.T management systems in Zimbabwe it can be noted that hospitals have not fully computerised their data management systems. Most hospitals still rely on manual data capturing and storage mechanisms. Such traditional data management systems are prone to many errors‚ faults and biases through the human factor (the personnel
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Decision making is the basic element of organizational process‚ which leads or aids in smooth running of a complex organizations such as a health care services. The healthcare managers are appointed for the very same reason that is to make decision at strategic and operational level. ( Mintzberg 1973‚ Stewart !976). Eisenhardt & Zabracki (1992) suggested that the approach to a decision making should be more realistic than rational. A quality decision should be realistic‚ feasible‚ made with
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Winterbourne View Hospital What happened at Winterbourne View Hospital was horrifying for both patients and their families.Many people were shocked‚angry and disappointed by the way people with learning disabilities‚autism‚mental health problems and behaviour that challenges were treated. Six former members of staff at Winterbourne View hospital were jailed for the terrible crimes they committed. Serious concerns were raised by families‚CQC and the public concerned for example patients placed in
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Running Head: PROBLEMS OF EMERGENCY WARDS OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS Problems of Emergency Wards of Government Hospitals M.Arslan Malik Usman Omer Nasir Butt Fahad Khurram Ms. RameezaAslam Academic Writing‚ M (SSC 204) 8th April‚2012 Abstract Nowadays there is huge increase in number of unsatisfied patients of government hospitals in Lahore . Many articles and news have been published about the poor performance of government hospital. In this research the focus will be about the facts
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Supply Chain Management in Hospital: A Case Study Samuel Toba • Mary Tomasini • Y. Helio Yang San Diego State University‚ San Diego‚ CA It is a common misunderstanding that hospital purchasing is just a functional part of operations rather than a strategic means to achieve financial cost savings. The supply chain process is the essential link for all programs and services offered by a hospital‚ and hence any improvement in managing the supply chain can positively impact bottom line profitability
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Winterbourne View Hospital Winterbourne View Hospital was a 24-bed hospital that was registered to provide assessment‚ treatment and rehabilitation for people with learning disabilities and autism. Unfortunately‚ instead of protecting patients form any abuse‚ staff was proven to mistreat and abuse the service users. These events first came to light in May 2011. Prompted by concerns raised by a former staff member‚ a journalist working for the BBC managed to get a job in that hospital. Using a hidden
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SHOULDICE HOSPITAL LIMITED The problem under analysis is how to best increase the hospital’s capacity to serve more patients while at the same time maintaining control over quality of service delivered as well as sustaining existing high levels of employee and patient (customer) satisfaction. SWOT analysis Strengths  Unique and defined Surgical procedure (could not be varied)  Facility that encourages movement  Up to date equipment  Less time taken (time
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Shouldice Hospital Limited 1. How well is the hospital currently utilizing its beds? Shouldice Hospital is currently utilizing its beds quite well. Under the Shouldice method‚ they are operating with 90 beds‚ admitting 30 patients per day‚ and not accepting any new patients on Saturdays. Each patient admitted generally stays in the hospital for 3 days and is discharged on the fourth morning. By examining Exhibit 4.7‚ it is apparent that the hospital’s capacity utilization is roughly 71.43%
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As mentioned above‚ one of the primary sources for tax standards comes from the AICPA’s Standards for Tax Services (SSTSs). Originating from the Statements on Responsibilities in Tax Practice (SRTPs)‚ a body of advisory opinions on good tax practice‚ the SSTSs have been the go-to authority for any CPA practicing tax since 2000. As the guidelines originally set forth in the SRTPs became more and more important to the profession and others‚ organizations recognized the need for an official declaration
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