Introduction Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is a proprietary hospital management company. The company has been following an acquisitive strategy by taking over hospital companies and not-for-profit hospitals. The firm is also considering expanding into new health service areas like home health care and outpatient surgery. The company is at a crossroads with regard to its financial goals; HCA currently faces the likelihood of adverse changes to the Medicare/Medicaid policy which could strain
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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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MODULE 4 DQ 2 Nurses and Physicians deal with many ethical issues on a daily basis. The basic ethical principles assist us in understanding‚ negotiating and navigating these issues. Ethical dilemmas arise when two or more ethical principles apply in a particular case and would lead to different outcomes. Looking at the difference between between beneficence and Non-maleficence as follows: Beneficence: Compassion; taking positive action to help others; desire to do good; core principle of our
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models and definitions of management keep evolving. It has been argued that the models of rational goal and internal process still dominate modern organizational life or that there is now a hierarchy between those models. However‚ we use different frameworks to explore different management episodes across different contexts. Nowadays‚ companies do not operate based on a single model. They are a combination of these four models‚ each of them being more impregnated on a certain department in accordance
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Change Management For Hospitals Through Stepwise Approach‚ 5S-KAospegawa MD‚ MPH‚ PhD And Wimal Karandagoda MBBS‚ MSc.（Med. Adm.） First Edition January 2011 Table of contents Editorial Committee* and Contributors (Alphabetical order) Abbreviations I...Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1 I-1...Objective and Contents of the textbook ....................................
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Conceptual Study What Is Chocolate Chocolate is a mixture of cocoa paste‚ cocoa butter‚ and sugar. Nowadays‚ the shops offer many different varieties of chocolates‚ the differences of which start already from the countries of origin of the cocoa beans and also depend on the method of manufacturing and the recipe. Dark chocolate The cocoa content of dark chocolate may even exceed 90%. This type of chocolate is the healthiest and this is mainly due to its cocoa content! Dark chocolate consists
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STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION Definitions Bacteriostatic Agent: An agent that inhibits the growth of bacteria‚ but does not necessarily kill them. Bactericide: An agent that kills bacteria. Most do not kill Endospores. Sporicide: An agent that kills spores. Definition STERILIZATION The process of freeing an article from microorganisms including their spores. By definition‚ it effects a reduction in the number of microorganisms (more than 99.9999% are killed). Methods
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SUPPORTS IN VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS February 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 7 II. What will a Customer Satisfaction Framework Offer ........................... 9 A. A Hypothetical Example — Application to Public Human Services ......................... 9 B. A Hypothetical Example of an Engaged and Informed Resident Consumer Strategy ..................................
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learn to adequately communicate? NOTE - Please do not forget to utilize/apply Hofstede ’s framework if necessary Culture is defined as the set of values‚ beliefs‚ rules‚ and institutions held by a specific group of people. It can also be defined‚ according to anthropologist Edward Taylor in 1870s as “that complex whole which includes knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ morals‚ customs and other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society” ( Oguneme 2009). One very important component of culture recognized
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health‚ visitor‚ GP‚ hospital‚ child minder‚ nursery‚ school‚ after school club‚ leisure groups such as football‚ swimming‚ brownies‚ social worker‚ family‚ friends‚ neighbours and the local community are all responsible for safeguarding our children and young people and itâ€TMs important we all work and communicate together. The common assessment framework provides a way for early intervention for children before it reaches crisis point. It is a shared assessment and planning framework for all communication
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