Q1: A manufacturer’s average work-in-process inventory for a certain part is 1‚000 units. The workstation produces this part at the rate of 200 units per day. What is the average time a unit spends at this workstation? Inventory‚ ‚ Throughput‚ . Thus‚ Flow time‚ . A unit spends an average time of 5 days at this workstation. Q2: The Wilcox Student Health Center has just implemented a new computer system and service process to “improve efficiency.” As pharmacy manager‚ you are concerned
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poverty line. Also‚ India had very less no. of ophthalmologists (only 8000). 1970 – 20 bed Aravind Eye hospital opened which performed all typed of eye surgery at a reasonable cost. Three people involved were Dr. Venkataswamy‚ Dr. Nam (brother in law) & Dr. Natchiar (his sister) 1977 – 30 bed annex opened for patients convalescing after surgery 1978 – 70 bed free hospital opened 1981 – Main hospital with 250 beds commences. It has 4
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A1 The Organization Hospital X was founded in 1921 by four doctors who realized that medical advances were making it impossible for physicians to work alone. The doctors felt that gathering physicians and laboratories into one facility would lower overhead costs allowing patients from any walk of life the care they could afford. As Hospital X has grown‚ it now includes over 100 facilities and 51‚000 employees in 3 countries. As Hospital X has expanded‚ it is still guided by the same principles
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unbiased attitude and show professional objectivity at the highest level based on Code of Ethics and the Standards. Conversely‚ Jack had confrontations with the controller because of clashing personalities one year ago. Before his visit to Mercy Hospital‚ Jack already believed that there is the adversarial relationship between them‚ which indicated that he already had biased attitude. Secondly‚ Jack thought the procedures would be simple and routine at first‚ which is another violation. Engagement
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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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time. In fact‚ discharge planning starts upon admission when entering in a hospital‚ especially for the elderly because the longer the elderly stay in a foreign environment the more chances of becoming disoriented. Comparatively‚ when analyzing the demographics individually amongst long-term acer and short-term care I have realized that nursing homes are mainly occupied by the elderly and those with disabilities‚ while hospitals are for anyone.
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Issues2 III.Recommendations6 IV.References7 I.Introduction Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is propriety‚ hospital management company founded in Nashville‚ Tennessee in 1968 with only one‚ 150-bed hospital and then grew to become the nation’s largest hospital management company. As of 1981‚ HCA owned or managed 349 hospitals in the United States and overseas. During the 1970s‚ HCA achieved its growth by acquisition of existing hospitals and construction of new ones. During the period of 1968-1981
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teaching hospital. DESIGN: Cost analysis. SETTING: A large urban public teaching hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: All expenditures for the institution during 1993 and for each service were categorized as either variable or fixed. Fixed costs included capital expenditures‚ employee salaries and benefits‚ building maintenance‚ and utilities. Variable costs included health care worker supplies‚ patient care supplies‚ diagnostic and therapeutic supplies‚ and medications. RESULTS: In 1993‚ the hospital had
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View Hospital and the Social Psychology of Abuse” compares the ideas of a social psychologist‚ Phillip Zimbardo‚ to different experiments that have happened over the years. The focus of the scholarly journal is the Winterbourne View hospital situation that happened in early 2011. He briefly summarizes the reason as to why the hospital is included in his article. A BBC reporter secretly filmed the Winterbourne View Hospital in 2011. This caught on film the abuse of residents in the hospital who suffered
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2.10 LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ON DISABLED FACILITIES PROVIDED IN PRIVATE HOSPITAL 2.10.1 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION Yang (2003) outlines some methods of measuring device service quality from both the Customer’s perspective and management perspective. SERVQUAL is a model developed by Parasuraman in 1993 based on “gap model” which defines service quality as a function of gap between Customer’s expectation and the actual delivered. This method widely used by scholars and practitioners. The other method
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