Front Street Hospital Case Study Domonique Chapman Professor Ed Schaffer August 09‚ 2014 Serving the Uninsured According to Kaiser Family Foundation (2013)‚ more than 47 million Americans were uninsured in 2012. These gaps in health insurance undoubtedly increase healthcare costs‚ discourage the use of preventative care‚ and negatively impact the lives and health of the American people. One way to combat this issue is for hospitals and providers to offer charity care to those who qualify
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Care Values and Communication in a Hospital setting The care values are a set of rules and guidelines that every care practitioner has to follow in order to provide services to their clients. The overall aim of the standards is to improve client’s quality of life by ensuring that each person gets the care that is most appropriate for them as an individual. The three main care values are Confidentiality‚ Equality and Diversity and Individual rights and beliefs. By achieving these care values we can
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Grady Memorial Hospital frequently referred to as Grady Hospital or simply Grady‚ is the largest hospital in the state of Georgia and is the public hospital for the city of Atlanta. Historical segregation of its hospital units meant that it was also called "The Gradys‚" a name that still surfaces among elderly Atlanta residents‚ especially African Americans. Grady is a Level I trauma center. Trauma is any life-threatening occurrence‚ either accidental or intentional that causes injuries. The leading
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Mental Hospitals have always peaked my interests because I never knew much about them. I only recognize the basics like everyone else such as the use for them. Many people only know what a mental institution is‚ but they do not know how they operate‚ nor how they even began. I want to know the underlying details of what really goes on inside them and how they treat a patient with such critical care. These institutions also fascinate me in the psychology aspect. The amount of research on mental illnesses
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This hospital is one of 1‚332 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that provide care to the patients in remote areas of the country. The services provided by CAHs are the only link for many patients to healthcare. The care provided is limited by 96-hour length of stay and 25 bed capacity. The Jordan Rau article in USA Today indicates mortality rate in CAHs are inferior to other hospitals. The concern is the community may view this rate as the only indicator of quality. In response to the article‚ the
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Pate Memorial Hospital Case Study Introduction Doctor’s facility industry has experienced an emotional change throughout the years that is from beneficent associations up to a period where expanded clinic costs constrained the administration to reassess its part in human services‚ and individuals began paying for the administrations. Pate Memorial Healing Center is 600-bed doctor’s facility which goes about as not revenue driven association ("Pate Memorial Hospital"‚ 2017). It is an obligation free
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Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs)‚ or healthcare associated infections‚ encompass almost all clinically evident infections that do not originate from a patients original admitting diagnosis. Most infections that become clinically evident after 48 hours of hospitalization are considered hospital-acquired. HAIs represent a frequent nonspecific clinical problem with potential consequences for morbidity and mortality. The highest rates of HAIs are observed in intensive care units (ICUs)‚ which are
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Introduction Princess Marina hospital (PMH) is a referral healthcare facility with 600 bed capacity‚ and it operates three theatres with seven operating theatres. From the theatre records it shows that it treats around 6‚000 patients per year. This only represents 65 percent of all scheduled elective surgeries compared to the 95 percent target set by the hospital. In order to improve this‚ management‚ decided to look at the efficiency and effectiveness of the system that affects patient care. A
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4 Surprising Causes of Hospital-Acquired Infections The last place anyone imagines they will get a severe infection is at a hospital. Yet according to statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ over 1.7 million people are affected by a nosocomial or hospital-acquired infection (HAI) every year. The severity of the infection can widely vary‚ but these infections are also responsible for over 99‚000 deaths annually. These infections could could appear as early as 48 hours after
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