Hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) are an undesirable situation or condition that affects the patient and the care they receive. The condition was not present on admission (POA)‚ it developed while the patient was in the hospital. HACs lead to increase length of stay (LOS)‚ increase in patient care cost‚ poor patient outcomes‚ and even death. It is estimated that in 2010 adult patients experienced roughly 4.8 million HACs out of 32.8 million hospital discharges. There are eight initial conditions
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Hospitals are vital segment in health care and are under constant pressure to deliver high quality care and be cost effective. Strategic planning involves participation of many stakeholders with the goal of trying to meet or exceed expectations of the stated objective. The planning process involves three elements: preparing and a strategy‚ carry out the strategy‚ and the control and assessment phase. The purpose of the evaluation stage is to calculate the difference between anticipated expectations
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CPOE Implementation at Brigham and Women ’s Hospital: The SWOT Analysis Harsimrat Bagga Davenport University Abstract This paper focuses on the implementation of the Computerized Physician Order Entry System‚ CPOE at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston‚ Massachusetts. It provides complete analysis of the project‚ targeting its strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats. This assessment will provide a better insight of whether continual application of CPOE is beneficial for the institution
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Community Health System: Community Health System is a leader in the hospital sector of the healthcare industry. The company currently manages 127 hospitals covering 20 states. It is headquartered in Franklin‚ Tennessee‚ and their common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CYH. It began publicly trading on June 9‚ 2000. Their stock can only be traded through a broker or trading service. Community Health System employees a board of directors to oversee the company’s financial
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SERVEQUAL MODEL (Measuring Service Quality of Hospitals in Larkana) Author 1: Sumeet Seedani (SZABIST) Contact #: 03333633233 Email: Sumeet_raj19@hotmail.com Author 2: Naveed Anwar Contact number: 03562141247 Email address: Naveed@lrk.szabist.edu.pk Table of contents: Abstract 03 Introduction and 04 Literature Review 05 Importance 07 Research Methodology 08 Five Dimensions (Variables) 09 Data Analysis 10 Findings 11 Conclusion 12
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recognize excellence in patient outcomes and satisfaction of nurses. Magnet recognizes the importance of providing a positive work environment for nurses. Nurses have shared- governance‚ involvement in decision making‚ and autonomy working in Magnet hospitals (Drenkard‚ 2010). Magnet facilities meet the needs of nurses‚ therefore‚ improves retention. The Magnet program has five areas of focus. The first focus‚ transforming leadership identified a need for more involvement with nursing in leadership
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EMTALA The article I chose to discuss was a court case involving the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). A Dickinson County hospital violated EMTALA for failing to provide emergency care for a patient who was transferred to a different hospital without being completely stable enough for transfer. In 1985‚ Congress passed the law of “Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act” also known as (EMTALA) to ensure public access and treatment to emergency services regardless of race
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Presentation Health Care in the United States is a vast industry that has many different types of people involved in the delivery of care. There are stakeholders that affect the daily operations of health care and they are not necessarily in a hospital setting. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality‚ AHRQ‚ defines a “stakeholder” as persons or groups who have a vested interest in the clinical decision and the evidence that supports that decision ("Effective health care‚" 2011‚ p. 1).
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such as economics‚ psychology‚ anthropology‚ sociology‚ political science‚ etc. Most decisions made in health-service institutions involve people and therefore‚ human resource management plays a very important role in achieving the primary aim of hospitals of rendering the highest quality of care to the patients. Health-service institutions have organized professional associations which maintain standards of performance and behavior embodied in a code of ethics. It provides competent service with
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Bloomington Hospital was a nonprofit 269-bed hospital owned by a nonprofit corporation‚ Bloomington Hospital Inc. The Local Council of Women‚ a social organization‚ founded the hospital in 1905 and owned it until 1987‚ when the ownership was reorganized‚ and title to real estate and hospital assets was transferred to the corporation the council retained veto power on major decisions‚ but for operating matters hospital administration answered to the hospital’s board of directors. The hospital considered
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