The Aga Khan University Hospital‚ Karachi Organization Accredited by Joint Commission International Fact Sheet Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) is the principal teaching site of Aga Khan University (AKU) in Karachi‚ the first private international university in Pakistan. The University is an academic centre of Aga Khan Development Network‚ a group of development agencies‚ institutions and programmes that work primarily in developing countries of Asia and Africa. AKUH started operations in
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Dr. James is a consultant and specialist in Surgery at Mercy Hospital. The interview took place at his office in Mercy Hospital. The interview focused on his career‚ why he chose the field of medicine‚ various challenges experienced in his career‚ his day to day activities and how he dealt with emergencies and stress due to the workload. Why did you choose to be a doctor? Dr. James chose a career in medicine because he wanted to help ailing people. He grew up in a village where access to medical
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Objectives: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and whether the malnourished participants were being identified and documented as malnourished. To evaluate the impact of poor documentation on financial reimbursement to the hospital. Subjects: Three hundred and twenty-four inpatients from a total of 690 randomly selected patients consented to participate in the study. Design and setting: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) was used to assess the nutritional status of inpatients. There were
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Amt2 In: Business and Management Amt2 Community Health Needs Assessment On March 23‚ 2012 it became a requirement for all hospital organizations operating a state-licensed hospital facility to compete a community health needs assessment (CHNA) at least every three years. The report must include a description of the community the hospital serves‚ the process and methods used to complete the assessment‚ input from persons representing the interest of the community‚ a prioritized description
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Diana Josh GCU Spirituality in Health Care HLT- 310V June 23‚ 2013 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Today in our society the culture of hospital mainly concentrates on treating symptoms and curing patient physically rather than treating patients as whole. A holistic approach is invented in healing hospital. This paradigm encompasses healing person as a whole by upholding harmony of mind‚ body and spirit. According to Erie Chapman the president and
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HOSPITALS IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ERA The history of hospitals has been shaped by principles in accord with the teachings of Christ and the commandment of fraternal charity. The origin of the institutions of the early Christian era that we now call hospitals‚ was the hospice and had the explicit duty of carrying out the functions of hospitals. His duty was to help needy brethren in the name of the Christian community. The Christian virtue of hospitality had broad significance‚ its purpose was to
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Management Individual Assignment Patient Escorts at City Hospital City Hospital is located in the heart of a large Midwestern city. It is one of five major hospitals in the area and has recently built a small addition for treating well-known patients‚ such as professional football players‚ top company executives‚ and singing stars. Visiting or local celebrities always choose City Hospital if they need treatment. City Hospital has about 1200 hospital beds and employs 4500 individuals‚ including about
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Hospital Emergency Room Overload As the name implies‚ the purpose of hospital emergency rooms is to provide quick and expert medical treatment for urgent and life threatening medical problems. The truth of the matter is that patients seek the ER for a variety of illnesses and injuries. They can range from catastrophic to as minor as a young child running his/her first fever. The downfall to this is that those patients who are truly not suffering from life threatening situations are taking
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Healing hospitals are being built with the intention of providing patients with a calm‚ quiet‚ visually pleasing‚ and stress-free therapeutic environment‚ while providing advanced technologies and excellent care. The healing hospital paradigm focuses on providing holistic care by improving the patient’s physical‚ mental‚ and spiritual well-being (Eberst‚ 2008). When new hospitals are being built‚ the focus is on how many beds it will hold‚ where they will be located
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V January 20‚ 2013 Introduction In our quest for providing a wholesome and healing environment for patients today‚ some hospitals have focused on holistic approaches that encompass the body‚ mind and soul to incorporate external environment. The model of healing hospital paradigm takes recovery and wellness of a person’s total being into account. Contrary to traditional way of curing diseases‚ this model concept embellished
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