Through an existing partnership with local schools St. Mary’s Medical Center received information regarding poor dental health from school nurses that children were coming to school with tooth pain that they could not address. Furthermore this problem was complicating teaching these children due to the pain. Also fewer dentists were accepting Medicaid due to reimbursement and transportation issues that added to further lost revenue for community dentist. The hospital has access to invaluable community
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Case O: “Cultural Competency at Marion County Health Center” Marion County Health Center (MCHC) is a non-for-profit organization that provides woman health services at its Women’s health clinic. The Clinic provides services to a diverse population of 60% whites‚ 30% African-American‚ and 10% mix of various races. Breast screening rates at the Clinic was lower the required standards‚ and significantly lower for non-white patients. The lower rate and disparity in services conflicts with the mission
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Advocate Christ medical Center Health Planning and Policy Management EHC 4498 Heather Cooper 2/2/2014 Advocate Christ Medical Center‚ opened in 1961‚ it is a teaching hospital that is ranked as a top one hundred facility and is located in Oak Lawn‚ Illinois. Advocate Christ Medical Center is a seven hundred sixty-four bed medical center (Center‚ 2014)‚ in 2012 this facility had forty thousand seven hundred and sixty seven admissions. In 2012 alone this hospital performed eleven thousand
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What would the world be like if one day technology was inaccessible? Technology is used extensively in the healthcare department to provide patients with the best treatment. This is especially the case at the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC)‚ where technology must be up to date‚ easy to use‚ and designed to aid doctors to make the best and fastest decision with accurate information. Technology is best described as “the practical application of knowledge” or “manner of accomplishing a task”
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Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis � What is anemia? A person whose blood is low in red blood cells has anemia. Red blood cells carry oxygen (O2) to tissues and organs throughout the body and enable them to use the energy from food. Without oxygen‚ these tissues and organs—particularly the heart and brain—may not do their jobs as well as they should. For this reason‚ a person who has anemia may tire easily and look pale. Anemia may also contribute to heart problems. Anemia is common
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Mariela Figueroa Assignment #1 Houston Community College Houston Community College offers facilities to serve students‚ in all disciplines‚ improve students ’ learning skills and by targeting specific areas of concern. Students can use these resources throughout their college careers. You don ’t need an appointment to visit any of the resources offices and there is no charge for use of the labs‚ Word processing software and online tutoring service are also available. Northeast campus includes
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Setting and background‚ case overview Park-John Medical Center is a full-service for profit community hospital located in heart of Plantation‚ FL that provides a wide range of healthcare services to residents in Central Broward County for over 50 years. Park-John Medical Center is a 356-bed hospital that serves a diverse population from surrounding cities most of which falls under the low-income population. For the past 10 years Park-John former Director of Patient Registration‚ Iris Foote‚ has
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Ferguson Family Daycare Center is a privately held Limited Liability Company (LLC) run by its two owners Miriam Ferguson-Campbell (CEO) and Bernice Ferguson. Ms. Ferguson-Campbell is a successful entrepreneur for over 25 years. Ms. Bernice Ferguson professional resume is well diverse with 10+ years as a Registered Nurse (RN)‚ 20 years as chairperson of the New Jersey Department of Health and 15 years of successful real estate trading. Kathy Ferguson whom is the director of the facility executes daily
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Medical Center and you are currently faced with a shortage of nurses. Your firm currently has plans to expand the nursing staff by 11%. In addition‚ the annual turnover of the current 400 person nursing staff is 36%. A. Describe how you would creatively recruit to fill your nursing position needs in this marketplace where there is a current undersupply of nurses. I would seek to form partnerships with colleges and universities that have nursing programs. Westcoast Regional Medical Center would
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gamut from acceptance to resistance. After failing to desegregate on their own‚ the schools in Clark County School District in Las Vegas‚ Nevada were compelled by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to act. As a result‚ they created the Sixth-Grade Center Plan of Integration to desegregate the elementary schools within the district. The plan required children to be bussed to the Westside (the black community) for one year during sixth grade. All other years‚ the children from the black community were
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