Specialty Hospitals: A Problem or a Symptom? Specialty hospitals are not a new thing. However‚ as the number of specialty hospitals increases there is a question about their financial influence on the community hospitals. This paper discusses the results of two congressionally mandated reports on specialty hospitals. Main Concerns about Specialty Hospitals: 1. Clinical decisions made by physician-owners might be distorted by financial incentives 2. Specialty hospitals treat less
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Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Betty Cronier Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V Debbie Whitler‚ BS‚ MA May 15‚ 2011 Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm As stated by Erie Chapman “healing hospitals” are centers of love characterized by a myriad of wonderful encounters‚ many small and a few large (2011). This paradigm of such a caring concept focuses on removing stressors for patients‚ families and caregivers from the clinical environment. These stressors inhibit
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Community Acquired Pneumonia Core Measure Core Measure Community Acquired Pneumonia Today hospitals as businesses‚ as well as health care institutions‚ face many obstacles while caring‚ treating‚ and rehabilitating patients during their hospital stay. The community as a whole tends to follow a pattern of trends that include specific health conditions including Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)‚ Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)‚ and Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). These three conditions are
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Total Quality Management (TQM) is a management strategy that puts awareness of quality at the heart of all organizational processes. This is combined with a strong philosophy of lowering costs by eliminating waste and defects. So TQM can be described as a management system that aims at a continual increase in customer satisfaction while continually lowering real costs. The father of TQM was William Deming‚ an American college professor‚ author‚ and consultant. Deming played a major role in improving
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you hear the words Memorial Day? What does it mean to you? What symbolization does it hold in you? Ladies and gentlemen‚ sadly enough‚ the true meaning of Memorial Day has been seemingly lost by the majority of Americans today. Many confuse this day for Veterans Day or even Armed Forces Day. Although it is highly appropriate to honor all our veterans‚ living and dead‚ and to recognize their immeasurable contributions to our country‚ this is not the true meaning of Memorial Day. When I asked
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How successful is the Shouldice Hospital ? Shouldice Hospital Limited is an 89 bed healthcare facility located in the suburbs of Toronto‚ Canada. The 17‚000 square foot facility is housed on a sprawling 130 acre estate and specializes in repairing external abdominal hernias. Currently‚ 7‚600 surgeries are performed each year on patients from all across the United States and Canada. Founded by Dr. Earle Shouldice circa 1940‚ the organization enjoys a reputation for effectively using a unique surgical
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Shouldice hospital is located in Toronto. Éäñýèçêå áðü ôïí Dr. Earle Shouldice ï ïðïßïò êáôÜ ôçí äéÜñêåéá ôïõ 2 ðáãêüóìéï ìåôÜ áðü ìåëÝôç áíáêÜëõøå íÝá ôå÷íéêÞ ãéá íá ãéáôñåýåé hernias êáé ôáõôü÷ñïíá íá Ý÷ïõí ïé áóèåíåßò fast recovery. ¹ôáí êáëýôåñç ôå÷íéêÞ áðü üëåò ôéò Üëëåò åðåéäÞ: a) high quality(÷áìçëü ðïóïóôü åðáíåìöÜíéóçò 0.8%) b)fast recovery 4-7 days c)low cost Target market: people with external type of abdominal hernias 82%Ýêáíáí ãéá ðñþôç öïñÜ êáé ôï 18% åß÷áí îáíáêÜíåé óå Üëëï íïóïêïìåßï
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What is quality? Quality is a measure of how good and satisfying a product is to the consumer. The ISO standard explains quality as "the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bears its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs." Meaning that the quality of a product/service is defined in matter of the features it presents to the customer and the rate of satisfaction it is providing to its user/consumer. The quality depends not only on its features it depends on the
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When looking at the decision to invest heavily into total quality management (TQM)‚ was the intense competition between WFRMC and the other two hospitals within the area of Pensacola in 1992‚ Sacred Heart and Baptist Hospitals. The 130 doctors practicing at the Medical Center Clinic and its satellite clinics admitted mostly to WFRMC‚ whereas most of the other doctors in this city of 150‚000 practiced at both Scared Heart and Baptists Hospitals. At the time it was estimated that 90% to 95% of patients
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spiritual healing processes. Hospitals focus has shifted recently in that they no longer just treat ailments‚ but instead hospitals are starting to focus on the healing of the person as a whole (physically‚ mentally‚ and spiritually). This paper will address the healing components of a healing hospital and the challenges that form when a healing environment is created. Hospitals have been thought of as places to cure disease‚ but now new ideas are emerging about how hospitals should be‚ and how they
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