ALLIANT HEALTH SYSTEMS : A VISION OF TOTAL QUALITY Alliant’s quest for quality is unequivocal when one reads what Jim Petersdorf had to say about the health care industry “To deliver value‚ hospitals would have to consider both cost and quality….” And what his successor‚ Rod Wolford said about TQM : “To make total quality management work‚ you need an overwhelming conviction that it is central to everything you do. I have this conviction…..” For a strategy to be accepted ‚ and to become successful
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continues to grow‚ the need for health-care services is in greater demand‚ particularly as the population of those 65 and older is expected to surge in coming years. In response to this need‚ Marietta-based WellStar Health System Inc. is under- going major expansion upgrading facilities‚ developing new construction projects and expanding its reach through acquisitions. “Large health systems‚ like Wellstar‚ are increasingly an option for metro-Atlanta area residents seeking health care‚” Wellstar has multiple
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under the supervision of Jim Petersdorf‚ developed a long range‚ corporate strategy that is Total Quality Management or TQM. As a not-for –profit organization‚ Alliant’s mission was to become “the leading provider of value-driven‚ superior quality health care in Louisville and the surrounding region.” According to Petersdorf‚ hospitals are escalating costs‚ using the excuse of providing quality. But in reality‚ quality is still questionable. In fact‚ in order to provide true value‚ hospitals would
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an exploration "into juxtaposing light and shadow" as well as madness and obsession in an urban setting complete with complex architectural structures. When Fritz Lang’s Metropolis was released in 1927‚ Luis Buñuel wrote that‚ "if we look instead to the compositional and visual rather than the narrative side of the film‚ Metropolis exceeds all expectations and enchants as the most wonderful book of images one can in any way imagine" (Hudson). The narrative is supported by the visual images‚ but more
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all to the 2015 Annual Festival of Intertextual Insights. Humans cannot operate efficiently within a society which consists of complete totalitarianism. Texts which explore this are two of the most influencing pieces of our society‚ Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s 1984 (1949). These two texts‚ when studied in comparison‚ I believe‚ enrich our understanding of the significant values presented in each due to the intertwining themes; and the differences between texts arise from the
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Today’s health care system is in a constant state of fluctuation and commotion. It is sometimes difficult for the health care consumer to identify a valuable resource when they need one. The purpose of this paper is to explore one of the many health care resources that are available in the greater Philadelphia area and then visit this site to learn more about it. Philadelphia‚ in itself is an outstanding resource to the people of the area. In terms of healthcare resource implications this is true
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Texts are fundamentally expressions of the composer’s contextual concerns‚ where differing perspectives upon similar issues provide insight into the values prevalent in the composer’s time. Fritz Lang’s expressionist film Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s dystopian satire novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) (1949) are linked by their shared exploration of technological advances and social structures that restrict individual autonomy. Lang is optimistic about societal reform whereas Orwell completely
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A Rural Feel‚ Without Ever Leaving the City The metropolis is a place where nervous stimulation is found everywhere and getting away from it usually involves a trip outside of the metropolis. Satie’s “Gnossiennes No. 1” and Stravinsky’s “Rite” synthesize rural living by connecting with the listener through the unconscious mind. By making use of the ideas that Simmel conveys in his lecture The Metropolis and Mental Life‚ I will reveal how Satie’s Gnossiennes No. 1 and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring transport
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Although introduced almost seventy-three years apart‚ Charles Dickens’ novel Hard Times‚ and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis share many common parallels and themes. Through the use of biblical allusions‚ both Lang and Dickens are able to compare characters in their stories to holy figures such as Freder and Stephen Blackpool being alluded to as Christ-like. Both stories also show the harsh effects of industrialization‚ and present similar situations of with the school children and factory workers living
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Texts often reflect upon problems faced by a society‚ at the time of the texts creation. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Metropolis by Fritz Lang take the social context of their time to deliver a warning to society. Through their deliverance of their messages‚ they explore the impact of oppression‚ rebellion and the interaction between them and how that has an impact on society‚ as well as‚ introspectively. The puppet in Image 1 is being oppressed by the hand‚ this is shown through the
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