HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS - R. Howard‚ R. Lata‚ T. Tennekoon‚ R. Mirza & K.Yang Figure 1: Selected hospital acquired infections in Queensland‚ July-December 200814 • Introduction Hospital acquired infections‚ (HAI) also known as nosocomial infections refer to those infections that occur within 48 hours of hospital admission‚ 30 days of an operation‚ or 3 days of discharge10. Nosocomial infections can be quite traumatic and can have significant consequences to the patients16
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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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The Expansion of a Residency Program in the Waco VA Hospital By expanding the residency program already in place‚ the amount of patients seen could well cover the amount of people needing care. Cost The addition of 5 faculty would incur an additional $900‚000 for salary. However‚ residents are only paid around $65‚000 and work upwards of 80 hours a week. So the total cost for the addition of 50 residents would be around $3.25 million‚ however Medicare appropriates funds to help educate residents
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Jackson Memorial Hospital is the main centerpiece of an integrated healthcare delivery system located in the heart Miami. Jackson has been providing care to the residents of Miami-Dade for almost a decade. However‚ Jackson has been experiencing profit loss in various areas. Therefore‚ a research was conducted to inquire into Jackson’s financial problem. Based on the findings‚ Jackson’s financial trouble is due to a lack of internal control. This internal weakness has exposed the hospital to several threats
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1. THE CASE Operations manager of the Cure Lanka Hospital (CLH) K. P. John‚ stoop up after a long discussion with the HR Manager Dayan Randeni. “Well Dayan we will have to take this matter up seriously in the next management meeting‚ I need a solution‚ a permanent solution”. Dayan agreed with waving the head from left to right with thin smile drawn across the face. It was the weekly operational review meeting of CLH; meeting was preceded by the CEO Samath Devadithi. He is an ex-Air force officer
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In paper based health care system all healthcare records‚ data and information are stored on paper. The info in these papers is just confined to the clinic or hospital where patient visited for seeking assistance. In this scenario‚ a similar state of affairs is reported. With the aid of storyboards‚ situation from paper based health care arrangement is explained. Adam‚ who is a patient in this scenario‚ was suffering from severe headache‚ nausea and dizziness from two days. Because of his malady
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Grady Memorial Hospital frequently referred to as Grady Hospital or simply Grady‚ is the largest hospital in the state of Georgia and is the public hospital for the city of Atlanta. Historical segregation of its hospital units meant that it was also called "The Gradys‚" a name that still surfaces among elderly Atlanta residents‚ especially African Americans. Grady is a Level I trauma center. Trauma is any life-threatening occurrence‚ either accidental or intentional that causes injuries. The leading
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Situation Analysis-Peace Memorial Hospital Peace Memorial Hospital is a 600-bed‚ independent‚ not-for-profit‚ general hospital located on the southern periphery of a major western city. It is one of six general hospitals in the city and twenty in the county. After doing much research‚ the Board of Directors has decided that they should open an ambulatory location in the downtown area‚ to be known as the Downtown Health Clinic (DHC). The clinic will have 4 major objectives: “1. To expand the hospital’s
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The aim of this essay is to ascertain what hospital acquired infection entails‚ the detrimental effects it causes and to highlight the active role nurses can take in the prevention of this type of infection. Hospital acquired (or nosocomial) infection is: ’one that originated in the hospital environment; i.e. was not present or incubating on admission and which appeared 48h or more after admission ’ (Azzam et al. 2001). Infection is caused by pathogenic organisms which invade the hosts immunological
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Princess Marina hospital (PMH) is a referral healthcare facility with 600 bed capacity‚ and it operates three theatres with seven operating theatres. From the theatre records it shows that it treats around 6‚000 patients per year. This only represents 65 percent of all scheduled elective surgeries compared to the 95 percent target set by the hospital. In order to improve this‚ management‚ decided to look at the efficiency and effectiveness of the system that affects patient care. A focus was made
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