Pacific Healthcare Case Study Introduction to Supply Chain Management TLMT 313 B001 Sum 12 Michael Upshaw July 15‚ 2012 Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts • Pacific Healthcare is the largest health care provider in Santa Barbara County. The institution consists of three hospitals: Pacific Memorial (415 beds)‚ Pacific Cabrillo (250 beds)‚ and Pacific Isla Vista (300 beds); also included are two nursing homes and ten
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The federal government sponsors several healthcare programs that cover a range of citizens. These programs include the Medicaid‚ Indian health services and Tricare. Medicaid provides coverage for the low income demographic and those with limited financial resources. The regulations for Medicaid will vary from state to state while Medicare coverage is the same in all states. Tricare is the healthcare program provided to the military and their families. The Indian Health Services program is an agency
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Disparities in Healthcare Quality Jacqulin Johnson Kaplan University MT305-Health Care Organization and Delivery Professor Martha Jennings June 8‚ 2010 It is prudent to keep in mind that the current system leaves million Americans without health insurance. There are many factors contributing to the poor care quality. Healthcare is too expensive already and barriers just contribute to Americans not getting proper medical care. Americans want the best possible healthcare they can get and
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Healthcare Industry Background Comparing the evolution of changes of data warehousing in healthcare industry in the early 90’s where patient’s records were written down in hardcopies and were filed accordingly to alphabetical orders in their registry‚ in the result when retrieving of data could wait up to as long as 30 days and lots of space had been taken out for storing these papers. In the 20’s they came out individual system such as EMR‚ e-CRM‚ e-pharmacy‚ etc to keep track of various
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Of course with any merger‚ competition and its impact has to be taken into consideration. The biggest competition with the healthcare industry is the FTC (Federal Trade Commission)‚ they have the ability to "cease and desist" the merger. Over the years the FTC has ceased and desisted many mergers between the health care industry and hospitals mainly because of the affect the merger
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Tyler Hunt Professor Ketsler Economics of Health 1 January 2013 Annual Per Capita Healthcare Costs By Age The United States has way higher healthcare costs than any other country in the OECD‚ mostly which is because of the extremely high expenses later in life. 17 cents of every US dollar is being spent on health care. At about age 60‚ healthcare expenses for US citizens skyrocket‚ averaging between $40‚000 to $45‚000 a year per person‚ which is way above Germany‚ who has the next highest
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in less developed countries are struggling with health care. The Health Resources and Services Administration‚ a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ should help out developing countries that do not have access to quality healthcare by providing willing doctors to the countries in order to reduce deaths that could have been easily avoided. Infectious disease are way more frequent and serious in children that suffer from malnutrition and little to no access to drinking water
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academic goals? A) Continue to build a strong relationship and family to show my children a great example of a stable‚ two parent household. B) Continue and complete my degree in nursing in 2013 C) Earn my Masters in Healthcare Administration WHAT I HAVE BECOME 3 “ What made me the person that I am today”
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Electronic Medical Records and Safety Paper Lisa Graham HCA/210 June 23‚ 2013 Maggie Shurwood Electronic Medical Records and Safety Paper In today’s society‚ more frequently than ever when it comes to suing medical records hospitals are using them rather than using paper medical records. Electronic medical record have several things that enhance the quality‚ efficiency and safety of patients like the knowledge an provision and decision-support systems which leads to the final support for
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (3) Peachtree Healthcare has been faced with a dilemma. There has been a major IT infrastructure problem within the company for some time now. Since technology has taken over in the healthcare field‚ it is imperative that Peachtree Healthcare get the technology needed so that they can be trusted and well known within the healthcare industry. Mission The mission of Peachtree Healthcare is to ensure quality‚ consistency‚ and continuity of care across the entire network –
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