By Steven Malik Shelton The Blackstone Group is a private equity firm that acquired a majority equity stake in Vanguard Health Systems with a $1.75 billion dollar investment in 2004. According to Josh Kosman‚ business reporter for the New York Post‚ private equity firms purchase businesses through leveraged buy-outs in which the majority of the money for the acquisition comes
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Case Name: Community Health Systems I. Mission The Health Care System of Opportunity: Community Health’s System is committed to “building a network of thriving hospitals vital to the residents and economic development of the communities served.” They go on to say that they have assisted community hospitals with problems and challenges they typically face such as a lack of capital‚ difficulty hiring physicians‚ and retaining management with a high amount of experience and expertise. In addition
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Kristine Kim CPSP119F 11 February 2013 This case study focused on the millions of deaths caused by diarrheal disease in Egypt. It was recorded that in 1977‚ was found that in Egypt this disease was the cause of half of all infant deaths. Diarrheal disease results in dehydration which greatly contributes to those high mortality rates. The National Control of Diarrheal Disease Project of Egypt was created to promote the usage of oral rehydration salts which can reverse dehydration. This program
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Practice context: Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is a company that provides health care services for a fee often monthly‚ bi-annually‚ or annually. It is also known as medical insurance‚ and acts as an intermediary between individuals‚ organizations‚ and health care professionals (including doctors‚ nurses‚ and hospitals). Health Maintenance Organizations is managed by medical doctors and nurses who work as case managers (HealthCare.gov‚ 2017). Case Management is a collective process that
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U.S. Healthcare System Paper Government Involvement and Funding The United States health care system is financed privately and publicly. Private coverage is through employers primarily and makes up approximately 54% of total healthcare expenditure. The federal government finances the remaining 46%. ( National Center for Health Statistics‚ 2009). ( Shi and Singh‚ 2013 ). Canada has a national insurance system that provides fifty/ fifty cost of sharing for territorial
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Question: 1. In the case study‚ we referred to the systems being developed and used as decision support systems. However‚ we also identified various artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. How can a decision support system incorporate and use AI technologies such as pattern recognition? Answer: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) tools and techniques can aid in the diagnosis of disease states and assessment of treatment outcomes‚ so AI can be used by a decision support system as pattern recognition
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1. What is the purpose of HCAHPS and why was initiated? What goals have shaped the survey? (Please use your own words rather than direct quote)? The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is a patient satisfaction survey that is required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to all adults who receive inpatient care‚ excluding psychiatric patients. HCAHPS is the voice of the patient regarding his or her perception of the care provided while
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Health Information Service Departments How are the principles of goal setting applied to this case? Each individual employee’s job tasks contribute to a department’s work‚ therefore‚ it’s a manager’s obligation to align their tasks according to the department’s goals. These tasks need to be realigned periodically to acclimate to changing conditions‚ such as‚ when a new project is started or new systems are integrated. Once there is need for a task realignment‚ there are four ways a manager can make
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Retest Social Problem Nowadays. A Number Of Innocent Girls Have Already Committed Suicide Around The Country Being Victims Of This Social Even Killed By The Teasers. So‚ It Is A Crying Need To Stand Against Eve Teasing. What Is Eve Teasing: “Eve” Refers To The First Woman In World Mentioned In The Bible? All Women Represent “Eve Trashing”. It Is Actually A Euphemism For Sexual Harassment Street Harassment Of Women By Men. What Eve Teasing Includes: School And College Going Girls‚ Female Teachers
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Program Evaluation Final Johannes Kieding Simmons School for Social Work Program Evaluation Final Introduction and Background The Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is one of the academic teaching hospitals of Harvard and Tufts Medical Schools. The hospital has many different departments‚ including primary care clinics‚ inpatient psychiatry‚ outpatient psychiatry‚ as well as specialty clinics such as the Latino‚ Haitian‚ Portuguese‚ and the Asian linguistic teams. The CHA has three main locations:
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