OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE 1 Shouldice Hospital Introduction Shouldice Hospital‚ set up in 1945 by Dr. Earl Shouldice‚ is located near Toronto. It follows the business model of focus on a single standardised service for a narrow target of consumers‚ rather than to provide customised solution (as in a general clinic or hospital). It focuses on providing quick‚ convenient‚ and reliable cure for external types of abdominal hernias. The Hospital uses its own technique‚ called the Shouldice
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Problem Summary The Riverview Children’s Hospital is eight months behind schedule with the implementation of a new computerized financial system. Management wants the system to be in place by the end-of-year audit [April]‚ which is only six weeks away. However‚ management estimates that there is only a fifty percent chance that the system will function correctly if its implementation is rushed. While this makes a case for delaying the implementation‚ it also pushes the schedule into another
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For the exclusive use of N. VAIDYA‚ 2015. IMB 425 SUHRUTA KULKARNI‚ KRIPA MAKHIJA AND U DINESH KUMAR APOLLO HOSPITALS: DIFFERENTIATION THROUGH HOSPITALITY The ‘‘wow’’ factor in service relies on constant innovation and demands continuous and sensitive focus on all issues that may affect the patient’s stay in a hospital. Every touch point of the hospital needs to be ‘‘alive’’ and the client must be able to feel the warmth offered. The culture of service is imperative in today’s scenario‚ where the
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Shouldice Hospital Case Analysis Question 1. How successful is the Shouldice Hospital? Generate a P&L statement using available information from the case. Treat each of the two operations – hospital and the surgery – separately Compared to other medical institutions that provide a wide array of medical procedures‚ Shouldice Hospital specializes in one procedure for patients that suffer from abdominal hernias. This specialization allows each doctor at Shouldice Hospital to perform approximately
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February 27‚ 2013 Infected Hospitals If someone were very sick or injured in some way‚ a good place to take him or her would be the hospital. Hospitals help people and save lives. Everyone knows that hospitals save lives and want to help people. They’ve been around forever. Some of the earliest documented institutions that were aiming to provide cures and help date back to the Egyptian temples. Hospitals are supposed to be clean and safe‚ but inspections of hospitals don’t even measure cleanliness
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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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experienced the similar operation at other hospitals. And the recurrence rate for all operations performed at Shouldice is about 0. The Unique Selling Point of the Hospital “There is No Substitute for Experience”. Shouldice Hospital has been dedicated to the repair of hernias for over 55 years. The trained team of Shouldice Hospital surgeons have repaired more than 300‚000 hernias with a greater than 99% success rate. Surgeons at Shouldice Hospital have a virtual 100% success rate performing
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Decision Case #13 Shouldice hospital offers an enriched and comfortable experience for patients accepted into the program for hernia operations. As soon as they arrive at the hospital they are interacted with very closely. Administrators and surgeons spend time with their patients prior to the operation to ensure that their needs are met and that their stay at Shouldice is a comfortable and successful one. After a normal hernia operation at a hospital or another institution‚ patients are
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in relation to moving UCC’s patient information to the cloud is privacy and security. Cork University Hospital (CUH) must be aware of the data regulations within Ireland and all storage must adhere to the laws upheld by the Data Protection Commissioner. Before implementing the system‚ a risk analysis should be conducted. Compare the current security measures against legal requirements. The analysis will highlight high priority threats and vulnerabilities. The sensitivity of the personal information
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Hospital Hygiene As Hospital Director‚ many actions need to be taken when it comes to keeping this hospital safe and free from bacteria as possible. Many infection control measure should be taken‚ and it is not an issue that should be taken take lightly. Many things will be implemented into the building of this hospital to prevent and reduce the risk of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). One measure that will be taken to prevent HAIs is installing copper‚ bronze‚ and brass fixtures throughout
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