Six Sigma at Academic Medical Hospital (AMH) Problem: Patients with potentially life-threating injuries and illnesses are waiting for over an hour for treatment in Emergency Department at AMH! Although long wait times seemed to be readily excuses by many physicians due to complexity of managing emergency room and processes and clinical staff‚ it is still unacceptable for the patients. Targets: help Emergency Department (ED) at Academic Medical Hospital (AMH) to reduce the wait time
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I. General info A. Hospital name: Chey M. Durant Memorial Hospital B. Available beds: 300 1. Culinary and Patient foodservices offered: a) Patient tray service (patient visits by nutrition rep for meal ordering) b) Cafeteria for staff and guests II. Operating budget A. Type: zero based variable B. Annual Budget: $547‚500.00 (based on $7.50/patient/day)*see below C. Costs assigned to: 1. Cafeteria operations 2. Patient services 3. Clinical nutrition services 4. Quality management 5. Procurement
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Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted‚ and each wish resign’d”. -- Alexander Pope‚ "Eloisa to Abelard" “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind‚ a movie written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry‚ presents a concept that one is able to erase a significant person‚ pet‚ or thing from his or her memory completely if they were so inclined. At times in my life‚ I have wished there were such a way to accomplish this feat. But after watching “Eternal Sunshine”‚ I started
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I have chosen to write on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I watched this movie without knowledge of the storyline or any expectations. As we start to understand the movie‚ I came to think that the theme of the movie was “fate” that brings people back together as the heaven-destined them to. At the end of the movie though‚ I was stunned- not only by the surprising ending but also by the narrative design‚ mise-en-scene‚ and cinematography. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind creatively uses
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Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 film based on the dysfunctional Hoover family who set out to fulfil their daughter Olive’s goal of winning the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant‚ directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The film serves as a satirical criticism of the American Dream through the exploration of the themes winning and losing‚ by exposing the flaws of society today‚ and advocating a loser status above artificiality. Through an array of film techniques‚ Dayton and Faris successfully
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Executive Summary Change in an organization is not only inevitable but necessary and it is no different for Huntington Memorial Hospital. To continue offering quality of care that is evidence based and that delivers on the unique value proposition in line with its mission‚ Huntington Memorial Hospital is switching to an automated and electronic prescription system. This system will inject effectiveness in the organization‚ reduce human errors greatly and will also enable the organization to deliver
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JAMAICA HOSPITAL VS QUEEN HOSPITAL CENTER Jamaica Hospital vs. Queens Hospital Center Nakisa Frazier Excelsior College NUR 431/ Introduction to Health Care Delivery Systems Professor Melanie Bujanda Romero 11/25/2012 If you ever had to wait to several weeks or even months to see a doctor or specialist‚ you would know how anxious the wait can make you feel. You can easily become simply frustrated or even concerned about a possible negative
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"There’s No Breaking True Love" Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind‚ a movie written by Charlie Kaufman‚ shows the true power of love. The two characters‚ Joel and Clementine take drastic actions to forget each other‚ but are brought back together. No matter what happens‚ true love will always find a way to work out. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a story about true love and how two soul mates cannot stay away from each other. Joel and Clementine meet on a train that just left
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The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Anthony R. Kovner Harvard Business Review No. 91506 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1991 HBR Anthony R. Kovner The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Bruce Reid‚ Blake Memorial Hospital’s new CEO‚ rubbed his eyes and looked again at the 1992 budget worksheet. The more he played with the figures‚ the more pessimistic he became. Blake Memorial’s financial health was not good; it suffered from rising costs‚ static revenue‚ and declining quality of care. When the
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Susan Brinson Journal Entry for Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott I thoroughly enjoyed this reading‚ and having never read Little Women‚ this was my first experience with Louisa May Alcott. I am impressed and amused at Nurse Periwinkle’s candor‚ and her overall enthusiasm for life. After all “the Periwinkles are a hopeful race” and “they all wear rose-colored spectacles”. For some reason‚ and I expect it’s simply because I never really delved into it‚ I expected a writer from that time
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