long-term acute care hospital‚ and it’s a truly unique combination of hospital and nursing home. The definition of LTACH according to a white paper from Hospital Medicine is as follows: “A Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) is an acute care hospital that specializes in the treatment
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While reading this case study‚ one problem can obviously been observed- paradox of change. Shouldice is operating at its "best operating level"(as we can see from the case)‚ a specialized work force but it is failing to meet all the demand for its chosen market niche. Adding additional capacity to meet market need may upset the existing work force and lower quality of operations. Failing to meet market requirements may cause competition that would lead hospital to loss market share. I make a SWOT
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Case Study Shouldice Hospital Limited 09. November 2011 1. How does Shouldice compete? Identify at least three characteristics of Shouldice´s operations that contribute to its competitiveness. The four most important influences on competiveness in a company are cost‚ time (speed)‚ flexibility and quality. Cost and time should be held as small as possible‚ flexibility and quality as high as possible. In the Shouldice case we added another category: customer service. For the categories
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Supply Chain Management in Hospital: A Case Study Samuel Toba • Mary Tomasini • Y. Helio Yang San Diego State University‚ San Diego‚ CA It is a common misunderstanding that hospital purchasing is just a functional part of operations rather than a strategic means to achieve financial cost savings. The supply chain process is the essential link for all programs and services offered by a hospital‚ and hence any improvement in managing the supply chain can positively impact bottom line profitability
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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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become an immense business‚ as seen in the excess of Private and Public hospitals‚ clinics‚ medical centres and health centres established. Since the late 20th Century the island of Trinidad has seen the emergence of private and public hospitals in an attempt to deliver wider services to treat individuals and to become a safe haven for people to get well and live longer lives. Currently in Trinidad there are private hospitals especially along the East/West corridor‚ which seek to offer the initial
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compared Cullman Regional Medical Center and Decatur Morgan Hospital. The hospitals are within 50 miles of the other‚ and both hospitals received three stars as an overall rating. Cullman Regional Medical Center received the following scores: cleanliness (73%)‚ pain control (70%)‚ and communication (80%). Decatur Morgan Hospital received the following scores: cleanliness (71%)‚ pain control (69%)‚ and communication (79%). Both hospitals ranked below national average in cleanliness and pain control
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There are 42 acute care hospitals in the state of Colorado. The complication rate for specific procedures varies greatly from hospital to hospital. Sepsis mortality and morbidity rates also range from low of about 8% to high of just over 39%. No one hospital provides the best care for all conditions and procedures. Several problems may account for these discrepancies: • Small rural hospitals may have limited staff that is not certified in all specialties. • Smaller hospitals may not attract the best
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Front Street Hospital Case Study Domonique Chapman Professor Ed Schaffer August 09‚ 2014 Serving the Uninsured According to Kaiser Family Foundation (2013)‚ more than 47 million Americans were uninsured in 2012. These gaps in health insurance undoubtedly increase healthcare costs‚ discourage the use of preventative care‚ and negatively impact the lives and health of the American people. One way to combat this issue is for hospitals and providers to offer charity care to those who qualify
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I. Central Problem The Marion Camp Memorial Hospital is currently suffering from quality deterioration due to management’s lack of quality control The group recognizes that the ultimate cause of the deteriorating quality of the hospital’s services is due to the management’s incompetence and because of this‚ various problems have arisen. For example‚ it was mentioned that the support staff were semi-skilled or unskilled which only shows that management has no clear set of standards in hiring
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