...Running Head: COOPER GREEN HOSPITAL Cooper Green Hospital and the Community Care Plan Strayer University Health Economics April 20, 2012 Dr. Mountasser Kadrie 1. Discuss six (6) unique problems associated with delivering health care to an indigent population. Delivering health care to an indigent population can be problematic with there being more patients needing care than there are providers. "Safety net providers had a large Medicaid and indigent care caseloads relative to other providers" (Swayne, Duncan, & Ginter, 2009, p. 698). Providers that provide care to indigent populations do not receive the compensation for services that they would in an area where individuals had HMO, PPO, or POS type insurance coverage. Providers that care for Medicaid recipients are paid less for services than managed care companies pay. Providers of services for Medicaid recipients are "required to accept the Medicaid reimbursement as payment in full" (Swayne, Duncan, & Ginter, 2009, p. 700). Many individuals in the indigent areas will not seek health care until their symptoms have worsened to the point that seeking professional care is required. "Many poor residents delayed getting necessary medical care because they had no health insurance" (Swayne, Duncan, & Ginter, 2009, p. 702). In a large metropolitan area where there are many choices for health care services, facilities have to compete to provide care and increase revenue within their facility. There were...
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...Safeguarding is a system put in place to protect children from intentional and unintentional abuse that may place them at risk of harm (Lonne et al. 2009). According to the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, Article 1, a ‘child’ means every human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. (UNICEF, 2009). Under the Children Act 1989, a child is legally defined as ‘looked after’ by a local authority if he or she: • Is provided with accommodation for a continuous period for more than 24 hours • Is subject to care order; or • Is subject to a placement order A looked after child ceases to be looked after when he or she turns 18 years old. On reaching his or...
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...improve the healthcare system of the indigenous population. The targets of the ‘Closing the Gap’ initiative include: education, economic participation, early childhood, housing, health and remote service delivery. The subsequent achievement of this particular set system to cope with the problems facing the indigenous will hugely depend on an effective implementation of the set policy targets. This is because the set targets are as of today some of the common disadvantages that the indigenous people face (Ryan 2009). The government clearly understands the enormous task that faces it and has rolled out the project over a number of years. The set policies of integrated comprehensive strategies could take longer than expected, change in this case, and cannot happen on a short-term basis. In 2008, the Indigenous summit held that year was concluded by the them Prime Minister Rudd who issued a statement exclaiming how intent he was on bringing more quality and value to the...
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...Hmong World View and Social Structure According to Durkheim (1961), the source of what we regard as sacred or religious lies within our own image. The deities and spirits we pay respect to are but "society transfigured" for in the final analysis we only worship our society. It is society which is both the cause and the expression of religious sentiments through regular ritual representations (Aron, 1967: 53) These rights constitute beliefs enacted for the purpose of preserving a sense of belonging for the participants and maintaining them together as a group. They not only tie the members of the group to each other "but also to the past and the future generations" (Cohen, 1871: 180). Religious ideas, in the words of Bachofen (Leaf, 1979: 118), define fundamental relations in society, showing internal structures similar to the actual behaviour or the believers. The supernatural order is in general based on the social relationships of the group. It validates and regulates these relationships, thereby conserving the social orders. In this paper, I will discuss the social organisation of the Hmong of Laos and Thailand in relation to their religious beliefs in order to see if the two spheres mutually interact to maintain the broader social system. It has been said that ancestral spirits are no more than "a projection of the authority system of the living - the lineage elders elevated to a supernatural plane" (Keesing and Keesing 1971: 309). How true is this of the Hmong? I will...
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...become very common in today’s world. Due to this, any business that has to survive and compete with others on a global level has to come up with new and innovative projects to give it an edge above its competitors. Here, we are not talking about projects on a small or medium scale. We are talking about huge multimillion dollar investments in a large scale project as only then can a business make its mark on the world economy. The main cause of people hesitating to do such huge projects is that they do not have enough financial back up to go through with plans involving such huge investments. Since, in the end, every brilliant project plan is dependent on the finance required to carry it through, financing of such a project becomes the primary concern of any planner. The financing must be done prudently so that the best of the financial instrument can be used while the negatives avoided as far as possible. Every financial instrument is applicable for certain projects. Choosing such instrument should be the focus of any project since the project will only remain on paper and never be carried out unless there is financial aid. In the present day, there are many unique financial law solutions for funding large scale projects. Following are some of them described in brief: * Project Finance Loans: Project Finance is a kind of loan structure wherein the repayment is dependent on the project’s cash flow itself while the assets, interests and rights that are a part of the project...
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...The work of this year’s laureate, Shigeru Ban, has also been displayed at Vitra. Huddled on a lawn, his structures, three fifty-dollar tents sheathed in standard-issue plastic tarps from the U.N., intended for the refugees of the Rwandan civil war, looked as if any minute they might be loaded on a pallet and removed. Ban’s work lay underneath the plastic: a simple skeleton of recycled-paper tubes, fitted together with plastic joints and braced with ropes describing the pattern of an unfinished star. Ban, who has built museums, mansions, corporate headquarters, and a golf-course clubhouse in South Korea, takes pleasure in distinguishing himself from his peers, and in pointing up their excesses: not much of their work could fit into a kit that comprises eleven elements (Paper Tube A, Paper Tube B, plastic peg), including the bag. “This company has the most expensive collection of architecture,” he says. “My tents became their cheapest collection.” In a profession often associated with showmanship and ego, Ban’s work appears humble, and appropriate to a historical moment that celebrates altruism, or its posture. The Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, a member of the Pritzker jury, told me that he was moved by Ban’s commitment to the dispossessed. “The world is filled with billions of people, and most of them live in conditions where they will never see an architect or an architect-designed space,” he said. “To have a first-rate architect pay attention to those in need of...
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...UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR) Faculty of Business and Finance Unit Plan 1 2 Unit Code & Unit Title: Course of Study: UBTI2013 GLOBAL MARKETING Bachelor of Marketing (Hons) Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Bachelor of International Business (Hons) Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Entrepreneurship Year One Year Two 201401 3 credit hours 2 hours lecture per week for the duration of 14 weeks. 1.5 hours tutorial per week for the duration of 14 weeks 7 Lecturer and Tutor: Lecturer / Tutor Mr. Neerjang Lama (Faculty of Business & Finance) neerjang@utar.edu.my Dr Falahat Nejadmahani Mohammad (Faculty of Accountancy & Management) falahat@utar.edu.my 3 Year of Study: 4 5 6 Year and Trimester: Credit Hour Lecture hours & tutorial hours 8 9 Mode of Delivery: Moderator Lecture & Tutorial Dr Gengeswari a/p Krishnapillai - Assistant Professor gengeswarik@utar.edu.my 10 Objective: The objectives of this unit are: To provide a theoretical framework for analyzing global marketing strategies and orientations. To examine the relationship between global marketing environments and global marketing strategies. To examine the concept of global marketing research and its impact to the global marketing. To import the knowledge of various entry modes into a foreign market place. To highlight various marketing mix strategies applicable to global marketing. 11 Learning Outcome: On completion of this unit, a student shall...
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...CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN HEALTH CARE: EMERGING FRAMEWORKS AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES Joseph R. Betancourt Massachusetts General Hospital–Harvard Medical School Alexander R. Green and J. Emilio Carrillo New York-Presbyterian Hospital–Weill Medical College of Cornell University FIELD REPORT October 2002 Support for this research was provided by The Commonwealth Fund. The views presented here are those of the authors and should not be attributed to The Commonwealth Fund or its directors, officers, or staff. Copies of this report are available from The Commonwealth Fund by calling our toll-free publications line at 1-888-777-2744 and ordering publication number 576. The report can also be found on the Fund’s website at www.cmwf.org. CONTENTS About the Authors.......................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgments .......................................................................................................... iv Executive Summary......................................................................................................... v Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 Findings........................................................................................................................... 3 Defining Cultural Competence ..............................................................................
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...Introduction The days when businesses both large and small only think about their own interest are diminishing. In today’s business environment, many companies understand how society can affect the reputation, and profitability of the business. It is important to have an effective strategy that embraces a top-down approach to being proactive to environmental, compliance, and social issues in their business operations. In terms of XYZ Bank, the enterprise has a solid social responsibility strategy, but senior leadership should consider certain improvements in the areas of the planet, people, and profitability. Prompt A1 The banking industry is highly regulated, so banks have to be creative on how its products and practices effect the environment. XYZ Bank continuously looks for ways to improve upon how they serve their customers, while limiting their impact on the environment. One specific initiative that the bank shows their commitment to reducing pollution is through lending towards hybrid and electric vehicles for consumers [ (Bank of America Corporation, 2013) ]. While this helps in the efforts to help our customers and the environment, there is more we can do to show our dedication to reducing the number of gas driven vehicles. The United States Department of Energy mentions that driving range and recharge time are among the drawbacks in for electric vehicles [ (U.S. Department of Energy, 2014) ]. It is the recommendation that XYZ Bank invest in the infrastructure...
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...Source: http://www.allbusiness.com/accounting-reporting/methods-standards-cost-accounting/498244-1.html#ixzz1nMWBS5qI By Juras, Paul E. ABSTRACT Descriptions of activity-based-costing (ABC) systems have become a standard part of managerial accounting texts. While ABC implementation issues are the focus of a number of articles, these issues are often not addressed in a typical textbook. This case is designed to familiarize you with the behavioral and technical variables that can aid or impede successful ABC implementation. Anderson's (1995) factor-stage model provides a template to organize the discussion of ABC success factors. In this case, you will be cast in the role of a business consultant. You are asked to synthesize the case study's key "change management" insights into a report that could be shared with co-workers in an intranet-based knowledge management system. In addition, you may be expected to prepare a formal presentation of the report for your peers. Implementing change in an organization is about ninety percent cultural and ten percent technical. This is because the organization dynamics, politics, and search for a champion that go on are the real issues that make or break the project. One of the reasons we were able to implement ABC successfully was because the right people became champions. Chris Richards, Director of MIS, Global Electronics, Inc. BACKGROUND Global Electronics, Inc. (GEI), headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, designs, manufactures...
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...to run an inter professional collaborative working programme, whereby both student nurses and doctors will come together on a regular basis in a teaching environment to work alongside each other to gain the following skills: • Patient safety in relation to drug administration • Patient safety in relation to drug prescribing • A clearer understanding of each others role • Practical experience in drug administration and drug prescribing in a non –threatening environment • Insight into pharmacology and pharmokinetics and it’s importance in prescribing and administration of drugs. This three-year study we propose to write up and evaluate and hope to publish with the intention to produce learning materials and educational packs to be marketed at later date Rationale for Change Project Medications Errors within any health care setting can have severe consequences not only for the patient but financially for the organisation if litigation comes about. Medication errors can be defined as “any incorrect or wrongful administration of a medication, such as a mistake in dosage or route of administration, failure to prescribe or administer the correct drug or formulation for a particular disease or condition, use of outdated drugs, failure to observe the correct time for administration of the drug, or lack of awareness of adverse effects of certain drug combinations.” Mosby Medical Dictionary (2009). Causes of medication error may...
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...paper is to examine the business case for ethnic diversity in the British National Health Service (NHS). It seeks to contextualise issues around diversity within the current political environment, and identify the barriers to diversity in the NHS. The business case has been very strongly argued as justification for introducing both managing diversity and equal opportunity initiatives - here the paper examines the inconsistencies of using that argument, and maintains that the only justification worth presenting is that based on (deontological) moral arguments. Design/methodology/approach - The paper is conceptual in nature exploring the respective cases for diversity using a broad range of the available literature brought together as part of a rapid evidence assessment. It does so in order to make some far-reaching claims about the future justifications for active diversification of senior management in key public sector institutions. Findings - The distinctions between the business and moral cases are false, in that both have ethical reference points. However, the business case is not only difficult to translate to public sector institutions; there are also evidential problems with its adoption. In light of this the conclusion here is that the moral (deontological) case is the only one that has any long term value for proponents of diversity. Originality/value - The value of this paper is that it examines the confusion that surrounds different cases for advancing diversity as a policy...
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...coverage of these problems in the local press, which repeatedly echoed complaints of patients and their families, was making things worse: It took them 18 hours to take care of my mother when she was admitted to the emergency department in the Saintemarie University Hospital — Saintemarie Tribune (March 2009) On September 8, Nancy (86 years old) had to wait eight hours in the ED with a broken leg before seeing a doctor — Saintemarie Tribune (September 2009) Saintemarie was a midsize European city with a population of 512,000. A few private clinics in the area provided urgent care (i.e., treatment which does not require hospitalization), but were unable to handle acute emergencies. The hospital’s ED was the only emergency care unit available in the Saintemarie metropolitan area. The only alternative to it was a hospital located 50 miles away; patients had to be transferred there by helicopter, which happened rarely because such transfers were extremely expensive. Given its central role, Saintemarie University Hospital was under the constant scrutiny of local and state officials. ED congestion can have significant repercussions on a hospital’s ability to provide quality care for patients, many of whom require immediate attention. The secretary of health recognized that the long delays at the city’s primary ED were a substantial public health Author affiliation * MBA ’12, Columbia Business School †...
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...provides the rationale behind nursing practice and allows for the delivery of optimal nursing care. Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) involves the process of researching and implementing proven evidence in providing better patient care and is crucial as the role of the nurse is ever expanding (Banning, 2005). This essay will demonstrate that as a student nurse, the author has gained the necessary skills to conduct an evidence-based literature search and review and implement that knowledge into practice. Starting with a brief discussion on EBN it will go on to identify a suitable research question. During a placement on a medical ward the author noticed that nurses experienced many interruptions whilst conducting medication rounds and this review will consider ways to minimise interruptions and thus improve patient safety. Using the PICO acronym a suitable research question was formulated, ‘do interruptions during medication rounds increase the drugs administration errors made by nurses?’ A short description of the literature search is given and a summary of findings is presented in tabular form. Five original articles were selected and one chosen to critically appraise (see appendix 2). The rest of the essay will focus on reviewing the five articles. It will furthermore demonstrate the link between interruptions during drug rounds and patient and nurse safety, consider the implications of the studies for nursing practice and include the nurse’s perspective of these interruptions. Dale...
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...Green Banking Initiative: Opportunities for Bangladesh Dr. S M Ahsan Habib Professor and Director (Training & Research), BIBM The paper was presented at a seminar on Green Banking at BIBM on October 14, 2010 Green Banking Initiative: Opportunities for Bangladesh I. Introduction Banks that were once seen only as profit motive institutions have been adjusting to a more demanding market and to a more conscious society over last two decades. An increasing number of banks around the world are going green by providing innovative green products that cover financial services to support the activities that are not hazardous to environment and help conserve environment. A green bank is also called an ethical bank, a socially responsible bank, or a sustainable bank. The exact meaning of all these titles may not be same however they cover a lot of common activities and perceptions. At least, all these banks- in various ways and at different times- have engaged themselves in making a better future (Merzio 2007). The approach to green banking (GB) varies from bank to bank, however, broad objectives of green banks are to use their resources with responsibility avoiding waste and giving priority to environment and society. The public concern of the state of environment has been growing significantly in the last few years, mostly due to apparently unusual weather patterns, rising greenhouse gases, declining...
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