1. Develop a focus group discussion guide for the research described above. a. What topics should be discussed in what order? * How do children parents decide which hospital to take their children to, when their children need acute care? * Is the quality of service a factor on their decision * Is the financing a determine factor? * Is their decision driven simply by emotion? b. What pre tasking exercises might be relevant? Ask the people who are participating in the focus group
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management-research question hierarchy for Akron Children’s Hospital? The management research hierarchy for Akron Children’s Hospital includes: Discover the Management Dilemma: Akron’s Children’s Hospital felt the need to distinguish itself from the other prominent pediatric hospitals in the Northeastern Ohio area: Akron Children’s wanted to be the top pediatric hospital choice in Akron and the surrounding counties. Define the Management Question: How can we (Akron Children’s) convince the public, or
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provided a comprehensive case study that involves a children’s hospital called Akron Children’s Hospital, which is one of the largest pediatric care provider with 253 beds. This hospital was founded in 1890 and offers close to This hospital was founded in 1890 and offers several areas of practice all geared towards children. Akron Children’s Hospital operates in the shadows several other competitors that are also recognized nearby: Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital as well as the Cleveland
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CASE STUDY Shared Risk. Shared Reward. Insuring The Akron Children’s Expansion How a major metro-area hospital called on Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) – and a breakthrough insurance solution – to get its largest construction expansion in history off the ground Overview From the project’s initiation in 2010, the leaders behind Akron Children’s Hospital $200 million expansion “Building on the Promise” were dedicated to setting a new standard in the development and delivery of health care facility
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Skyline University Akron Children's Hospital Case Study Name: Date: Discussion Questions 1) What is the management-research question hierarchy for Akron Children’s Hospital? Akron Children's Hospital identify five steps in their management-research questions hierarchy, which are: 1. Management Dilemma: the first step in the management- research question hierarchy, where the hospital choose specific objectives to generate solutions. The hospital is concerned mostly with increasing
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Akron Children's Hospital Executive summary The health care market in the Northeastern Ohio has been experiencing tremendous changes in the last few years. These changes have been more prominent among the health services for seriously ill children. Institutions that have in the past been involved in other health care services have turned to pediatrics. In order to combat this, Akron Children's Hospital has resulted to trying to understand the decision making procedures on institution or physician
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Case Study: Akron Children’s Hospital 1) What is the management-research question hierarchy for Akron Children’s Hospital? a. Management Dilemma- Step 1 is identifying the management dilemma. The dilemma that the hospital faces is how to increase the bed-occupancy rate and what can the hospital do to gain more business than its competitors. b. Management Question- Step 2 is how to differentiate itself and step out of the shadow of its competitors. c. Research Questions-
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Issues of the American Healthcare System “Privacy Issues, Akron Children’s Hospital” Yoannis Marquez Professor Hiram Paz Healthcare Law Florida National University December 15, 2015 Abstract The basic approach of this study should one that puts into consideration and knowledge of presenting complete as well as accurate information. The patient’s privacy has been debated for a long time, some issues are addressed but other just keep rising and becoming stronger which in result ends up with
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Collaboration to Build Healthier Communities A Report for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America Wilder Research Wilder Research Wilder Research Report prepared for the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America by Paul W. Mattessich, Ph.D. Wilder Research Saint Paul, Minnesota Ela J. Rausch, M.P . .P Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation June 2013 Creating Healthy
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TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR PENTACHLOROPHENOL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry September 2001 PENTACHLOROPHENOL ii DISCLAIMER The use of company or product name(s) is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. PENTACHLOROPHENOL iii UPDATE STATEMENT Toxicological profiles are revised and republished as necessary, but no less
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