Case 16.3: Diagnosing Chest Pains One evening during the summer of 2012, a Con- necticut woman experienced chest pain (Brill 2013). She took an ambulance to a local not-for-profit hospital. After several hours in the emergency room, she was sent home with a diag- nosis of indigestion. Shortly thereafter, she received a bill of $995 for the ambulance, $3,000 for physicians’ services, and $17,000 for the hospital. A major part of the hospital bill was a $7,998 charge for a CT scan with
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Houston Methodist Teletracking System CIS/207 December 1, 2014 Michale Prator Houston Methodist Teletracking System The Houston Methodist is a recognized organization in leading medicine with multiple specialties spanned across various hospital buildings in which it houses its patients. In order to keep track of bed assignments, the Houston Methodist Hospital had to upgrade its bed tracking system to a process that gave real live time bed updates. In the following, I will describe the
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Individual Learning Project 1 Liberty University Accounting for Decision Making February 14, 2016 Company Analysis and Evaluation Project A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is a health center that allows patient who might otherwise not receive the critical primary care that they may need. These types of facilities help to fill crucial access gaps, allowing patient to pay according to their income on a sliding fee scale. “Congress passed FQHC-enabling legislation as part of the Social
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responsibility to make the decision on proper emergency protocol for safe patient handling. There should be a contingency plan in place in all hospitals to adhere to during a crisis situation. Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans (CEMP) is used in Florida for all hospitals for emergency and non-emergency situations. The CEMP is responsible for the government, private, volunteer and non-governmental organizations consisting of the State Emergency Response Team (SERT). It helps with a basic process
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damage of an Intensity IX earthquake, and emergency housing needs. It will also identify actions homeowners can use to help prevent future structural damages, and give more information on possible effects of an Intensity IX earthquake. The assessment report will identify danger of a failing dam, and provide further understanding of the elements which will include an emergency plan. The table that follows is an assessment of the number of people needing emergency housing due to an Intensity IX earthquake
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Marketing Strategy Colleena Guy HCS/490 February 22, 2016 Jennifer Johnson Introduction In the changing world of health care, it is important for health care organizations to reach as much people as they can. The evolution of technology has it easier to market products and services to all kinds of people all over the world. There was a time where a person’s access to certain products and services was limited because the world was not so connected as it is now through various modes of communication
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first responders when responding to terrorist events. When first responders respond to a terrorist attack there are possible environmental and physical risks; however, physical risks can create environmental hazards and vice-a-versa. For instance, emergency responders may enter into an environment with “biological or chemical agents, radioactive materials, or hazardous air pollutants from collapsing buildings or destruction of buildings might be imminent” (Guide, 2002, p.29). Structural damage and deadly
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Emergency management is about identifying risks, assessing weaknesses, and devising strategies for reducing such risks (Lindell & Prater, 2003). While there is a common theme among hazards, emergencies and disasters each has minor differences and may require various approaches by the emergency manager. The most common misconception is emergency management agencies want to eliminate all risks by establishing procedures but there is no direct way to remove the daily or infrequent events that can occur
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If you are confronting a category five storm like hurricane Irma than there is some ways that you could be prepared for it that involves for you to get supplies and a also take shelter in a safe place.You would have to get enough supplies not only for you but enough for your whole family.You should also take precaution and take as much food and water for your whole family so that the supplies can last for like about three to five days. As said in CBS news many residents took advantage to fill hurricane
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