Something in my heart tells me that if hospitals were mandated to adhere to appropriate staffing ratios that patient care would automatically improve. As is, and seems to be getting worse, the financial budgets of most, if not all, hospitals are deteriorating. The staff is asked to do more with less, but reminded to always “do” in an excellent way. I agree that excellence is mandatory, but is hard to do when the admission floor has 30 patients, 3 Registered Nurses, 1 Certified Nursing Assistant,
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I. The executive summary Hospitals feel that physician has a substantial control. Looking at physician performance data to compare hospital charges with the patient’s length of stay, type of insurance, and physician involved. A sample 289 patient records were selected who had normal deliveries of babies. From those files, we obtained the number of days the patient spent in the hospital, the total expense charged to that patient, the physician code identification, and the type of insurance the
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In 2012, hospital readmissions for congestive heart failure (CHF) cost Medicare an estimated seventeen billion dollars (Simpson, 2014). As a result, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HHRP) which identified readmissions to the hospital within 30 days of discharge a value-based payment modifier (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2017). CMS uses value-based payment modifiers to financially penalize facilities with
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Shouldice Hospital: Operations Assessment [pic] Shouldice Hospital has been devoted to repairing hernias for over half a century. Although the Shouldice system has led to great competitive positioning, the hospital is falling victim to its own success. Demand for Shouldice services is so much higher than its current capacity of 89 beds that it is in a constant state of operations backlog, which grows by 100 patients every 6 months. Thus, Shouldice needs to find a solution to its single
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Reducing hospital readmissions is one of the top priorities of policy makers and medical communities. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act penalizes hospitals with higher than expected unplanned readmission rates among Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and pneumonia.1 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will expand applicable HRRP conditions to surgical conditions of total
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Karachi Psychiatric Hospital offers the community, an inpatient treatment as well as extensive outpatient services for children, adolescents and adults. Feel free to browse and inform yourself with mental disorders and their treatment. This is the place where you can attain peace of mind by solving problems like depression, anxiety, or addiction etc. their families in need of psychiatric care and treatment of substance (addiction) abuse. Karachi Psychiatric Hospital offers the community, an inpatient
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Post Hospital. Patients who have terminal cancer often seek hospice care. Hospice provides medical and holistic care for patients who are close to end-of-life, and also support for their families (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2017). Pain management is among the services provided to patients that include pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain interventions. Non-pharmacological interventions can be useful for patients who want to stay lucid and feel like the have a source
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and managing services Case: Aravind Eye hospital CASE UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYSIS Aim of Aravind Hospitals: To treat the eyesight of the poor people in each and every part of India and in other asian, africa countries and in countries across the globe. Founder of Aravind Hospitals: Initially it had three surgeons :Dr. Venkataswamy, his sister, Dr. G.Natchiar; and her husband, Dr. P. Namperumalswamy .Dr. Venkataswamy is the founder of Aravind Hospitals. Personal tragedies at a very age (like
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Case of Johnson vs. Misericordia Community Hospital involves a patient; Mr. Johnson. Who underwent surgery on his hip by Dr. Salinsky at the Misericordia Community hospital. Apparently, during the surgery Dr. Salinsky severed Mr. Johnson’s artery causing a permanent paralytic condition to his right thigh with resultant atrophy and weakness and loss of function. The Plaintiff brought the case to trial on grounds of negligence by the doctor. The hospital however, disputed the allegations of negligence
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