A survey was done on the leadership in hospitals views about the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program. The common viewpoint was the HHRP penalty was that it did not correctly account for the gap in socioeconomic status between hospitals. The HHRP is a way to lower readmission. The leadership us very worried about the size of penalties, the lack of adjustment, and the hospitals failure to influence patient obedience and post care. Some of the strategies of the HHRP are filling the disparities in
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Practice: Preventing Hospital Associated Infections April Shannon Walden University NURS 4000 Section 04, Research and Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice November 18, 2012 Change in Practice: Preventing Hospital Associated Infections Benjamin Franklin was quoted as saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” With the increasing costs of healthcare and the emergence of multi-drug resistant organisms this truth still resonates today. Hospital associated infections
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What are the major benefits of implementing CPOE systems? What are the intended and Unintended effects of CPOE systems? With the quick improvements of the EHR (Electronic Health Record), and the implementation of this system within hospitals all across the United States, other systems that hospital's at present have must be up to the mission of being able to incorporate with HER system in order to make available the excellence of care that patient should obtain. An order admission system or otherwise
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Case Study #6 MHA 634 Managerial Accounting #1 With no change in volume (utilization), is the clinic projected to make a profit? Currently the clinic sees about 45 patients per day and they have capacity to handle 85. If they continue how they are operating the clinic is looking at a loss of $3,173. At this rate the clinic will not be able to make a profit in spite of inflation over the next couple years. #2 How many additional daily visits must be generated to break even? There is an
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Profit Versus Not-for-Profit Hospitals In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Health Services Systems HSM 541 Blaise X. Schmidt DeVry University Keller Graduate School of Management September 2012 1.0 Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct a comparative analysis between for-profit hospitals and not-for-profit hospital. It will discuss the characteristics of each as well as factors affecting the operations of both systems. Additionally, it discusses
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Case Study Analysis The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Submitted by: Date: Contents Introduction 3 Reid to Demonstrate Strategic Leadership Qualities 3 Strategic Planning 4 Invest in Clinics 4 Better Working Relationship with Stakeholders 6 Create Separate Governing Council 6 No Staff Reduction 6 Industry Experts Advise 7 Dan Pellegrini 7 Ellen Schall 7 Keith F. Safian 8 Jane Delgado 8 Bernard Lachner 8 Conclusion 9 References 10 Introduction Bruce Reid
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The doctor patient relationship is being challenged by the hospitals. Hospitals need to balance their budgets and still maintain the quality of care for their patients. This is presenting a serious problem for the doctors, who while treating their patients must keep in mind the hospitals focus on efficiency and their “bottom line”. In the past few years the public, media and political leaders have become aware of the deficiencies in the health care system. There is a sense of urgency among all involved
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1. Discuss the major problems facing hospitals today. Offer some possible solutions to each of these problems. Some of the major problems that face hospitals today include; cost increases, bed surpluses, and the overemphasis of specialized care vs. primary care. Cost increases for hospitals are caused by several different factors. According to a report by the American Hospital Association, labor cost accounts for more than half of hospitals’ total expenses. This number grew by between
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years, hospitals have been the brunt of antitrust litigation. Between 1985 and 1999 hospitals were defendants in 61 percent of 394 medical antitrust disputes that led courts to issue formal opinions (Hammer, Peter, J. and Sage, William, M., 2003). However, these numbers do not support the under published cases, which do not result in a judicial decision. When hospitals are healthcare conglomerates to provide services antitrust views them as just a business. The services provided by hospitals are complex
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Name TUI MHM506 Case Study 4 Hospitals and Public Health Instructor December 9, 2012 Introduction Safety net hospitals are the non organizations that are both public and private that have taken the initiative to assist in the provision of the health services to the citizens in the county. Over the years, the organizations have experienced high increase in the number of the centers. With the result of the high number in the country, the centers have
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