across the hospital. The hospital might not in fully compliance of the following Joint Commission Standard: a. IM.02.02.01 – Collection of Health Information, which states that the hospital needs a uniform data set to standardize data collection. (Joint Commission, 2010) Also, a written policy which includes terminology, definitions, abbreviations,
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Cook County Hospital in Chicago was receiving patients that were “dumped” there that were unemployed, minorities, and lacked health insurance (Singer, 2014). This problem also occurred in 1983 in Dallas where over 200 patients were transferred between hospitals that were not stable (Singer, 2014). EMTALA is under the direction of the Department of Health and Human Services and was developed to address the needs of Americans that were denied emergency care or discharged from hospitals when they were
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Care Act and Grady Hospital Atlanta Metropolitan Market The Atlanta Metropolitan market for healthcare services is dominated by nonprofit healthcare systems, including the academic medical system Emory Healthcare. Emory became the largest healthcare system in the market after its acquisition of St. Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta. It is expected that the consolidation of healthcare systems will continue as healthcare reform and market forces make it difficult for smaller hospitals to remain independent
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Differences in Organizations In a situation such as specialist shortages, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations in the general hospital setting do not have many differences. A large scale not-for-profit healthcare system may have the funds to pay stipends to specialists to take call at their facilities. A small stand-alone for-profit hospital may not have the funds to pay such stipends. “…study cites financial and legal disincentives that might make specialists reluctant to stay
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most feasible option is to develop oncology services and building space for it within Trinity Community Hospital. The facts are as follows: Currently, Trinity Community Hospital (TCH) does not offer any formal oncology, orthopedic, or cardiology programs. There are no cancer specialists at TCH; however, there are a few cardiologists and orthopedic surgeons that maintain privileges at the hospital. Little work is done at TCH for orthopedic services, as the specialty groups are located to a competing
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determine if this request is financially feasible and beneficial for your hospital? What are the financial elements of critical importance that you want to make sure you address in your analysis? The request to hire two additional hospital members should be accompanied by a thorough financial analysis that is designed to demonstrate the overall feasibility impact. In Question 1, it was determined that the 200 bed hospital facility needed to begin recruitment efforts to locate two qualified
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Healthcare Ecosystems Barnes Jewish Hospital is the combination of The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis built in 1902 and Barnes Hospital built in 1914. The two hospitals were combined in a merger in 1996 becoming Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is located in St. Louis, Missouri in the Central West End neighborhood. What started off as a small Jewish hospital in 1902 is now one of the best hospitals in Missouri. It is also the largest private employer of St. Louis with 9
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Strategy Recommendation: Miami Children’s Hospital Web Use Lindsay Peek Capella University Introduction The Internet is a tool that over the years has became an asset for business and the common population. As the years have progressed people have become dependent on the Internet, we see that with the addiction to phones and social media. Businesses are noticing this and using this to their advantage. We see this in the rise in online shopping for many stores and also with the use of social media
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effective marketing campaign. A hospitals marketing and branding strategies are key factors of consideration in the development of comprehensive marketing plan. Northwest Hospital and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore have both successfully marketed themselves in the community as exceptional health care providers by providing quality care. The purpose of this paper is to examine the positioning and differentiation strategies used by Northwest Hospital and Howard County General Hospital to market actively their
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Hospitals Face Challenges Using Electronic Health Records to Generate Clinical Quality Measures Introduction The American Hospital Association (AHA) commissioned iParsimony, LLC, to conduct a study to investigate hospital experiences with implementation of Meaningful Use Stage 1 electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). The study describes the experience with and impact of eCQM implementation in four hospitals – large and small, urban and non-metropolitan – each of which had significant experience
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