AFT2 Accreditation Audit – Task 2 Nightingale Community Hospital is a healthcare facility that prides itself on being a hospital of choice within its community by being a leader in providing high quality healthcare. The first of Nightingale Community Hospital’s value statements addresses safety. A key aspect in providing safe patient care includes communication among caregivers. A1. Sentinel Event Nightingale Community Hospital recently experienced a sentinel event that involved the possible
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needs. This also can create competition in an open market. Competition is very good because it helps competitors to improve the quality of their goods and services. In this paper, a quality improvement plan will be developed for Mary Washington Hospital, the difference between performance measurement and quality improvement will be addressed along with the organization mission and goals. The role of the stakeholders, and which external quality indicators are available will also be discussed in
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about the patient to sort inpatient hospital admission into one of originally 467 groups. The number grew to about 538 clinically related groups where it classifies similar consumption of hospital resources and the length of stay. This system was adopted by Medicare in 1983 to reimburse hospitals for inpatient admissions. Some hospitals are excluded from this form of reimbursement such as psychiatric hospitals, rehab facilities, long term and cancer hospitals. The CMS administers the DRG system and
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violation. The presumption is that Community Hospital and for profit is Medicare participating hospital and receiving funds from CMS and therefore subject to EMTALA law. The EMTALA las has certain condition that must be met by the treating facility. “EMTALA imposes 3 distinct legal duties on hospitals. According to the statute, only facilities that participate in Medicare are included, but this encompasses almost 98% of all US hospitals. First, hospitals must perform a medical screening examination
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Death Questions: 1. What values appear to be driving the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat heart attack patients? From the case study, the eleven hospitals utilize 90 minutes or less to deliver therapy in order to restore blood flow to heart attack patients. The followings are the values that appear to drive the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat the heart attack patients: (a) The hospitals are well organized, they have ability to reward high quality performance, and are flexible
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Health Care This article is about the problems hospitals are facing due to antitrust law issued by the government and how it affects the hospital setting in providing healthcare service. It talks about the major laws that have problems in connection to the three different relations that exist in any hospital - Hospital Relations, Hospital-Physician Relations and Hospital-Payer Relations. This has both good and bad effects and depends on what the change is
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Heart Hospital HCS/539 Marketing for Health Health Care Marketing Analysis: Baylor’s The Heart Hospital In the United States, 14 million people are affected by heart disease and it is the leading cause of death in America. Baylor’s Heart Hospital is designed with the needs of those heart patients in mind. In providing service to those patients, the hospital is there to anyone experiencing problems with his or her heart and vascular condition. Baylor Heart Hospital is the first hospital dedicated
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Part 1 Quality Data, a) 75% of hospital patients would recommend the hospital, 67% Maryland average, and 71% national average. b) The rate of readmission for Pneumonia patients is not available for the hospital or the national rate due to data suppressed for one or more quarters by CMS. c) 9.4% of patients at P.R.M.C had a follow-up mammogram, within 45 days, compared to the Maryland average of 9.5% and national average of 8.8%. Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland is above
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Executive Summary: Shouldice hospital is a specialized hospital for the treatment of external abdominal hernias in Canada. The hospital was established by Dr. Shouldice the founder of a new and superior surgical technique, now known as the Shouldice method, which yields better medical results as well as a significantly shorter recovery time. Shouldice is operating at its best level of 6850 operations in the year 1982. Over the years the capacity of the hospital is increased from 36 beds to 89 beds
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Analysis: The Market Position Juanita Williams American Intercontinental University August 30, 2015 Dr. Christopher Miller Portfolio Analysis: The Market Position The decision making process among hospitals are very complex, therefore, it has become more prevalent to use a portfolio analysis in there strategic planning process. The portfolio analysis will help any organization address some of the obstacles they face such as the appropriateness and measurement
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