Case Study: Edgewood Lake Hospital - Leadership in a Rural Healthcare Facility During Challenging Economic Times [NAME] [DATE] Case Study: Edgewood Lake Hospital - Leadership in a Rural Healthcare Facility During Challenging Economic Times Edgewood Lake Hospital (ELH) which opened in 1945‚ is a 30-bed‚ independent‚ not-for-profit hospital located in rural northern California. It provides inpatient and outpatient services to the close-knit community that resides within the forested and lakeside
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The type of facility that I have chosen for this SLP is the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Johns Hopkins was born in 1795. He inherited his unusual first name from his grandfather‚ who was named after Johns’ great grandmother‚ Margaret Johns. Johns went into business for three years with a friend‚ and then with three of his brothers‚ forming a wholesale provision house called Hopkins Brothers. The firm shipped whiskey into Baltimore in exchange for staple supplies that were shipped back to Western whiskey
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Front Street Hospital Case Study Domonique Chapman Professor Ed Schaffer August 09‚ 2014 Serving the Uninsured According to Kaiser Family Foundation (2013)‚ more than 47 million Americans were uninsured in 2012. These gaps in health insurance undoubtedly increase healthcare costs‚ discourage the use of preventative care‚ and negatively impact the lives and health of the American people. One way to combat this issue is for hospitals and providers to offer charity care to those who qualify
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Studies show that almost half of American adults‚ give some sort of their time to voluntary associations each year. Volunteers not only make an impact on the lives of those they come in contact with‚ but are also a financial resource for organizations‚ allowing
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position of the local government of Aubigny towards the Hmong community of this city?” Indeed‚ the answer to this question is decisive for the rest of the development of the thesis. This question makes it possible to know who took the initiative to organize this festival. In the case the initiative was taken by the town hall of Aubigny‚ this would signify a real commitment on the part of the French government to be interested in this community‚ and to open the doors on a relationship to fill the mutual
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Akron Children’s Hospital Anthony D. Davis‚ Sr. Keiser University MBA 542
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PERPETUAL MERCY HOSPITAL – CASE STUDY DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY MARKETING STRATEGIES 610 PROFESSOR PHILLIPS SEPTEMBER 20‚ 2010 Perpetual Mercy Hospital (PMH) a 600 bed‚ independent‚ not-for-profit‚ general hospital is one of six general hospitals located in a major western city. Financially stronger than most metropolitan-based hospitals in the United States‚ it is debt-free and has the highest overall occupancy rate among the city’s of six general hospitals (Rodger and Peterson‚ 2010‚ p
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become an immense business‚ as seen in the excess of Private and Public hospitals‚ clinics‚ medical centres and health centres established. Since the late 20th Century the island of Trinidad has seen the emergence of private and public hospitals in an attempt to deliver wider services to treat individuals and to become a safe haven for people to get well and live longer lives. Currently in Trinidad there are private hospitals especially along the East/West corridor‚ which seek to offer the initial
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The concept of communities of practice initially appears in the work of Lave and Wenger (1991) in between their discussions of situated learning. The authors in the study showed important implications for learning and knowledge conducted informally and has developed practical activities. The intention was to show that many of the attributes linked to learning and knowledge were beyond the psychological conception (eminently nature Cognitive)‚ incorporating functions and peculiarities of sociology
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This hospital is one of 1‚332 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that provide care to the patients in remote areas of the country. The services provided by CAHs are the only link for many patients to healthcare. The care provided is limited by 96-hour length of stay and 25 bed capacity. The Jordan Rau article in USA Today indicates mortality rate in CAHs are inferior to other hospitals. The concern is the community may view this rate as the only indicator of quality. In response to the article‚ the
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