John Kausch is the CEO of West Florida Regional Medical Center (WFRMC)‚ a large-for-profit hospital. This facility is located in Pensacola‚ an area with intense competition and tons of services. He is evaluating a continuous quality (CQI) program that the hospital has implemented in order to address issues of improvement in outcomes. WFRMC also owns and operates an off-site psychiatric facility with 89 beds and the 58 bed Rehabilitation Institute of West Florida. WFRMC is currently in the process
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Topic: Acute Hospital Care Course: Health Care and Insurance Date: November 28th‚ 2012 Acute Hospital Care Acute care is medical treatment at a hospital which is short-term. Acute care is a level of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness‚ for conditions that are the result of disease or trauma‚ and during recovery from surgery. Acute care is generally provided in a hospital by a variety of clinical personnel using technical equipment‚ pharmaceuticals
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CASE STUDY Riverview Regional Medical Center Erica Dawkins University of Texas at Arlington Strategic Management for Health Care Organizations HCAD 5390 Jeffrey E. McGee‚ PH.D July 7‚ 2015 OVERVIEW The Hospital Management Associates (HMA) acquired Riverview Medical Center (RRMC‚ a 281 bed for acute care in 2004. HMA reconstructed the facility turning it into a leading-edge‚ high quality of care health care organization. The facility is one of the primary employers in the area and provides
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for long-term acute care hospital‚ and it’s a truly unique combination of hospital and nursing home. The definition of LTACH according to a white paper from Hospital Medicine is as follows: “A Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) is an acute care hospital that specializes in the treatment
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Understanding There are 42 acute care hospitals in the state of Colorado. The complication rate for specific procedures varies greatly from hospital to hospital. Sepsis mortality and morbidity rates also range from low of about 8% to high of just over 39%. No one hospital provides the best care for all conditions and procedures. Several problems may account for these discrepancies: • Small rural hospitals may have limited staff that is not certified in all specialties. • Smaller hospitals may not attract
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Florida Regional Medical center (WFRMC) is located on the north side of Pensacola‚ Florida. It is associated with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)‚ and “the West Florida Healthcare campus includes the all private room acute care hospital‚ the area’s only comprehensive physical rehabilitation hospital‚ and a mental health facility” (West Florida Hospital‚ 2010). When looking at the decision to invest heavily into total quality management (TQM)‚ you must look at its history and hospital statistics
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harboring its own shadow at our very own Aiken Regional Medical Center. With more than two-hundred volunteers within our community answering phones and brightening your stay‚ the volunteers themselves‚ most of whom are retired and on fixed incomes‚ are being extorted and exploited. A volunteer at the hospital told me they must purchase a vest at their own expense‚ pay dues which go for scholarships for local nurses‚ participate in fund raising for the hospital‚ and if the volunteers don’t show up‚ often
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May 5‚ 2010‚ my brother‚ dad‚ and I are waiting in a lobby of the Anaheim Regional Medical Center. It’s a cold morning having to wake up early to go see my sister Liz at the doctor‚ considering the fact we weren’t even allowed to see her yet‚ and having to sit and just wait to get some sort of news from my mom who was allowed to go up and see my sister. I stand to walk around as my dad asks me “What are you doing”? “ I can’t wait and I am really hungry‚ how much longer is going to be till we can
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Westcoast Regional Medical Center and you are currently faced with a shortage of nurses. Your firm currently has plans to expand the nursing staff by 11%. In addition‚ the annual turnover of the current 400 person nursing staff is 36%. A. Describe how you would creatively recruit to fill your nursing position needs in this marketplace where there is a current undersupply of nurses. I would seek to form partnerships with colleges and universities that have nursing programs. Westcoast Regional Medical
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McLeod Regional Medical Center is a non-for-profit hospital organization that has provided medical excellence since 1906 from the Midlands to the Coastal region of North and South Carolina. McLeod Health’s network consist of seven hospitals‚ over 750 physicians‚ and more than 8500 employees. The segment of the organization that this will focus on is the business office or patient accounting department of the organization. This department includes the services of billing‚ coding‚ refunds‚ appeals
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