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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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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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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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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Aiken‚ SC often thought of as a shining star in the shadow of Augusta is 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
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at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center the first of two assignments in same day surgery. I had the opportunity again to work alongside Adriana. I was not sure what to expect‚ I had heard other stories from classmates of the surgeries themselves‚ but not much on what how the nursing process works for the operating room nurse. The role that the nurse has during the surgery is a purely supportive person for the surgeons and both the anesthesiologist and surgical techs. OR nurses‚ also has the responsibility
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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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West FL Regional Medical Center Introduction This case is an exceptionally respected utilization of CQI systems in the business. Batalden is a generally refered to creator and a successive instructor on CQI around the nation. WFRMC is one of his initial locales. It is a precisely thoroughly considered and thoroughly connected approach (witness the substantial dosage of arranging). Despite the fact that Kausch is disparaging of his own execution as such‚ this is an example of overcoming adversity
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Introduction West 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
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Lorma Medical Center is the largest private hospital in Region 1. Since it was launched in 1934‚ it has set the standard for quality care‚ cleanliness‚ specialization and technology and it is one of the leading Medical Centers of the North. Lorma Hospital was founded by Dr. & Mrs. Rufino N. Macagba‚ Sr.‚ both physicians. The name LORMA stands for their family names: LOR-enzana‚ the maiden name of Dr. Crispina Macagba and MA-cagba. The hospital began admitting patients
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