Gulf Coast Hospital Eva Michelle Carlin HCS/533October 20‚ 2014 Dr. Kevin Lett Gulf Coast HospitalThe Gulf Coast Hospital‚ a 350-bed facility‚ is located in New Orleans‚ Louisiana along the Gulf coast. The Gulf coast has been hit with numerous hurricanes and tropical storms and in 2005 Katrina hit land. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone of the 2005 season and made her way onto the shores of the Gulf coast on the morning of Monday‚ August 29
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Contracting Specialist position is a single point of failure for Naval Hospital Bremerton and does not have a secondary backup for continuity. In order to maintain “Highly Reliable” contract business practices‚ audit readiness‚ inspection readiness and achievement of above par metrics‚ it is essential that the Contract Specialist position should be funded‚ preventing any contract lapse‚ delays or impediment involving hospital operations or patient care. - The incumbent in this position provides
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For some of the most common conditions treated in hospitals‚ as many as one in five patients is readmitted within 30 days of his/her discharge‚ reports the Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Being readmitted has consequences. For one‚ readmissions cost Medicare an estimated 17.5 billion a year‚ as hospitals bill the government for the care. But the toll readmission takes on patients and their families is incalculable. “The most important problem of readmission is not the cost‚ but
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Winterbourne View Hospital What happened at Winterbourne View Hospital was horrifying for both patients and their families.Many people were shocked‚angry and disappointed by the way people with learning disabilities‚autism‚mental health problems and behaviour that challenges were treated. Six former members of staff at Winterbourne View hospital were jailed for the terrible crimes they committed. Serious concerns were raised by families‚CQC and the public concerned for example patients placed in
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I decided to do do the Custer Hospital scenario. To me there are a couple of public health challenges that this scenario faces but the main one has to do with the limited amount of assessments done on outpatient clinics. First and foremost the new CEO wants to implement three new community improvements onto the hospital: convert to EMR‚ build an additional outpatient and surgery center and hire at least two physicians that are at least 10 miles away from the ER. The problem that we face first is
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1.) How well is the hospital currently utilizing its bed? 90 beds x 7 days/ week = 630 beds available in a week 30 patients x 3 days x 5 days per week = 450 beds utilized 450 beds utilized / 630 availble beds = 71.43% The hospital is currently utilizing 71.43% of their beds‚ this is actually an ideal operating point. To increase its rate of utilization might decrease the service quality. 2.) Develop a similar
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Peoria State “Ghost” Hospital On the eerie day of June 6 1896‚ the Peoria State Hospital was on its way to being built( dun dun dahhhhh). Then on the date of December 22‚ 1897 the facility was almost ready to be opened. Following the the opening on February 10‚ 1902 was a deadly day in history ( psst not really) the facility had been opened to its first 100 patients‚ by April there were over 634 patients ( I bet it was very luxurious). By the time the facility had been open for a year many “criminal
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SHOULDICE HOSPITAL LIMITED The problem under analysis is how to best increase the hospital’s capacity to serve more patients while at the same time maintaining control over quality of service delivered as well as sustaining existing high levels of employee and patient (customer) satisfaction. SWOT analysis Strengths  Unique and defined Surgical procedure (could not be varied)  Facility that encourages movement  Up to date equipment  Less time taken (time
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Navos Psychiatric Hospital Navos Psychiatric Hospital is like a human zoo‚ unlike any other hospital in Seattle. The patients at Navos are street folks that society has locked up and caged like wild tigers running loose on the prairie. No one patient is like the next patient; they’re all different like night and day. Some patients come in slobbering like a babies‚ who are teething‚ and unable to put any words together to form complete a sentence. Some come here strapped to gurneys with their
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recommend to ensure that hand over process in hospital wards is made efficiently. Typically handover occurs at two levels. The first is the generic handover‚ completed by the whole team. This handover is often a summary in nature‚ with only generic client information included. This handover generally does not allow for provision of detailed profession specific information. The handover is typically provided to a central location‚ namely the receiving hospital or General Practitioner‚ with copies provided
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