Sheppard Pratt Case

To date, Sheppard Pratt of Ellicott City is in the process of getting a newer building. However, the process has been delayed several times for budget reasons. The building being finished is in the five year plan for Sheppard Pratt. The ground has been broken for the new building but production is moving slow. The current facility for Sheppard Pratt of Ellicott City is the old Taylor Manor hospital as is significantly out of date. With a new facility, services will be served in a more comfortable manner. I see sometimes the frustration of the staff on the unit who has to wait to meet with clients until space becomes available to do so. I have sat in on treatment team meetings where the room was smaller than a client’s room but had to fit the
One of the most important strengths for Sheppard Pratt is being resilient. Just recently, Sheppard Pratt endured a 12 million dollar budget cut based on a decision made by the governor to cut Medicaid funding for inpatient psychiatric stays. Immediately, Sheppard Pratt conspired ways in which money could be saved while keeping up with staff morale and patient care. Within weeks, a new program was developed to help in the current financial crisis but to also secure financial hardships in the future. A weakness would be the differences in programming between campuses. The Sheppard Pratt Campus of Towson is more modern, have more support staff, and more services than the Ellicott City campus. The moral of the Ellicott City Campus is lower because of this. The differences are noticed on a daily basis and the two campuses are compared to by staff on a daily basis. By finishing the new building, the morale of the staff will rise from those on the Ellicott City campus. The new campus will bring new resources and a new start for the workers on the Ellicott City campus who has endured providing services with scarce services and support. With the total structure of all of Sheppard Pratt Health System, to the market place, they provide behavioral health services that are not available nationwide. Clients travel out of
To properly evaluate Sheppard Pratt, I will compose of an online, anonymous evaluation to be completed by clients and their families. The evaluation for the clients would consist of questions, comments and concerns they can address for the services they have received from the doctor to the cleanliness of their room and the temperature of the food. For the families, I would ask gain to get an understanding of what their role was when assisted with caring for their loved one. I would assess if the visiting hours were appropriate in addition to trying to understand what the hospital could do better to communicate more effectively with those caregivers of the