Health System Case Studies Samples For Students

Integrated Health System

Nowadays, the integration of health services has been a common issue. The government has been taking action on what would be the best option for its constituents. It is also inevitable for a country to uphold a new system of health services to accommodate diverse populations. Apart from that there are also existing problems in the health care industry that needs to be addressed. These are the rising costs of healthcare commodities, troublesome variation of quality care, diversified customers and the concern for the value of investment.
The limiting factor to a successful health industry is not the lack ...

Types of integration described in case study 1

Horizontal or virtual integration has been described in case 1. The three hospitals got into partnership to improve on their functioning capacity. This type of health system integration involves firms coming together to form a partnership which is extended to central functions of each firm. The functions that the partnership supports include human resource management, information technology management, financial management, quality improvement and strategic planning. According to this nature of health system integration, all the key functions have to be coordinated across each of the parties involved in the partnership so as to increase the overall value of the system. ...

Health care management plan

Sparks Health System is a hospital based in Arkansas, pirating since 1887. It is a hospital committed to prioritizing the well-being of its patients by making use of modern technology, applying deep research into the clinical field and having informed healthcare policies. The hospital has a utilization review committee entitled with the task of coming up with procedures which guide the process of necessary medical admissions, determining whether the situation is suitable or whether a prolonged stay in the hospital for a patient is justified and whether it is necessary to provide a patient with professional services. (Sparks Health ...

Integrated health systems

Introduction
Integrated Health Systems refer to a network of different organizations that through formal agreements or ownership, horizontally and vertically aligns health care services, programs or facilities to provide coordinated continuums of healthcare to a specified population. The network is willing to be held fiscally and clinically accountable for the health status and outcomes of the population served. There is a rising interest in establishing firms that are accountable. They can deliver health care at high quality while still keeping costs low. Currently, most decisions relating to quality and spending are made separately. This creates a very antagonistic relationship. ...

The Indus Hospital: Delivering Free Health Care in Pakistan

Position Statement: The efforts by The Indus Hospital to deliver free health care in Pakistan threaten the effectives of service delivery in health care centers and the general health of the society.

Problem Definition

The greater interest by the management and the stakeholders of The Indus Hospital to improve health care of Pakistan’s poorest patients through availing exceptional care without exception can’t be ignored. However the hospital is experiencing immense increase in the number of the patients seeking the health services within the facility. The outcomes are availing services that fails to meet the organizational goal of improved health ...

Public Health is defined as the art and science of preventing diseases which leads to the prolongation of life and also the promotion of health by the hard work of the society. Efficiency in the Public Health can be achieved by well timed, reliable and precise information which can be used to study the health pattern in the different populations. India has been experiencing a very high burden of the infectious diseases in the world accelerated by factors such as large population, poor sanitation, high poverty levels, and problems related with the access to preventive services and health care.
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NEIGHBORHOOD/COMMUNITY

Physical environmental safety within the St Albans Queens community lies in the infrastructure. There are well constructed streets with lights in close proximity to each other for vehicles and pedestrians to move along roadways and pavements safely. Also they have been constructed wide enough allowing space for two way vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The building code enforcement department through frequent inspections ensures that buildings are safe for residents to live in. Water and sewage standards are maintained, license for eating houses and business are issued prior to operations, landlords affect repairs to apartment complexes; garbage disposal services are efficient ...