Hospital Reports Samples For Students

Introduction

Disaster management persistently poses greater challenges to organization in a global perspective. The degree of the existing level of preparedness to counteract such hazardous events has remained an unanswered question in every hospital. The major challenge here is inability of hospitals to install a proactive strategy at workplaces but opt to being reactive. The vital concept that many hospitals fail to appreciate is the significance of a disaster plan. Many dissenting argument have hence cropped up on what to be spent in the process of establishing a disaster planning (Kramer, 2009). In essence, hospitals have continuously suffered major setbacks during disaster occurrence.
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Introduction

The SNS is an acronym utilized in place of The Strategic National Stockpile. This is a medical supplies buffer created to help in cases of emergencies such as biohazards, natural disasters and chemical and bio-terrorism. The supplies are kept ready for distribution to all the major cities at once and are available free to the population in times of disaster. Nursing professionals play a crucial role in administration and distribution of these resources to individuals in their need during disasters. This paper evaluates mechanisms affecting at play in the administration of these resources by answering to the following questions.
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This procedure targets people who are overweight especially those with a body mass index of 40 or more and those with body mass index of 35 and other serious medical conditions such as diabetes (Lord, 2008). It is essential for those people who can’t lose weight by exercising and cutting their diet hence has compromised their health. The center should target patients who are members of the insurance providers because the procedure is costly. The insurance providers help to offset the hospital expenses. The patient makes an appointment with a bariatric surgeon who usually carries out an assessment of his ...

A baby and parents are pieces of the one unit called family. From baby’s first yell, the world for two starts to change with the impressive quickness and every single day brings new discoveries not only for a child, but also for happy parents. The interaction between parents and their child is very interesting and productive; often, parents don’t even notice how baby is affecting their word outlook once and forever, positively or negatively, but always irreversibly (Leach, 1989). Children, especially infants, need to feel the endearment and caring; just parents are the first teachers for their babies, ...

Figure 1 Risk management plan 7
Figure 2 Key data in the project of Terminal 5, United Kingdom (Khumpaisal et al. 2010) 10
Figure 3 Key players involved in the Project Terminal 5 United Kingdom (Khumpaisal et al. 2010) 10

Procurement and tendering of a Major Infrastructure Project

Project Name and Location
Mater Hospital Extension, Newcastle, NSW
Introduction
The Mater Hospital is the first ever hospital that is being built under public-private partnership in New South Wales. The Government of NSW has signed a contract with private sector partner Novacare for 28 years. That involves the construction of new hospital buildings, extension of ...

Effective training programs are developed in accordance to the needs of the target groups. A training plan will offer the guide on the way the users will be trained on the operation of the health information system. The plan will outline the procedures that will take place during the process. It is important to carry out the training to the users so that they can interact with the newly implemented system with ease. The training aims at identifying the weaknesses associated with the operation of the system and giving the users the confidence and courage to work confidently with ...

The physical locations

Physical location is very important due to IT security needed by the hospital. Computer systems and the network must be protected at the physical level to avoid the sophisticated features that can harm their existence. Being the heart of the physical network the server room consists of the servers, cables, routers, switches and other key devices that can disadvantage the operations in the hospital if accessed by intruders. The hospital decided to choose a more secure physical location for the workstations and the servers. Good locks and electric fence will shun away third parties who may invade the workstation to ...

Organizational and user needs

The Naxvegas hospital RFP clearly states the organizational and user needs. The Electronic Health Record system will be implemented in line with the goals and objectives of the hospital. The RFP outlines the needs of both the organization and the user to ensure that, in the end, both the hospital and the society benefits.
A request for proposal has the following organization and user needs. in the outline, the organization was focused in offering quality health services to the population. The RFD also explained the need to comply with the HIPAA rules and regulation. Since personal health information ...

Current system

In Naxvegas Hospital, the use of paper-based health records has always been in use since it was established. The system requires the development of a personal manual health record where the patient information is recorded and stored. The hospital has health records department where the documented patient records are filed in a systematic order. The files have accumulated over time, and the need for more office space has been a burning issue. The system has employed the terminal digit filing system in the filing area (Bleich, Howard, Slack & Warner, 2010). This helps easy documentation, filing and retrieval of the patient information though ...

Naxvegas Hospital is a non-profit organization with the objective of offering quality care and treatment to those in demand of health services. The 60 members of the staff in the hospital include doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, radiologists, health records personnel, and the subordinates. The hospital can attend to an average of 40 patients in a day. It contains a bed capacity of 100 patients in the wards.
The need for E.H.R system
In the current state, the hospital uses paper records in its operations but there is a need to establish an Electronic Heath Record (E.H.R) system. Since time immemorial, Naxvegas ...

The Never Event Plan from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Research indicates that about 44000 to 98000 deaths take place yearly within the US resulting from preventable medical errors (Kohn, Corrigan & Donaldson, 2010). According to reports by CDC, in the year 2002, about 99000 deaths occurred due to preventable or avoidable hospital-acquired infections (Klevens et al., 2009, p. 160). Moreover, studies reveal that medical errors can account for over 2.4 million additional hospital days as well as 9.3 billion USD in excess charges (Kohn, Corrigan & Donaldson, 2010). As a result, of these alarming statistics as well as shocking medical errors, efforts have existed to enhance the delivery of medical care ...

INTRODUCTION

The need for a ubiquitous world where small computing devices are scattered to collect real time data and information especially in the delivery of healthcare is what motivates the development of wireless sensor networks. Wireless sensor networks are networks developed from pieces of small size sensors referred to as nodes. The nodes can cover a small radius the size of a room to a large geographical area such as a country.
These networks have been beneficial in the tracking and management of healthcare facilities assets and lately patients. A sensor node attached to a mobile hospital asset or a patient provides real time data such ...

Executive summary

This piece examines ten departments in the hospital that have contributed to the milestones achieved this year. These departments include Dermatology, Oncology, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radiology and Imaging Orthopedics, and Neurology. This piece describes common diseases seen, significant procedures and services, relevant diagnostic services and the specialty teams in each department.

Introduction

In this fiscal year, the hospital departments have demonstrated excellent performance that has transcended the strategic plan. Under the leadership of the chief executive officer, this hospital has attained its vision and mission that aim to be responsive to client needs through the provision ...

- are not likely to reach their full potential in the workplace and thus productivity suffers (Tierney, 2013).
- Nurturing Innovation:
- Shortcomings- Providing the right platform for innovation can be a challenging task for the department.
- Advantages- If steps are undertaken to foster innovation then it can bring fruitful results for the department as the employees can come up with new and innovative ways to conduct existing jobs (Scott, 2013).
- Justification
KAUH is the first educational hospital in Saudi Arabia; it originally opened in 1955 and became a teaching hospital in 1975. The ...

Introduction

Healthcare is one of the industries that never see recession. No matter if there is economic slowdown or upturn people will always fall sick and seek medical treatment. In fact it has been seen that the number of medical cases increase in the hospitals in times of economic recession. First Medica is one of the hospital chains specialized in cardiovascular area operating along the west coast. I have made a strategic plan on the organization I work in – First Medica. I have touched upon the history of our organization, its mission and vision statement, its SWOT and the strategies followed ...

Introduction

St Jude Children's Research Hospital is a non-profit institution that offers medical attention to children suffering from catastrophic diseases. The facility also offers research programs for doctors to undertake medical experiments. This implies that the hospital should operate in an environment that supports its objectives. This helps in enabling the hospital attain its goals of serving local communities, children and staffs using the facilities. The hospital serves a population of about 7000 active patients, mostly on an outpatient basis. Clinical research and treatment of cancer diseases requires sound management and a strategic plan that will ensure continuity of operation. Establishment of a strategic ...

Nosocomial Infections

Nosocomial infections, also known as Hospital-acquired infection, occur when a patient acquires an infection while in a healthcare facility during treatment for other conditions. Such infections include bacterial and fungal infections and become severe in immune-compromised patients. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile and Enterobacteriaceae (carbapenem-resistance), are some of the bacteria that cause nosocomial infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates roughly 1.7 million hospital-acquired infections in the United States that lead to 99,000 deaths annually (Bennett, J. V., Jarvis, W. R., & Brachman, P. S., 2007).
In Texas, some of the activities carried out by the state to ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Health Maintenance Organizations, or HMOs, are realizing for many people the benefit of affordable healthcare. HMOs are a form of managed health care plan that allows its members to avail of health services through a network of healthcare service providers (doctors, hospitals and clinics) affiliated with the HMO. Typically, an availing member pays a membership premium for which a copayment is determined. A copayment is the amount a member pays for healthcare. HMOs pay the difference between a member’s copayment and the cost of the availed health service. HMO services are generally available to members within a particular geographic area or service area. For example, ...

Introduction

Indiana University Hospital is part of the Indiana University Health system which has been ranked the best in several areas of specialty care. It offers its services through several hospitals located all parts of Indiana. It has 3707 physicians working across the state of Indiana (Ernst & Young, 2012).

Board of Directors

The board of directors of the Indiana University Hospital is composed of fifteen individuals drawn from several industries. It is the responsibility of the board of directors to offer leadership on matters pertain to the operation of the system and provide core coordination of the activities of the hospital. The board ...

Non-Hospital vs. Acute Hospital Comparison.

Health care can be defined as overnight patient care that requires supervision of the health condition of a patient. Non-hospital care refers to care that does not require overnight stays in hospitals, and can be managed during patient’s visits to a hospital (Griffin, 2008). A non-hospital health care facility operates under four elements; curative medicine, disease prevention, health promotion, and rehabilitation. However, these functions or elements differ in various non-hospital care providers (Singh, 2010).
Some non-hospital health care facilities specialize on treatment, others on rehabilitation while others specialize on disease prevention. In a non-hospital care facility, there lacks a clear classification ...

Dollar value on Palmetto General's equity (fund):

The easiest way to come up with estimated % growth values is to use historical data from 2002 to 2006. The historical data from Palmetto General Hospital’s income statements can be used to determine the growth in gross revenues (2007-2011). Average growth rate was determined by taking the average growth rate of different items of Palmetto General Hospital’s income statement.

In addition, the interest on required loans was determined from average historical interest expenses, long term growth has been estimated at 10% and the discount rate has been evaluate to be 12.6%. The market value to discharge ratio ...

Introduction

Charitable care is a program under the national healthcare policy that provides a reduced in price or free healthcare to patients who fall under the low income category. These programs are found in all states across the country including Indiana.
Being a resident of Indianapolis in Indiana, I decided to find out more about this issue by visiting one our local hospitals that provides charitable care and explored its general policy on charitable care. The hospital I chose was the Good Samaritan hospital.
The hospital’s mission is to basically provide a healthcare experience that is refreshing and remarkable to patients. ...

An excel model was used to forecast the future performance of the hospital. A default 10 percent growth rate has been entered for all financial reports generated for the hospital. Therefore, with the model, the constant growth rate method will be the easiest method to carry out a forecast of the hospital’s financials. This implies that each item in the financial statements will be analyzed based on an underlying assumption that will be made with regard to current healthcare market conditions as well as current trends in the healthcare industry. In addition, linear regression will be carried out to ...

Analysis:

Analysis of the cash flows:
The cash flow statements in this case have been derived from historical financial and operating data of the hospital. Three critical cash flows will be analyzed using graphs. These are cash flows from operations, cash flows from investing and cash flows from investing. This will be done over the 2003 to 2006 period reported.

Chart 1: Chart showing the trend of cash flows from operations from 2003 to 2006
These are cash flows that the hospital generates from offering medical services to patients. From the chart shown above the cash flow from ...

It is estimated that almost two million hospital patients in the United States contract a hospital acquired infection (HAI) every year, which is one out of every twenty patients (“Hand Hygiene Basics.”) These HAIs are responsible for close to 100,000 deaths per year (Anti Microbial Copper.) HAIs also cost the US healthcare system between $4.5–5.7 billion per year (Collins). It is every hospital administrator’s top concern to address this risk to protect their patients.
HAIs are primarily attributed to a small handful of bacteria: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE), Clostrudium difficille, Psueudonomas aerciginasa ...

Introduction

The article, “Hospital blunders caused 32 deaths” by Kate Hagan who is a health reporter for AGE sources explores the disasters and catastrophes of Victorian hospitals that took place over the year 2009 -2011 years. A lot of these mistakes involved things from a procedure concerning a certain body part or wrong patient, an infection control breach and medication mix-ups. The author stresses the point that all of these mistakes were caused by hospital staff. This article really raises concerns about hospital care in Australia. It is also apparent how that the data is displayed for the first time. Also the article ...

Introduction

Health care organization refers to an organization which offers services including prevention and treatment of diseases to patients. Health care practitioners deal in different fields such as dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, medicine, and chiropractic. Various countries have different means of ensuring its citizens get access to quality health care services. As such, some governments tax citizens who earn income to meet health care expenses. Governments offer social health insurance which insures people against various ailments. Nevertheless, health care services can also be funded through charities and individual citizens. Patients and their relatives require quality services whenever they seek for services ...

1. Abstract
The emergence of home healthcare as an industry could be attributed to the growth of modern communication technology. As the term indicates, the concept refers to patients’ scope for getting quality care within their own comfort zone. Healthcare organizations today strive to meet customer requirements in this regard considering the growing completion and changing customer choices alike. Hence, innovations are likely that can enhance the quality of overall care provided. This paper will closely examine the implementation of home healthcare applications by Florida hospital. This will also give specific focus to the aspects like organization information, information ...

Application of Epidemiology – Case Study

Application of Epidemiology – Case Study

Information Summative

The statistical analysis of the Good Health Hospital’s medical records reveals the progression of Escherichia coli infection among four hospitalized patients who reported bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea, loss of appetite, flatulence and pyrexia since last week. The summary of these cases presented below in the context of their further analysis. The findings by the CDC revealed that the E. coli manifestations emanated among the affected patients after consuming the spoiled food items attributing to meats and vegetables.

Background Information (Indicating the Requirement of Further Investigation)

Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) describes various nosocomial infections reported within a ...

This paper sets out to analyze the overall impact of a physical evidence of a service organization on its target audience. The purpose is to assess the ways in which different aspects of the underlying physical evidence manage expectations of the organization’s customers and to find out if there are any positive or negative gaps between promising and delivering the components of services communicated through physical evidence. London Bridge Hospital has been selected for this purpose. It is the largest hospital operating in the healthcare industry of London (Official Website, 2016).
Physical evidence of the hospital is composed ...

Business

Question 1:
The Radio Frequency Identification technology in the healthcare industry is improving the efficiency of the medical staff and the supporting staff due to the proper tracking system via bar-coding of the patients and the inventory system of the hospital.
The bar-coding technology first benefit at the time of admission in the hospital is that the staff of the hospital can swap their membership cards having a unique bar code, in the RFID machines to inform the authorities about their presence in the hospital.
Moreover, enhance the controls on the attendance, the attendance process of the medical staff ...

Country: Russia

Macro Environment Analysis:
Secondary Research methods were used to determine the state of the macro environment in the country that has been chosen for analysis.

Politics, Legality and Economy:

The political environment of Russia is currently more inclined towards capitalism, after a long history of communism and the Soviet Union disintegration. This means that private ownerships are allowed and supported, paving the way for foreign investments. However, democracy is a missing phenomenon which may pose higher risks to doing business in the country. There have also been some activities increasing an alarm among the international society. This may have long-term implications for the nation ...

What is Aravind’s mission and is Aravind successful in achieving it?

Aravind’s mission is to provide eye treatment by offering intra-ocular lens (IOL) surgeries to all the patients both paying and free ones. There has been progress in terms of expansion of their structures since its establishment. However, the mission has not been achieved fully since full financial self-sufficiency hasn’t been attained. The hospital’s objective is to mobilize funds from all sources including the paying patients. The funds are used to cater for the free patients at the Free Hospital.
The Free Hospital has not yet reached its best as it lacks facilities such as beds. ...

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Abstract

The healthcare providers are focused to enhance the healthcare status in the country by means of remaining responsive towards the healthcare need of the nation. The public healthcare organizations address the healthcare need the residents at the national level by offering the effective healthcare services. The current paper has conducted the situational analysis by means of conducting PESTEL and SWOT analysis to assess the external and internal environment and it has been observed that Hamad Medical Corporation has the potential and resource to extend its healthcare services to address the wellbeing of the nation in a broader ...

Ischemic Heart Disease in Older Adults

Ischemic Heart Disease in Older Adults
Older patients frequently suffer from ischemic heart disease either in isolation or in combination with other processes (Butler, 20120). As a common clinical syndrome, heart failure is the result of impaired cardiac functioning of the action of pumping the blood through the body. Signs and symptoms of ischemic heart disease include fatigue and an inability to tolerate exercise and edema of the abdomen, legs, ankles, and feet. Although heart disease has a poor rate of survival, early diagnosis and treatment may improve life expectancy. The goal of nursing intervention is to extend life ...

Other Current and Emerging Issues in Health Care

Lesson4:1-Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent
Lesson 4:2- Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Reproductive and End-of-Life Issues
Lesson 4:3 -The Impact of Globalization & Emerging Technology
Abstract
This document contains three essays pertaining to the lesson entitled ‘Other Current and Emerging Issues in Health Care’ outlining three subject areas. Lesson4:1 relates Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent; Lesson 4:2- Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Reproductive and End-of-Life Issues and Lesson 4:3 -The Impact of Globalization & Emerging Technology.
Lesson4:1-Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent
Question 1:- Case Study, Mrs. Mary Smith.

Step 1: Facts

- She was admitted to Jones Memorial Hospital
- Initially her injuries did ...

Health and the Consumer

Elite Care is an organization fueled or driven by offering both the best patient care services and the best working conditions for the staff members. First with the name, as a manager one tends to feel that the name Elite Care explains the mission statement of the hospital. The name Elite seems to stand out from the rest of the health care organization. This is because it genuinely reflects on what the organization is going to offer. This is quality services to the patient with no discrimination to the best environment for the members of the staff to work under. ...

Leadership in Health and Social Care: The challenge of promoting effective teamwork on hand hygiene compliance in an inter-disciplinary environment for team leaders in Hong Kong authority hospitals

Part I

Introduction:
Hand hygiene is the single most effective and cost efficient method for preventing and reducing the transmission of hospital acquired infections. Adherence to hand hygiene practices is the most important method of reducing infections in healthcare facilities. Because hands of healthcare workers frequently serve as vectors for the transmission of organisms between patients, and are also a major reservoir for pathogens with antimicrobial resistance, the simple act of washing ones ...

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In any healthcare facility, like hospital or clinic, there are some kinds of risks related to patients, hospital staff, or the whole organization working in the healthcare industry. Therefore, like in any kind of organization, here too, is the need of risk management. Risk management staff, and risk managers are responsible for the assessments of currently prevailing risks along with the development and implementation of the plan to minimize the risks within the industry. The idea is to investigate any possible risks associated with the health of patients, provide clear job ...

Analysis and potential system designs

Introduction
Mobile applications are becoming an indispensable development for most people and smart phone users. The rate of mobile use and applications has gone so high such that there are many mobile applications which are in use, in the world. The healthcare sector is one area that has benefited from the use of mobile phones. There are many mobile applications which are being used and are utilized in the healthcare sector. This paper will focus on a mobile application that is used to improve the communication of body status of patients and doctors. The mobile application is used to ...

Issues for Healthcare Organizations

Lesson 3:1- Antitrust
Lesson 3:2 - Health Information Management
Lesson 3:3 - Fraud, Abuse, and Corporate Compliance
Abstract
This document contains answers to lessons 3 units 1, 2, 3 pertaining to Issues for Healthcare Organizations. Unit 1 explores antitrust management; unit 2 - Health Information Management and unit 3 Fraud, Abuse, and Corporate Compliance.
Issues for Healthcare Organizations
Lesson 3:1- Antitrust

Question 1: Antitrust regulations - Sherman and Clayton Acts

- Mergers, consolidations and acquisition components of Sherman and Clayton antitrust acts like any other corporate legal intervention endorses regulations regarding purchasing; selling, dividing and combining with other companies that offer different ...

Any hospital security engineer must observe the HIPAA privacy rule, which monitors the access and sharing of individual health information, as well as the HIPAA security rule, which comprises of the national security standards that safeguards the electronic health information. Since the hospital stores patient information using the paper based system, the manager will ensure that the implementation of electronic based health information systems is achieved within the shortest time possible (Keller & Associates, 2011). The paper records are always not secure and they contain massive irregularities and drawbacks towards the process of patient care and treatment. The paper based ...

Abstract

The Georgetown Retirement Residence provides assisted living for the elderly. The organization is located in one of the most beautiful and delightful neighborhoods in the Washington DC. At the organization, senior citizens enjoy retirement living at the privacy and comfort of their individual suits. There is added security provided at the home and the staff and nurses work all round the clock to provide the clients with what they need. Since the organization is located in Georgetown, a very delightful neighborhood, the surrounding is suitable and inviting for the elderly. Accommodation at the organization begins from $3750 per month. The ...

Major Factors that Escalate the Costs of Healthcare with Emphasis on Frequent Admission

There are many things that can lead to the escalation of costs of healthcare. One of the most easily observable reasons would be the increase in number of patient admissions. Every time a patient pays a visit to a hospital or any medical institution, this patient incurs costs that would be billed to either him (i.e. out of pocket) or his health insurance provider. Among the total volume of patients paying a visit to medical institutions, only a small but still significant percentage has to be admitted. Usually, these are the cases where the patient has to be observed ...

Management

Part One
Introduction
In the past few decades, the technology advancement drastically revolutionized the electrical lighting sector. The changes have primarily focused on both climatic effects and efficiency in varying environments. The most decorated milestone in the advancement in technologies in the electrical system is the development of light-emitting diode (LED). The report evaluates the importance of adopting the LED lighting systems in replacing the outdated fluorescent lights. The two lighting systems basically offer diversified characteristics in terms of photometrical and electric performance (MyLEDLightingGuide, 2011).
The main objective of the paper is to establish a comprehensive, cost ...

Each year, technological breakthroughs and gadgets have flocked the market to cater the adoring public. Many would even change their gadgets regularly to fit the trend, and would await the next releases from the top brands in the business. Every new item is improved to its optimum performance, and it is also the top of its competition in its unique way. This trend enables the market to keep up with the demand and find new ways to cater to the public’s needs for the period. Although not many would give enough interest with them, some are awaiting the ...

Accounts Payable and Receivable for HealthCare Finance

In healthcare, most of the services are paid for after they have been provided. This makes it necessary for healthcare providers to establish a reimbursement system that fits their individualized operational needs. Various reimbursement methods have developed. Examples are the Prospective-payment systems, Cost-reimbursement systems, Discounted-charge systems, and Flat-rate reimbursement system (Abbey, 2009, p. 3).
a) Prospective-payment systems
This payment mechanism was created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The payment mechanism bases most of the hospital bills on the diagnosis of the patient at the time when they are being admitted. Payments are based on predetermined fixed ...

GLOSSARY3

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .. 4
INTRODUCTION ..5

Purpose of the Study 5

Scope of the Study.5
UPGRADING OF PET CLINIC 6
Improvement on Ambience....6
Information Management..6

Improving Comfort7

Equipment upgrade.7
Internet connectivity8
Additional Services..9
Information for Pet Owners..10

Sponsorship of Community Activity10

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .11

REFERENCES 13

LIST OF FIGURES 14
GLOSSARY
Ambience this refers to the atmosphere or feel of the environment of a place
Information technology this is the use of electronic gadgets such as computers to record, receive, store, retrieve as well as process information
Pet clinic these are facilities that provide pet owners with health services of their ...

In the event of catastrophic and disastrous situations, every state has to develop a psychological support framework that helps its citizens in such trying times. Dependent on the disaster and the extent of damage it has done, the psychological support agency is formulated. Every government has a provision in its ministries that caters for emergency services. Countries like Japan and Indonesia have frequent national disasters. These countries have to formulate psychological support systems in such events to help control their citizens. Logically, the loss of lives, property, and displacement of settlements induces emotional disgrace and imbalance on the citizens. As a matter ...

Chronological Age: 50

Referral Source: Attorney
Primary Evaluator: X
Secondary Evaluator: X
Testing dates:
Reason for Referral
LC was referred by attorney X who requested information and comments regarding this client’s competency to stand trial and state of mind at the time of the crime.

Presenting Problem

LC is a 50-year-old African American male with a long history of psychiatric problems. He is from the LA County Jail, August 7 through August 15, 20__ and he experienced difficulties adjusting to prison. While in prison, LC was observed to be “agitated, belligerent, demanding and made verbal threats to a custody officer.” He ...

Introduction

The lean approach is developed in Toyota production plants which aims at eliminating wastes in the production according to the needs of the final consumer. This way production can be less costly by using less resources. This Japanese way of production attracts many institutions and they would like to employ this approach to their business. Furthermore, even the public institutions are interested in the Lean Approach.

A manager follows lean approach which brings the followings basically into organizations:

- Determining the value desired by the beneficiaries of a public service,
- Identifying the value line for each public good and service,
- Guaranteing a continuous flow of public goods and services,
...

Introduction

Surgical site infections (SSI) are surgical wound infections that occur within 30 days after a surgical intervention. Surgical site infections are complications accompanied with significant post-surgical morbidity and mortality (Reichman and Greenberg 2009). Astagneau et al. (2001) pointed that more than 30% of the postoperative mortality can be associated to some extend with some complications related to surgical site infections. SSI’s can vary in severity from small local inflammation on the site of incision to a serious infection that can endanger the life of the patient. The resolution of SSI can also result in serious cosmetic, functional and even debilitating ...

The main aim of this memo report is to give the progress made so far on addressing the issue of staff shortage at the Mackenzie Health Hospital, especially on the weekends. The main issue with the staff shortage lies in the Linen Department at the institution.

The target group or the defined audience for my report is the staff members allocated to the Linen Department over the weekends. From the analysis carried out between the 1st and 31st of January 2012, it was found out that the hospital suffers from shortage of staff in the Linen department on the ...

Introduction

Cruciate ligaments are arranged like the letter X hence they are also called cruciform ligaments. The ligaments are primarily found on the knee and function in not only stabilizing the joint but also in allowing a wide range of motion. In the knee, the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the posterior cruciate ligaments (PCL) criss-cross to form the cruciate ligament. The two ligaments are strong round bands that extend from head of the tibia to the intercondyloid notch of the femur (Margheritini, 2011). The anterior cruciate ligament lies lateral and crosses the medial posterior cruciate ligament like the limbs ...

Leadership in nursing has many facets, and can incorporate establishing a clear objective or target, organizing nursing activities effectively and providing motivation for others to achieve the organizational goals (Porter-O’Grady, 2003). On a daily basis, leadership in nursing could also require a senior nurse to coordinate the activities of the nurses on staff, as well as any support staff. The operation and efficiency of any hospital can depend on how effective it senior nurses are at managing shifts, employee morale and a host of problems and issues that can crop up on a regular basis. Thus, the management ...

Introduction

Conflicts are disagreements between two or more groups of people. The parties could disagree on principles, interests or responsibilities. Conflict is very ordinary and expected when individuals with different values and ideas work together. Due to the inevitability of discord, it is important to recognize the conflict, address it and resolve it sufficiently. When conflicts are not resolved appropriately, undesired effects may arise. When conflicts are correctly handled, it strengthens the relationship and trust between the involved parties. There are many different methods of conflict resolution. Choosing the best conflict resolution method is crucial to resolving the conflict. In ...

Oxygen and Respiratory Disease

Part 1: Introduction
Oxygen and respiratory complications are closely associated with oxygen therapy. Long term oxygen treatment can help to make the quality of one’s life better. Oxygen therapy help COPD patients and those with hypoxaemia, low oxygen levels to live longer. Even if oxygen is prevalently used in hospitals, it has often been wrongly prescribed causing further complications to patients. The major indication for oxygen therapy is the respiratory failure. Respiratory failure involves the failure to keep up adequate gas exchange. Documentation in a number of hospitals fails to record the respiratory rate and other vital signs ...

- What was the legal issue in this case?
The legal issue in this case is based on the ill will acts which could have been evaded by the two parties involved. As an employee as a confinement officer at the Dona Ana County Detention center, Joseph Herrera becomes accused of inapt sexual relationship with female prisoners as well as exchanging sex for favors to prison inmates. Herrera had been hired by the Mesilla Valley Hospital (MVH) following favorable recommendations by Frank Steel and Al Mochen who were senior supervisors in the hospital. Steel had conducted research on the ...

Abstract

Elderly people are individuals who have surpassed the average life span that human being is supposed to satisfy. These people are usually faced with adverse medical challenges which require extensive attention. However, this is not usually the case. There are challenges that bar them from accessing excellent medical services that would assure their wellness.
Multiple medications challenge proper health for the elderly people following the complications that result from use of various drugs at the same time to treat one disease or to treat various health conditions.

Low income also challenges their wellbeing since they cannot access excellent medical services as well as facilities.

Lack of transportation poses a challenge to the wellbeing of the elderly people ...

Valuation:

The information provided in the case as well as historical financial has been used in the excel model to place a value of the business. The excel model provides 3 valuation methods, which are DCF valuation method, market multiple value based on number of physicians and lastly, market multiple value base on revenues. The table below shows the results of the valuation carried out on Akron Family Practice.

Differences in valuation:

Yes, the valuation will depend on who is going to make the acquisition. This is many because different acquirers of the practice may have different intentions. From the preliminary work done by a ...