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Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, 2005.
A review of an article discussing hospital-acquired pneumonia.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, £ 44.95
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This paper outlines and reviews an article on hospital acquired pneumonia from the medical journal Chest. It first gives an introduction, listing all of the article and study main points, as well as the findings. Then it looks at the hospital settings involved in the article as well as the hospital setting problems that have been found by the author and researchers. Next, the article discusses correlational statistical procedures, these being the study and comparison of different invasive and noninvasive techniques that are used by medical staff.
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"The author first introduces the topic of hospital-acquired pneumonia, or HAP. The seriousness of this ailment has led the author to study the effectiveness and necessity of various forms of cultures that may detect and diagnose just what the cause of HAP is in any given case. Each type of HAP-diagnosing method is discussed and studied, as seen in patients on ventilators who are suffering from HAP, as well as general hospital patients who succumb to the affliction."
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Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia, 2005.
This well-researched paper analyzes the cause and effect of ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP) while also discussing treatment and prevention by way of routine oral care positioning.
2,059 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper defines ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP) as a specific strain of bacterial pneumonia which takes place when one's general pulmonary defense system ceases to function properly due to high levels of bacteria. The writer of this paper contends and explains why this particular strain of infectious bacterial pneumonia is often incurred during extended hospital stays. This paper details the manner in which the disease is spread via bodily fluids such as tears and saliva. This paper analyzes the use of specialized oral care positioning to both treat and prevent cases VAP. This paper also examines the success rate of preventative oral care at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Tennessee.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Oral Care to Reduce Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia
Elevating Heads of Beds for Patients on Mechanical Ventilation
Other Precautions
References
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"One of the places where changes have been implemented through oral care and there have been improvements is the surgical intensive care unit at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The incidence of ventilator assisted pneumonia was increasing at this hospital from 1999 to 2001. This led the center to start using comprehensive oral care from January 2002 as a part of a total program to remove the incidence of ventilator assisted pneumonia from the center. The change began to give perceptible results to the therapists and the nurses within a period of months. The changes were noted and within a two year period, there was a reduction of ventilator assisted pneumonia by as much as 46 percent. When the figures for 2002 are compared to figures for 2001, there is a clear decrease by 35 percent and there is another decrease that is seen in 2003 when compared to the figures of 2002."
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), 2008.
A look at the guidelines provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations for CAP patients.
1,948 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 44.95
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This paper examines the literature concerning the hypothesis that the consolidated standards provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (CMS/JCAHO) on the subject of proper antibiotic selection for sufferers of community-acquired pneumonia are the most optimal standards available.
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"According the website for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the guidelines provided by the program demand a considerable intensification of stringency for the diagnosis of microorganism behaviors in the treatment of CAP patients as well as in the specification of antibiotic identification methods to be used with a central focus. (CMS, 1) This means that participating hospital facilities and medical association must address procedural gaps between guidelines and previous standards in order to adhere to the collective standards now considered relevant. The gaps present at the time of the initiation of these guidelines illustrate the positive transition toward greater specificity and diagnostic effort being impressed upon all facilities and agencies in question. It is clear through comparative examination that the new consolidated CMS/JCAHO guidelines are an appropriate response to the need for more accurate design in the application of favored antibiotic treatment programs. "
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia, 1999.
Examines epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation, prognosis, treatment and complications.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 11 sources, £ 33.95
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"In the United States, the incidence of community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) is estimated to be between three and four million cases each year (2). It is the sixth most important cause of death, and the estimated cost of treatment, including patient care and lost wages, is $20 billion per year (4, 10). Treatment of pneumonia represents the largest consumption of antibiotics of all the diseases for which they are used. The disease is most prevalent in hospitalized patients, the elderly, and patients with compromised immune systems (e.g. AIDS patients). This paper will look at the epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation, prognosis, treatment, and complications of pneumonia.
Epidemiology
Pneumonia is defined as an infection of the lung parenchyma (6:1S). Pneumonia is now the leading cause of death due to ..."
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Management Strategies for Hospital Mergers, 2006.
A research paper looking at the best management strategies to implement when large corporations merge or acquire small hospitals.
7,216 words (approx. 28.9 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 114.95
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This paper explains that hospital mergers can only be successful if the employees left to handle the healthcare are productive and that this requires the use of successful management styles. The paper further explains that there are several management theories used in business but some are more productive than others depending upon the type of organization to which they are applied and how they are applied. Finally, the paper examines these theories in an effort to promote a better understanding of the vital role management plays in employee motivation.
Table of Contents
Research
Competition
Privatization
Successful Management Styles
Information Systems
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"As early as 1989, the issue of hospital mergers was widely debated, and mergers were taking place at a rapid rate. The overall goal of these mergers was to lower costs while maintaining quality and accessible medical care, using health care cost controls such as voluntary rate setting, the use of professional standards review organizations and state run certificate of need legislation. At that time it was felt that the market approach was working because of the emergence of free standing urgent and ambulatory care centers as a direct response to the requests of consumers and insurers. As of 1986, 40 percent of hospitals in the United States were considering merges."
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Information Management for UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital, 2002.
This paper develops a knowledge management strategy for the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital to be implemented by the hospital IMS department.
1,785 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 14 sources, APA, £ 40.95
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This paper states that knowledge management involves the management of data in a way that transforms data into useful knowledge. This paper declares that almost all of the information developed by a hospital organization will relate in some way to specific patients. The author provides tables which illustrate the recommended logical and designs for the information system to support the knowledge management strategy for the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Developing a Knowledge Management Strategy
Designing the Knowledge Management Strategy
Information Requirements
Designing the Information Technology Support System
Implementing the Knowledge Management Strategy
Evaluating the Proposed Knowledge Management Strategy
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"The soft systems analysis framework will provide the basis for the implementation of the knowledge management strategy for the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital. This framework has nine stages. The stages of the implementation will be as follows: (1) systems analysis, (2) systems design, (3) equipment selection and acquisition, (4) programming, (5) testing and conversion, (6) installation, (7) operation, (8) maintenance and enhancement, and (9) follow up evaluation. The basis for soft systems analysis framework is a standard approach to problem solving."
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Faith Community Hospital Case Study, 2002.
A discussion of the Faith Community Hospital Case Study, focusing on the problematic issues in the hospital, and illustrating the importance of a good mission statement and goal accomplishment.
1,672 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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This paper analyzes the Faith Community Hospital case study aka Let It Pour. The paper ties in course concepts of ambiguity, perception, individual personal values versus society legal and ethical norms, and communication processes. Included is stakeholder and brand (hospital image) concepts. The writer outlines the recommendations of the case study for the benefit of the hospital.
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"?A good mission statement should accurately explain why the organization exists and what it hopes to achieve in the future. It articulates the organization's essential nature, its values, and its work? (Radtke, 1998, Para 2). A good mission statement is not the recipe for success in business; it is the grand global picture. To accomplish the goals identified in the organizational mission statement, identification of all stakeholders, support of key stakeholders, written policies, detailed written procedures, and effective communication are critical success factors. These critical success factors are the missing ingredients at Faith Community Hospital, the subject of this case study."
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Peach Tree Hospital, 2002.
An examination of the difficulties facing a new hospital - focusing on a case-study of Peach Tree Hospital.
719 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 18.95
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This paper discusses the challenges start-up hospital Peach Tree Hospital has been encountering. By evaluating the methods they?ve employed to date, as well as survey results from their employees and continued communication, this paper helps Peach Tree?s administrator and human resource director to clarify exactly where the problems exist. From this information they can then begin to take steps to make the changes necessary to overcome their challenges.
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"Although the staff of Peachtree Hospital ?had spent the better part of its time recruiting and training employees? (Hellriegel et al., 2002, p. 289) the administrator of the hospital felt the organizational efforts had not been as successful as they should have been. The human resource director, although acknowledging that there were still organizational issues that needed to be addressed, wrote these off to start-up conditions, as the hospital had only been open for less than one year and would be resolved in a very short period of time. To quantify the organizational problems, a survey was administered to most of the 1,200 employees of the hospital and revealed some startling results."
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Faith Community Hospital, 2004.
This paper is a case study about Faith Community Hospital, a not-for-profit health care services organization, which is facing major challenges.
1,855 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 42.95
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The paper explains that some of the critical issues facing Faith Community Hospital, which the hospital needs to address, are basic financial problems; the conflict between the organization?s spiritual heritage and values and the ethics of the medical profession; non-compliance with government, managed care, insurance regulations, and non-adherence to hospital operational policies. The author points out that Faith Community Hospital has an organizational management problem, which needs to be thoroughly analyzed rather than tyring to solve the various problems piecemeal. The paper states that, although the mission statement of Faith Community Hospital implies a broad goal of promoting the health and well-being of the people it serves within a framework of spiritual values, it can be inferred that the organization suffers from an absence of clear-cut policies and goals that are specific, measurable, targeted, and time-specific.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Identifying the Key Issues
Organizational Mission, Culture and Processes
Organizational Goals
Defining the Problem
The Mission Statement
The Absence of Clearly Defined Organizational Goals
Alternative Strategies
Alternative 1
Alternative 2
Recommendation
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Affinity Diagram
Appendix 2: Fishbone Diagram
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"The mission statement plays a critical role in setting direction and laying the foundation for the culture and goals of any organization. Indeed, this is clearly expressed in Hyrum Smith?s model of instructive goal setting, which is commonly referred to as Smith?s ?Success Triangle.? This model places an organization?s governing values at the base of the goal setting process and recommends that goals must be linked to specific governing values in order to be meaningful and to help the organization achieve its mission (Parker, 2003). The mission statement of Faith Community Hospital appears to adhere to the strategic principles inherent in Smith?s ?Success Triangle? to the extent that it clearly emphasizes the organization?s commitment to promoting the health and well-being of the people in the communities it serves, using its spiritual heritage and values as the foundation. However, since spiritual values can vary vastly across religions and individual beliefs, Faith?s mission statement has led to broad individual interpretations that have, in turn, led to an organizational culture, which allows too much leeway for individual decision-making. This is evident in the anecdotal cases cited by the CEO of doctors independently deciding to either treat patients pro bono or insisting on insurance coverage prior to commencement of treatment; the pharmacist filling prescriptions for uninsured patients; and the inconsistency in adhering to hospital policy in areas such as ?Do Not Resuscitate? (DNR) decisions."
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Bellevue Hospital and the World Trade Tower Collapse, 2002.
An examination of the way in which local hospitals should respond and provide support when a disaster strikes in their town, using the Bellevue Hospital and the World Trade Tower Collapse as examples.
2,030 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper examines the elements of an Emergency Response Plan of a hospital in the event of a disaster striking. This paper specifically discusses the elements of the emergency plan for Bellevue Hospital in lower Manhattan, both before and after the attacks on the World Trade Tower. The way in which a local hospital should be concerned with protecting people, information systems, and communications is examined in this paper.
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?The primary concern for a hospital is the protection of people. These people not only include the victims, but also management, employees, and families of the victims. It is necessary to be able to quickly assess the number and skill levels of the staffing available. In the early moments of a disaster, this may be difficult, as was the case in the World Trade Tower attacks. Bellevue Hospital in lower Manhattan received word that the trade towers were on fire. They quickly and efficiently invoked their Emergency Response Plan. They waited and prepared for a flood of victims. In this case, instead of being understaffed to handle the load, they found themselves with many willing and capable volunteers and unfortunately, no victims. This created another situation, in which, when a victim did come in they were stormed by people willing to help.?
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Community Hospital Case Study, 2006.
A case study assessing the financial viability of a community hospital.
2,839 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 60.95
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This paper presents a financial analysis of a small community hospital that is facing a financial crunch in the near future. The paper describes the hospital's financial problems, the causes of those problems and what measures need to be taken in order to get the hospital back on track. In assessing these measures, the paper also outlines what the short-term and long-term goals of the hospital need to be and describes a strategy for implementing those goals.
Table of Contents
The Facts
The Pointers
Getting the Hospital on Track
Short-term Goals
Long-term Goals
Detailed Implementation Strategy
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"The Community Hospital in the present case study saw its beginnings during the mid-1800s and has come a long way since then serving a population of nearly 13,000 inhabitants. Its location from the nearest large city is 15 miles which itself has four major hospitals and 40 miles from the state capital with more medical conveniences. Apart from that, the Hospital also caters to the medical needs of five very small and nearby rural towns with a net total population which is estimated to be 35,000 inhabitants. It continues to be a general hospital since inception because of the presence of many large hospitals in its vicinity. Although the hospital has good doctors in attendance, majority of them have grown old in their profession and as such the Hospital will be facing a severe shortage of doctors 10-15 years down the line. The Hospital is facing a crunch on the financial front as the minimum occupancy rates have fallen well below the break-even point needed for the Hospital to stay afloat."
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The Hospital System, 1991.
This paper discusses the hospital system: Evolution of hospital care, operations, finances, quality of care, supply and demand and problems.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, £ 33.95
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"Health care is one of the fastest-rising expenses faced by American families. Every year, health-care expenses rise faster than either consumers' incomes or the general rate of inflation. It would seem, then, that health-care providers--of which hospitals are the most conspicuous institutional component would be a highly lucrative enterprise. In fact, however, hospitals have found the late 1980s to be a difficult period, with conditions improving only slightly at the beginning of the 1990s.
To understand the economic problems and choices facing hospitals, it is useful to regard them as firms, and apply to them the general principles of microeconomics which shape the environments of all firms. However, hospitals are firms of a specialized type--not simply in terms of the services they provide, but in terms of how and by whom those services are ... "
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Victoria Hospital - Mission, Vision, Strategies, 2008.
A case study of the future plans and success of the Victoria Hospital.
774 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 19.95
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This paper explains that Victoria Hospital is currently undergoing the process of organizational change and that they must highlight their future plans and courses of action. The paper then proceeds to describe how the hospital's vision and mission statement should be developed as well as some of the strategies of operation it should adopt.
Outline:
Victoria Hospital Vision Statement
Mission Statement
Victoria Hospital Strategies
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"The mission statement takes on step further and communicates the audience the core competencies and the features on which the organization will base its actions in order to retrieve success. Furthermore, it also points out the main focuses of the organization in reaching their goals. For instance, a basic mission statement for a for-profit organization would be to offer their clients the best products and services and integrate the employees into the corporate culture, while in the same time registering profits. The mission statement is an important tool for communicating corporate objectives and commitment and it is addressed to all stakeholders, such as employees, clients, or patients in the case of Victoria Hospital, business partners or the general audience. The mission statement has to be developed by keeping in mind the corporate values and goals. For the Victoria Hospital, these are: dedicated personnel, the usage of advanced technologies and commitment to preserving and improving patient's health. However due to financial cuts, the management at Victoria Hospital desires to increase their profits, this will not be stated in the mission."
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Case Study: Hospital in Crisis, 2004.
An examination of a not-for-profit hospital in financial crisis.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 0 sources, APA, £ 28.95
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This paper examines the challenges facing a not-for-profit hospital in financial crisis. The paper explains that the hospital is facing a 15 percent shortfall, which may necessitate cutting services and staff. The paper discusses the pros and cons of various budget cutting measures. The paper also reviews how the hospital should deal with its staff over these issues.
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"As a community based, non-profit hospital, our goal is to fulfill a wide range of community needs, from providing quality health care to educating the public to promoting wellness in our community. The good news is that non-profit hospitals are..."
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