...The U.S and Canada both have their similarities and differences when it comes to the Health System. One similar being is both of their cultures and their health status. They have unlimited access to health care and are able to provide good quality care to their citizens no matter the cost. There are far more differences than similarities though. The most significant differences between the two countries are the role of private health care insurance and spending levels. Canada’s health system seems to do more for less, they provide access of health care to many of its citizens. Canada’s health system allows unlimited access to the public for many medical health services. These different services include the different physician and hospital services for their patients. Their health care system is through a government-sponsored system. They have many advantages and their unlimited coverage is universal and portable. In Canada health system, any and all citizens are covered through medical insurance no matter what their age or job may be. Many health systems won’t give you medical coverage because of your age and that shouldn’t be the case. Just because you may be too young or too old, everyone should have unlimited access or health care coverage. Also just because you may not have a job or have a career job that gives you everything you need for the rest of your life. You should still get coverage and Canada allows this access. One positive being about Canadas health system is...
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...country continues in its economic crises, it is crucial for today’s leadership in the government and in management of health care system to meet the needs of the public while maintaining cost in order to avoid economic failure. Healthcare programs will need careful examination to determine if the treatment ordered is necessary for the care of patients. Healthcare program assessments are different from business program assessments. According to "Basic Economy" (207-2012), in typical business, “the demand for a product is the amount that buyers are willing and able to purchase” (Quantity demanded and Supplied). In healthcare, everyone at some point will require medical care. Some will need more than others. Some will need inexpensive versus expensive treatment modalities. But other issues will play into cost. Insurance premiums, co-pays, government restrictions on healthcare, restrictions on what insurance will pay for all factor into the costs of the treatment received. Physicians typically treat patients for what their needs are, not what the cost is or how the patient is going to pay it (Getzen/University of Phoenix, 2007). They want their organization to provide the most up-to-date in medicines and equipment. They do not want to risk...
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...difficulty in attracting new employees. To be more specific, Hospital ABC found that there are still vacancies in critical areas that have yet to be filled up. Even with extended block, the Hospital will have difficulty attracting good employees as there are many other private hospitals competing for the same pool of talent. These hospitals are not afraid to pay above average market rates to secure these employees. Organizations within the healthcare industry are competing for qualified applicants to safeguard future growth. As such, there is a need for organizations to analyze the existing market competition for talent and create the corresponding responses in terms of competitive reward packages. The recruitment policies of the competitors also affect the recruitment function of the organizations. To face the competition, many organizations have to change their recruitment policies according to the policies being followed by the other competitors. The recruitment policy of an organization states the objectives of recruitment and provides a structure for implementation of recruitment program. Of primary importance is to ensure the organization’s recruitment plan is reaching out to the right talent pool in filling open roles. At the same time, this needs to be done in a cost-effective and time-sensitive manner. Effective Recruitment Plan Steps: 1) DETERMINE YOUR RECRUITMENT GOALS: A recruitment plan should be based on hospital goals such as attracting a higher standard of candidate...
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...Shouldice Hospital: Operations Assessment Shouldice Hospital has been devoted to repairing hernias for over half a century. Although the Shouldice system has led to great competitive positioning, the hospital is falling victim to its own success. Demand for Shouldice services is so much higher than its current capacity of 89 beds that it is in a constant state of operations backlog, which grows by 100 patients every 6 months. Thus, Shouldice needs to find a solution to its single most critical question – how to expand the hospital’s capacity while simultaneously maintaining quality control of service delivery. The analysis below is designed to assess the current operations at the hospital, in addition to explaining our recommendation that Shouldice should invest $4MM in a new unit, which will increase bed capacity by 50% and require its surgeons to perform Saturday surgeries. As the financial analysis shows, this change will allow Shouldice to capture unmet demand without compromising its unique system of patient and employee care. Lastly, our recommendation will be also juxtaposed to other options we evaluated as potential solutions, but that neither make financial sense nor solve the current dilemma for the hospital. Hospital Overview Shouldice Hospital is a “focused factory:” a hospital with a specific area of expertise that gives it competitive strength resulting in lower cost, higher quality service for its patients, and better pay for and loyalty...
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...Shouldice Hospital: Operations Assessment [pic] Shouldice Hospital has been devoted to repairing hernias for over half a century. Although the Shouldice system has led to great competitive positioning, the hospital is falling victim to its own success. Demand for Shouldice services is so much higher than its current capacity of 89 beds that it is in a constant state of operations backlog, which grows by 100 patients every 6 months. Thus, Shouldice needs to find a solution to its single most critical question – how to expand the hospital’s capacity while simultaneously maintaining quality control of service delivery. The analysis below is designed to assess the current operations at the hospital, in addition to explaining our recommendation that Shouldice should invest $4MM in a new unit, which will increase bed capacity by 50% and require its surgeons to perform Saturday surgeries. As the financial analysis shows, this change will allow Shouldice to capture unmet demand without compromising its unique system of patient and employee care. Lastly, our recommendation will be also juxtaposed to other options we evaluated as potential solutions, but that neither make financial sense nor solve the current dilemma for the hospital. Hospital Overview Shouldice Hospital is a “focused factory:” a hospital with a specific area of expertise that gives it competitive strength resulting in lower cost, higher quality service for its patients, and better pay for and...
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...Information was gathered through the patient and the other information not known by the patient came from her daughter. Other information came from the patient’s chart. C. REASONS FOR SEEKING CARE OR CHIEF COMPLAINTS 1. “Masakit yung pag-ihi ko” 2. “Namamaga yung puson ko” D. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS/ OR PRESENT HEALTH The history of present illness started the night prior to consultation, when the patient tried to void but she experienced difficulty. No CVA tenderness, flank pain, fever, nausea and vomiting noted. Throughout the night she experienced anuria and gradually her hypogastric area began to distend causing pain 7 out of 10 in intensity- this condition continued on till few hours prior to consultation. There was an increase in intensity of pain from 7 to 10 out of 10 and noted an increase in hypogastric distention. No medications were taken. The persistence of symptoms prompted them to consult. E. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OR PAST HEALTH Patient L.J. has been a diabetic patient for almost 15 years; she claims to be a religiously...
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...provide them customer data more expediently. The software allowed them to see dormant accounts or booking changes. They saved money by not having to hire staff to monitor whether or not customers where happy with the service they recieved. Cablecom also was interested in more efficiently tracking customer satisfaction. In their case, statistical software was used to filter out anomolies. They discovered that the use of survey research in conjuction with statistical software gave a more accurate look at customer satisfaction. Using these two software products allowed them to focus on retaining happy customers and mending relationships with unhappy clients. The last company was the law firm of Bryan Cave. They were looking for an alternative to the hourly fee model used by most law firms. Their clients were requesting "fixed pricing and pricing that was adjusted during a project" (Textbook, pg 6). Bryan Cave had spreadsheets that broke down the collection of fees as well as profits, however, they were unnecessarily complicated and confusing. They used business intelligent tools to help "lawyers track budgets in real time so that they could quickly make adjustments" (Textbook, pg 6). This led to enhanced profitability for Bryan Cave as well as improvement in hours worked by the firms fee earners. Question 2: Almost any organization would benefit from the proper implementation of business intelligence technology. Being that I work in health care, I will...
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...Modifying Centinela Hospital Clinical Laboratory By: Email: Phone: GM 591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor: 10/8/2011 Introduction Centinela Hospital Clinical Laboratory provides comprehensive twenty four hour coverage of routine and emergency laboratory medicine to staff physicians for diagnosis and treatment of patients. Centinela Hospital is located in Inglewood , California. A 369 bed acute care facility owned by Prime Healthcare a privately owned corporation. In 2007 Prime Healthcare bought the Hospital from Tenet Healthcare. The current census of the hospital averages to about two hundred fifty in house patients daily, with a total of more than 140,000 patients treated per year. The Laboratory has forty five full time employees, ten part-time, and five per diem, for a total of sixty employees with a variety of roles and titles. The Laboratory is licensed by the California State Department of Health Services, Laboratory Field Services and accredited by the Joint Commission and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act Agency (CLIA). The full service clinical laboratory provides the following services: Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, Blood Banking, Serology and Immunology. I am a Board Licensed Clinical Lab Scientist and there are thirty five of us. The rest of the laboratorians are either Licensed Lab Technicians or Certified Phlebotomy Technicians. My main specialty and concentration is the field of Microbiology. I am the Lead...
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...Benjamin Leo March 7, 2014 Labor Relations Final Identify two (2) different steps a company should take to prepare for its first round of bargaining with the union (pre-negotiation activities). Explain why each of the steps you have identified is critical to achieving an initial successful collective bargaining agreement with the union. Whenever you bring people together, then put certain individuals in charge of others there is going to be conflict. In the labor relations world this has been going on since the 18th century with the rise of trade unions. (FCMS). Once a situation arises where there needs to be collective bargaining both the company and the union have to take steps to ensure success. The focus of the company before even sitting down at the negotiation table is two fold. The first is to gain situational awareness. This includes understanding what exactly is going to be the issues and then looking back at previous negotiations. This review of past negotiations is a starting point to build the foundation of a plan. The second step a company needs to do before sitting with the union representatives is gathering data. This would include looking back at the past labor contract period and predicting changes. Bring hard numbers to the table help to bring strong evidence for the company’s case. A successful negotiation for the company will depend on preparation; that is why the first step may ultimately be one of the strongest factor on the outcome...
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...Doctors at the local California hospital later attributed Lia’s symptoms to idiopathic epilepsy. Hmong believes quag dab peg symptoms are the result of a person’s soul travelling between realms, while western medicine associates these symptoms with abnormal electrical activity in the brain. The Hmong culture sees this condition as an honor and indication that the person is called to host a healing spirit and become a shaman. The US medical system views epilepsy as an impairment. Neither the social construction of this illness nor cultural implications in Hmong and Western medicine were understood by the Lee family and the doctors treating Lia at MCMC. They did not understand or even possess the knowledge that they had contrasting socially constructed beliefs about Lia’s condition...
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...| Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages | | | Jamie Bowyer | 7/2/2012 | | Trust vs. Mistrust When the balance of care is sympathetic and loving, the psychological conflict of the first year-basic trust versus mistrust-is resolved on the positive side. (Berk pg 248) A baby who trusts those around him/her will feel confident, while those babies who cannot trust those around them will be insecure and not feel protected. Every child should be able to trust their parents and feel protected and confident. I was a very trusting baby as my mom described. My parents were in their 40’s when they had me and had been married previously and both had two other children of their own. When I came into this world I had two brothers, two sisters, and a niece. I went everywhere with my brother, who actually graduated the year I was born, I went on dates quite often and just out and about whenever. My sister would also take me places, but my mom said not as often as my brother did. My mom said the only person I probably did not trust was my niece who was three when I was born and her and my sister lived with us. She said that when my niece, Stephanie and I were alone in a room one day she heard me start screaming out of nowhere when she came to check on us Stephanie got all defensive, so my mom thought she had done something to me, but decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. A few days later the same thing happened again, so my mom knew that she was actually doing something...
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...Shouldice Hospital Limited Group Project: Summer 2012 Operations Management BUSI-411 D02 Ashley Edwards, Yvette Dennis, Andrew Evans, and Rachel Gillespie Respectfully submitted to Dr. Raja Selladurai Liberty University 8/13/12 Facility The facility of Shouldice Hospital took many years to design and was designed to help aid in the recovery of the patients (Hesket, 2005). Everything was designed around helping the patient to be comfortable, yet encourage movement and socializing of the patients. The design encourages postoperative ambulation, which Shouldice believed aided in recovery (Bendavid, 2003). The building is also efficient in its housekeeping and cafeteria services to help minimize costs. The facility is located in one building that has three floors, with the two lower floors opening out to ground level (Hesket, 2005). This design minimized the need for steps, which can cause discomfort for those who just had surgery. The top two floors contained open lounge areas which creates an environment for socializing. The Florida room is an all glass window room that allows plenty of sunlight to come through, allowing a view of the 130 acre estate. According to Franklin (2012), gazing at scenery such as a gardens or mountains can help speed healing from surgery. The recreational area contains pool tables and exercise equipment. These activities require movement. Shouldice believed that movement and socializing would speed up recovery of patients (Bendavid...
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...When the Time Comes xxxxxxxxxxxxxx SOC 313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF1432B) xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx What is the right thing to do when a loved one's life is coming to an end? There is always the wanting to adhere to that individual's request and wishes however there is always the reality that it may not be completely possible due to outside reason or situations. The biggest huddle is will that individual receive the medical care that they need and will the family be will to help or it will cause a tear in the family. Ella who is the individual that will be discussed in this paper, because she is the one that is dying and it is her wishes that everyone especially her husband John, is trying full fill her last wishes. A little background is required for any of this to make sense Ella has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has been treating her condition with natural remedies, and for a long time, despite what the doctors have told her, it seemed to have been working causing her cancer to remission, however that route seems to have ran its course and now the cancer has come back with a vengeance cause Ella to come to the conclusion that she is dying, and she has starting to set up for the end, making her requests to be allowed to go home and pass at home, (Introduction_to_the_Miller_Family). Bringing an individual home that is basically coming home to be more comfortable until they die can and does cause a lot stress on not just the primary...
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...never be mine. She was a woman, and so was I. It was her wedding day and I wasn’t the one beside her ready to say ‘I do’. I was only the singer and pianist of their wedding theme song, “Forevermore”—one of my all-time favourite classic songs that I sang to her once. She knew of the overwhelming emotions I have felt for her, and we grew close to each other after that confession. We were open to each other and were fond of ourselves. She used to tease me about anything, ran me errands, or requested from me something. Along with these, she never hesitated to give me expensive presents at certain occasions even if I would always refuse. I didn’t want to be of any burden to her; all I wanted was to give her anything I could offer for her to be happy. She completed me, my dear Rose, and she stayed close to me until he came. This was not to imply that I blamed Mike for being the cause of Rose’ distancing from me. I knew my limits. As months walked by, Rose and I grew apart from each other. I tried to be in touch with her but there was that certain barrier that even my undaunted love could not break down. I then realized my worth—I...
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...Identifying and Reducing High Staff Turnover Introduction The Information Technology Department (IT) at ABC Hospital is comprised of the following Teams: Radiology IT, Radiation Oncology IT, Lab IT, Cardiology IT & Peri-operative IT Teams. The focus of the IT Department is to provide IT Support for the clinical applications utilized by the respective departments that they support. The IT department focuses on application support, incident management, project management, and a strong focus on customer service. Customers include Physicians, Radiologists, Technicians, Nurses, Clerical Staff, Billing staff, and Administrative Staff. The IT Staff is customer facing, they are required to interact with stakeholders on a daily basis. IT also serves as a liaison between the clinical departments and the technical IT Departments within ABC Hospital. IT focuses on understanding the IT needs of each department and verbalizes this in technical terms to the technical IT Department. IT department is staffed with eleven staff members and is managed by one Manager. Each IT sub department has a Team Lead who is directly responsible for each team meeting all IT & Clinical Department goals & objectives. Brady Consulting Services has been hired by ABC Hospital to provide an analysis and recommendations on the cause for high staff turnover within the IT Department. Over the past 2 years the IT Team has seen a high volume of staff turnover within the Lab IT, Radiation...
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