...Accrington Victoria Hospital At least ten mills were in operation in Accrington in the early nineteenth century. Terraced housing for the industrial workers was built along new streets and in squares; a few higher status developments, such as Bank Terrace, were also built at this time. By the middle of the century overcrowded living conditions had given rise to major sanitation problems. Many people were living in cramped courts with inadequate drainage, and it was not uncommon for pigs and other animals to be kept in the town. The arrival of the railway in 1848, connecting Accrington with Blackburn, Burnley and Manchester, was a stimulus for further industrial and residential development. More new streets were laid out throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. Housing build after about 1860 tended to differ from the earlier housing, being generally of better quality and built in longer, more standardised terraces on streets laid out to an orderly grid plan . The town grew as a centre for the textiles industry, but in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century it also became a world-renowned centre for engineering including the NORI brick, used in the foundations of the Blackpool Tower. The NORI brick was also exported from Hyndburn to America in 1931 to be used in the foundations of the 1,454ft Empire State Building because they were the densest and strongest in the world . Accrington grew rapidly from the late eighteenth century onwards as a result...
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...skips to quickly from the early 1900s to contemporary periods, hospitals to healthcare in general, etc. Not well organized to the assignment questions. The portion on India doesn't provide a timeline comparison with the US." Using references other than those contained in this unit, research information on the historical development of health care, and complete the following for your assignment: Trace the major historical developments of hospitals in the United States. Identify the major historical events of hospitals in a country outside of the United States. Compare and contrast the history of both countries' hospitals, and discuss which one you feel has evolved to more effectively provide patient care. Be sure to provide rationale for your choice of which hospital more effectively provides care. Abstract No matter what part of the world one may live in, there is a rich history within those cultures. There are also history backgrounds of their hospitals and how they came to be. The objective of this project is to take a closer look into the historical developments of hospitals within the United States and India and based off their developments, which of the two grant superior effective care. The development of health care facilities has a long history no matter what part of the world they are in. Many techniques and standards have been lost and gained throughout the years. What all hospitals should always strive for is discovering new and innovative ways...
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...University Healthcare Administration HCM630-1302-01 Jeanette Boxley Every hospital that is around today can trace their origins to one event, and that would be the beginning of poor houses (National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems). These houses were started because of the need to get the poor, the very ill, the deprived and the ones who were disabled off the streets and into homes that would be able to take custody of and care for them. One of these places was a 6 bed home that was started in 1736, in New York City called Bellevue, over the next 100 years or so it became known as Bellevue Hospital and it is still around today. During this time frame there were a few more charity hospitals that opened their doors, one was in New Orleans, and the other is in Tennessee which is still around today (National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems). Public hospital as we know them today came into being from 1860-1930, before that time people would get any medical treatment that was needed at home, this included giving birth, surgery, or treatments for any illness. Starting around the time of the civil war hospitals had physicians, and nurses who would treat and care for the sick and injured. When a hospital was established and had trained staff it became a key component in the expanding medical culture (National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems). All hospitals before the 1920’s worked without much money, doctors would donate their time...
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...AFT2 Task 3 / Tracer Patient A.1. Evaluation In reviewing the Surgical Patient Tracer Worksheet (SPTW), it was found that a deficiency was noted that stated “History and physical not done within 24 hours of admission (> 72 hours).” This meant that the laparoscopic hysterectomy related History and Physical (H&P) the patient received was used for the abdominal hysterectomy. Plus, it was more than seventy-two hours after being admitted to NCH for surgery that the patient received the H&P for the abdominal hysterectomy. In reviewing the Tracer document and other information, it became clear that there were three violations of Joint Commission Standards (JCS) for PC.01.02.03 which states: “The hospital assesses and reassesses the patient and his or her condition according to defined time frames.” (Joint Commission, 2014 August). The violations are as follows: 1) When bleeding was detected, the doctor made the determination that the less invasive laparoscopic hysterectomy the patient was scheduled to undergo would need to be changed to an abdominal hysterectomy. The tracer shows no evidence that neither the doctor nor anyone else associated with the surgery including the Anesthesiologist asked for a new H&P to determine the possible complications the bleeding might have on the choice of surgical procedure. The violation relates to JCS PC.01.02.03 Element of Performance (EP) 3 which states: “Each patient is reassessed as necessary based on his or her plan for care...
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...Over the time in history, there was many people who helped create the history through over the times. One important person in history time was Dorothea Dix. Dorothea Dix once said “What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good in those around us.” This quote shows that Dorothea Dix was happy on the time she spent in making changes for the prisoner in prison. Dix was one of the important people to help change life of those people. Dorothea Dix was an important figure in American History because, she did her best and succeeded to help the life of others. She improved life for others that’s what makes her an important figure in American History she went out of her way to help others. Everyone has a early life/childhood as kid, so did Dorothea Dix. Dix was born on April 4,1802 in Hampden, Maine. She was the eldest of three children, her father was Joseph Dix and mother was Mary Bigelow. Dorothea Dix began teaching at the...
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...Center of Southern Indiana History The Medical Center of Southern Indiana was the brainchild of two community members in 1973, originally named North Clark Community Hospital (NCCH). Many years after the initial conception of the NCCH, and numerous positional changes throughout the corporate structure, “North Clark Community Hospital opened its doors in September 1976,” (Rakich, Longest, & Darr, 2010). Unfortunately, NCCH only experienced difficult times for the next nine years, daily loss of profit due to unoccupied treatment beds and unused facilities, and lack of competitive advantage in the market to aid in the marketing of the hospital to increase profits eventually lead to the sale of the hospital in 1985 for $15 million to Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). HCA began reorganizing and transforming the entire structure of the hospital, these changes provoked renowned community support, to which HCA sold the hospital six years later to the City of Charleston for a drastically lower price of $2 million, thus NCCH name was changed to the Medical Center of Southern Indiana (MCSI). Internal Strengths and Weaknesses MCSI has employed very intelligent staff members, this workforce has been maintained properly creating a very low employee turnover rate of 11%, which is one of MCSI’s internal strengths. The second internal strength would be MCSI’s management of finances. MCSI internal weaknesses consist of the history attached to the hospital and its failures under previous...
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...Economic Terms and Healthcare History July 1, 2013 By: Kelsey Breeden Economics within health care has changed drastically throughout the years. With the election and now reelection of President Obama, health care economics has become very important to not only providers, but managers and even the clients. In order to better understand the economics of health care, one needs to understand the history and evolution of health care. The purpose of this paper is to explore the history and evolution of health care throughout the United States history. Starting with the 1800’s, most people had their medical care and assistance come to their home. There were very little healthcare providers, as well as medicines and treatment. People during that time period were able to just deal with being sick instead of going to the doctors and to see all kinds of specialists. These types of options were not available, and if they were to seek medical attention it was very pricey. Healthcare insurance was not offered so all payments had to be paid out of pocket, and in full. As the 1800’s progressed, there became a formation of the medical field and medical professions. Now although there was a healthcare industry on the rise, people were still not sure of the money aspect of healthcare. When the 1900’s came about, healthcare continued to expand, with the expansion came the want and need for hospitals. Hospitals became very important to everyone and access continued to...
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...an article named “Hospital “Dropped the Ball” with Ebola Patient`s Travel History NIH official says.”In the past few weeks the first case of Ebola has been diagnosed on American soil in Dallas, Texas. The patient name is Thomas Eric Duncan. He is from Liberia and flew from there to Dallas to visit his family . He went to the Texas Health...
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...Healthcare Ecosystems Barnes Jewish Hospital is the combination of The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis built in 1902 and Barnes Hospital built in 1914. The two hospitals were combined in a merger in 1996 becoming Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is located in St. Louis, Missouri in the Central West End neighborhood. What started off as a small Jewish hospital in 1902 is now one of the best hospitals in Missouri. It is also the largest private employer of St. Louis with 9,215 employees (http://barnesjewish.org/about/fact-sheet). Barnes Jewish is a teaching hospital that has been associated with Washington University College of Medicine since before 1914. This association guaranteed that the hospital would be staffed with university professors and be a learning environment for cutting edge medicine. Impact on Growth Immigration had a large impact on the growth of The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis. The hospital was built with money from the Jewish community and the board of directors consisted of the city’s Jewish leaders but they wanted the hospital to help everyone. The board promised that the hospital would “afford medical and surgical care and nursing to sick or disabled persons of any creed or nationality” (http://barnesjewish.org/about/history). Over 3 million Jews immigrated to the United States from Europe from 1881 to 1920. The immigration was caused by economic conditions and discrimination that radiated throughout Europe (http://en.wikipedia...
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...about the history of healthcare, how it started, and its evolution. In my research, you will learn about the history of and present usage of the American Medical Association, hospitals, nurses, Medicare/Medicaid, and the HMO Act of 1973. Exhibit A: The American Medical Association The American Medical Association (AMA) came about to make sure that traditional medicine and scientific concepts was used in colleges that deemed themselves as medical schools (Encyclopedia, 2001). A group of doctors who were a part of different local and state associations formed the AMA. They thought that medical education was not keeping up on a national level, that there were no consistent curriculums, and that medicine was not about healing arts associated with mystic beliefs (Encyclopedia, 2001). Since its start, the AMA has closed huge gaps in how medical students are taught and how healthcare is delivered (Lazarus, J. 2013). I believe that the AMA should be a part of my museum because without the AMA science would not have been applied to healthcare and without those sciences how would we have developed in the knowledge of healthcare today? The AMA is committed to helping physicians navigate and thrive in healthcare transformations with the “one size doesn’t fit all” motto. They want all doctors to be prepared and able to sustain professional satisfaction for themselves, which will optimistically lead to better health outcomes for all patients (Lazarus, J. 2013). Exhibit B: Hospitals Hospitals...
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...Economic Terms and Health Care History Tina Hamm HCS 440 November 28, 2011 Nanc Renninger There are many terms that are used in Healthcare History, some of which have been used since the beginning of time and some that have been adapted over the years with the never ending changes in healthcare. In the next few paragraphs we will learn when these terms began and where they take place. When one learns the history of healthcare and the fundamentals of the economic terms they are able to better understand just how the system works. The terms that we will learn about in the paper are as follows: economics, supply and demand, microeconomics, macroeconomics, elasticity, inelasticity, and gross domestic product. There are constant changes and amendments all the time and for this very reason all persons within the healthcare business has to history in order to be prepared for future changes. Let’s start with economics in healthcare and how it has changed over the years. The major reason for the change in economics is due to the continuing change in technology and the different ways healthcare is offered. In the 1800’s is when healthcare began to take a formal way of medical technology. Doctor’s started to form hospital structures and education became necessary. In the 1900’s America was the largest of population to have hospitals only to find a economic decline that made the stock market crash. I am sure everyone has heard of the Great Depression, which made it...
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...Organizations (JCAHO) Nightingale Community Hospital will focus on improving its communication process in the operating room. The purpose of communication in the healthcare setting is to disseminate information in such a way as to create shared understanding about the patient and about what needs to be done for a positive outcome. (synergia.com) A patient is at his most vulnerable state during procedures that require sedation or anesthesia. The patient is releasing his decision making ability and safety into the control and care of the healthcare team. Therefore, effective communication on behalf of the patient is critical to the patient’s outcome. As we prepare for this upcoming review by the Joint Commission, communication is our priority focus area. From a previous Joint Commission visit 2 years ago it was found that Nightingale Community Hospital fell short in the area of communication. In one instance the surveyor was unable to find the link between the interdisciplinary and collaborative process that the hospital already had in place to the actual usage of the process to affect patient outcomes. (PC.01.03.01) It was also found that leadership had not effectively communicated how the hospital manages its programs, services, sites or departments as evidenced by an interview with three different staff nurses. (LD.04.01.05) Lastly, as it relates to effective, patient centered communication, Nightingale Community Hospital failed to have a process in place that would...
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...Commission As someone who recently entered the health care workforce with very minimal knowledge about the health care world, the Joint Commission seems like a viable choice to understand why this organization is important to the health care community. To understand why it is important to have the Joint Commission in the health care system is as simple as reading rules in a classroom on the first day. By understanding its history, the services it offers, and they serve can bring a brief glimpse into what The Joint Commission is about. The Joint Commission: Brief History The history starts with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), founded in 1913 and had developed the Minimum Standard for Hospitals manual and improved standard care within 30 years. With the help of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), they joined ACS as corporate members to form the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH) in 1951 (Joint Commission History, 2012) . Its sole purpose is to provide voluntary accreditation. The Joint Commission is administered by a 32-member Board of Commissioners that includes physicians, nurses, educators, employers, administrators, and others to bring an assorted array of experience in public policies, health care, and business whom the corporate members appoint. By 1987, JCAH changed the name to Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare...
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...Suspected Cancer, June 2005 Patient Details Surname Forename D.O.B. Address Postcode Telephone NHS No Hospital No Interpreter? Y/N GP Details (inc Fax Number) Gender Date of Decision to Refer Date of Referral GP Signature First Language: Symptoms for immediate referral: Note:Do not use this form for immediate referral, make a telephone referral ♦ Signs of superior vena caval obstruction (swelling of face/neck with fixed elevation of JVP) ♦ Stridor Symptoms for urgent referral: (Check as appropriate) Persistent haemoptysis (smokers/ex-smokers > 40 yrs) Chest x-ray suggestive of lung cancer (inc pleural effusion and slowly resolving consolidation) Normal chest x-ray with high suspicion of lung cancer Symptoms for urgent referral for a chest x-ray: Note: Do not use this form for routine referral for a chest x-ray 1. Haemoptysis 2. Changes in symptoms in patients with underlying chronic respiratory problems 3. Unexplained or persistent (longer than three weeks): (See below) ♦ Weight loss ♦ Chest/shoulder pain ♦ Chest signs ♦ Finger clubbing ♦ Dyspnoea ♦ Cervical/supraclavicular lymphadenopathy ♦ Hoarseness ♦ Cough ♦ Features suggestive of metastasis from a lung cancer (e.g. secondaries in the brain, bone, liver, skin) History: Current or ex-smoker History of exposure to asbestos and recent onset of chest pain History of COPD Previous cancer (especially head & neck) Shortness of breath or unexplained systemic symptoms (where...
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...Software Requirements Specification for Hospital Management Version 1.0 approved Lakshmi Niranjan LIBA Maveric 11-a 11-07-2014 Software Requirements Specification Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Scope 1.3 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations 1.4 References 5. Overview 2. General Description 2.1 Product Perspective 2.2 Product Functions 2.3 User Characteristics 3. Specific Requirements 3.1 Functional Requirements 3.2 Performance Requirements 3.3 Non-Functional Requirements 3.4 Design Constraints Appendix A. 1 Hospital Management Process Diagram 1. Introduction 1. Purpose Basic Description of Problem The Administrator and staff of a hospital have been experiencing major headaches in organising and managing patients, beds, and nurses. There have been reports of missing patient information, lack of security and privacy on patient medical history, and confusion in bed allocations. Nurses have complained about mistakes in nurse allocation to patients, and bed management for waiting patients. The manual systems can not handle current demands on hospital staff. 2. Scope The purpose of this specification is to document requirements for a system to manage the hospital. The specification identifies what such a system is required to do. The specification is written in a format...
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