increase revenue by partnering with Mental Healthcare facilities. Market research has revealed that client intake at these Mental Health facilities has spiked in recent years with an average of 150 clients per facility. Obtaining business from these facilities would be a tremendous opportunity for Apex to increase customer volume and company revenue. Deliverables for this project include establishing a long-term partnership with at least three Mental Healthcare facilities. This endeavor will also
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What is Health Administration? Health Administration or healthcare administration is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of hospitals networks, healthcare systems, and public health systems. There are two types of administrators, generalist and specialist. Generalists are individuals who are responsible for managing or helping to manage an entire facility. Specialists are individuals who are responsible for the efficient operations of a specific department such as policy
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Healthcare and New Technology The future is certainly bright for health care technology professionals, but also for marketers, communications professionals and strategists who see the invaluable role they also play in making information technology a reality in the industry (Fell, 2012). There are five technology trends to keep an eye on; Personal Health Records, Mobile health content and apps, social networking and new media applications cross platform contact centers, and health gaming like
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Western Governors University Quality Survey Server Quality Survey Server The world of healthcare is changing. Patient care is reported out to the public by WebMD, Google, and quality surveys. Patients are more informed, but don’t have the full context to base their opinions in reality. Hospital visits, whether inpatient or outpatient are measured by HCAHPS. (The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) The survey is a great tool to measure patient outcomes and level of
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another entity whose success began as a merchant for tea and coffee in Chicago in 1883 (http://www.usfoods.com). Today, US Foods is one of America’s leading food distributors, servicing every area of the industry, from small restaurants to healthcare, employing about 25,000 people working in over 60 locations nationwide. Their success is based upon their dedication to their customers, through integrity, innovation and teamwork. With a mission to “transform the food service industry by
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The Aging Population The aging population is living longer than ever before and according to statistics this longevity and aging will continue to grow. The importance of providing the Fifty million aging Baby Boomers are sparking demand for products and environments that accommodate their changing physical and sensory capabilities. Today, one out of every 9 Americans is "old"—another former youth turns 50 every 8 seconds. Those age 65 and older now exceed 35 million, a number poised to explode
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Introduction The United States is the only major industrialized nation without universal health insurance. Over the years the inequities in access to care, quality, and the rising cost has led many Americans to be uninsured or underinsured. During 2007 and 2008, one out of three Americans under 65 was without health insurance. 86.7 million Americans were uninsured from 2007 to 2008 (Pifer-Bixler, 2009). The Foundation of Medical Relief, Inc. FMR was developed to be 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
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Marketing Plan for Cintas and the Healthcare Industry Introduction The purpose of this paper is to describe the business of laundry and the rental uniform plan for the healthcare industry through Cintas Corporation. Product life cycle in the case of Cintas is slightly different. There is not a new product when we are speaking of laundry and the rental uniform. Cintas has been providing this service for a number of years when Doc Farmer started the business known as Acme towels. A product
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Personal Development Plan By Nidhi Shukla | Carlow University EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Combining business school education, professional/personal development training, and self-education along with life experiences has directed me toward beginning a career as a business analyst and later on being an entrepreneur. I have been taking classes and exploring various business opportunities as well. I am an MBA student at Carlow University. I have masters in Physics and English from India and during the course
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Instructor Little 10/24/11 More than any other industry, it is in the healthcare business that ethics are of utmost importance. This is because, people in this industry deal with such situations and circumstances, everyday, which have a direct bearing on another person's life. In this paper one will discuss the ethical/legal issues which are faced by the healthcare industry as a nurse, and ethical issues in healthcare, pertaining to both management and medical research and give suggestion on
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