hospitals profits come from the cardiology department. One key strategy the hospital should adopt is specializing for growth. Not only has the rise in specialty hospitals increased in the last few years, but it has also enabled hospitals facing stif Continue Reading...
Patient Satisfaction in Quality of Managed Care Aspect to be compared Gender and Patient Satisfaction in Managed Care, etc. Stakeholder Perceptions of Quality in Managed Care Plans Two Steps to Enhance Managed Care Quality Author(s)/Date Emily Continue Reading...
Patients in hospitals often complain of pain regardless of the diagnosis. Several activities in a patient's life contribute to pain. Some of the activities include amount of sleep, daily chores and quality of life (Alaloul, Williams, Myers, Jones, &a Continue Reading...
Inpatient Whiteboards This study is a theoretical framework exploring whiteboard use preferences and recommendations for patient-centered care and communication through whiteboard use. This study is a theoretical framework exploring whiteboard use Continue Reading...
setting, definition Sample/Setting Conclusions (Appraisal) Level of Evidence (Flagg, 2015) Implementing patient-focused healthcare within settings burdened by the combined challenges of scarce support systems, huge patient loads and constantly-g Continue Reading...
You have been appointed to chair a hospital-wide committee to develop and implement a plan to improve patient satisfaction in your facility. Your Chief Nursing Officer has provided you a summary report indicating a steady decline in patient satisfact Continue Reading...
The baseline data for the study was recorded during the first 2 weeks of the 6-week study period. The study design consisted of analyses of the data collected from the experimental (1-hour rounds and 2-hour rounds) versus the control nursing units w Continue Reading...
Nursing Unit Turnover on Patient Outcomes in Hospitals While it might seem intuitive that higher rates of turnover within a unit are problematic, the study by Bae, Mark, & Fried (2010) attempts to show using a quantitative study the extent to w Continue Reading...
hourly nurse rounds help to reduce falls, pressure ulcers, call light use and contribute to rise in patient satisfaction base on evidence base practice The healthcare center is faced with numerous challenges affecting clinical results and client sat Continue Reading...
Hospital Management Justification Report [Type text] [Type text] [Type text] Transmittal Maintenance Notice | Patient Satisfaction Transmittal ii Terminology Major Sections of the Report VMC Utility Tie Breaker Maintenance Procedures preparat Continue Reading...
Patient Satisfaction There are a number of concerns faced by patients in the hospital. One that is not often discussed but that can play a real factor in treatment is the burnout experienced by nurses. Even during short-term hospitalization, the bur Continue Reading...
Patient Falls and Nursing PICO Question -- Among acute care patients on a Medical-Surgical Unit, does hourly rounding, as opposed to only setting the bed alarm, significantly reduce patient falls (at least by 50%)? Modern healthcare and nursing are Continue Reading...
Hospitals v. Hotels Hospitals are basically hotels and can be evaluated in the same way. There was a time in the not so recent past when doctors were sacred and individuals would take anything that they said to heart, as the saying "doctor knows be Continue Reading...
They added newer constructs to a PSC model developed earlier by Gershon and his colleagues (2000), which unveiled the relationship of safety and security aspects and linked it with work performance. They found that when hospital staff used the Gersh Continue Reading...
(Capps; Dranove; Lindrooth, 2006) Let us now discuss some of the causes of errors and the barriers to providing safe care which are Accreditation issues, Partnership, Physician-hospital organization issues and Medical errors. Accreditation issue wa Continue Reading...
Patient-Centered Medical Home Medical Home How the Patient-Centered Medical-Home reducing cost and improving quality and safety for patients. The patient centered medical home is a platform that fills a need in the current healthcare system. The U Continue Reading...
Multicultural Patient Care The Market Orientation of the Family Birthing Center is no doubt, diverse. It is also an excellent avenue for health care reforms as the community hospital is forced to cater to the needs of people that speak 40 different Continue Reading...
Patient Perceptions of Participation in Treatment Several studies have revealed that patients generally prefer to learn everything they can about their illness and the proposed treatment plan, and even have some control during the planning stage (r Continue Reading...
Heart hospitals are foregoing the traditional systems with a model known as patient-focused care. In this model patients stay in one room throughout the entire procedure, rather than the traditional method of waiting for beds to open as they transfe Continue Reading...
Staffing in Nursing Staffing and Other Nursing Issues The main topic of this paper is staffing related to the field of nursing, here it is very important to realize a correct balance between the demand of nurses and available nurses at any medical Continue Reading...
According to a study by Aiken (et al., 2017), there is a direct correlation between a more highly skilled nursing workforce and lower patient mortality, higher patient satisfaction, better quality of care, patient safety, and a reduced rate of other Continue Reading...
Evolving Role of Call Lights and Nursing Rounds in Hospitals The use of call lights in hospital settings has increasingly come under study as a function of nursing shortages, changes in nursing rounds, and robust studies of patient outcomes. The sc Continue Reading...
Hospital Corporation of America Introduction Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is not only one of the country’s largest hospital companies, but it also happens to be one of the most notable healthcare services providers in the country. At p Continue Reading...
Purpose and Overview Nurse consultation involves the application of change management principles and visionary leadership to the improvement of healthcare organizations. Guided by evidence-based practice and ethical principles of the healthcare prof Continue Reading...
Introduction Patient-centered care is the goal of many healthcare organizations, but the ability of an organization to deliver patient-centered care is influenced by a number of factors both internal and external. Business practices, regulatory requ Continue Reading...
Nurse burnout is a common occurrence. This can exacerbate an ongoing problem that is seen in hospitals, nosocomial infections. Nosocomial infections remain prevalent for patients with extended hospital stays like those in intensive care units. An inf Continue Reading...
Interoperability of Electronic Medical Records Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are patient-management tools that have been created in the health sector to help coordinate patient care. These tools or system focuses on capturing patient-generated he Continue Reading...
Patient Satisfaction In the hospital and in other health care settings, patient safety has become one of the most important considerations. This is particularly so in terms of the increasing complexity of related technology. Indeed, it is common for Continue Reading...
Application: Systems Theory Healthcare organizations provide nursing services centered on multiple theories. For instance, the Open Systems Theory established in 1978 by Katz and Kahn considers the healthcare organization as social systems divided i Continue Reading...
Patients are accountable for providing feedback, which is essential for a system of shared accountability to function correctly. Patients may also ask questions, of course and should be expected to follow instructions, because if they do not they are Continue Reading...
Stagnant Health System Meets an Aging Population, Disaster Await The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 Most Canadians have expressed dissatisfaction with the manner that the health-care system looks after the elderly in society. A st Continue Reading...
Patient Falls Preventing Patient Falls The primary goal of every hospital and care facility is the health and safety of their patients. While some problems, such as illness cannot be avoided, compounding illness with injuries can and should be avoi Continue Reading...
Patient acuity system provides the nurses and other healthcare practitioners in health cares' information that can guide them in their attention towards the patients. The nurses track information and then weigh them in accordance to the urgency of as Continue Reading...
Attract and retain top nursing talent -- organizations that have achieved magnet status tend to have far less turnover than those who do not. The research postulates that this is due to several factors, among which the nurses' ability to actively p Continue Reading...
Patient Safety Through Medication Reconciliation The adoption of the Affordable Healthcare Act has assisted an increasing number of Americans to have access to health insurance. Despite the benefits associated with the new law, the quality of health Continue Reading...
Arnold Palmer Hospital Labor and Delivery Workflow Analysis The Arnold Palmer Hospital (AHC) located in Orlando, Florida is considered one of the most efficient and patient-centric healthcare providers in the U.S. due to the customer satisfaction sc Continue Reading...
