Acadiana Medical Reserve Corp.: A Case Study

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC) accredits more organizations than any other accrediting agency does and organizations that receive the AAAHC accreditation signify confidence to their patients that they are receiving safe and quality service, as organizations that voluntarily participate as members in the AAAHC endure on-going self-evaluations, peer reviews and education that ensures all quality and safety measures exist within the organization (AAAHC, 2017). At least every three years (depending on organization could be 6 months, 1 year, or 3 years), surveyors, who are themselves health care professionals perform surveys on accredited organizations, which involve a wide range of issues such as patient

Sinclair memorial hospital has the following background information: 305 bed acute care facility, 6,300 in patient visits, 17,000 emergency patients yearly, 13,600 clinic visits and 8,500 outpatient visits. Services offered by the facility include: community health care, primary care, home health care, and cancer care. Before entering the HIM department there is a code of dressing that is expected. For the IT department, a casual wear is recommended but the most important part is the identification badge which has to visible all the time. The identification badge shows one is an employee in a particular department and also allows the accessibility of restricted areas within the organization. The facility has to be accessible to the public but The HIM department is expected to be secure in order to keep other employees and unauthorized persons from accessing and accessibility can achieved through authorization and permission are coded in the badge Recording is procedural, for example when a patient is brought by an ambulance, the nurse starts electronic recording through documentation and the health care information is kept throughout the period the patient is being taken care of by other health providers

FACTS: Orleans Regional Hospital is a Medicaid funded psychiatric hospital that mainly provides service for adolescents and children. The hospital was a limited liability company that established itself with three members; NORS LLC which had two corporations including North Louisiana Regional Hospital and Precision, Inc. The defendants John C. Turner and William C. Windham held a 50 percent share in North Louisiana Regional Hospital. Richard W. Williams was the only shareholder of Precision Inc and together they both owned North Louisiana Regional Hospital Partnership and they treated

APS Supervisor Matthew Mitchell made face to face contact with Mr. Charles Hamilton at the Intermediate Care Unit of Walker Baptist Medical Center on 7/17/15 at roughly 10:30 AM. Before visiting with Mr. Hamilton in his room, Mitchell spoke with Ginger Kilgore, RN Case Manager, in her office. She stated that Mr. Hamilton was ready for discharge. She admitted that the hospital was aware Mr. Hamilton’s home in Carbon Hill was currently without electricity and water, but that no alternative placement could be found, nor would Mr. Hamilton agree to discharge anywhere but his residence. Ms. Kilgore also mentioned that Dr. Claude Osula admitted Mr. Hamilton into their care a few days ago due to low potassium levels. He noted in his discharge summary

Business practices, in addition to guidelines on the matter of probable controversial impediments are a component of organizational ethics. This type of ethics is frequently motivated by the law; a copious amount of organizations practice ethics in order to be accepted by the community, not to mention in order to ensure a successful business. Ethical values can have a focal point on organizational concerns which assist the company in adhere to respectable practices within their establishment or corporation.

Tulsa Memorial Hospital (TMH) is one of the nine acute care hospitals that serves in the general population area. Historically, it has been highly profitable due to its well-appointed facilities, excellent medical staff, good-standing reputation for quality care and its ability to give individual attention for each of its patients. The hospital, in addition to its inpatient services, operates an emergency department and an urgent care center located two miles from the hospital across the street from a major shopping mall.

In 1636 U.S. veteran administration hospitals were made to help and take care of the war veterans that come in injured or ill. Also, the bills for this should be taken care of so there are no worries for the most part, but none of this is happening the way it should be or how the system was created to be. Veterans are turned away and avoided by the U.S. veterans hospitals, they have a big thirst for money that has not been quenched and because of this, the veterans that come in are not being treated properly and this effect is turning out very negative.

West Florida Regional Medical Center (WFRMC) located on the north side of Pensacola, Florida competed strongly with sacred heart and Baptist hospitals for patients. WFRMC’s CEO John Kausch was an active member of the Total Quality Council of the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce (PATQC) (McLaughlin, C.P., Johnson, J.K., & Sollecito, 2012).. PATQC’s vision was to develop the Pensacola, Florida area into a total quality community by promoting productivity, quality and economic developments in all area organizations both public and private (McLaughlin, et, al., 2012). John

The Miami VA Healthcare System serves Veterans in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties and operates a total of 372 hospital beds (US Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, n.d.). Since the VA system is owned and run by the federal government, audit requirements in order to provide dietary and nutrition care services in the inpatient, outpatient or long term care setting are different compared to private sector hospitals. Hospitals and health care organizations get accreditation from the Joint Commission in order to meet federal requirements and get payment from Medicare and Medicaid programs (The Joint Commission, n.d.). However, since the Miami VA Healthcare System is a government organization and at a higher level is not required to do so (M. De La Cera, personal communication, January 12, 2017). Nevertheless, the Miami VA requests unannounced visits from The Joint Commission every three years to monitor and strengthen their performance excellence as well as keep their ongoing commitment to the safety and quality care of their patients (Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, 2016). Furthermore, the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) conducts unannounced onsite reviews of the Community Living Center (CLC) to review processes and procedures. Inspectors from AHCA seek

On August 27, 2016 worker received a letter from Dr. Andrew Duxbury, MD, Mr. Walker’s doctor at the VA Medical Center. The letter stated Mr. Walker has both physical and mental limitations that render him dependent on a third party for care. He is unable to understand normal decisions for daily living and patient’s need for 24-hour care and supervision was discussed with family on June 9, 2016 during home visit.

Heritage Oaks Hospital provides a less restrictive step-down treatment environment at three outpatient centers: Harbor Oaks in West Sacramento serves adults and senior adults; Roseville Oaks serves adolescents, adults, and senior adults; and Winding Oaks next to the main hospital serves adults and senior adults. According to course textbook, the goal of outpatient programs is to improve quality of life and to return clients to daily activities among family, peers, and the community (Varcarolis, 2013). The treatments available include psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, and substance abuse. These outpatient centers have partial hospitalization program (PHP) and intensive outpatient program (IOP). According to the hospital website, outpatient services include physician oversight, medication management, group therapies, educational practices such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) (heritageoakshospital.com, 2017). I was assigned to Roseville Oaks Outpatient Behavioral Health Center. It was helpful for me to

Recently the Antelope Valley Hospital Foundation (AVHF) marked its 40-year anniversary of supporting the Antelope Valley’s only hospital offering full-service acute care by presenting a donation of almost $1 million.

It was in 1977 that the United Healthcare United Health group was founded by Richard Burke. The headquarters of the company are in Minnetonka, Minnesota. This organization works towards the betterment of people's health, it help them in living a healthy life by providing them with the kind of health care that would be best for them. The main focus of United Healthcare which is a major division of the United Health group is to provide the people with better health benefits and coverage.

Further studies are needed to provide clarify whether other components of hospital care also contribute to these ratings and, if so, how much to provide a more comprehensive evaluation of patient safety at Beaumont Health System. Finally, no comprehensive instrument or survey method in the published literature has been tested enough to be recommended as an accurate, and interpretable quality measure.

Experiencing low cost traditional surgical procedures, Advanced Medical Technology Corporation (AMT) wants to broadcast this tagline by manufacturing well designed medical instrument based on a massive researching.