PACIFIC HEALTHCARE CASE STUDY American Military University Case Name: Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts Pacific Healthcare and its subsidiaries consists of Pacific Memorial, Pacific Cabrillo, and Pacific Isla Vista. It is the largest provider of healthcare in Santa Barbara County. The director of supply management is Barney Rubble, who is responsible for procuring supplies. Before passing away, Thurston Howell, director of radiology, made all decisions involving the purchasing of
Pacific Healthcare Case Study Introduction to Supply Chain Management TLMT 313 B001 Sum 12 Michael Upshaw July 15, 2012 Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts • Pacific Healthcare is the largest health care provider in Santa Barbara County. The institution consists of three hospitals: Pacific Memorial (415 beds), Pacific Cabrillo (250 beds), and Pacific Isla Vista (300 beds); also included are two nursing homes and ten
Pacific Healthcare Case What alternatives should Barney Rubble consider when addressing the problem? There are basically five options in total because there are four other vendors that make X ray films. The competing companies DuPont, Agfa, Fugi, and 3M. DuPont and Agfa can produce quality that is roughly consistent with Kodak. On purely a cost basis, Mr. Rubble would most likely go with DuPont since is of roughly the same quality as Kodak while also costing less than Agfa who also produces
Case Study One Case Name: Pacific Healthcare I. Major Facts Pacific Healthcare is the largest health care provider in Santa Barbara Country. Pacific Memorial, Pacific Cabrillo, and Pacific Isla Vista along with two nursing homes and ten outpatient clinics are all linked to Pacific Healthcare. Altogether, there are over 1,500 beds. Barney Rubble, the Pacific’s corporate director of supply management, is in charge of procuring supplies for all Pacific Healthcare subordinates. The director of
PACIFIC HEALTHCARE CASE STUDY 1 Pacific Healthcare American Public University System Professor Wade Keith Pacific Healthcare: I. Major Facts Mr. Howell, the director of radiology for Pacific Healthcare has passed away. He was in charge of the supplier section of X ray film. Mr. Howell would not authorize the use of any X ray film other than Kodak. Barney Rubble is the corporate director of supply management for Pacific
View into Social Media and Healthcare “According to the Measuring the Information Society Report 2014 by the International Telecommunication Union, nearly 3,000 million people use the Internet, which is more than 40% of the world 's population (7,200 million). There are almost as many mobile-cellular subscriptions (6.9 billion) as people on Earth, more than three quarters of them (5.4 billion) in the developing world, and more than half (3.6 billion) in the Asia-Pacific region” (Fernández-Luque &
simultaneous stages should not change or use those stages for their own advantage without consideration of the organization involved. Some of the advantages would be: - Developing competences and learning form the partners - Suitability and protection of resources is maintained - Developing low cost models hence financial benefit - Each partner can concentrate on different stages of the supply 2. What are the disadvantages or risks of
which the state/government pays for any and all health care costs for its citizens. However in the south pacific region this system is becoming increasingly unsustainable, citizens are now being required to meet the full or partial costs of their treatment. This new system is referred to as the user pays system where the government is not responsible for meeting the costs of its citizen’s healthcare. This new system has been met with both positive and negative reactions. It is the responsibility of the
The U.S.s’ roots were built off of racism based on a culture that has allowed white privilege and disadvantages for Black, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native, Arab and other racially oppressed people. We still see racism today either through conscious or unconscious actions. Structural Racism feeds off of unconscious racism, meaning public and private institutions try to ‘unintentionally’ keep a class of people from excelling. Therefore, Institutional Racism is based off conscious racism, meaning
Ramirez 1 Ramirez 2 Jocelyn Ramirez Instructor Sharifian GOVT 2305-75427 28 JULY 2017 Assignment Two Every parent has the best intentions when It comes to their family. They will do the impossible in order to provide their children the best way of life and education they can obtain. Most people who immigrate into the U.S. have to start their life over from scratch. While others come in with visas and are able to pay thousands to have a place they can call home throughout their pregnancy. Those types