“In the United States, approximately 25,000 births (0.6%) per year occur in the home. Approximately one fourth of these births are unplanned or unattended. Among women who originally intend to give birth in a hospital or those who make no provisions for professional care during childbirth, subsequent unplanned home births are associated with high rates of perinatal and neonatal mortality. The relative risk versus benefit of a planned home birth, however, remains the subject of current debate” (American…

Introduction Florida Hospital is a non-profit hospital, which means the money goes back into patient care. Florida Hospital includes the human aspects in all levels of their organization. They are committed “to improving the quality of life of their patients, family, friends and neighbors to guide them in everything they do. Not just in “Central Florida, but around the globe as well” (Florida Hospital,2016). President/CEO Florida Hospital Lars Houmann said “through our many programs and services…

Home Birth vs. Hospital Birth Home birth versus hospital birth is one of the more controversial topics in the world today. It is a delicate topic because the safety and well-being of mothers and babies is in question. The majority of the information out there is subjective, making it difficult to reach an unbiased conclusion. What is home birth? A home birth is a childbirth that takes place in a residence rather than in a hospital or a birth center. The amount of women that choose home birth has been…

in For non-profit Hospitals Are For-Profit Hospitals More Efficient Than Non-Profit Hospitals? Introduction Hospitals in the United State and Canada are the largest health care organization. Private hospitals may either be classified as non-profit or for-profit institutions. The main difference between non-profit and for-profit hospitals is the regulatory rules. Non-profit hospitals are not required to pay property, sales, or income tax. The reason that non-profit hospitals and other…

Profit vs. Non Profit Healthcare Organizations Prepared By: Milton Flores Table of Contents I. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3 II. Definition of Non Profit Health Care Organization………………………………………………………………………….4 III. Definition of Profit Health Care Organization…………………………………………………………………………………4 IV. Issues facing Non Profit and Profit Health Care Organizations……………………………………………………….5 V. Options to improve operations…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Anna Pujol Professor Regis ENG123-I 02 February 2015 The Benefit of “Natural” Births Over Hospital Births Over thirty one percent of women in the United States have given birth via cesarean section (Lothian, 198). With cesarean rates this high it is necessary for one to ask, are these interventions truly medically necessary and are they beneficial for the mother and child? Cesarean sections can lead to a longer recovery time span for the mother. This can result in many troublesome issues for…

Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa is a unionized hospital, while Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines is a non-union facility. Both facilities strive to give its patients excellent care but the working conditions vary somewhat due to the difference between a union and non-union facility. From Mary Greeley’s I interviewed Mrs. Lorna Hamilton, the Emergency/Security Management Coordinator and from the Iowa Lutheran Hospital I interviewed Mr. Jeffrey L. Bebensee, the Security Manager. Both…

Precipitous Labor and Giving Birth Outside of the Hospital: Nurses Role Precipitous labor, according to Suzuki (2015), can be defined as birth lasting less than three hours after the start of contractions. Wilbeck and Schorn (2013) found “In 2008 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented 4,247,694 live births in the United States.1 Of those births, 96,180 were reported as precipitous in nature” (p. 4). Precipitous births can be problematic for mother and baby as well as the staff…

Lancaster General Hospital is located in downtown Lancaster County. They are an acute care hospital that has 533 inpatient beds with 142 of them being semi-private rooms. The hospital is expanding, adding all private rooms for patients. The $60 million renovation will turn the hospital into six-stories. According to Lancaster General Health, “private-room design also reduces noise levels and traffic in and out of patient rooms and contributes to a reduction in patient stress levels, which in turn…

Home Birth vs. Hospital Birth Delivering a baby in the home and in the hospital both provide comfort to some, but homebirth offers decreased cost and hospital births offer more options. Some women have different birthing methods in mind when it comes to delivering a child. Some women feel that it is more convenient to stay home to deliver their child. Mothers-to-be will choose to have a hospital birth because they may feel safer or more secure knowing that if something is not right or if she has…