Kingwood Medical Center And Memorial Hermann N: A Case Study

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

The North Texas State Hospital (NTSH) is part of the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) administration. NTSH is a mental healthcare facility that has two campuses: one department is located in Wichita Falls, TX and the other in Vernon, TX. Including both campuses DSHS is the largest mental hospital in the state of Texas, which provides psychiatric services for the mentally ill. NTSH is the only facility in the entire state of Texas that provides forensic psychiatric care. Forensic psychiatric care is a specialized service for prisoners who have mental disorders. NTSH offers a 284-bed maximum security program for adults and a 78-bed adolescent Forensic Program (DSHS Center, 2017). NTSH aims to improve the health, safety, and wellbeing of individuals by providing the right stewardship, reducing health care problems, improving public health awareness, and preventing diseases. In order to improve health and safety, NTSH is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The Joint Commission is an independent, not for profit association that set standards to evaluate

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.

The Midhudson Regional Hospital has  diversed employees. They are made up of individuals with different culture, gender, socio-economic and race. During the infection control awareness week,I was very  conscious of the diversity. Everyone was welcomed. Some of the participants received very easy question to avoid embarrasment . I was able to met and interact with many employees, patients and visitors with different cultures, genders, race and socioeconomic backgrounds. Cultural competency was applied..

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.

On 02/012016, at approximately 1833hrs, Officer Estimond unit 3610 was dispatched to a reported subject urinating inside of the train located on the southbound platform at Doraville station.. Once Estimond made contact with Mullins, he realized that Mullins was staggering and unable to stand alone. Officer Estimond also smelled the scent of alcohol coming from Mullins breath. Mullins was arrested for Drunkennes and transfered to Doraville city jail. Doraville refused to intake Mullins because of his drunkenness. officer Estimond returned with Mullins back to Doraville Station and called for an Ambulance to respond. Dekalb EMS #54 arrived, treated Mullins on scene and decided to transfer Mullins foR further evaluation to Northside hospital.

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.

We are committed to giving our patients the highest level of care regardless of ability to pay.

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) is a 456-bed teaching hospital located in Colton California. Out of the 456 beds, 90 beds are behavioral health and 366 are inpatient hospital beds. ARMC is a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health care facility providing multitude of care including: primary care, specialty care, trauma care and houses the only burn center for four counties. Moreover, ARMC has 9 residency programs which are accredited by ACGME and AOA, both are known entities in graduate medical education. Furthermore, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center’s Ambulatory department operates over 40 specialty clinics and 4 family health clinics. Three of the family health clinics are off site located in Fontana, Rialto and San Bernardino. ARMC covers about 98% of Medi-Cal patients through the coverage plan of IEHP and Molina.

Maggie Gill started her career with Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in 2004 as the VP of managed care and finance. In 2005, she became MUMC's COO, and then in 2011, she was named CEO and president by the board of directors, once they realized that the ideal candidate for the position, one who had experience in both finance and operations, was already employed by the health care facility.

I believe one the major strengths of Memorial Hermann Northeast is to be part of a big system and when my facility is unable to provide the care need it we can transfer our patients to specialist using life flight emergency services, for example, I recall one patient came from the airport because she felt and hit her head, in less than twenty minutes of her arrival she was transferred to our trauma center by life flight. Months later she came back to thank us for saving her life and now she recommends our hospital to everyone she knows. Another strength is the excellent care we offer in the thirty years the facility has on the community, the majority of our patients are residents in our area, and they know our names. For example, one patient

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

JenCare Neighborhood Medical Centers has geriatric facilities in Florida, Kentucky, Virginia, Louisiana, and Georgia. As a subsidiary of Chen Medical they have over 25 years of experience dealing with geriatric care. Their services include primary care, onsite diagnostic tests and prescriptions services, door-to-door transportation, life card, vision, and acupuncture.

Golden Age Hospital and Community Clinic inherit the responsibility of developing a high performing organization in order to deliver excellence in healthcare for the senior population of Mission Viejo and surrounding cities. As previously stated, the number of geriatric patients seeking care within the GAH/CC system will continue to rise, therefore, the healthcare facility leadership must implement pragmatic strategies to propel the organization in healthcare quality and economically. As advised by the MHA599CT, the GAH/CC strategic leadership team members foresee the necessity of implementing quality, ethical, and information technology controls promoting the GAH/CC mission and the delivery of healthcare excellence.

Twin Oaks Hospital in Lexington, Colorado is a 100-bed hospital with a staff of 350 employees that include over 200 nurses and 40 clerical and secretarial employees, the majority of which are women. Recently the staff has had some apprehension and discontent over pay levels. Lexington Memorial Hospital, a public facility near to Twin Oaks recently agreed to demands from their nursing and clerical staff to increase wages five percent. They further agreed to introduce a job evaluation program which would evaluate the nursing and secretarial jobs based on comparable worth and that results of the study would be utilized as the basis for any future pay adjustments. As a result of this the staff at Twin Oaks has come to demand similar wage