Shouldice Hospital Limited

For this essay I will be reflecting on the influences on, how the role of the operating department practitioner (ODP) has developed within the multi-professional healthcare team. I will also be discussing in this text some of the historical, political, legal, social, and cultural influences of the ODP. And I will be reflecting on my personal experience working within the operating department for the first time as a student, using the Gibbs cycle (1988.).

Gawande in this article applies the surgeon precision to explain to us the reasons behind the uncertainty and the mess of medical care. In addition to this, Gawande provides us with some of the interventions which need to be applied and which will bring relief. This chapter therefore should be read by all students and health professionals. This is because Gawande believes that we can reduce the mistakes within the field of medicine and

Shouldice Hospital is currently utilizing its beds quite well. Under the Shouldice method, they are operating with 90 beds, admitting 30 patients per day, and not accepting any new patients on Saturdays. Each patient admitted generally stays in the hospital for 3 days and is discharged on the fourth morning. By examining Exhibit 4.7, it is apparent that the hospital’s capacity utilization is roughly 71.43%. On Mondays and Fridays, 60 of the 90 beds are utilized (66%). Tuesdays through Thursdays, all 90 beds are being used (100%), while 30 of the beds are being used on Saturdays and Sundays (33%). If they were using all 90 beds, 7 days a week,

The rotations through the hospital entities and the integration into the daily activities of management will provide countless learning opportunities and exposure to various types of leadership and management skills and form a strong mentor relationship. It will provide an opportunity to gain a comprehensive, high-level view of the entire organization while simultaneously gaining in-depth understanding and experience in specific areas of most interest. Having the

The entire hospital holds a total of 90 beds, 5 operating rooms, 6 examination rooms, and a laboratory. Despite the size of the hospital, they average 150 operations per week and 7000 to 7500 operations annually. Also, it is important to note that there are only 12 full-time surgeons and 7 assistant part-time surgeons that handle all operations in 5 day a week period. The last thing to take into consideration is that each patient stays 3 days out of a week starting the day they arrive. Although Shouldice’s operations seems to be functioning just fine, there is a debate of effectiveness of whether or not they are fully utilizing their full potential in relation to surgeries performed and beds being

Each organization must have a structure of the authority defined and distributed to help in the organization of the tasks and functions with the aim of achieving the objectives of the organization. An organization structure offers details of the formal structure of the authority in the organization. It is essential to study the organization structure of the organization in order to understand the functioning of the organization. This paper examines the organization structure of the nursing department in Kingston Centre hospital. The paper will look at the nursing and the nursing service management department in the hospital (Burke, 2013). The hospital is selected because I have been able to interact with the facility many times. I have been able to work in this department hence I understand the organization structure and the services offered in the department.

Hospitals have organizational structures that allows them to carry out their duties efficiently and successfully. What separates the organizational structure of a healthcare organization from a business, essentially that the hospital 's organization is chiefly founded on the amalgamation of medical and administrative staff (Carayon, et al., 2014). The organizational structure of the twenty-first century solutions in health care hospitals involves, both divisional and hierarchical structure. In the of the chain of command hierarchy, there are various levels of professional’s that fall under other levels within the facility, and each staff member is organized in regards to departments that are related to their (KSA’s) skills, attributes and job duties (Carayon, et al., 2014). Hospital organization philosophies is based on development of values and ethics, with the understanding on moral principles relating to human conduct. These systems are comprised with the processes in decision making and determining the best actions to consider between the difficult alternatives when pertaining to patient care.

“Working in a Hospital everyday is a new situation, so it keeps you on your feet.You don’t know what type of patient you may come across everyday.You interact with patients daily and give them their medication a certain time according to the medication. Other tasks involve you giving the patient's chart to the doctors. Sometimes when I go with the doctors on their rounds, i have the opportunity to counsel the patients about recommended course of

In”Overkill”, Atul Gawande, General Surgeon, talks us through an act of habit where doctors are over doing many practices, in a more precise description overkilling. It may even we seen as a follow-up of a previous article he wrote, the Cost Conundrum, where covers half of what is written in this article, which includes medical care, health costs and possibly an ill-fated motivation towards patient care. Gawande, gives us many examples of the miss happenings in the health care profession, further categorized as over testing, over diagnosis, and even over treatment. Though he might have not expressed so in extent, he is consistent with including a patient, Mrs. E throughout the article. Mrs. E, is the perfect example of what I will further

Orange county-based Golden Age Hospital (GAH) and Community Clinic (CC) will cost up to $522 million to build its facility of 256 bed capacity and have open its doors to senior patients above the age of 65, and will have only federal Medicare health insurance. GAH and CC would build its facility with different services and treatment. Some of these services that are offered are Outpatient Therapy and Wellness Center, Telehealth, Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Room, Urgent Care and Mental Health. Cost of facility construction, initial medical equipment and instrumentation will be fully paid by the state as a grant. In the United States, Medicare is a national social insurance program. It is administered by the U.S. federal government since

This paper seeks to look into organizational behavior in health care management and most importantly its impact on health care management and delivery. Organization behavior is crucial in guiding the regulatory activities, the staff activities and the overall culture that directs an organization. Organizational behavior in health care setting is paramount to ensuring patient safety, ethical behavior among the medical practitioners, patient-centered care and effecting change in the facilities which is bound to improve healthcare delivery and patients’ satisfaction. The strategic management of any health

Shouldice Hospital had an excellent well-developed, focused service delivery system. The business strategy was to not only provide its patients with a quick, quality and low cost surgery but also providing an unforgettable experience and comfortable environment in the facility.

Their existing system and reputation have already set them apart as a market leader and has proven to be a profitable setup. However, there is still an unmet demand. Option 1 to add 50% more beds may not be beneficial if we don't also increase operation. Increasing the number of bed by 50% would not be advisable unless they would add more surgeons and operating rooms because the existing operating

Encouraged group cohesiveness and fraternity type of coordination mechanism within the organization leading to greater operational efficiency. The above factors resulted in remarkable credibility for the Shouldice Hospital that position edit in the market as a hospital which ensured cost effective, reliable, caring and responsive service to the hernia patients.

A Canadian hospital specializing in hernia operations is considering whether and how to expand the reach of its seraices,