The Valley Children 's Hospital

The Methodist hospital of Indiana was undergoing organizational and leadership change in 1988. Their longtime head had retired and William J. Loveday became their new CEO. He brought in a whole new management team to help him implement new ideas and create a new culture there. His new CFO was in charge of the IS department and after discovering that the department was in shambles with no real direction, he hired Walter C. Zerrener to become the Chief Information Officer. Zerrener found that the Methodist Hospital had spent about $20 million to install a state-of-the-art proprietary patient management system called TDS in 1970s but had done no upgradation after that . The IS department was solely focused on keeping the TDS

I. Need: Direct my audience to understand the situation of the children suffering of cancer in St. Jude Children Hospital and motivate them to volunteer or donate.

I would like to focus on one non-profit organization that has been doing very well in the recent years. The name of the organization is St Jude Research Hospital, which deals with the cure and treatment of children suffering from catastrophic diseases. In the five decades, it has been operational, the mortality rate has gradually reduced therefore saving lots of lives. St Jude started its operations in 1962. Danny Thomas was the one who started the organization and was helped by two other close friends (Pui, Pei, Pappo, Howard, Cheng, Sandlund and Gajjar, 2012).

The nurses at Memorial Hospital work a regular schedule of four 10-hour days per week. The average regulartime pay across all nursing grades is $12.00 per hour. Overtime may be scheduled when necessary. However, because of the intensity of the demands placed on nurses, only a limited amount of overtime is permitted per week. Nurses may be scheduled for as many as 12 hours per day for a maximum of five days per week. Overtime is compensated at a rate of $18.00 per hour. In periods of extremely high demand, temporary part-time nurses may be hired for a limited period of time. Temporary nurses are paid $15.00 per hour. Memorial Hospital has a policy that limits the proportion of temporary nurses to 15 percent of the

I think the strategic mission should be revised. The Medical Center is in an older urban area with smaller shops and businesses. The community is trending towards a predominantly elder population. There has also been a decline in compliance with T.J.C. standards. Staffing supports new program development and the physician staff is in abundant supply. There are also major issues that need to be addressed, such as shortages in clinical staff, non-interfacing information technology systems, antiquated facilities and infrastructure, and a shift to its financial mix. Careful assessment of the aging person's

Seasons care center is located in Kansas City MO, off of Woods Chapel Road. The center is nestled in a private eleven acre atmosphere with horses and wildlife wandering the surrounding areas. They offer a wide range of secure services form long term care, day programs, and respite care. Seasons is one of the few facilities in Missouri that offers care dedicated solely to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (G. Channing, personal communication, July 28, 2015).

“The mission statement is a short, concise statement describing the purpose and reason for existence. It serves as the framework for the vision statement, which is composed of the key characteristics that leadership desires the organization to become” (Spallina, 2004). Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis is one of Tennessee’s highest volume hospitals. Baptist Memorial Healthcare mission is to follow the three-fold ministry of Christ- healing, preaching and teaching. The organization has many programs in place to spread the practices of Christ to the many communities that the hospital serves. The vision is that the organization “will be the provider of choice by transforming the delivery of health care through partnering with patients, families,

North Carolina Children’s Hospital (NCCH) is part of a not-for-profit cohesive health care system owned by the state of North Carolina, based in Chapel Hill. It is part of a public academic medical center established in 1952 as North Carolina Memorial Hospital to provide patient care, educate health care professionals and advance medical research in partnership with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine (About UNC Children 's, 2015). NCCH is presently apart of a network which currently encompasses clinical programs with the University of North Carolina’s Medical school, and is associated with seven hospitals within its network, along with other hospital systems across the state.

From this analysis the University of South Alabama Medical Center has the highest average for Quality-Overall Recommended Care with an overall average of 99.048%. Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi is the second highest with an overall average of 98.918%. The third highest average for Quality- Overall Recommended Care is Baylor Medical Center with an overall average of 98.78%. (Why Not The best) These are the top three highest averages. The other healthcare facilities that came in line after the top three is Emory University Hospital- 97.927%, University of Mississippi Medical Center-96.001%, and St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital-95.838%. It is important to provide exceptional services to patient so that the healthcare facility can keep a high recommendation rating.

At the beginning of the semester when service was mentioned I was assuming we would have to perform an act to assist Shriner’s Children Hospital. However, this was not the type of service we were doing and I was perfectly okay with that. During the tour of the Shriner’s Children Hospital I learned that the land was not given to the hospital by USF, yet they paid a dollar a year, if I understood that correctly. I also got the jist of the time and effort that goes into making prosthetics limbs for a young child. The amount of pride and effort that these staff put in for this sick children are the most heartwarming thing. I really appreciate the love the employees have for the job. While I really enjoyed this experience, I was bummed out as the tour guide did not speak

California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC), has seen several changes over the past decades. Upon its creation in 1887 as the very first hospital in Los Angeles (LA), CHMC remains a cornerstone of LA and a recognized leader in excellence, innovation and community service. CHMC is a member of the Dignity Health and is accredited by the Joint Commission. The hospital provides services to patient populations ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics, emergency medicine to gynecology, cardiology to obstetrics, transitional care unit to rehabilitation services, obstetrics to neonatal intensive care units, surgical services and cancer center. CHMC internal strength, lies in the hospital’s reputation as a dynamic and forward thinking organization. The following functional areas will be examine in light with the hospital’s internal strengths: clinical operations, information systems, marketing, clinical support, human resources and financial administration.

The Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH) located in New Brunswick, New Jersey is a rehabilitation hospital that provides mental health and medical services to children 0-21 years of age and their families. The CSH is a privately funded rehabilitation hospital that is accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and holds memberships in Children’s Hospital Association, The New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA), The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey (BIANJ), American Academy of Pediatrics, International Pediatric Rehabilitation Collaborative, Pediatric Complex Care Association and is affiliated with RWJBarnabas Health

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The 3 best areas to develop a seniors complex are where the PID= 41089004, PID= 41053109, and where PID=40695504. These areas are the best for development because they have the highest suitability scores in an area greater than 5000m2. The ideal highest suitability score for this design is 15. Ideally, this is where development should occur, however, this is not always the case.

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