Twin Oaks Hospital Case Study

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

Jefferson County has been without local access to healthcare for decades. Over 10 years ago the county commissioners agreed that a local hospital is in the best interest of the people of Jefferson County and, therefore, began a fund to achieve this goal. As of today, the fund is worth $25 million, but to build and equip an adequately sized hospital, the county needs an additional $75 million. The commissioners appointed a committee to discuss the issue and determine the best plan of action going forward.

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..

The debate in this study is that of whether or not to use comparable worth as the basis for future pay adjustments. Comparable worth, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is the concept that women and men should receive equal pay for jobs calling for comparable skill and responsibility or that is of comparable worth to the employer. To further expand on this, the term comparable worth describes the idea that gender biased jobs should be reanalyzed to determine their worth to an employer. In theory, the goal of comparable worth is to raise wages for traditionally female-biased jobs to the level of those for comparable male-biased jobs. Comparable worth should not be confused with equal pay for equal work. Comparable worth

Alamance Regional Medical Center employed Shakira Kea PRN for the past two years. I have worked personally with Shakira over a year, not only as a co-worker but as her supervising charge nurse. This department was saddened by the news that Shakira was leaving, but knows she will be an asset wherever she goes.

Trinity Community is challenged with two current healthcare trends. The first trend is related to Medicare and how doctors are paid on Medicare claims. Medicare’s primary coverage group is for people older than 65 years of age. Medicare also covers some people under 65 that have certain disabilities as well as people of any age that have End-Stage Renal Disease. Year after year, lawmakers have been trying to fix a part of the Medicare law that would cut payments to doctors. Since the late 1980’s, the cuts would continue to grow annually and eventually exceed a 20% pay cut.

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

The city of Murfreesboro held a council meeting on Sept. 22 that covered the potential expansion of Trustpoint Hospital, the city’s only hospital for behavioral health. However, many nearby neighbors had a lot to say against the augmentation of the health care facility.

The site explains the primary objective in Memorial Hermann Hospital, which is mainly about advancing Health, reforming healthcare and bringing together all characteristics of the health system - care delivery, physicians and health solutions to construct a truly integrated health system. The site also offers an in depth study on Memorial Hermann hospital and its reputation of being the largest non-profit health system in Southeast Texas with several hospitals and innumerable specialty programs and services located throughout the Greater Houston area.

Johnston Health Hospital is the only hospital within Smithfield, however, with the Johnston Medical Mall, it can treat a multitude of patients with a variety of health issues. They are a 179 medical/surgical bed facility and have 20 behavioral health beds. They offer the services of more than 300 physicians specialized in a wide variety of specialties. The majority of these physicians also have a medical office in Smithfield to offer services to the community. Johnston Health Hospital provides 24/7 emergency department services, as well as wound therapy, oncology therapy services, and an onsite urgent care facility (Johnston Health, n.d.).

Abbott Northwestern Hospital located in Minneapolis, MN is one of the Twin Cities premier and largest private operating facility, whose mission is to provide outstanding care while preventing illness, restoring ones’ health, and providing comfort to all in their care ("Hospital Overview," n.d.). Abbott’s promise through its vision is to always put the patient first, provide exceptional care and service, and make a difference in patient lives. They strive to create an atmosphere that allows individuals to heal, thrive and succeed, all the while, taking the lead and solving community challenges through collaboration. Finally, Abbott promises to match their actions with their words, extend and treat all with honor, dignity, and courtesy, act in

I chose to review the University of Kansas Hospital (TUKH). I currently attend clinical at this facility and have had clinical time there in first semester as well. TUKH is an acute care hospital that treats a vast array of patients. The hospital has an overall ranking of 3/5 stars. According to the information from the “Survey of Patient Experiences” (Medicare, n.d.), TUKH met or exceeded most categories on both the state and national levels. Some subjects that were not met were patients not receiving help as soon as they asked for it, patient rooms not remaining clean, and the hospital being a somewhat noisy environment during sleeping hours. In my opinion, the categories not being met by TUKH are issues that all hospitals face. In such a busy hospital it is hard for patients to receive care at the exact moment they want it because staff are extremely busy. Also, hospitals are loud

When an individual requests equality they are wanting the exact same thing even if the results may be different. If they worked harder and someone else did less work then they would receive the same amount because they requested equal pay. “If two people are both working at a gas station, manning the cash register, and have equal experience, the argument should be relatively simple. They deserve the same pay” (Miramichi Leader). Now pay equity describes the amount of work the individual put forth to receive their benefits. “Pay equity is a human right and everyone is entitled to human rights” (Miramichi Leader). There are jobs that need a higher pay because some people can do that skill while others cannot, especially if he is she is physically built for such a job. Nurses in the medical field do several things that require more of them physically and mentally. There has been a barrier both over pay wage because of sexism and simply because of the lack of nurses not receiving the amount

Columbus Regional Health (n.d.) serves 10 counties in Southeast Indiana. The demographics include a predominantly Caucasian population of approximately 300,000 people (Economic Opportunities through Education by 2015, n.d.). In southeastern Indiana, about 140,000 individuals have employment, and 15% of them, who are over the age of 24, have a bachelor’s degree (Economic Opportunities through Education by 2015, n.d.). Approximately 30% of the high-school students drop out in this mainly rural area with a flat population growth (Economic Opportunities through Education by 2015, n.d.).

In the last month, Twin Oaks Hospital, a private facility in Lexington, Colorado has had a growing problem with mounting discontent about pay levels amongst the nursing and secretarial-clerical employees. Nearby, Lexington Memorial Hospital, a public facility, recently agreed to give those same workers at their hospital a 5 percent pay increase and to launch a job evaluation program that would use comparable worth to evaluate the nursing and secretarial-clerical jobs. The disgruntled workers at Twin Oaks have met with union organizers about their concerns, and the workers’ spokeswomen have brought their requests to David Hardy, director of personnel at Twin Oaks. Their three main requests were for a situation similar to Lexington Memorial: an immediate 5 percent pay increase, the establishment of a job evaluation system using comparable worth, and a pledge to use the findings of the evaluations as the basis of future wage adjustments. Hardy has been monitoring the situation and has brought the requests to James Bledsoe, the hospital director, who asks for Hardy’s recommendation within three days. In turn, Hardy meets with his top aides, Janet Sawyer and Charles Cooper, concerning the situation, and the three try to hash out a solution. The conversation mostly revolves around the efficacy of using comparable worth to evaluate jobs, with Janet being in favor of it and Charles clearly not.