Greenleaf, a national health insurance company, decided to open a clinic in a busy downtown area near a metro station, they conducted a needs assessment prior to selecting this location. While in the process they must have considered the map of what and how they want to do. There can be several issues they might have considered like: decision-making, time, types of decision that needed to be made for the betterment of the clinic, setting of clinic, internal influencing factors, and External influencing factors. Greenleaf with help of GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping, learned that a large percentage of its policyholders worked within a 1-mile radius of the clinic. The fact that over the past year and after an extensive billboard,
A comprehensive satellite health clinic will reduce admissions, as well as re-admissions to the current single hospital within the county. This extra resource will reduce the possibility of competitors moving into the area, specifically those from neighboring hospitals that could bring the needed services that PMH is lacking and looking to provide. Additionally, consumers feeling forced to travel out of the area for care, or those facing the potential of being transferred out of the area due to the severity of the case as a result of inadequate primary and preventative care, or lack of space will diminish through these efforts.
Opportunities Abilities to expand in hospital departments and health care services in facility. Location of hospital serves a large population area. Easy of public transportation to the hospital.
the population that the health center caters to must be identified as an unserved or underserved one
One of their issues with staffing physicians is the local competition. They are either employed with other managed care facilities, contractually obligated to another facility, or have other priorities. Due to the number of patients, they are outgrowing their current facility and looking to expand. They have found an ideal location, but would have to invest $500,000 to remodel as well as $479,000 to purchase the building. Although the new location would appeal to Medicaid patients and the insured population, Mrs. Marrs is unsure if the time is perfect to expand.
The Palms Hospital is considering an expansion project that would utilize land previously purchased. By expanding into ambulatory surgical services, the hospital has the opportunity to increase revenues and capture market share in this area. Investigation in the NPV of the project and a scenario analysis reveal that the project would be profitable.
Strategic Planning is an essential first step in the development of a result-base accountability system,” (Schilder, 2013, p. 1). In strategic planning an organization must know their goals, missions, and how to reach them. Health care facilities are in huge demand for the elderly and for people who lives in low-income communities. A person who receives good quality health care services can prevent the spread of contagious diseases. This paper will describe the need of the community, population it is serving, and a brief description of the facility.
Pate Memorial Hospital is a 600-bed, independent, not-for-profit, self-supporting hospitals. PHC, an ambulatory health care facility, was opened by PMH. Sherri Worth, a new assistant administrator of Pate Memorial Hospital in charge of the PHC, was told that a firm plan establishes a clinic five blocks north of PHC. It is a big competitor for PHC. On the other hand, financial problems, Short service hours, long waiting time and lacking of gynecological services are all be the problem faced by Worth. Therefore, Sherri was requested to analyze the PHC’s performance and take Medcenter, a possible competitor, into consideration which either did or not opens a clinic in north.
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When evaluating a provider's location for accessibility, managed care organizations consider the distance between the provider's location and members, as well as geographical barriers. It is not the intent of a managed care organizations to expend long trips to physicians or hospitals for medical care. For each provider type, the organization also examines typical patterns of utilization and average costs for selected services. Baker comments, "Defining a panel offers managed care plans the advantage of selecting providers with whom they are interested in working as well as the potential to obtain some contracting advantages through which they can sometimes obtain discounts from physicians who would like to be included in the panel" (Baker, 2000, p.3).
Using my previous fieldwork and the Windshield Survey, I was able to drive around the city of Pasadena observing local patrons. I was able to focus my desire for improvements on specific areas I thought would be appropriate and want to focus on specifically for my community health topic. Due to the large amount of people in the city, I was able to go to local parks, outdoor malls and various busy streets. Using questions addressed from the Windshield Survey, I was able to delineate whether the city is primarily rural or suburban. Approximately how much open space is there and whether it is open space or private? Pasadena is a suburban city and has over 7 million square feet of open space (City Data, 2015). The survey also asks how old the buildings and homes are in the community? Are these homes similar or different in structure and architecture? Are there solar panels in use? Are the yards trimmed and neat or overgrown? I used the city 's
Next on the MAPP four assessments is Local Public Health System Assessment. Local Public Health System Assessment focuses on all of the organizations and entities that contribute to the public 's health. The LPHSA answers the questions: "What are the components, activities, competencies, and capacities of our local public health system?" and "How are the Essential Services being provided to our community?"(NACCHO, 2017). Any organization or entity that contributes to the health or well-being of a community is considered part of the public health system. Ideally, a group that is broadly representative of these public health system partners will participate in the assessment process. By sharing their diverse perspectives, all participants will gain a better understanding of each organization’s contributions, the interconnectedness of activities, and how the public health system can be strengthened (National Public Health Performance Standards Program, 2017). Essentials services should be provided to the community through community outreach programs. Community outreach programs provide the community with many informational resources not just in the aspect of healthcare alone but the overall well-being of
A community hospital is presently in quadrant no.3 which means it is low in value-added services and does not have a wide range of expertise and hence services to
An organization such as the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS) is established to help Oregon hospitals understand how to best serve their unique communities, while continuing to reach state-wide goals. OAHHS currently has a primary goal of helping Oregon hospitals to reach the Triple Aim determined by healthcare reform: improving the quality of patient care and population health, while reducing the per capita costs. This type of organization completes ongoing analyses of their business, on a regular basis to ensure that they are communicating the most up-to-date information to the hospitals of their state. A SWOT analysis is one type on analysis that can help them to determine internal and external factors, including environmental and marketing challenges that may need addressed.
Arroyo Fresco (AF) currently provides services through eleven clinics and four mobile service vans across western Arizona. The three counties that are served through AF provide high quality primary care and preventative services to demographic areas with diverse geography, culture, income, and other varying factors (“Arroyo Fresco,” 2006). The facility guides its decision making process for organizational strategies with the combination of FOCUS and SWOT analysis. This allows for a well-rounded check and balance system to manage and prepare for current and future strategies for short term and long term processes. The increase in financial demands, consumer
In order for the Downtown Health Clinic to maintain there financial strength in the hospital market I think there are a few alternatives which will give them a clear competitive advantage. • Adding a gynecological physician is must add alternative. With 70 percent of their client base being female and one half inquiring about gynecological services their contribution margin will increase thus exceeding last years revenues. Adding a physician, while it does increase variable cost, is another option that needs to be strongly taken into consideration. It will allow the DHC to stay boost from 9 to 12 hour days, allowing the DHC to add revenues by $129,720 just by simply providing grounds for an additional 65 employer physical exams per month. In addition it will also cut down on wait times, due to having 2 physicians with