Westview Health Center: A Case Study

APS Supervisor Matthew Mitchell made face to face contact with Mr. Charles Hamilton at the Intermediate Care Unit of Walker Baptist Medical Center on 7/17/15 at roughly 10:30 AM. Before visiting with Mr. Hamilton in his room, Mitchell spoke with Ginger Kilgore, RN Case Manager, in her office. She stated that Mr. Hamilton was ready for discharge. She admitted that the hospital was aware Mr. Hamilton’s home in Carbon Hill was currently without electricity and water, but that no alternative placement could be found, nor would Mr. Hamilton agree to discharge anywhere but his residence. Ms. Kilgore also mentioned that Dr. Claude Osula admitted Mr. Hamilton into their care a few days ago due to low potassium levels. He noted in his discharge summary

Jones Regional Medical Center is a huge academic health center with 900 beds and are known for its research and teaching hospitals. Additionally, the IT staff at Jones supports 300 applications and 12,000 workstations. The center uses Technology Med (TechMed) for their admitting system. The system includes registration, inpatient charge, payment entry, master patient index, admission, hospital billing, and more. The TechMed system has been accessible since 1998; Jones is beginning to plan a replacement of this systems because of the fragility of the software (Wager, 2013).

Thank you for your response regards to "Rolling Meadows Community Hospital". John did not act in a fairly manner by not giving the intern the position. Even though John did confess his truly feelings it still ended up being an altercation not only for him but the hospital as well. I agree where you stated "This provide an understanding that just because one doesn’t physically touch or ask for physical contact doesn’t mean you can’t get in trouble for comment." I believe John felt like he could get away with this case just because he was the CEO of the hospital but it obviously does not matter what type of position you hold in a work environment; this should not be tolerated at any work environment.

The case that I found is about a California medical center who has gone to court because of violating a patient`s privacy by releasing her medical information without her consent. Now they are fighting battle in court whether or not if the hospital officials have the right to share patient`s medical record unknown to the patient`s. But according to the Shasta Regional Medical Center, they said that the patient`s has waived her rights by giving her health information to a news agency, but the patient`s lawyers argue that they stay do not have the right to share the patient`s records (Patient Privacy, HIPAA Violation Case Argued in Calif., 2014). The patient`s was diagnosed with a form of malnutrition, and her medical records were sent to hundreds of hospital staff members.

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

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.

Although the executive committee does not include behavioral health, psychiatrists, Mazhar Munir, MD, and Philip Creps provide critical behavioral health leadership. This team is charged with not only ensuring exceptional care for the underserved, but also keeping the organization afloat amidst the seas of fierce competition from rivals like Spectrum Health and Mercy Health.

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.

St. Mary’s Regional Health Center have restructured the way health care services are fulfilled. We exist to improve the efficiency of healthcare services, by simply, focusing on the needs of our society. By redefining the way healthcare is delivered, we can better serve our community by offering a variety of services We intend to provide treatment options that are cost-effective, treatment that is relevant, and consistent with our objective and vision for this healthcare facility. Thank you for allowing St. Mary’s Regional Center to continue to serve you.

On Thursday, July 27,2017 I attended clinical at the Golden Valley Medical Clinic in Clinton. I learned several tasks that take place in a clinic along with the many roles that are played at one desk. As an LPN in the clinic, there are many roles that take place. The LPN is responsible for assisting the patient from the waiting area into a patient examination room, obtaining current vital signs along with weight and height, ordering lab work and x-rays, handling referrals to and from the clinic, instructing patients on current and new medications, giving injections, and setting up and assisting the doctor with procedures. The Clinic currently accepts any patients ranging from infants through the elderly.

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

Providence Health & Services, hereafter referred to as Providence, is a healthcare provider headquartered in Renton, Washington. Its core strategy is to create healthier communities by delivering care across five states: Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. In the present essay I discuss the organization’s Durable Medical Equipment department’s ability to address the six quality aims: safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity.

West Florida Regional Medical Center (WFRMC) located on the north side of Pensacola, Florida competed strongly with sacred heart and Baptist hospitals for patients. WFRMC’s CEO John Kausch was an active member of the Total Quality Council of the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce (PATQC) (McLaughlin, C.P., Johnson, J.K., & Sollecito, 2012).. PATQC’s vision was to develop the Pensacola, Florida area into a total quality community by promoting productivity, quality and economic developments in all area organizations both public and private (McLaughlin, et, al., 2012). John

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.).

Washington DC's largest private hospital fired a total of 11 nurses as well as 5 support staff members who had failed to go to work at time when the back-to-back snowstorms that rocked and paralyzed the operations in the region. Several more members of the Washington Hospital Center also faced internal investigations and it was originally not clear how many employees would lose their jobs. This prompted the Nurses United of the National Capital Region to file a class-action grievance with the private healthcare institution (Vargas,2010). The problem arose from the fact that the healthcare institution's "Declared Weather (Or Other) Emergency" policy never stated that employees who failed to report to work would be terminated. What the policy stated was that the unscheduled absences' as well as late arrivals that took place during a declared weather emergency are never counted whenever the attendance issues are being addresses. The same applies to early departures that are non authorized (Kearns, 2010).In this paper, we discuss the legal issues that surround the case of the Washington nurses getting fired for not reporting to work during a the back-to-back snowstorms that rocked and paralyzed the operations in the region.