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    Mergers have become normal practice in the health care industry by creating a larger hospital system that provides broader services with the focus on lowering healthcare cost and being economically profitable with keeping in line with regulatory guidance. A merger happens when two or more organizations agree to join together and become one organization. One or more organizations essentially must dissolve for this to happen. Sometimes both organizations dissolve and take on a completely new name as

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    Media coverage of Africa has exponentially increased in recent times, but the information is rarely completely accurate and objective. Initiatives to fund global health projects has resulted in the creation of genius advertising campaigns that appeal to the emotions and humanity of privileged citizens in first world countries. This campaign has also led to grave misconceptions about the true nature of the culture and lifestyle that Africans live. The first misconception being that every person

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    created by epilepsy. There are five hospitals and organizations that provide seizure related medical clinics within the state of Texas (www.dshs.state.tx.us). Each serves different counties but patients have to be eligible to take part. The criteria tend to be based on location, income, and type or lack of insurance. If the patient doesn’t meet the requirements or is unable to travel to the clinic, the lack of treatment increases the number of people having seizures. The Epilepsy Foundation believes

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    healthcare facilities and systems (referred to as “domestic resources”). Hospital organizations need to do more to encourage employees to use their domestic resources, including utilization of their doctors, pharmacies, laboratories and outpatient clinics. Furthermore, it’s imperative for hospitals and healthcare systems to design

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    Utilities and Municipal Government Yaletown is a district in Vancouver’s downtown core and its services and utilities fall under the jurisdiction of the municipal government of the city of Vancouver. The convenient layout and the usability of public space, that has made Yaletown a safe and coveted place to live, has been part of the city of Vancouver’s ongoing vision. Yaletown is equipped with the supreme services and utilities that are offered by the government of Vancouver. It is well organized

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    forefront, while introducing shorter-term strategic plans to address local needs as they develop. This organization has been proactive in the community by creating a rural health clinic, conducting a health needs assessment as recent ago as 2013, and are now in the planning stages of creating a satellite healthcare clinic to further reduce the burden to the hospital, creating more available and desired services for the community, and increasing revenue. As with any type of business, there are always

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    located at the Thunderbird Community Based Outpatient Clinic, daily routine included collaborating with provider’s regarding their clinic cancellations and guiding the Mental Health providers on maintaining their schedules to prevent overbooking. Guided interns on maintaining compliance with Mental Health policies and procedures as it pertains to mental health. • As Medical Support Assistant, worked in the Thunderbird Community Base Outpatient Clinic for the mental health team, where I had routinely

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    Evaluate the decisions and outcomes by continuously reviewing the data and develop measureable goals. Since implementing the services provided by the clinic the organizational budget should be reduced by 15 % before the next fiscal year. Having buy in from the community to support services the clinic has eliminated from the operating budget will be a win-win situation for all involve. In step 4, applying the Informed Decision toolkit to the changes implemented during the

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    It found that there was no significant change in the mortality rates and effectiveness of the treatments when observed in the long term; thus, outpatient clinics were a viable alternative (from the health perspective) to inpatient centers. Aside from severe cases, outpatient centers even provided better care in the psychiatric unit as well as some others. The trend of outpatient care centers is not a recent

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    Running head: A FUTURE TREND IN CRISIS INTERVENTION A Future Trend in Crisis Intervention Your Name HERE University of Phoenix Mental Health and Crisis Interventions BSHS 471 INSTRUCTOR HERE DATE HERE A Future Trend in Crisis Intervention As the population in the United States continues to climb the need for human services professionals does the same. Human service agencies are often face the dilemmas of being over-worked and under paid. Professionals in this field are often prone

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