Hospital Essays

Renfrey Memorial Hospital is a 200 bed regional hospital located in the Midwest. It has been in existence for 32 years and was named after a prominent philanthropist in the area, Mr. Gilbert H. Renfrey, who made many financial contributions to projects in and around the community where Renfrey Memorial …

“The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul. Let no one persuade you to cure the head until he has first given you his soul to be cured, for this is the …

1.0 INTRODUCTION Medicine like many other professions today is faced with major problem of information management and resource sharing, in that reason the essence of writing on this particular topic cannot be over emphasized. This is more so as the visits patients take to the hospitals require the need to …

The Riverview Children’s Hospital is eight months behind schedule with the implementation of a new computerized financial system. Management wants the system to be in place by the end-of-year audit [April], which is only six weeks away. However, management estimates that there is only a fifty percent chance that the …

‘The cook has run away, sir what do we do with order of table no. 6? Shall we ask the housekeeper to prepare the meals?’ This conversation may sound like a careless whisper to an amusing television audience. However, to the beleaguered hospitality industry, that employs nearly 1.8 million employees …

       Introduction Just in time (J.I.T) is an inventory control system of management which effectively reduces carrying costs in order to improve business return on investment. Carrying costs involves the costs of ordering and holding stocks (Huff et al, 2004). This means orders are made when need arises. Just in …

HCA objectives/goals The principal objective of this company is to attain at least 13% annual growth in the earnings per share after removing the effects of inflation hence the annual growth sought would be 25% to 30% range including the effects of inflation for the near foreseeable future. This aggressive …

1. Definition of Problem 1.1 Background             Credentialing which involves assessing and evaluating the legitimacy of licensed professionals to establish their qualifications is very important in health care. Many institutions that provide health care services conduct credentialing themselves through a specialist or an electronic service that is reviewed by a …

Introduction; On the morning of September 11th 2009, 19 terrorist affiliated with the Al-Qaeda group crashed four planes into the world trade center in downtown New York, into the Pentagon building in Washington D.C and a fourth plane crashed on a field Pennsylvania. These resulted in the deaths of all …

This is a two-part assignment Part One: In preparation for accreditation at its facilities, the administration would like the staff to understand the important benefits of accreditation and how undergoing the accreditation process can enhance quality. Go to The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Web site …