Benefits can be defined as an indirect financial payment given to employees that may include health and life insurance, vacation, pension, educational plans, 401K etc. (Dessler, 2012). As an affiliate of HCA Holdings Inc., Palms West Hospital follows a basic template that is provided throughout the organization. Although minor details may be changed, the majority of the ways Palms West operate is through the guidelines that HCA Holdings Inc. provides. Employees who meet the minimum requirements are offered a contributory, otherwise known as a benefit plan (HCA Holdings Inc., 2016). There are select few plans that entail the firm match a certain percent of the employee’s contribution up to a maximum amount (HCA Holdings …show more content…
Shifting the focus towards eliminating the potential of situations arising due to understaffing, nursing support, and lack of patient safety, labor unions have made an uprising in the healthcare industry and rightfully so. In 1967, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) identifies the hospital workers’ rights to join and negotiate terms with their employers (Sanders & McCutcheon, 2010). Both for profit and non-profit benefitted from the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in 1974 (Sanders & McCutcheon, …show more content…
Genomics and gene testing, less invasive treatments, 3-D printing, electronic records, etc. are among the few new uses of technology that is changing the way patients are being cared for (Huston, 2013). Due to the major workforce shortage the use of robotics has become a notion that most facilities are utilizing (Huston, 2013). The growing elderly population, and an expectation in a higher quality of care has enabled the use of robotics to be more than efficient in all practices (Huston,