Case Study: Cooper Green Hospital And Community Care Plan

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Cooper Green Hospital and Community Care Plan
There are maximum poor people and citizens needed medical treatment. There are some problems with the growth and because of that this case is very interesting. The later situation is being worst. People did not come to the organization that time. There was so much budget pressure I the hospital and the cost overrun was commen in the hospital that time. There were less staff in the hospital and the stock as also so less with the overflow of the patients in the organization. Some of the major problems faced by the hospital were balancing cost with maximum access to care. They have managed employee with the budget.there were performance and demand and simplifying procedures and aligning them with policies.
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The good services because the staff members were talented and providing quality services. The turnover of the organization’s staff members was low and that was a positive sign for the organization. The patient satisfaction was very high and there was 90% patient of the hospital were satisfied with the services in this hospital. Patients recorded the most satisfaction with issues related to the health care providers. Many patients expressed their gratitude for the care they received. They often remarked as saying they would have no way of obtaining health care without the …show more content…
It was the major issue with the organization. The revenue was too low and with this low revenue, the operations may become unsustainable in the future. The patients who do not have insurance could not come to the hospital and in the other hand hospital could not attract the patients who were not insured. In the organization, they have failed to attract he the patients who are insured and the patients who did not have insurance, they did not come to the organization. If they have used resources, the scenario did not go this worse.
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In the US, managed care was dominated by the insurance that time. Moreover, they have expected that enrollment in the hospital will increase. If was the change in the US healthcare system. Managed care was altering how health care providers interacted with patients. The funding for care was being hard to provide. So many healthcare systems were using the same methods such as non physician providers to cut the cost

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