Facility management

What is a nurse leader? A nurse leader is one who influences other members of the healthcare team in a positive manner and has the ability to keep the needs of the organization, patients, and staff members first. Nurse leaders often question how things can be done better and looks at what is working in the department and what needs to change. They encourage other team members to share their input and be a part the decision making process, which in turn makes team members feel valued. According…

two stages (Lelkes, & Deis 2013). In the first stage of Activity-Based Costing, cost are allocated by accounting activities and they are then categorized in different levels Lelkes, & Deis (2013) such as unit-level, batch-level, product-level and facility-level. (p. 58). In the second stage of cost activities…

and the facility would ultimately benefit by retaining their staff and having higher patient and staff satisfaction. A change agent is one who works to bring about a change in their environment. Although in the end, changing the way a facility motivates their staff and prevents burnout will benefit the nurses, patients, and the organization, being a change agent in the high-stress atmosphere of health care is not easy. Initiating change requires time, effort and energy (Sullivan, 2013). If…

Employer Solutions took shape with the formation of Corporate Dimensions and Meridian Health. In 1991, Whole Health Management was formed with a strong specialty in occupational health. By 2000, the heritage companies make up today’s Take Care Health systems’ employer-based health services, CHD Meridian and Whole Health Management. In May 2008, CHD Meridian Healthcare and Whole Management…

The first case that was very interesting to me was the McDonalds change story. The documentary of Super-Size Me of Morgan Spurlock demonstrated that can consuming their food for a month it is not healthy for anyone. Did the documentary had many effects to McDonalds’ customers ? Some people believe it did not ,but I found it very interesting that prior to the release of documentary McDonalds launched "Go Active", which gave customers healthier choices. Managers had no control over the impact…

I was employed at a large facility that required that every individual within the facility work together to strive to make sure that the patients and customers of the facility left the facility knowing that they had been well taken care of, to the best of everyone’s ability. I was employed as an Administrative Assistant I in the Supply Chain Management Department in the Shipping and Receiving Department at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. My job was to ensure that orders and…

Kaplan and David P. Norton in 1992 (Kaplan and Norton, 2004). The BSC is a strategic planning and management system to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals ("What is the,"). It also suggests that management (university leaders) view the organization from four perspectives: financial, customer, internal, learning and growth. However, the best way to…

A healthcare information system is a system that covers, facility data, equipment, patient information, customer satisfaction. The system is to collect or monitor any data that is needed to assist in the running of an organization. Selecting a committee to help your organization install a health information system and to keep it running smoothly is to select the best people you can get. Selecting a committee doesn’t mean you have selected the best qualified. What type of people or members you…

been struggling with a big problem about overtime pay and expenses with 29 senior care facilities. As needed to support operation, the company had to spend a vast amount of money on Overtime pay, and there was no single software or system to monitor the exact amount spent each cycle, the company were not able to track overtime and adjust the schedule. For the purpose to solve the failure of overtime management, in 2009, StoneGate decided to implement Business Intelligence to salvage this…

and security services. In regards to FPS physical security initiatives, it is imperative to stay current with technological advances in security systems to mitigate risks to federal facilities. Innovation has provided the agency with better ways of effectively implementing security measures to protect federal facilities through upgrades in…