Hospitals

Importance of Perioperative Surgical Home: With emerging healthcare costs and particularly almost 65% of hospitals expenses comes under surgical care processes, it is important for hospitals to concise these surgical costs without affecting the quality of care. For this Perioperative Surgical Home can be a pathway for better surgical care with reduced costs, can be an effective as well as efficient surgical care strategy before, during and after the surgical process. Perioperative Surgical home…

Patient satisfaction is defined as the judgment made by patients who received care as whether the care have been provided met their expectation or not (1). Patient satisfaction is used for measuring the quality of care provided. Higher patient satisfaction is linked to improved health outcomes (2,3). Satisfied patients are more likely to return for further care and to recommend the physician and the health center to other (4-7). In addition, satisfied patient is more likely to develop a…

practice success. In the early 1900s, most perceived hospitals the population in the United State as place where the sick people went to died. In the 50 years, the population, longevity, and standard of living continued to increase. By the early 1980s, costs to provide health care services…

When people go to the hospital they are expecting to be given the best treatment with good service quality. Since patients want to feel safe in hospital environments, they need organizations to be involved in the investigation of service quality. The service quality patients are given is important because when patients attend the hospital or clinic they want to feel safe. Another thing a patient expects when he or she goes into hospitals is that he or she will be treated fairly and that he or…

effectiveness. The healthcare industry is no different and requires both types of employees to function at a highly effective and efficient rate. When looking at different line activities and staff activities one of the most important departments in a hospitals support network is Risk Management. According to Marquette University (n.d.), risk management is defined as “the continuing process to identify, analyze, evaluate, and treat loss exposures and monitor risk control and financial…

There is a gorgeous 4 bedroom two-story home located at 8500 S. Claiborne Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana. Every inch of this 1,919 squared foot home is outfitted with an impressive blend of styles, comfort, and quality. As you enter you will be greeted by a nicely remodeled interior with an open floor plan and stairs leading upstairs to 4 inviting spacious bedrooms. Some features of this home includes: ceramic tile, hardwood floors that are in the bedrooms, vaulted ceilings on the lower level of…

schedules, the delivery system the pharmacy run, and the type of customers they interact with. Nuclear pharmacy is a very small industry of pharmacy that specializes in radioactive drugs. Nuclear pharmacists have no interaction with patients since only hospitals and other large institutions will order drug from nuclear pharmacies, and they usually order through an online system. Due to the short…

When I was in the eighth grade, I made the decision to begin volunteering at York Hospital through the Summer Volunteer Program. At the time, I was planning to major in pre-med and wanted to eventually become a physician. I joined the program to explore this career path and discover what specialty I may have wanted to pursue in the future. After my first day of volunteering, my mind was completely changed about becoming a physician, I realized that I wanted to provide more hands-on care to…

Fall Prevention in Hospitals, Adult WHAT ARE SOME SAFETY TIPS FOR PREVENTING FALLS? If you or a loved one has to stay in the hospital, talk to the health care providers about the risk of falling. Find out which medicines or treatments can cause dizziness or affect balance. Make a plan with the health care providers to prevent falls. The plan may include to: • Ask for help moving around, especially after surgery or when feeling unwell. • Have support available when getting up and moving…

because of increased patient load. This does not allow the nurse to develop trust with the patient and family and discuss details about the patient and their treatment. There are ways to improve this type of care, but it will take dedication and a hospital wide effort. Implementing mandatory training by professionals on how to give patient centered care should be incorporated into yearly competencies. Secondly, dealing with high patient to nurse ratios need to be examined so the nurse can spend…