Montefiore Medical Center

The ShakeDown: Wison Elser and Montefiore Medical Center by Sherri Jefferson 800 attorneys strong 34 strategically located offices a reputation as a formidable player vast resources This is the description of Wilson Elser, the law firm representing Montefiore Medical Center in an action for an Order to Show Cause to force the deletion of news articles about their treatment of patients. Since 1985, Montefiore Medical Center (hospital) has had 1,879 cases before supreme court judges in Bronx County. The majority of the rulings is favorable to Montefiore Medical Center. Of interest, are the number of successful outcomes in favor of the hospital compared to the nature of the claims, which involves medical malpractice and negligence.…

I been working at Montefiore hospital for 17 years as a head cashier/office coordinator. I was hired as a cashier, but since Montefiore acquired other facilities in the past 5 years, I got promoted to the office coordinator where one of my job descriptions is to train and help out other cashiers with different issues. My daily duties include processing payments from different departments in order for the facility to check and balance. I check to make sure that each department proves out and…

HISTORY OF JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER Jacobi Medical Center, formerly known as Bronx Municipal Hospital Center was established in 1955 by the New York City department of hospitals. “The mission statement of the hospital has been to serve the Bronx community by providing high quality, cost effective healthcare, in a respectful way to all, regardless of ability to pay”. The hospital has a specialized care facilities and a teaching hospital located in the northeast part of Bronx. Jacobi Medical Center…

As the healthcare industry has changed so has Kettering Medical Center. Once a one hospital building, now owner of 8 operating non-profit hospitals which employees over 12,000 employees, a 4 year college, a group of physician (ambulatory) practices known as Kettering Physician Network (KPN) with over 1,200 physicians and over 2,000 employees with-in the physician offices, retirement communities, nursing homes, and more than 75 outpatient facilities, along with two freestanding emergency…

La Grange Fire Departments own Firefighter/Paramedic James Baum was the keynote speaker. James Baum, is a military veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom I & II (2003-2004) and in South Korea as a member of the 8th Army United Nations Command Honor Guard (2005-2006). After completing his service he then studied to become a firefighter Paramedic. James served previously with Sugar Grove and Wheaton Fire Departments before joining the La Grange Fire Department in 2010.…

Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing, written by Dana Beth Weinberg, reveals the story of the merging of two hospitals in 1996, the Beth Israel and the New England Deaconess, to form a unified Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). Code Green identifies many hardships present at BIDMC, such as: changes in the hospital industry, merging of two dissimilar nursing models, dismantling of nursing, power struggle, unsafe patient care, and restructuring strategies…

Square and on to the next part of my adventure. To be completely honest, I didn’t really have a plan. I just decided to leave Time Square after being coaxed into giving money to people dressed as cartoon characters that speaks with a distinctive accent. But I left with my pride and a photo of myself with Iron Man, Hello Kitty, and Grover on my phone. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this one is definitely not worth twelve dollars. Right as I enter the subway, I remembered I…

Nurse Midwife; one who prepares the mother for birth, delivers the newborns for low risk patients, and provides care for the newborn and mother after the birth; is a career I wish to pursue due to the salary, educational requirements, and the work environment. I have always wanted to pursue a career in the medical field that would allow me to be in the company of people who seek my knowledge and assistance. After researching nurse-midwifery, I have reached the conclusion nurse-midwifery is the…

A health professional is someone that specialises in a particular health profession. The career is carried out by undergoing a long period of training, in which you then qualify to be a registered health professional through formalized assessments and exams. A health professional is not only registered to be a health profession in the country she gained the qualifications from; but is recognized worldwide. In which she or he will then be given a license. A health professional needs to have all…

I grabbed some of my friends and we walked towards my favorite restaurant on Times Square, Ellen’s Stardust Diner. Whenever we walked into the restaurant, we were greeted with the voices of the iconic singing waiters and waitresses. Our hostess took us to a large, cherry red booth in the center of the restaurant, subsequently my friends and I all ordered. I got the vegan chocolate lava cake with a “cheesecake cream” filling. While everyone waited for our food, my friends and I gazed at the…