Montgomery County, Tennessee

hospital’s target market is based on these segmentations, Geographic, demographic, psychographic and behavioral. Shady Grove Hospital target market tends to be geographic in nature. Shady Grove is located in Montgomery County one of the most affluent areas of Maryland. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated in 2014 the population to be. 1,016,677, with those under 18 years old to be 23.6% of the population. Black or African American alone accounted for 18.6%, while Hispanic or Latino, in 2013 was 18.3%. White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, in July 1, 2013 was 47.0%. The County does represent a diverse population base. The target market is also demographically. High school graduates or higher aged 25 years and over in 2009-2013 was reported to be 91.2%. Those with a Bachelor’s degree or higher, aged 25 years+ in 2009-2013 accounts for 57.1%. The Veterans population in 2009-2013 was 48,402. The Median household income during 2009-2013 was $98,221. Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, were only 12.8%. With this diverse group and economical level the hospital can and do market for a varied” payer mixed.” In addition, there are the so-called “Baby Boomers” those people born between the years 1946 to 1964. The Census Bureau reported that this group forms 12.3% of Montgomery County population. In the article Frederiksen, D, (2012), indicated “Healthcare plans and providers that treat Boomers as partners, as consumer and ultimately as valued customers will be better…

Over the last couple of years, headlines about schools have become more and more prevalent. Whether it was about school lunches (and how bad they are) or how schools are helping their students for the better, stories about schools have been and will always be in the headlines. However, there is one story that has shown up plenty of times and has no definite solution: underfunded public schools. Public schools all over the nation, from Chicago to Philadelphia, have been declining for a while.…

Advocacy Increasing Resources & Support in Our Communities. The Valley of the Sun YMCA believes that everyone in our community deserves to be healthy, confident, connected and secure. This is why we emphasize the powerful impact of advocacy for our community. With a focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility, the Valley of the Sun YMCA collaborates with national and community-based leaders and policymakers to grow the resources and support that helps empower…

2015 a trial at the Sevier County Courthouse in De Queen, Arkansas was disrupted by 30 bats that flew in to the courtroom. Although the ensuing “disorder in the court” subsided when the lights were turned off and the trial was relocated to another location, it probably doesn’t bode well that, according to the county’s…

City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

the User-Friendly Budget may not create further citizen engagement based upon the research. Research has shown that by studying the budget process in all 50 states, we ended up with a wide variety of requirements. The only similarity that appears through this study was that state governments are primarily only concerned with the first step of informing the public. There is no requirement or mandate beyond this to narrow the gap between government's creation of the budget document and citizen…

Types of external considerations within Rutherford County are related to natural disasters, political disasters and macroeconomic shifts, including inflation, rate of growth, and unemployment. As a measure to offset natural disasters, we have relationships with other counties across the state coordinate efforts with our Emergency Management team. Indeed, the county 's mitigation planning efforts consist of local, state, and federal assistance. Unfortunately, there are few measures to plan for…

Haoyu Zhao PUP432 10.15.2015 Case Brief Contractors And Builders Association Of Pinellas County V. City Of Dunedin Background Context Until the 20th century, the general law in Florida stipulated that local governments could only obtain funds from public revenues as they had no authority to taxes. The local government made the realization that these funds were insufficient for running the everyday affairs of the growing county. For this reason, the county turned to private sources…

When thinking of successful people you automatically think about how hard people have worked to be successful. In the Outliers book "Malcolm Gladwell" argues that we should look at the world that surrounds successful people. For instance their culture, family, experiences, and their upbringing. Gladwell has made an interesting argument about how people become successful. In this paper, I will be talking about how Bradley Byrne, US Representative for Alabama became successful using some…

King was not the initiating figure of the Civil Rights Movement as many people think, it was at the meeting in his church on December 5, 1955 that he was elected into the presidency of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) (49-50) and would soon after start to become the public face of the Movement. Contrary to popular belief, “Dr. King was not a confirmed believer in nonviolence” in the beginning stages of the boycott (53). Nonviolence would later become one of the most important aspects…