Hawaii Health Systems Corporation has twelve facilities across five different islands with 1,275 licensed beds. It consists of five regions: East Hawaii, West Hawaii, Kauai, Maui and Oahu. HHSC is listed as the fourth largest health system in the country and the fourth largest on the islands, outside of Oahu (www.hhsc.org, 2014). In addition, it is the only provider of acute care on Maui and Lanai. In the West Hawaii Region, HHSC operates two facilities, Kona Community Hospital and Kohala Hospital. Kona Community Hospital, opened in 1914, operates a 94 bed acute care facility with a fully operational 24 hour Emergency Room. The East Hawaii region operates three facilities. The largest facility is located in Hilo, with Ka’u being a critical access hospital, providing a 24 hour emergency room services, along with a family practice clinic (www.kau.hhsc.org, 2011). In addition to three acute care facilities, HHSC operates a State Veterans home. This is also located in Hilo and provides healthcare to those that served in the military. The Kauai Region operates two facilities; these are Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital and Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. Both are considered to be critical access hospitals (www.kvmh.hhsc.org, 2014). In addition, this region supports two hospital outpatient clinics, along with a medical office building. The Maui Region supports three facilities. The Maui Memorial Medical Center is the largest acute care facility within the HHSC. In addition, there are two other smaller acute care facilities (www.mauimemorialmedical.org, 2013). There are three facilities considered to be within the Oahu region. Kahuku Medical Center is considered a critical access hospital. The Leahi Hospital and Malu...
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Balance sheet lists assets, liabilities and owner’s equity. The assets listed on the balance sheet are acquired either by debt (liabilities) or equity. “Companies that use more debt than equity to finance assets have a high leverage ratio and an aggressive capital structure. A company that pays for assets with more equity than debt has a low leverage ratio and a conservative capital structure. That said, a high leverage ratio and/or an aggressive capital structure can also lead
Coastal Medical Center was established a few years after World War II and began as a 100 bed, acute care hospital, serving the population of the tri-county area. Since conception, CMC significantly grew into a larger, more proficient hospital. However, in the past few years, Coastal Medical Center has become a declining 450-bed tertiary care hospital serving the current population of the tri-county area. CMC has a governing board which consists of 27 members and a parent cooperation board which consists of 19 members. The parent cooperation board, Coastal Healthcare Inc., has 24 subsidiary cooperation’s including Coastal Medical Center, three nursing homes, three hospitals, a home health company, and many additional services. Coastal Medical Center also coordinates 53 major new service projects and 66 special programs.
Membership Services (MSD) at Kaiser Permanente used to be a modest department of sixty staff. However, over the past few years the department has doubled in size, creating minor departmental reorganization. In addition the increase of departmental staffing, several challenges became apparent. The changes included primary job function, as well as the introduction of new network system software which slowed down the processes of other departments. These departments included Claims (who pay the bills for service providers outside of the Kaiser Permanente network), and Patient Business Services (who send invoices to members for services received within Kaiser Permanente). Due to the unforeseen challenges created by the system upgrade, it was decided that MSD would process the calls for both of the affected departments. Unfortunately, this created a catastrophic event of MSD receiving numerous phone calls from upset members—who had received bills a year after the service had been provided. The average Monday call volume had risen from 1,800 to 2,600 calls per day. The average handling time for each phone call had risen as well—from an acceptable standard of 5.6 minutes to an unfavorable 7.2 minutes. The department continued to be kept inundated with these types of calls for the two years that these changes have been effect.
At Kiser Permanente large and small entities are included in a medical compound, such as medical clinics, hospitals and pharmacies. These facilities need to provide quality service for the Kaiser system to work. By doing this they can better serve and fulfil the expectation of their patients, to keep up and to clarify the demands and needs of their patients, and to insure their patients of excellent care that they will provide.
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities in the United States. The company’s hospitals provide a range of medical and surgical services comprising general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, rehabilitation services, and pediatric services, as well as specialized services, such as open-heart surgery, skilled nursing, psychiatric care, and neurosurgery. Its hospitals also offer outpatient services, including same-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, respiratory therapy, imaging, sports medicine, and lithotripsy. The company also owns and operates a school of health professions with a nursing program and a radiologic technology program. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 52 hospital campuses with a total of approximately 5,915 licensed beds in 17 states. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. Lifepoint Hospitals Inc. (NasdaqNM:LPNT) operates independently of HCA Inc. as of May 11, 1999.
Integrated Managed Care Organization- The organization is properly aligned for the primary driver being cost cutting services. Since all entities within the organization are responsible and affected by any expenses endured on any entity being unfavorable or favorable, the foundation serves as a primary motivator to reduce costs at all levels. This alignment eliminates any financial gains from driving high utilization of services or higher intensity services within the organization. Ultimately, this system allows the physician medical group to drive patient care, being responsible for the clinical care decisions as opposed to health plan making those decisions as designed in other organizations. This is the preferable model for Medicaid
For the first component of the Session Long Project, your task is to write a 2-3 page essay about a health care organization with which you are involved, or are familiar. Specifically, your tasks are to select an organization and describe it. Then, discuss the main challenges in marketing that organization.
They have 7 hospitals, over 40 doctors’ offices and their outpatient facilities exceed 50 locations. Aside from being one of the largest employers in state, the US government lists them as one of the best hospital systems in the country
A two car accident Friday in downtown Heartland sent three people to the hospital with moderate injuries.
Centura Health is a hospital system located throughout Colorado and western Kansas. This organization consists of hospitals, emergency and urgent care facilities, home and long-term care facilities, Flight For Life, primary care offices, and surgery centers. The competitors are HealthOne, University of Colorado Hospital, and Exempla. The healthcare system overall is creating changes by understanding the needs and wants of the community, the competition, and becoming compliant with the new laws and regulations. This allows the healthcare system to identify market needs to create and implement ideation plans for healthcare organizations.
The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation provides health care services. It operates acute care hospitals, community teaching hospital, geriatric care center, home care center, and outpatient care center in Maryland. The company provides services in the areas of ear, nose, and throat; eyes; gynecology; cancer treatment; children’s care; and urology. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland (Bloomberg Business, 2015; Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2015). For more than a century, Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation has been recognized as a leader in patient care, medical research and teaching. Today, Johns Hopkins Medicine is known for its excellent faculty, nurses and staff specializing in every aspect of medical care.
Augustine Medical, Inc. | Health Care, Inc. Introduction ( Background and Situation). Augustine Medical, Inc. was founded by Dr. Scott Augustine, an anesthesiologist from Minnesota, in 1987. The company was created to develop and market products for hospital operating rooms and postoperative recovery rooms.
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is a healthcare program within the Department of Health and Human Services. (Agency Overview n.d.) It provides federal health services to eligible American Indians and Alaska Natives at IHS facilities. (Agency Overview n.d.) Services that IHS provide include medical, dental and vision, ancillary services, such as laboratory and pharmacy, specialty care which include services provided by the physician or specialist. (Agency Overview n.d.) The factors that affect the type of health care depend on the community needs, level of funds and whether treatment is medically necessary (Marx n.d.) American Indians and Alaska Natives can receive direct care at hospitals, health centers and they may be federally or tribally operated. (Marx n.d.) If a direct care facility is unable to provided services the individual will be referred to a public or private provider. (Marx n.d.) IHS is located on or near Indian reservations and services are provided by Indian Tribes, Urban Indian organizations or IHS. IHS is responsible for providing medical and public health services to members of federally recognized Indian tribes and Alaska natives.(Agency Overview) In order for a tribe to be recognized it needs to meet specific criteria from that state which also includes land and rights that are accepted as well (Agency Overview). IHS has a mission to educate the Indian people about physical, mental, social and spiritual health (Agency Overview). American Indian and Alaska Natives preside over their members and lands (Definition of Indian Health Service Definition 2012). The United States continue to work with Indian Tribes on a one on one basis focusing on issues about tribal government and other rights (Definit...
The Integrated health care is an approach of interdisciplinary of collaboration and communication among health professionals. The characteristic is unique because of the sharing information which in the team members and related to patient care to establishment of treatment whether biological, psychological, and social needs. The interdisciplinary health care team includes a diverse and variety group of members (e.g., specialist, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and physical therapists), depending on the needs of the patient for the best treatment to the patient care.
America has a highly developed health care system, which is available to all people. Although it can be very complex and frustrating at times it has come a long way from the health care organizations of yesterday. Previously most health care facilities were a place where the sick were housed and cared for until death. Physicians rarely practiced in hospitals and only those who were fortunate could afford proper care at home or in private clinics.