The Clinic The Clinic is one of a series of Alex Delaware novels written by Jonathan Kellerman. Alex Delaware is a psychology doctor who is often employed by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to provide psychological profiles of both victims and killers. The book is 465 pages long. In this novel Dr. Delaware has been asked to provide a psychological profile of the victim of a particularly gruesome murder. The victim is Professor Hope Devane, who was found murdered under a large elm tree
In 1874, Thomas Eakins took a second course in anatomy at Jefferson Medical College. He attended surgical lectures and clinics presided over by Professor Samuel D. Gross. Eakins painted “The Gross Clinic,” to show the emotion involved in medical procedures. It appears as if the doctors performing the surgery have emotionally removed themselves from the situation at hand. By removing themselves from the emotional aspects of the surgery, the doctors can complete the task much easier than they would
Mayo Clinic is a hospital that is as well-known by many to be a haven of caring and concerned doctors whos’ sole focus is to give their patients the type of care they would want their families to receive if they were patients. According to Colquitt, LePine, and Wesson (Mayo Case Study, 2014), Mayo Clinic has established a customer service, patient first culture that puts the needs of those whom they serve ahead of other focuses, such as profit or patient quotas. This corporate culture has lead the
The challenges discussed must be overcome and recommendations for solutions for ensuring success of expansion with a satellite clinic. Strategies. Increasing the availability of care for the community to focus healthy lifestyles, providing job security for employees and sustained viability for investors is the goal of PMH with the satellite clinic. Recent healthcare reforms provide PMH with several opportunities to expand, with the ACA increasing the number of ensured patients, which will increase
Rockbridge Area Free clinic in Lexington, Virginia. The clinic attempts to support the community by serving the margin of people that are not receiving their basic healthcare needs. In 2012 the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis reported
Clinton Date: April 15, 2000 Re: Pate Memorial Hospital Recommendation: Pate Memorial Clinic should expand office hours from an opening time 7:00 am to a closing time of 7:00 in order to increase patient visits. Problem Statement: Should Dr. Roger Mahon, Pate Memorial Hospital (PMH) administrator, take action, if any, to compete with the newly established clinic, located five blocks north of PMH’s clinic? Facts: Regional Market: During the 1960’s, the hospital industry boomed with billions of
The Mayo Clinic is one of the famous hospitals that provide extremely desired health care services to the customers. Many people have positive opinions based on the services that are offered in the Mayo Clinic. Dr. William Worrall Mayo, his two sons Drs. William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, and the Sisters of St. Francis established the Mayo Clinic in 1889 in Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic is one of the oldest, but steadfast health care organizations that have traversed the ages. Initially
healthcare service and hence they need a source of better services such as free clinics that can deal with the major issues affecting health (Huntington, 2012). The mobilization of these free clinics comes with a price as they affect the community both positively and negatively. Free clinics can either be temporary or permanent and this incurs different expenses depending on the type of structure chosen. Free clinics are effective for those people without insurance as they tend to get treatment for
The case study: Crowded Clinic provided some good examples of what many busy clinics have to deal with on daily basis. Lately, there have been multiples computer systems to improve scheduling problems for the outpatient clinics, such as “Open Access”, “AdvancedMD”, “Medical Office Online”, and many more. These programs do help with daily operations of a medical office, however, in order to make patients feel more welcome few other things can be implemented. Such as letting receptionists handle arriving
The Cleveland Clinic Fire of 1929 The Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929 was a major structure fire at the Cleveland Clinic hospital on May 15, 1929. The fire was caused by nitrocellulose x-ray film that was too close to an exposed light bulb which ignited the film. This caused two different explosions to occur and also caused poisonous gases to spread throughout the area. The fire caused 123 people to lose their lives, among them was one of the founders of the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. John Phillips. Eighty
Steven Kerrigan The Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins During the 19th century a large quantity of art pieces were known for their focus on modern day life, of what the average society member would often see on a day to day basis. Thomas Eakins, was a painter commonly associated with realism in the United States during the 19th century, and was harshly viewed on what he would frequently base his painting’s content on. In Eakins's most criticized painting, The Gross Clinic, the content he based his
is the communication gap. The outpatient clinics in particular find it challenging to keep in contact with the hospital. In the healthcare market to have success you must have communication. Romano observed that hospitals are branching out; outpatient setting offer lucrative services that are rendered in a well-situated environment (2006). The outpatient sector is where the profit is made; this is clearly the way of the future. If prospective clinics are to fulfill patient and employees needs
We at Capstone Health Consultants are pleased to provide the Board of Directors of Utopia University Medical Center our recommendations regarding design, development, and deployment of a multi-disciplinary Telemedicine program for outlying clinics. In this document we will discuss the benefits and challenges that exist in setting up such a service. We will then review in detail the important ethical and legal considerations standards that must be met, as well as cost, training and implementation
The float provider/ Locum Tenums will be used in several aspects that will help to continue to improve access to care. They will be available when a provider calls in so clinic will not have to be cancelled. The float provider/Locum Tenums will be able to see overflow walk in patients if he or she is not providing clinic coverage and or write prescription scheduled medication for providers who are on scheduled
What remains to be determined are the long term effects (on health and the economy) of this paradigm shift, in terms of the wellness of the community as well as economically. Proponents of the movement have pointed to the lower overhead for these clinics trickling down to lower costs for patients. However, critics skeptically question whether the real benefits are for the patients or simply as a mechanism to stuff physicians' wallets. When considered as firms in the marketplace, it is evident that
The Importance of Using a Condom In a recent study performed at the University of New Orleans by Dr. Bruce M. King, only 20% of men reported using a condom consistently, while only 50% reported using protection with a new partner. The results of condom use or lack there of is clear: ? 2/3 of all STIs occur in people 25 years of age or younger ? By the age of 24, 1 in 3 sexually active people will have contracted an STI ? In 2000, 15- to 19-year-old women had the highest rate of gonorrhea
farm with filled with adopted animals of all kinds- rabbits, pigeons, goats, frogs, dogs, chickens, cats, cattle, and an iguana. Ever since I was seven I new I was born to become a veterinarian. This past year I was hired to work at the veterinarian clinic in Bullard. Within one month I got to help de-claw a cat and watch many surgeries. I learned how to medicate animals without getting bit, give hydrotherapy, and many other things. My title was kennel attendant and I still tried to help and learn up
of finding a replacement, FAST! Sent with guidelines to find someone “squeaky clean” Nora sets off to find Sheldon Mopes (Edward Norten), who’s only gig as Smoochy, is to play motivational songs (self written) for doped up drug addicts at a local clinic. Don’t be fooled by the bright colors, the fuzzy animals and all the kids, this is not a kids movie, just ask Robin Williams, that’s if you can get him to say a sentence or two with out using the f*** word. Sheldon Mopes (tree hugging, tofu eating
directed to clean the floors in the officers’ headquarters. Upon completing this job, he hurries of to the mess hall, and then to the sick bay to have his aches and fever checked out. Unfortunately for Shukhov, the medical examiner explains that the clinic is closed mornings, and if he had been there the previous night, he would have got the day off. Returning back to his quarters depressed, Shukhov stumbles into the body count and notices that today they are searching the men. (They are not to have
Introduction Most of you may not think of asthma as a killer disease, yet more that 5,000 Americans die of asthma each year. According to the Mayo Clinic web page, asthma also accounts for more that 400,000 hospital discharges annually. As the number of people with asthma increases, the more likely you are to come in contact with a person who has the disease. As far as I can remember, I have had asthma my whole life. My mother and one of my sisters also have asthma, so I have a first hand experience