Hospital

this study indicates that hospitals with high percentage/rate of 30-days readmission for heart failure patients such as Norths Hospital (21.5%) have a very low rate of mortality within 30-days of hospital admission (6.6%). Whereas, some hospitals such as the Metho Hospital has low Readmission rate for heart failure patients (20.7%) but high percentage for mortality rate (12%). On the other hand, there are some hospitals such as the Norwe hospital with a high rate of hospital readmission within 30 days

Civil Hospital Karachi is a 1900-bed tertiary care public hospital that imparts both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the Dow Medical College[1] now the Dow University of Health Sciences. Civil Hospital Karachi is arguably the largest teaching hospital of Pakistan, catering not only to all areas of the province of Sindh but also the neighboring province of Balochistan as well. -------------------------------------------------

In New York, a Hospital was not liable for a physician who just recently left a rehabilitation center and then assigned to operating duty which was stocked with the propofol that killed her. (Eisler, Peter) Now how is this possible for the hospital to wipe their hands and say they had nothing to do with her death? These are the problems caused by not knowing who the hospital is staffing their facility. For all this they might as well hire anyone off streets and call it a day. Thomas Sherman a MD

of hospital acquired infections (WHO, 2009). Furthermore, it is also considered a cheap measurement for infection control (Allegranzi et al., 2007). Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers is underutilised and interventions to develop it are absent sustainability in developing countries (Gould et al., 2008). In the mid-1880s, the Austrian physician Ignaz P. Semmelweis was the first doctor who reported the critical role of the hands of the healthcare providers in transmitting hospital acquired

It is not uncommon for death to occur in an unusual way in a hospital setting. One such occurrence is frequently identified as a pulmonary embolism. The patient comes in with an initial diagnosis of lung cancer with metastasis to the liver. She is expected to live for a few more days. To show compassion, the nurse decides to give her a bath, change her linens, and help her become more comfortable. After providing her with care, the patient has one more request, to get a leg massage. Oblivious to

Seattle Children’s Hospital is located in Laurelhurst, Seattle, Washington dedicating its medical and educational time to helping children within the Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho area. It was founded in 1907 by Anna Herr Clise after her 5 year old son died of inflammatory rheumatism. This 250 bed and 19 licensed Level IV NICU facility provides inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic, surgical, rehabilitative, behavioral, and emergency and outreach services; also it, is currently ranked number

The Federal Register policy that greatly impacts my work area is the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act enacted on August 6, 2015 (“Hospital Notification Procedures Applicable to Beneficiaries Receiving Observation Services,” n.d.). The NOTICE Act was part of the provisions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to ensure notification about observation status was completed on all Medicare beneficiaries (“Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice”

I appreciate the opportunity to meet with you to address concerns that have recently arisen in the media regarding the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals. In particular, those concerns relate to the issues of patient collection tactics and partnerships with for-profit entities. I am here today to assure you that at St. Michael’s Hospital for Children, we are not only aware of the requirements to be classified as a nonprofit organization, but that we also work diligently every day to make

Care systems around the world are undergoing changes. One major area of change for the United States is Emergency readmissions within 30 days of discharge form hospitals. This indicator looks at the overall percentage of inpatient admissions of patients who returned to a hospital as an emergency visit within 30 days of the leaving the hospital stay. This indicator measures rate of success of the organization in helping patient recover effectively from injuries or illnesses. If the organization does

A hospital is a place that people go to for healing and help. Many associate fear with hospitals due to previous experiences. Rather than relaxing and having optimal time to heal, hospitals can create stressful environments for patients as well as employees. A new type of hospital setting breaking out in the healthcare industry are healing hospitals that provides a patient centered environment. In this paper I will discuss the aspects of a healing hospital, its relationship to spirituality, the challenges