There have been many discoveries made for children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. St. Jude’s is ranked number one for the best pediatric cancer hospital in the country. St. Jude’s is the first and only National Cancer Institute. It is a designated Comprehensive Cancer Center that is devoted to children. St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital helps the children with cancer or other catastrophic diseases.
MGMT 305 Final Paper Starfish Memorial Hospital is a 650 bed non profit community teaching hospital based in downtown Bakersfield CA. Their daily census is around 510. They just recently added on a cancer center a few blocks away from the actual hospital. There are around 4,000 employees working at the hospital. Most of the employees working there have been there for 10 plus years.
In our efforts to succeed in our mission we developed an organization to support our many wants and needs. In our patient first facility we have created a state of the art full-service healthcare site to focus on any and all patient needs. Greater Philadelphia Health Action, Inc. established from a social movement devoted to providing healthcare to every affiliate of the community, despite of the patient’s financial position. Produced in 1970, started as the South Philadelphia Health Action, GPHA has exhausted more than four decades contribution in the most innovative and forward-thinking advances in healthcare to generations of families in the neighborhood, and will carry on to do so for generations to come (Osiris Group, Inc.,
Jailhouse Doc Jennifer Gary HCS/430 November 16, 2011 Kendrick Brown Jailhouse Doc According to the PHS correctional health care is the first private company to specialize in prison health care. They were “Founded in nineteen seventy-eight, PHS is a team of more than three thousand and eight hundred caring professionals providing high-quality, cost-effective patient care in the challenging correctional environment. Their depth of experience and proven results-driven practices provide exceptional care in hundreds of jails, prisons and juvenile facilities nationwide.” PHS correctional health care (2011). Retrieved from http://www.phscorrection.com According to PHS correctional health care facility; the mission and
The inability to pay a bill should never be a barrier to seeking necessary medical care. In 2009, more than 45,000 patients received care in a Wisconsin hospital every day of the week, every hour of the day and night. Over 735 patients per day received their hospital care free of charge. Together, Wisconsin hospitals provided more than $226 million in charity care to individuals in 2009. Hospitals spent millions more on providing free medical screenings, health education programs, and on community support services aimed at improving the health status of the people that live in the community.
Towanda Bushrod November 3, 2013 HA510: Organizational Development for Health Care St. Jude Leader in Children’s Research Introduction St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was founded in 1962, is a pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases and cancer. It is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and is a nonprofit medical corporation. St. Jude was the first institution to develop a cure for sickle cell disease with a bone marrow transplant and has one of the largest pediatric sickle cell programs in the country. St. Jude has developed protocols that have helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent when the hospital
Facility Planning Part I Cassandra Pinkston HCS/446 November 3, 2012 Jennifer Huff Facility Planning Part I Emory Healthcare is the most predominate, most inclusive health system in the state of Georgia. Emory Healthcare system consists of the following facilities; The Emory Clinic, Emory-Children’s Center, Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Wesley Woods Center, Emory University Orthopedics & Spine Hospital and is part owner of Emory-Adventist Hospital. Emory hospital located on Clifton Rd is the site where many surgeries are preformed and it has often reached it full capacity. Emory Healthcare has made plans to solve this problem by devoting $46.6 million in revamping and
Health care marketing analysis Scottish Rite children's hospital Tammy Paramore HCS/539 August 19, 2013 Andrea Linder Health care marketing analysis Scottish Rite children's hospital In 1998, Egleston Children's health care, Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital, and Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center came together to form Children's Health Care of Atlanta, one of the largest health care systems in the country. The new health care system has a singular priority: Family centered care for sick and disabled children. According to Our History (2013) Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center (SRCMC) opened its doors in 1913 as Scottish Rite Convalescent
They consist of Lourdes Medical Center (Pasco), Kennewick General Hospital (Kennewick), and Kadlec Regional Medical Center (Richland). Kadlec is the largest hospital and is the only not for profit hospital in the area. It has partnered with many of the smaller communities in the area to bring up to date healthcare to the smaller hospitals. This hospital invests in advanced technology to provide excellent care and offers services such as; inpatient cancer center, rehabilitation center, trauma services. Patients are transferred to this hospital for round the clock coverage of specialty services.
Internal Medicine Choosing a career can be hard because there are so many different careers to choose from, but with a little bit of research you can find one that fits in with your interests. The career that I feel would fit me best, would be a general internist, due to the fact that it is in the medical field, I get to help others and it seems like a very interesting job. A general internist is someone who specializes in the diagnosis and medical (nonsurgical) treatment of adults. Being an internist requires a lot of work; some of the tasks include being able to treat internal disorders such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and problems of the lungs, brain, kidneys and gastrointestinal tract. Internists are also able to prescribe and /or administer medication or therapy (ONET,”Tasks”).