hospital management Articles
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Integrating CSR with hospitality management programmes in higher education
Today's business world is realising the benefits of incorporating social responsibility into their strategic plans. The majority of today's Fortune 250 organisations are aggressively pursuing corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives (KPMG, 2005). This shift towards environmental business models leads to the question of preparedness in new hospitality management graduates that are working ...
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Technological innovations in hospitals: what kind of competitive advantage does adoption lead to?
The authors propose an analytical framework for innovations, based on the resource-advantage theory of competition. Categorisation of innovations depends on how they contribute to a firm's competitive advantage. Essentially, do innovations reduce costs to the organisation, or do they increase the value of its market offerings? They apply this framework to an important segment of the US economy: ...
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Discriminant based analysis of unplanned 14 days readmission patients of hospital
Medical quality and efficiency are two of the most important dimensions of hospital's overall management performance. Medical quality and efficiency of hospital is measured by indicator projects in different medical field. Most quality indicator projects adopt a resource-based measurement for the length of stay of patients. One of these indicators is 'unplanned readmission rate within 14 days of ...
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Medikabazaar patents VIZI a AI/ML-based inventory management
Mumbai: Medikabazaar, a B2B online marketplace for medical equipment and supplies, announced that VIZI, a Al- and ML-powered hospital inventory management and forecasting software application, has been granted a national patent for system and method for inventory management in hospitals. A statement released by the company informed that the grant of the patent is a testament to Medikabazaar's ...
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A cognitive map to design a performance-oriented RIS-PACS
This paper contributes to the literature regarding the management of healthcare technology, focusing on healthcare information and communication technology (ICT). The research investigates the links between the technological features of ICT and its performance. The theoretical framework is based on cognitive maps. The causal variables and the effect variables have been determined during six ...
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Implementation Methodology of Evidence-Based Medicine based on technological diffusion approach: a case of system establishment within the hospital industry
The potential of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is to support medical research, improve medical quality and promote competitive advantage in the hospital industry. Due to a growing body of medical knowledge, the implementation of EBM is mainly focused on the implementation of knowledge management systems. Thus, a technological diffusion approach is a promising solution to implementation of EBM ...
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Quality Management in Hospitality: Critical Components Explained!
When it comes to quality management in the hospitality industry, the only rule to win is consistently delivering the highest quality services to the customer. And maintaining the service quality helps gain a competitive advantage over others in the industry. If you want to maintain consistent excellent services, you must understand the hospitality quality’s critical components and train ...
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Managing clinical knowledge among hospital nurses
Knowledge Management (KM) tools and processes, while established in many industries, are relatively new to healthcare. Healthcare organisations resemble virtual organisations that build flexible and dynamic care networks of multiple medical providers and professionals to address a patient's needs. This research studies the major factors impacting clinical KM strategy and processes in the floor ...
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Application of loglinear modelling to inpatient data for temporomandibular joint disorder claimants
The primary purpose of this paper was to demonstrate the application of loglinear modelling to the analysis of inpatient hospital claims data for TMD claimants. The database of a major medical insurer was used to study 1,819 patients who were diagnosed and treated for TMD along with their Non-TMD matches. Using loglinear modelling, it was found that Major Diagnostic Categories and TMD were not ...
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Nanjing Southern New Town Medical Center - Case Study
Opened in December 2018. As an important livelihood project, the Southern New Town Medical Center in the central area of the Southern New Town of Nanjing. 2.9 billion RMB has been invested to build the hospital. Large-scale comprehensive hospital, which integrates medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, rehabilitation, health care and first aid, and can accommodate 1500 beds. ...
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Providing critical oxygen delivery system to Dragon’s Heart Hospital - Case Study
Project: Dragon’s Heart Hospital Principality Stadium Client: N G Bailey / Cardiff & Vale University Health Board Timing: April 2020 Value: £1.6M Without oxygen the Dragon’s Heart Hospital, conceived as a response to the coronavirus pandemic, could not function. Demonstrating outstanding commitment, the Medical Gases’ team designed, delivered and installed ...
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World’s First aprevo Personalized Spine Surgery Performed Using the Only Available Spine Technology with FDA Breakthrough Designation
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carlsmed, Inc. is announcing today that the firstaprevopatient specific spinal surgery has been successfully performed. Christopher Ames, M.D., director of spinal tumor and spinal deformity surgery at UC San Francisco Medical Center, assisted by Patrick Maloney, M.D., performed this landmark surgical procedure. “Carlsmed’s aprevofamily of devices represent ...
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Beware Hazards in Healthcare: New Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals
Recently proposed EPA regulation provides a streamlined approach for healthcare facilities to better manage their hazardous pharmaceutical waste. To prepare for these changes, healthcare facilities, including manufacturers, distributers, pharmacies and retailers of pharmaceutical products in the USA will need to make operational adjustments around notification, training, record keeping and ...
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InterSystems Survey Finds Asian Private Hospitals Expanding Digital Capabilities to Support Patient-focused Transformation
Private hospitals in South East Asia will dramatically expand the capabilities of their healthcare information systems over the next five years to support transformational changes such as value-based care initiatives and better care coordination, according to a survey by InterSystems, a global leader in information technology platforms for health, business and government. “Private ...
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High prevalence of psychological distress among healthcare workers during pandemic
Doctors more likely to experience depression while anxiety more common among Nurses A study by a team of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW), St George Hospital and the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) has found a high prevalence of anxiety and depression among healthcare workers around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers found that ...
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Researchers highlight the impact of COVID 19 pandemic on patients with cancer
New collaborative research from Queen’s University Belfast, the University of Split, Croatia and King’s College London has shown that the response to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is significantly affecting the treatment and care of patients with cancer. The research, recently published in the European Journal of Cancer, highlights how the repurposing of ...
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Regenstrief, IU study finds assigning hospitalists by unit has both pros and cons
Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine have conducted the first time-motion study in more than a decade to assess the impact of geographic cohorting of hospitalists. Geographic cohorting –- restricting or localizing hospitalists and their patients to one or two inpatient units rather than having hospitalists travel from floor to floor, across wings ...
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Addressing Medical Negligence: Is It More Common than We Think?
It may surprise you to learn that the third most common cause of death in the U.S. is reputed to be medical negligence. The figures vary on the actual average number of deaths due to medical negligence each year. A John Hopkins study put the number at approximately 250,000 but other sources suggest it’s over 400,000 cases annually. The situation is so dire that the doctors involved with ...
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How is Digital Technology Reshaping Different Sectors of Society?
In today’s day and age, people from every age group are sprinting to meet their set goals or deadlines. When the world was hit with a global pandemic in the last two years, almost every sector and institution was instructed to work remotely, ensuring all social distancing regulations were followed. This was when the world realized the true potential of digitization [1]. In this article, we ...
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Managing the full medical equipment lifecycle
Using Medical Equipment Capital Planning Software To Transform Your Equipment Lifecycle. According to a Moody’s Investor’s Service analysis,"Not-for-profit and public healthcare - US: Medians - Regional hospital medians mirror stress seen in national trends", operating margins for hospitals have fallen to an all-time low of 1.6%. Becker’s CFO Report, "A new way of thinking ...
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