Month: February 2024
Dubai HealthCare City is unique, because it is a city within a city, where both the pharmaceutical industry and health care are under one roof.The developers and the owners are the Dubai Holding. This project will cost $1.8 billion.The following institutions will be housed here:
* research – and rehabilitation centres, * medically training institutes, * private hospitals and clinics, * pharmaceutical offices and spas.
This project has been devised for promoting health tourism. For this reason there are also some flats, residential villa’s and five star hotels, which are surrounded by an man-made lake.The HealthCare City in Dubai will be situated on the Old Metha road,beside the creek and nearby Al Wasl hospital and Wafi City.By early 2010 it will have its own Dubai Metro station on the Green Line. By the end of 2008, 17 hospitals are planned for DHCC with a total of 780 beds. The hospitals which are under construction can be categorised as follows:
* General Hospital I – Cardiology* General Hospital II – Obstetrics* General Hospital III (150 beds)* Long-Term Care Facility (100 beds)* Nursing Home (50 beds)* Orthopaedic Hospital (20 beds)* Plastic Surgery Hospital I (25 beds)* Plastic Surgery Hospital II (25 beds)* Rehabilitation Hospital (300 beds)* Sports Medicine Hospital (100 beds)* Long-Term Care Facility (100 beds)* Urology Hospital (30 beds)* University Hospital (400 beds)
By the end of 2008, the University Hospital is projected to be ready. At present, candidates for the postgraduate training course are sent to Boston (USA). But the Ultimate goal is to set up a training hospital and a postgraduate medical training centre, which will be associated with the Harvard Medical School. This academic centre promises the most exhaustive medical reference search in the country, by having a research centre of the sciences of living and the Al Maktoum Medical Library.The research centre of the sciences of living, is an auditorium with 300 seats.Therefore it is a large project with also a nursing school in the expectation, which will accommodate 200 students, offering basic and masters level training.
At present the HealthCare City of Dubai functions partially. There are approximately 760 staff members, of which 130 doctors. According to the expectations phase 1 & 2 will be fully operational by 2010.
Up till now the next list of private hospitals and offices has been announced:
* American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Hospital* American University of Beirut Medical
Centre* Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Center* Eleva Women’s Hospital* London Great
Ormonde Street Hospital Dubai Office* Mayo Clinic Middle East* The City Hospital
(Welcare, Varkey Group)* The Creek Hospital Dubai (Welcare, Varkey Group)* University
Hospital* Universitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf The following pharmaceutical
companies are already operational with offices and laboratories in Dubai Health
Care City: * AstraZeneca* Johnson & Johnson* Novo Nordisk* Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Mystery shopping the healthcare industry may strike some as counter-intuitive. Medicine and commerce have traditionally been mutually exclusive endeavors, but as medical practices consolidate and look more and more like regular businesses, patient retention becomes a growing factor.
The era of crotchety doctors and long waits in DMV-esque waiting rooms is drawing to a close, and many healthcare providers have embraced reputable mystery shopping firms as a partner in improving the patient experience. Here is what they are measuring:
Healthcare providers audit the appointment setting process.
Medical offices are typically a beehive of activity, and this is often reflected in the poor quality of the phone conversations we have with receptionists and other staff. Mystery shoppers are most often asked to audit the following, when calling to set an appointment with a medical practice:
Was the staffer courteous and helpful?
Did the staffer gather the required patient information?
Did the staffer ask how the caller learned of the practice?
Did the staffer tell the patient what to expect at the visit?
Did the staffer offer directions to the office? Did the staffer confirm the appointment details?
A good firm will ensure all calls are recorded so the client can hear how the call went.
Hidden video is becoming more prevalent for healthcare mystery shoppping, and gives an objective diagnosis of how your office is performing.
Healthcare providers audit the office visit.
Once the patient arrives at the office, there are many things that can affect the quality of the visit. Mystery shoppers audit everything from parking lot to the office and back. Here are the most commonly audited aspects of a medical visit:
How difficult was it to find the office?
How was the patient greeted?
How long was the check-in process?
Were the appropriate forms completed?
What was the wait time?
What was the condition of the waiting room?
How long did the patient wait in the examining room?
Were nurses and doctors friendly?
Did the doctor follow procedure in explaining the diagnosis?
Were options given?
Reputable firms offer mystery shops in the following types of healthcare practices:
Family practices
Pediatrics
PT/OT
Obstetrics
Dental
Orthodontics
Hospitals
Immediate care clinics
Cosmetic Surgery practices
There is a trend towards using independent contractors in many of the settings listed above. It is especially important to audit these situations, as there may not be as strong an allegiance from hired guns than from permanent full-time employees.
Every industry is different from others and this difference is clearly visible in terms of business operations, turnovers, employees, target market segments, and different industrial scenarios. When it comes to use paint and colors for different industries, there are heavy difference in the types of paint and colors we use. For example, you cannot paint a commercial complex with a color suited for healthcare industry. Now you can easily determine what I am talking about. Paints are just meant to cover up the roughness of a wall but much more than that. Paints tend to bring life to walls of a room or a building. The paint you symbolize your life style and your sense of creativity.
Over the past few years, there has been tremendous improvement in the painting industry. Not only the quality of paints but the way we used to look at the paints has changed a lot. Now paints are considered as a strong medium to bring great change in the appearance of a place. This is why painting is considered as the cheapest and most effective way of bringing a succulent visual appeal to a building. If you want to give your business a head start, it is better to discover a new business avenue through painting.
Healthcare industry is one of the industries that play a crucial role in defining the growth of a nation. This is why there are specific colour designed for healthcare industry. You cannot use any color scheme for hospitals and medical institutes. A healthcare institute is a place where patients come for treatment and they can only be treated in a calm and lively environment. If you use dull colors in rooms, their mind will always remain in a despaired state. This is where a professional paint expert can help you come out of this riddle.
There are many paint manufacturing companies in the market that give new insights to healthcare industry by suggesting color schemes designed for healthcare industry. There are experts who guide other businesses at every step in painting work. For better output, seeking professional help is really helpful as then only you will be able to discover a new world for you. Internet has also emerged out as a major platform for individuals and companies looking out do something different with colors. Finding the right color scheme or colour manufacturer worldwide is not a big deal.