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Over half a decade after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Tenet Healthcare Corp. has ultimately settled a class action lawsuit that had been filed against the corporation.
This class action suit mentioned that the healthcare firm which was taking care of patients at Memorial Medical Centre wasn’t prepared for the loss of electrical power following the storm.rm.
In addition to this, it had been explained how the company didn’t adhere to correct evacuation plans, and didn’t take additional needed emergency actions.
As soon as the power had been cut and the levees gave in, the middle of the town started to overflow, and temperatures inside rose to over one hundred degrees Fahrenheit.
This situation left employees and patients trapped without a way of opening the windows or getting aid. The center waited four days for rescuers to arrive, and consequently for many it was too late.
Forty-five bodies had been collected from the medical centre after the storm, the highest quantity from any medical center in the region.
Due to the overwhelming number of deaths, the medical center was placed under significant critique. The Louisiana Attorney General, Charles Foti had three physicians arrested for second-degree murder.
Just after going to the courts, the doctors were discharged, and one of them is already in the process of suing Foti for damage and defamation to her career.
Nevertheless, the employer of those three physicians, Tenet Healthcare Corp. has been in the courts for class actions a number of times since Hurricane Katrina.
They have settled eleven other court cases handling the fundamental matter of neglect. The most current lawsuit which achieved a settlement on Wednesday was concerning Preston and Tenet.
A spokesman for Tenet has claimed the arrangement is “amicable” though no official information have been revealed since the judge still needs to accept the ruling.
All in all, Tenet Healthcare Corp. had to pay over $150 million in damages during the hurricane. Half a dozen of Tenet’s hospitals had been damaged, and the firm had planned to sell several of them around the New Orleans region prior to 2007.
This has been a hard number of years for the Preston family and for the New Orleans region generally. Because of in excess of 1,800 deaths and over $80 billion in damages, the “Big Easy” is still rebuilding even now.
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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.
Would it surprise you to know that President Obama’s health care law goes well beyond simply providing insurance to those who don’t have it? Indeed, the Affordable Care Act (affectionately known as ObamaCare) contains an entire litany of new regulations that will affect everything from who receives care to how services are bought and paid for.
A good example of the burdensome regulations applies directly to nurse management jobs. There is a provision in the law requiring medical facilities to allow breaks for employees who are also nursing mothers, in order to allow them time to express milk. For a nurse manager this presents a whole new set of problems.
For instance, the law states breaks must be “reasonable” in terms of length. But who decides what “reasonable” is? If one nursing mother can express her milk in 15 minutes while another takes 30, there will be questions about fairness and equal time. Then there’s the question of workers who have babies brought to the workplace to nurse rather than expressing milk and putting it in the refrigerator.
Just this one little regulation is already causing a lot of headaches for nurse managers. It provides further evidence that the health care overhaul is not all it’s cracked up to be.
Nurse Management Jobs Still Worthwhile
Despite the changes in the healthcare regulations, don’t be discouraged if you want to get into the healthcare field. Nurse management jobs are still very attractive for a variety of reasons. They offer excellent pay, a good working environment, and room for professional advancement.
Furthermore, working as a nurse manager brings with it a measure of personal satisfaction by being able to help make the lives of patients better. By your willingness to put your best foot forward your nursing staff will be encouraged to do the same and your patients will benefit.
You and Your Staff
To excel as a nurse manager requires a way of thinking that’s slightly different from what you did as an active floor nurse. In other words, before moving into management your primary focus was your patients. As a nurse manager you’re still focused on patient care, but you’re more focused on your staff as the vehicle to provide that care.
Nurse management jobs are therefore more about encouraging the success of your staff. When you’re nurses are doing well, so will your patients. When your nurses are not performing up to standards patient care will suffer.
Nurse Managers also have the added responsibility of representing their staff before upper management and other members of the healthcare team. This requires a certain amount advocacy which some nurse managers find difficult. Nonetheless, it’s part of building a solid team.
In the United States there is currently a significant shortage of nurses and nurse managers. There are nurse management jobs available in big cities, small towns, and through temporary staffing agencies. If you’re qualified and want to work, it’s out there for the taking.