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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"health care organization"”.
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A lean enterprise approach to process improvement in a health care organization
United States health care costs are rising and demand is increasing as the population ages. An already overburdened system is being squeezed more each year. Process improvements are urgently needed, and some health care professionals are looking to lean production principles for answers. Past lean …
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Case study: evaluating performance outcomes of a technology change management initiative in a health care organization
… a technology change management initiative in a health care organization. This study was developed with an array of issues surrounding change management programs with technology platforms, the management of complex change and the amount of criticism that became the impetus behind the …
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Valuing a Culturally Diverse Work Force: An Examination of Intended Changes and Successes as Perceived by Upper and Middle Management, Supervisors, and Line Staff in a Health Care Organization
… will continue to have a significant impact on organizations. The diversity of cultures, lifestyles, and household compositions compels managers and organizational leaders to make a variety of organizational changes. Additionally, the globalization of business, the integration of the world …
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Utilitarian and community values in mainstream and alternative health care on Martha's Vineyard
<p>Problems endemic to Martha’s Vineyard’s health care system and community efforts to resolve them led to the this community study on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Such problems included Martha’s Vineyard’s sole hospital and nursing home’s declarations of bankruptcy in 1996, the fluctuation of …
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Examining the Influence of the Patient Declaration of Values on Hospital Policies and Practices
… (1) setting the stage, (2) inspiring change, (3) organizational structures, (4) organizational and environmental barriers, and (5) reflection and improvement. This study has highlighted the role of the PDoV within a leading Ontario hospital. It lends itself to providing a process with core …
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Determining the Level of Patient Satisfaction in a Dental Hygiene Setting.
… the patients and the affective behavior of the care providers on level of patient satisfaction. It was concluded that except for age, other demographic variables did not have any statistically significant influence on patient satisfaction. Also, care provider's affective behavior significantly …
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Approaches to creating anonymous patient database
Health care providers, health plans and health care clearinghouses collect patient medical data derived from their normal operations every day. These patient data can greatly benefit the health care organization if data mining techniques are applied upon these data sets. However, individual …
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Improving breastfeeding education among hospital nurses
… breastfeeding outcomes. Despite knowledge and health care organization efforts, the recommendations of exclusive breastfeeding through six months of life with continued breastfeeding through one year of age are not being met. The purpose of this DNP project is to determine if a structured …
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Effectiveness of experiential learning strategies
… consisted of 3 hours of service at a non-profit health care organization followed by reflection facilitated through online discussion groups and reflective paper. Attention control students attended a professional nursing meeting and described their observational experience in an online …
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Effectiveness of experiential learning strategies
… consisted of 3 hours of service at a non-profit health care organization followed by reflection facilitated through online discussion groups and reflective paper. Attention control students attended a professional nursing meeting and described their observational experience in an online …
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Low Health Literacy Interventions and Resources Used At Community Health Centers Using Decision Support from the Care Model
<p>Community health centers (CHCs) serve the largest portion of the medically underserved patients in the United States. Little health literacy research has been conducted in the community health center setting. The Care Model, more specifically the elements of the health care organization, …
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Personal Learning Environments For Business Organizations
… supervisor/manager-level employees in a hospital health care organization to examine how they created and used personal learning environments (PLEs), what internet/Web 2.0 technologies were used to solve work-related problems (or for professional development), and what strategies were engaged to …
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Time to Medical Help-Seeking for Adults Who Experience Symptoms of Stroke in a California-Mexico Border Region
… Andersen and Newman’s Individual Determinants of Health Service Utilization, a component of the Framework for Viewing Health Services Utilization, set within the context of Symptom Management Theory as its theoretical underpinnings. Methods: A retrospective cohort study using Get With The …
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Relationship-Based Care: Effects on Patient Satisfaction
… the hospitalized patients' perceptions of their care from nurses on selected patient care units implementing the Relationship-Based Care (RBC) model within a tertiary acute care hospital located in a Northern Plains state. This quasi-experimental research study employed a pretest and posttest …
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Nurse Practice Environment and Peripheral Intravenous Infiltrations in a Pediatric Hospital on the Magnet Journey
… Characteristics such as quality patient care, excellence in nursing, and innovations in professional nursing practice shape a health care organization into a "magnet" organization. Magnet designation is a key aspect of nursing, which places pressure on healthcare organizations to commit …
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Historical Context, Institutional Change, Organizational Structure, and the Mental Illness Career
… how patients' mental illness treatment careers depend on the change and/or stability among differing levels of social structure. Theorists of the mental illness career tend to ignore the role that higher levels of social structural change have on individuals' mental illness career. …
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Childhood Obesity and the Home Environment
… decades and is recognized as a serious public health concern that requires urgent action. The home environment has been identified as a key influence on the diet and physical activity of children. Furthermore, low-income families experience obesity at higher rates and current interventions have …