Vision and Mission of Lawrence General Hospital
Lawrence General Hospital’s vision and mission are clearly stated and published on their website home page for anyone to view at any time. The vision of Lawrence General entails the following, “Become a stellar regional health system known for the highest quality, highest value, service, efficiency, and compassionate care” (Lawrence General Hospital, 2018). This particular agency’s mission focuses on, “providing quality medical care and related services to the people of the Greater Lawrence community (Lawrence General Hospital, 2018). It also encompasses equality by stating, “Our physicians and caregivers offer treatment to all patients, regardless of their race, ethnicity, national origin, gender,
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As an employee and a student nurse completing my capstone clinical rotation at this agency, I can vow for Lawrence General, that this organization is in fact living by their values and beliefs whole heartedly. Over the past three years, I’ve been a constant part of the Lawrence General or as we call it “Larry G” community. I choose to be part of this community because of their important core values and ethical practices. Patient-centered quality care is at the top of their requirements regardless of a patient’s personal beliefs, religion, race, or ethnicity.
Teamwork is huge and most employees go out of their way to teach the younger generation tips of the trade. Teamwork, knowledge, and execution of medical care need to be thorough and precise. Especially, working in a 41 bed bay emergency department that is accredited by the Joint Commission in the following areas: level three trauma center, STEMI/chest pain center, and stroke center. During the process of fast paced medical care it is important to ensure that the core values of the agency: quality, integrity, compassion, and service are still being used without
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However, they all said they did not consider viewing these items prior to applying to the agency. The rationale behind this was that a job position was the most important item for them to attain. Also, they believe any practice deemed unethical, lack of quality, service, or compassion displayed by other staff members would bring up discussion regardless of the hospitals views or guidelines. In the staffs eyes most vision, mission, and core values listed by agencies tend to overlap or state the same idea and are tailored to the specific intuition that claims the views are individualized. In reality all health care facilities need to abide by guidelines to create and promote the well-being of the patients, families, and staff
Background statement: Heritage Valley Medical Center has had a wonderful reputation for providing excellent health care services to their community. Initially, their community was 80% Caucasian, 40% African American, and 5% Hispanic. However, in the last 5 years, the population has changed to more minorities and the whites have moved out to the suburbs. This caused the Center’s occupancy rate to go down 40% because many of their traditional, more affluent, private-pay patients had left the neighborhood. To bring in revenue, they campaigned to bring in more Medicaid patients.
Starr County Memorial Hospital aims at continuous growth and advances in technology. The hospital has doctors coming from different places of the world that come serve our community. They want to be able to adapt to the changes and challenges of a pending reformation of the healthcare system. In order to be able to adapt, they must become a part of a successful integrated system of networking in order to meet all the healthcare needs of the community in a most effective, efficient, and economical manner. Above all, the mission at Starr County Memorial Hospital is to serve the community.
Evergreen Health • How do you describe the style of the mission statement and why? The mission statement explains the purpose of the organization. Basically, the mission statement usually covers three to five years.
My mission, or who I am as a radiographer, is to provide the highest standards of healthcare to my patients and their families resulting in healing spiritually, physically, and emotionally. My vision, or the lasting effects I want to leave on society, is to leave an infinitely positive impression on all individuals by providing contagious honesty, respect, and care. The ways I achieve my mission and vision are through my values. The top five core values that I hold in high regard are integrity, compassion, honesty, dedication, and respect. These values link very closely with the programs and Loma Linda University’s
Kaiser Permanente (KP) was founded in 1945 at the height of the Great Depression (Kaiser Permanente, 2017a). Since their humble beginnings KP has strived to provide the best care possible for their patients and improve on health for their members. Kaiser has grown from a small hospital, to a large foundation by making appropriate changes and using strategic planning to ensure members receive the health care they need in terms of quality and safety. One method of strategic planning KP uses is appreciative inquiry, a method and philosophy that identifies when the facility functions at its best and builds from those situations to create a vision of the future and work towards that vision (McNamara, n.d).
The Joint Commission is involved in making sure the health care facilities are providing the patient and family members of patients the effective and safe care that the patient needs and deserves. There is a close relationship between the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) and the results of the Joint Commission survey. If the facility were following the NPSG’s then the facility would have more of likelihood that the organization will receive a good survey results from the Joint Commission. There are serious consequences for the health care organization if the organization does not meet the benchmarks set by the Joint Commission. Multiple tools out there will aid this author in determining if the organization that this author works in is
Also, it is important within the medical industry to have a tenacious program planning system. As a result, well-organized services are effective and dictate how information is gathered, how the information is measured, and lastly how one-to-one care is given. Lastly, managers will be held to the highest standards and the results will make a significant difference to Veterans and eligible beneficiaries. The Saint Leo core values of excellence co-inside with Veterans Health Administration’s social, economic, and political views collectively working hard to up-hold their promise to the mission, vision, and goals of the industry and to those we serve. (National Center for Ethics in Health Care
Health care professionals need to maintain a high degree of professionalism, while possessing the upmost degree of integrity. A patient needs to feel confident and safe at all
Outline ethical issues that impact the APN Ethical issues can impact the health care system in a variety of ways. The APN is expected to provide excellent regardless of the work environment. One issue that continues to influence the entire nursing profession is staffing inadequacies. “Without sufficient staffing it is difficult to meet ethical standards of professional practice responsibilities, including protecting the rights of individual patients and families, alleviation of suffering, and preserving their integrity”(Ulrich et al., 2010, p. 1).
This report addresses the issues arising from the case study report of Guelph General Hospital. Over the years, the hospital has experienced challenges in the delivery of services to consumers. This is especially due to the expanding numbers of patients that have affected the normal functioning of the hospital system. Starting with the improvement of the emergency department, GGH has focused on the practices that would accommodate the increasing demands for medical services. The lean methodology is one of the implementations that aimed at reducing wastage within the system, in order to create value for the services offered.
In 2005, a family friend by the name of Randy Birdsong was a patient at Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital located in San Antonio, Texas. The Veteran Affairs (VA) medical staff was performing surgery on his abdomen. After the surgery, he was notified that there was insufficient space to accommodate his continued care. The V.A. advised him to keep his wound clean with a fresh roll of gauze, and sent him on his merry way. A few days later, Randy was back at the V.A. hospital with a noticeable infection taken place in his abdominal region.
Each morning patients came in for assessment and the treatment team developed or altered existing treatment protocols. I longed to be part of this team, working to stabilize each patient so they could return home to pursue their goals. The nurses stood out to me as the team members at ground zero in the unit, working directly with patients, and advocating for them in meetings. As a Nurse Practitioner, I will provide this same standard of holistic care to my patients, taking into consideration their biological, social, psychological and cultural needs while developing and implementing treatment decisions.
Ethics serve as a guide for moral and ethical conduct and thus treat people with dignity, respect and uniqueness regardless of age, sex, color or religion. Also adhere to their job description and within the nation’s healthcare workforce. Surveys from several nursing specializations reported that there is no differences in
Introduction Massachusetts General Hospital is ranked as second in the United States in 2013 by U.S. News & World Report (2013). This hospital is a 999-bed facility in the center of Boston and is known for providing sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic maintenance in almost every speciality of medicine and surgery. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) provides healthcare at local, national and global levels (About MGH, nd, World-class patient care). Impact of a social event on the growth of MGH Prior to the MGH inception, there were marine hospital and Boston dispensary to attend to the healthcare needs of the local people. The chaplain of Almshouse in Boston, Rev. John Bartlett planned for providing state-of-the-art health care to the
Based on this case the cost driver is to properly distribute the direct cost among the different divisions. Dr. Julian would like to control her departments costs by having them distributed fairly among the divisions without affecting the hospital’s reimbursement/revenue. Carroll University Hospital is currently using the standard costing unit, which is based on the cost of bed/day for inpatients. Currently the present cost accounting system that is being used at CUH takes the total direct cost of the departments, then allocates the indirect costs and distributes it among the departments evenly regardless of the actual resources being used in those departments, and without considering that there may be some patients in these divisions that may require more resources than others, this method does not seem to recognize the different activities,