Kinjal Patel Professor Anderson Health Care System April 18,2016 Demographic Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 75,281 in 2014, according to the United Sates. Census, making it Pennsylvania's sixth-most-populous city after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, and Reading. Scranton is the geographic and cultural center of the Lackawanna River valley, and the largest of the former anthracite coal mining communities in a contiguous quilt-work that also includes Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, and Carbondale. Scranton was incorporated as a borough on February …show more content…
Scranton city has three hospitals located within the city’s limit. Two hospitals are for profit and one is for non-profit. The first two are located blocks away from each other, Regional Hospital of Scranton and the other one is Mosses Taylor Hospital, which are owned by the Commonwealth Health organization. The non-profit Hospital is Geisinger Community Medical Center ran by Geisinger Health Systems. According to both Medicare and Consumer reports, all three hospitals provide emergency departments. However, both Regional Hospital and Geisinger Community Medical Center have the ability to track patient’s information electronically (Medicare.gov), whereas Moses Taylor Hospital does not. In addition, all three hospitals are acute care hospitals. Out of all three hospitals, Moses Taylor is the most unique with a labor and delivery department (Commonwealth Health). All three of these hospitals also accept Geisinger Health Plan …show more content…
However, Regional Hospital is slightly smaller, with 198 beds, and has a number of different specialties. Regional has an emergency room with a complete laboratory and diagnostic imaging services. They also have a diabetes care center, a cardiac unit, an orthopedic institute, a vascular lab and a bariatric surgery unit. Food and nutrition services, wound care, hyperbaric treatments and physical rehabilitation are also available. Regional Hospital of Scranton may be a part of the same group as Moses Taylor Hospital, but the services offered within are quite
General Practices Affiliates is considering an offer from Titus Lake Hospital to join under a provider leasing model. Under a provider leasing model, Titus Lake Hospital is purchasing General Practices Affiliates’ services. The practice will retain control of personnel, management, and practice policies. Titus Lake Hospital submitted financial reports to assure transparency during the lease agreement process. The following analysis will discuss whether Titus Lake hospital is a viable financial partner for General Practice Affiliates, possible implications of the lease, and recommendations.
The purpose of this paper is to illuminate and discuss healthcare vulnerabilities of the elderly rural population in Baker County, Florida and describe how the nursing profession can address these problems. Rural health has been a complex and multifaceted challenge for government and healthcare practitioners. The elderly who live alone in the county suffer from low socioeconomic status, low health literacy rates, declining cognitive and physical health and lack of healthcare facilities. The health status of this vulnerable group is impacted by rural culture and social values, healthcare policy and funding affecting rural healthcare facilities, distance and lack of transportation, and health literacy.
The Cape Fear Valley Health System’s mission is to, “provide exceptional health care for all our patients.” Cape Fear Valley strives to, “improve the quality of every life we touch.” The health system has followed through with its goals and opened six hospitals, providing care to Cumberland County, Bladen County, and Hoke County. The organization has provided health care in many different fields, including oncology, neuroscience, weight loss, cardiology, emergency rooms, and Intensive Care Units. In doing so, they have provided a variety of healthcare to a plethora of people.
The city has five level one trauma hospitals, one being the Children’s Mercy Hospital which specializes in pediatrics. Children’s Mercy Hospital also obtains a personal fleet of pediatric ambulances and rescue helicopter.
Today in the United States of America, the race and culture that a person is raised in determines the quality of health care he or she will receive for a lifetime. Minority patients tend to receive a lower quality of health care as opposed to patients who are the same race as their doctor. Minorities reported to be less satisfied with visits to the doctor (Schnittker and Liang 811). This action puts minority patients’ health at risk and can cause them many consequences in the long run. Doctors should work on improving their relationship with minority patients by learning how to communicate verbally and nonverbally with them, educating themselves on how different cultures show symptoms to diseases, and entitling minorities to health insurance.
Disparities in health care have long provided challenges and occur in groups of people who receive less or lower quality health care than others which often results in poorer overall health outcomes (KFF.org, 2012). Health Care Disparities refers to a population of people that have a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality (KFF.org, 2012). The disparity aspect refers to the differences between groups in health coverage, access and or quality of care (KFF.org, 2012). Disparities are commonly viewed by individual races or ethnicities, but they also cross many dimensions and include socioeconomic status, age, location, gender, disability status, and sexual orientation (KFF.org, 2012).
To comprehend our current health care system, it is important to understand the history and how health care has evolved in the United States. The healthcare system we have now didn't always exist. Believe it or not, before 1920, most people would not of known what health care coverage meant! So how did the United States turn into one of the few developed countries lacking nationwide healthcare? Understanding U.S. healthcare history will help you understand the dynamics that built the system that, we struggle with today. Furthermore, I will make conclusions on the current problems we are facing.
The American Health Care system has prided itself on providing high quality services to the citizens who normally cannot afford them. This system has been in place for years and until now it did a fairly decent job. The problem today is money; the cost of hospital services and doctor fees are rising faster than ever before. The government has been trying to come up with a new plan these past few years even though there has been strong opposition against a new Health Care system. There are many reasons why it should be changed and there are many reasons why it shouldn’t be changed. The main thing that both sides heads towards is money. Both sides want to save money just in different ways.
According to DeBrew, author of “Can being ageist harm your older adult patients?” stereotypes and discrimination are evident in various aspects of patient care. “Ageism [is] defined as stereotyping or discrimination aimed at older adults and a lack of knowledge about normal changes of aging and presentation of illness in older adults (. . .)” (DeBrew, 2015). DeBrew (2015) states, “research findings suggest that ageism is common in healthcare” (DeBrew, 2015). Ageism is not only an issue in the healthcare setting, but also among older adults as well as their families. When ageism is present in the healthcare setting it poses
Share your own definition of the “community” as the client. How is population-based care different from individual care? Identify one example of a population-based program. What makes it population-based rather than individual-based? Describe the difference between the functions of the federal, state, and local health department.
In Australia one of the main demographic changes is the ageing of the population and this is occurring due to the lowering of the fertility rates and the ability to live longer. Our country also has more representation of the older citizens and the Bureau of Statics believes that by 2065, our population would have 23-25% of those who are elderly and these changes not only effect the nation but families as well. This shows how well our nation is preventing maternity and infant mortality and the choices of women having their children later in life. Another change that is demographic in Australia is that divorce is becoming more common within families which can have effect on the entire family and this shows that in Australia single parenting
Elmore County Community Hospital is a non-profit hospital that works within the community to assess the
The hospital environment is accessible to the public. The hospital provides different services to the Taranaki region like ambulance, allied
America has a highly developed health care system, which is available to all people. Although it can be very complex and frustrating at times it has come a long way from the health care organizations of yesterday. Previously most health care facilities were a place where the sick were housed and cared for until death. Physicians rarely practiced in hospitals and only those who were fortunate could afford proper care at home or in private clinics.
Hetzel Care Nursing and Rehabilitation is owned by Platinum Healthcare; within the facility it is the administrator who manages the staff and runs the building. Some strengths that I noticed about the facility is that it is small enough where the staff can connect with the residents. Jody said, “I really like working for this facility since most of the problems are eliminated right away or sometimes even anticipating them before they get started” (J. Krueger, personal communication, January, 11, 2016). In all her previous experience she knew she was meant to be at Hetzel Care Nursing and Rehabilitation, not only the wonderful residents but also the knowledge that she is gaining at the facility.