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Q.1 How will you find listings of the top fifteen health care systems?
I will find the listings of the top fifteen health care organizations in the US by typing short and specific terms like ‘top fifteen health care systems in the US’ on the Google search engine. Afterward, I will select the best and reliable website that can provide current and valid ratings. It is important to understand that using short and specific words is critical in filtering search options to obtain a precise and particular list. After selecting a particular institution like ‘John Hopkins Hospital’ then it is necessary to research several factors associated with the organization, including the services provided.
Q.2 What are the various components of the selected health care system? How does it rank regarding reduced mortality and infection rates?
Johns Hopkins Hospital is a primary health care system in Baltimore, Maryland, that was established in 1889 by the famous philanthropist Johns Hopkins. It is an educational center as well as a biomedical research institution of the John’s Hopkins School of Medicine. Today, the organization boasts of coining several medical traditions and specialties like house staff, rounds, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, as well as child psychiatry and pediatrics. Johns Hopkins is a unique institution and boasts of several specialty departments that rank high based on the 2016-2017 News and World Report. The hospital has enjoyed a stellar performance for about twenty-one consecutive years (from 1991 to 2011). However, in between 2016 and 2017, the institution was placed at position 15 (adult) and 10 (children specialties) respectively. Johns Hopkins came 1st in Maryland but 4th countrywide, just behind the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Cleveland Clinic, and the Mayo Clinic (John Hopkins Medicine, 2017).
According to the National Healthcare Safety Network, Johns Hopkins performs better regarding the number of reduced mortality and new infections. For example, the death rates of patients per 1000 individuals across critical diseases are very low, with stroke (13.6%), acute myocardial infarction (13.1%), pneumonia (10.9%), and heart failure (9.2%). Also, the standardized infection ratio (SIR), primarily comparing the incidences of diseases to countrywide standards, are significantly lower. The surgical site infections (those resulting from an abdominal hysterectomy) was the highest at 2.337 compared to the country’s 1.15, while catheter-related UTIs was the lowest at 0.384, slightly below the nation’s standard of 0.63 (HealthGroove, 2017).
Q.3 What are the services provided by the healthcare delivery system?
Johns Hopkins Hospital is a versatile healthcare organization that provides a broad range of both adult and children services, including nephrology, geriatrics, orthopedics, neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology, urology, gynecology, rheumatology, cancer, as well as ophthalmology. Besides, the institution deals with cardiology and heart surgeries, diabetes and endocrinology cases, GI surgeries and gastroenterology, as well as nose, throat, and ear complications.
Q.4 What are the current trends contributing to the high ranking and the future path of this health care organization?
Several present trends in the health care industry contribute to the high ranking as well as the future path of this organization. Notably, the current desire to keep high-quality standards and patient safety influence the present ratings and the future of the health iconic institution. Today, it is a prerequisite that staff members provide high-quality services to patients, especially during surgeries. Also, patient safety is a necessity with the management ensuring that patient injuries and infections occurring during operations are significantly reduced.
Q.5 How does the organization manage and distribute resources for improved patient care?
John Hopkins Hospital is dedicated to ensuring that its resources are managed efficiently and distributed fairly to all patients, without bias, segregation, racism, and favoritism based on color, sex, age, or geographical background. This measure is aimed at improving the quality of patient care across all departments (John Hopkins Medicine, 2017).
- Johns Hopkins Medicine. (2017). Patient Safety and Quality. Web.
- HealthGroove. (2017). Johns Hopkins Hospital. Web.