Healthcare facilities closing their doors or filing bankruptcy: Solutions and support are available “ASK”
Sharon Nixon-Crenshaw
Crenshaw Business Group, USA
: J Health Inform Manag
Abstract
Statement of the Problem: Healthcare facilities are closing and or filing bankruptcy at a rapid rate. This has become an alarming issue here in the US and perhaps in other countries as well. Based on the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, 102 healthcare facilities have closed since Jan 1, 2010 until current. This is a dilemma to our communities, leaving patients without access to general, short-term, acute, and inpatient care, or having to drive miles to receive treatment. While this issue is published, we don’t think there’s an in-depth understanding as to the effect of our communities. When a mother wakes up in the middle of the night and must drive her ailing child 30 miles to an ER this is an issue, or when a grandfather has a stroke and paramedics has a 30-mile drive before reaching a healthcare facility, this is an issue. Based on research transport time prior to a hospital closure was 14.2 minutes, one minutes slower than the mean time for all calls, the transport time increased to 25.1 minute after the hospital closed, a statistically significant increase of 10.9 minutes or a 76.4% increase. In urban zip codes there were no changes in transport times. It’s a rising issue in our communities based on the graph we need additional healthcare resources in our communities not closing hospitals. There are companies that provide services and products that will turn your facility from surviving to thriving. Professional Services, Admin Services, Performance Reporting, Financial Services.
Biography
Sharon Nixon-Crenshaw has her expertise in Inventory Management and Supply Chain Consultant. Her research and evaluation create a new pathway for improving healthcare through awareness and Implementation. She has recognized the depth magnitude in our communities which are being impacted as a result of healthcare facilities closing. Facilities suffering need to be freely able to ask for help at the first sign of inefficient valuation, Board of Directors as well as C-Suites has an obligation to our communities. She work with Companies and Vendors to sustain a foundation and solid business model to increase valuation, with measured results that respond to all stakeholders our mission is to provide positive to our communities.
E-mail: info@sharoncrenshaw.com
