Lancaster General Hospital A Voluntary, Non -profit...

Lancaster General Hospital is located in downtown Lancaster County. They are an acute care hospital that has 533 inpatient beds with 142 of them being semi-private rooms. The hospital is expanding, adding all private rooms for patients. The $60 million renovation will turn the hospital into six-stories. According to Lancaster General Health, â€Å"private-room design also reduces noise levels and traffic in and out of patient rooms and contributes to a reduction in patient stress levels, which in turn results in faster healing time for patients† (Health, 2016). The whole hospital, including their expansion will cover an entire city block. Lancaster General Hospital is a voluntary, non -profit hospital. They have more than 300 employed physicians and received more than 32,000 admissions, 13,800 inpatient, 17,048 outpatient surgeries, and more than 107,800 emergency visits in a year. Some services they offer are emergency medicine, intensive care, level II trauma center, stroke center, and urology. Some outpatient services include laboratory testing, pulmonary, function testing and radiology service. LGH received a Magnet Designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) four years in a row starting from 2002. â€Å"It is granted in four year intervals and recognizes organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in the nursing profession† (Health, 2016). This is the highest award to be given to the department of nursing. They are alsoShow MoreRelatedBtec National Diploma Level 3 Unit 3 Introduction to Marketing12741 Words   |  51 Pagessucceed or make a profit if it does not meet the customer’s physical, intellectual, educational or social needs/wants. An organisation will use market research to identify what the customer and consumer wants. 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