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An appointment will enhance a woman's life by providing peace of mind knowing that there is no sign of breast disease or cancer or assisting with detection of breast disease or cancer and allow for a plan of action to take place for treatment.
Studies consistently show that low income, low educational attainment, lack of health insurance, inability to speak English, lack of awareness of breast cancer risks and screening methods, acculturation level and lack of physician referral play important roles in the lower rates of screening utilization by Hispanic and African-American women. Hispanic women have lower breast cancer rates but are 20% more likely to die from the disease because they are less likely to seek health care services than other ethnic groups. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among African-American women and they are more likely to be diagnosed with larger tumors and more advanced stages of breast cancer due to delay in seeking health care services. (American Cancer Society website, 2008)
Tumors found at a later, more advanced, stage have fewer treatment options. Some reasons for this may include not being able to get health care or not following up after getting abnormal test results. Other reasons may include distrust of the health care system, the belief that mammograms are not needed, or not having insurance. Lack of not speaking...
(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website, 2008)
Outcomes from a survey performed for potential customers based on race and ethnicity showed that there is a market for potential customers for mammograms at Mercy that are aged 40 years and older and that are minorities. (Negrete, G. Survey)
44% Caucasian
28% African-American
16% Hispanic/Latino
8% Bosnian
4% Asian
Mercy Mammography also needs to understand why potential customers are not having a mammogram. (Negrete, G. Survey)
36% Lack of insurance
40% Lack of information about mammograms
16% Not important to me
8% Language barrier
12% Transportation
The survey results showed a need to reach the ethnic groups within the community and provide them with information about resources that can assist them with fees of having a mammogram and provide them with information about the importance of women's health and early detection of breast disease and cancer.
STRATEGY
From the survey it showed that many women within the community do not have information on mammograms and lack insurance. Mercy Mammography is going to provide
SWOT Analysis: Mercy Medical Center Strengths Mercy Medical Center is known for its strong workforce, composed of highly competent nursing and medical staff. Aside from their qualifications, Mercy's competent salary rates enabled the hospital to have a low staffing turnover unlike other hospitals in Baltimore, Maryland. As support to the hospital's strong workforce, the hospital also has a strong training program for advanced studies for nurses. Mercy RN is a program in Mercy
S. Navy has an excellent product mix as they are working to attract, recruit and retain key members of each position segment they have. The recruitment of the most highly skilled areas including nurses and physicians is the most pressing and requires the greatest level of consultation and one-on-one recruiting effort. The recruitment of Naval physicians is a critical need; it's clear from its position on the website and often
(Illicit Drugs or Nutritional Supplements?) It is more likely that some illegal gratification was sought and not received and that led to this action. Since this was also a case for medicines, one should also be careful of the problems that may come up. Module-9 1. Staffing What has been stated earlier is that it would be better to leave the enterprise to operations by South Africans and in that case, they
Marketing To establish the Scranton Sports Medicine Clinic in the regional market, careful branding of the clinic will establish it as a high-quality provider of the best of modern sports medicine treatment in a comfortable, family-friendly environment, To drive market awareness, marketing activities will include the following: Logo and visual brand, with a website design that supports a quality, state-of-the-art clinic, yet warm and family-oriented. Series of advertisements in the event programs at
Veterans & Retirees; Is Government Keeping its Promise This study aimed at exploring the experiences and perceptions of Veterans belonging to Lousiana and Mississippi about three variables; the accessibility of organization; the accessibility of benefits and availability and adequacy of the facilities being provided by government through VA. The respondents were also asked to suggest whether there is a need for improvement and what should VA do to provide benefits and
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