Research Symposium

BIO

Hello, my name is Nina Blatz and I am a sophomore at Florida State University studying business management and public health. My research synthesizes my passion for both fields, focusing research-based solutions to improve hospital efficiency. I am proud to contribute to advancements in healthcare management and on the research community with the help of my fellow research partner and mentor. I could not have asked for a better group of individuals to have worked on this important work.

Research-Based Analysis on Hospital PFAC's

Abstract

This research dives into the relationship between the healthcare system and those who interact with it, while determining challenges to efficiency in this field. To gather more data, I conducted a comprehensive analysis of various hospitals located in Boston identifying their major accomplishments and challenges throughout the year. This objective was achieved by searching through hospital files and creating an excel sheet to copy each hospital's data in a systematic method. As the research still continues, preliminary findings have revealed that several hospitals have experienced increased wait times due to issues with employee and doctor efficiency. The results from this study are expected to be finalized by the end of the current semester. Research within the healthcare sector is becoming increasingly vital as several hospitals and medical providers have started to unionize in protest of better working conditions, wages, and staffing levels. This leaves a gap in research on how to improve hospital efficiency and identify the underlying conditions that contribute to a lack of hospital productivity. We look at Patient Family Advisory Council reports to understand the main challenges and accomplishments that hospitals have faced and determining if these qualify as tangible, intangible, or capability. We hope to code the data to recognize patterns and develop new strategies to improve operational flow within hospitals. We predict that the data will indicate that tangible resources are the biggest challenges that hospitals face but as the research continues we will be able to confirm whether this hypothesis is true or not.

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