Dallas County Hospital

District
Shilpa Kurup, Nathan Jacob, Bhuvana Kamma,
Pramod Daniel, Divya Pillay

Company Profile
Opened in 1894
Doing business as Parkland
Health & Hospital System
Headquartered in Parkland
Memorial Hospital
Operates 12 health centers and
12 school based clinics
Industry Leader

Industry Profile
Nature of Industry
New Regulations within Hospital Systems: Emergency
Medical Treatment and Labor Act
ICD 10 and Value-Based Purchasing/ Bundled Payments
Lawsuits that have occurred with competitors: Forest Park
Medical Center

Ratio Analysis
Higher Current Ratio means
greater ability to pay off any
short-term and long-term
debts/liabilities.
Higher quick ratio means that
the company has a higher
liquidity ratio.
Parkland Hospital has Days in

Recommendations

Decrease Liabilities

Invest more money into

surgical departments

Recommendations

Reduce the Days in AR

Improve the operating

margin

Recommendations

Increase their patient

admittance

Increasing the number of patients

References
"About Us."Parkland Health & Hospital System. Dallas County Hospital District, n.d. Web. 01 Apr.
2016.
AHA raises hospital issues as conferences seek agreement on final VA legislation. (cover story).
(2014). AHA News, 50(13), 1-3.
"Financial Information."Harris Health System. Harris County Hospital District, n.d. Web. 01 Apr.
2016.
"Financial Summary."Parkland Health & Hospital System. Dallas County Hospital District, n.d.
Web. 01 Apr. 2016.
Jacobson, Sherry. (8 November 2012). Parkland Tightens Rules on Hospital Infection Control in
Response to Federal Regulators Findings. The Dallas Morning News. pp 3A.
Saeman, M. R., Hodgman, E. I., Burris, A., Wolf, S. E., Arnoldo, B. D., Kowalske, K. J., & Phelan,
H. A. (2016). Epidemiology and outcomes of pediatric burns over 35 years at Parkland Hospital.

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