Applied science

As the newly hired director of public relations for a national managed care company, you know that the next decade in the delivery of healthcare services will bring about revolutionary changes in your member organizations. Public outcry for changes has been heard loud and long, Congress is calling for reform, and providers are extremely frustrated with how you control utilization and offer low reimbursements. Your board of directors is convening to discuss how the managed care industry can be overhauled to provide a more customer-responsive product and to address rising healthcare costs. What are the high-priority issues that will need to be discussed to overhaul the managed care industry? What stakeholders must be considered in the planning process?

The compliance officer for the newly merged Intermountain Healthcare System (IHS). IHS was formed by merging four healthcare organizations—three acute care organizations and one long-term care agency. Two of the organizations have a history of various governmental regulatory violations, as well as suspected fraudulent billing practices. You’ve been hired to form a corporate compliance program for the new organization. The plan will address all areas of compliance and will not only clean up issues from the past but will also position the new organization as an organization with an impeccable reputation for compliance. Articulate your vision for this plan, and describe the components that will make this plan successful. Keep in mind that you have a newly formed organization made up of four organizations that have different cultures and management structures

Corporate Vice President of Operations Management for Patient-First Healthcare System, a nonprofit hospital with seven rural satellite hospitals located within 250 mi of each other. Your organization has just approved new monies for developing new quality management initiatives. The individual hospitals have implemented their own quality management programs with varying levels of success. Some of their programs demonstrate stellar results and high levels of patient satisfaction, although others have much less impressive results. Your focus as the corporate VP of operations is to implement a corporate quality improvement program that will be standard throughout the company’s hospitals. The plan must also be responsive to any local needs or issues. What will your quality plan entail? Specify what processes will be measured. Will it include JCAHO or another accreditation review? Why or why not? Finally, how will you measure the results?

Planning ProgramDepartment of Geography, Geology and Planning MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITYInstructor: Rajinder S. Jutla Ph.D.Assignment 6: Proposal of New Shopping Mall in your communityYou are invited to a public meeting at the City Hall where you learn that a developer has announced his plans to build a large shopping mall on the outskirts of your city in what is now prime farmland. According to this developer, many jobs will be created by the construction. However, you may know that similar situations have happened multiple times all over the country during the past 20 years.The proposed mall will include stores and three theaters. Presently, your city has some unemployment, only one theater in the downtown area, and little variety in its retail businesses. On the surface, the proposed mall seems to be only good news. Is this the case? You look at some of the following questions to understand the entire situation.1) What will happen to the downtown area when the mall is opened?2) If you own a business, would you favor building the mall?3) What happens to the taxes on the farm?4) If you were a farmer, would you favor the project?5) How will storm water runoff be affected as a result of the large asphalt paved parking areas?6) What other problems, if any, can be associated with building the complex?7) If you were the mayor or city manager, would you favor construction of the mall? Why? Or, why not?8) Is the proposed project overall good news?As a concerned citizen you decide to write an opinion column about the proposal of constructing this New Shopping Mall in your local Newspaper. I would like you to think and write 2-3 paragraphs on the positive and negative impacts of this development. Then make a case whether it should be allowed. Give the perspectives of the mayor/city manager, small business owner and farmer before making a final decision about this proposal. State your reasons clearly.Evaluation Criteria:1) Grammar2) Discussion of pro and cons of the development on the community3) Rationale behind your decision

A. Quote, anecdote, or personal experience to capture your audience’s attentionWays to achieve a healthy lifestyle livingB. Ideas or statement that build-up to the main reason for the speechThese ideas are on the dream of work that the persona wishes to be in the future (nurse if not a doctor). The nutrition and lifestyle ideas significantly contribute to various diseases that are nutrition and health-related. The other idea is the treatment procedure and the prevention measure that one can employ to limit diet-related issues.C. Summarize the main idea and briefly state the main points1. Summary of the main pointThe main point is on the nutrition facts and various ways that can be used to achieve it. These ways can be by following the various methods provided in achieving a balanced diet, handling of the food and the various health benefits that certain foods tend to be having more than others.2. Main point 1Healthy lifestyle living where it includes the ways one usually deals with various life issues, the kind of diet that one takes, contributes to either good health or bad health, which have got signs of malnutrition.3. Main point 2Hospitalization procedures where they got to understand several procedures involved in the nurses’ treatment process. The nurses typically carry out the various duties in their profession and the relationship between diets and an individual’s health.4. Main point 3, optionalThe point here is the disease and prevention measure that can be dealt with much by having a good diet. How people understand the treatment options is varied thus very important to develop a plan on which treatment procedure is better by the health experts. Some people will observe the lifestyle, while others will opt to use other treatment resources to continue with their unhealthy nutrition lifestyle.II. First Main PointA. Supporting material 1Lifestyle living is diversified as it includes the various practices that a person is taking so that he/she cannot develop health-related issues that come from a poor lifestyle living. The supporting material here is the nature of diet that people take where it should be a balanced diet so that lifestyle nutrition health-related problems can be decimalized.B. Supporting material The other supporting material on lifestyle is attending gym halls and the various training fields where one can do multiple practices on the body. This may include running, jogging, playing football and many more.C. Supporting material 3, if you have oneAnother one can be through avoiding foods with cholesterol-free foods and those that have not been approved for human consumption. This prevents one from getting attacked by the various disorder and disease that are related to such. The disease prevention and treatment that are nutritional and lifestyle-related include educating people on its importance and how easily one can achieve a balanced diet.III. Second Main PointA. Supporting material 1The main point two is on hospitalization procedures and codes of conduct where the person states that when his grandfather was hospitalized, they were allowed to get in touch with during day time on certain hours.B. Supporting material 2Observing how the doctor was conducting the treatment procedure is what made him admire becoming a nurse that; he observed the doctor being polite, caring, loving, which greatly inspired him.C. Supporting material 3, if you have oneIV. Third Main PointA. Supporting material 1The disease prevention and treatment that are nutritional and lifestyle-related include educating people on its importance and how easily one can achieve a balanced diet. Also, the governments can implement preventive measures, such as resources like finances, in employing the prevention measures.B. Supporting material 2Also, one can ensure that he/she observes the fundamental concept when handling foods, such as keeping them in clean places. Avoid taking food expired and the one that has not been approved by government authority fit for human consumption.C. Supporting material 3, if you have oneAlso, one can have a check up on the body health after every six months, which will help minimise the chances of getting attacked by illnesses that are nutrition-related such as cancer.V. ConclusionA. Restate main point 1Nutritional facts and the various ways to achieve it.B. Restate main point 2Healthy lifestyle living and the various ways in which a person can achieve it.C. Restate main point 3, if you have oneHospitalization procedures and the code of conduct and ethics observation by the doctors and nursesD. Summarize the ideas presentedFrom the ideas presented, one must ensure a healthy living lifestyle, nutrition facts that have been presented to them as they all have an ultimate purpose of achieving a healthy life for an individual. The nurses are always expected to observe their codes of ethics in their workplaces; this helps keep trust between them and the patient that the procedures of treatment are reasonable.E. Restate the introduction or conclude with a compelling remarkEvery young person always has a dream that they would want to be achieved in their whole life. Some of these dreams are like the kind of work that one would wish to have when the time comes. When working in the workplace that used to dream about, they always have some satisfaction on it and tend to perform it better. When one is not featuring in the dream career, then cases of gross misconduct are observed much, and that one works without motivation and under a lot of surveillance by the seniors thus being pushed most of the time to perform certain task.

In general, preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases instead of curing or treating the symptoms. Suggest and explain at least one example of public health measure that can be taken to control childhood obesity at each of the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention? (you have to explain each prevention levels and give example).second partIf public health is really so successful, why are people still getting sick and engaging in behaviors that are bad for their health. what do you think are the most impotent problems for public health to address today? on other words, why do we need so many types of health departments, organizations, and sectors to collaborate?

first partIn general, preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases instead of curing or treating the symptoms. Suggest and explain at least one example of public health measure that can be taken to control childhood obesity at each of the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention? (you have to explain each prevention levels and give example).second partIf public health is really so successful, why are people still getting sick and engaging in behaviors that are bad for their health. what do you think are the most impotent problems for public health to address today? on other words, why do we need so many types of health departments, organizations, and sectors to collaborate?

Transportation plays a vital role in the business logistics/supply chain management process. Compare and contrast how regulation versus deregulation has impacted transportation. Ask yourself what were the major influences on both regulating and deregulated the transportation industry. What effects has globalization had on regulations? How have customers benefited from regulation or deregulation? The paper should be a minimum of 1000 words and 7-10 references. APA format should also be used. You will be graded on content, grammar, and format. Your work should be supported by peer-reviewed articles from the University library, Government websites, and/or GAO reports. Reminder: Sources such as Wikipedia, Yahoo answers, and blogs are not credible sources and are not accepted.

Recently, I built a “floating” bed frame for my room. I watched a quick YouTube video and jotted down the dimensions of the bed, the materials I needed, and a mini blue print for how it was going to end up. My notes allowed for me to get everything I needed in one shot at the hardware store and instead of referring back to the video I could just look at my notes. While assembling, I was able to remind myself how certain things went together by looking at my notes allowing for me to complete the bed frame quickly and in an enjoyable way.While looking at the rubric, I found that the 4 points on the project addressing the course outcomes is most important. it allows for me to understand the main points of the projects before doing it. Also, I believe these will be helpful notes when doing the project to keep me on track of the topic.Actively listening is something that will be critical while pursuing a business administration degree. It is something that I struggle with and need to work on. I am a visual learner by all means and have trouble actually listening to people when they talk. In the business world, being able to converse and hear others ideas and thoughts is paramount.

Healthcare research or EBM is important to healthcare leaders for many reasons, one of which can help a physician determine the course of treatment. There are three parts total to the EBM including “research-based evidence, clinical expertise (i.e., the clinician’s accumulated experience, knowledge, and clinical skills), and the patient’s values and preferences” (Haughom). The first part of EBM is research-based evidence, which is the already established evidence on treatments to perform based on the research that already has been done. The second part is clinical expertise which is the clinicians understanding and experience that they have gained over time. The final part to EBM is the patient’s values and preferences which is a huge part of the process of treatment and crucial because ultimately, the physician has to do what the patient wants based on their values. EBM helps allow physicians to make decisions combining all three of the factors and allows physicians to stay up to date on current research and treatments, improves accountability, improves quality of care and finally improves outcomes (Haughom). These healthcare leaders use the EBM to help evaluate different avenues of treatment and then based on the evaluations they will choose the best route of treatment. A great example of the utilization of EBM is when a physician does not have sufficient enough time to read all different studies and conduct research to see if his or her patient would respond well to this type of approach (Masic). Instead, these clinicians will pull from real world experience that they have as well as experience of others to create a treatment plan that would best work for everyone. (Masic) This allows for the process of treatment to be much quicker instead of drawn out.