Article 1
ECG management consultants. (2007). The Strategic Imperative of Adapting the Hospital’s Management Structure. Insight, 1-6. http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/86219.pdf
a)
The author points out that many hospitals are struggling with how to execute strategic plans effectively in their organizational structure. These institutions lack efficient decision-making processes, accountability for the performance of key strategies and the recognition of the importance of hospital strategies to propel them to new business. The key challenge in provider-based organizations is their inability to focus their strategies on the provision of high-quality patient care services. Hospitals should stop focusing on performance-driven traditional strategies and instead align their strategies to focus on a service line.
To ensure that such procedures are executed efficiently, it is important that their organizational structures are informed by the care service strategy. The organizational structure should ensure that the strategy is encompassed in their strategic plan, organizational control structure, management responsibilities and physician leadership. In today’s world, patients are seeking more care on their heart conditions, cancer or other illnesses or injuries rather than on traditional hospital departments such as nursing, physical therapy or radiology. By focusing on patient care functions along these service lines, hospitals can optimize performance. The organizational structure should also be streamlined to support key strategies. Laying a strong foundation for the organization structure is important to ensure that key strategies are executed effectively. The control structure should also be flexible enough to adapt to shifts in strategy. Introducing changes such as a focus on traditional performance-driven strategies to a service line is sometimes stalled due to a rigid management structure. It is important to have a flexible control structure to facilitate decision-making processes that are most times challenged by poor leadership structures.
b)
Given the opportunity, I would correct an inefficient hospital strategy by reorganizing the organizational structure to focus entirely on key strategies of a service line. Clinical services, planning, marketing and public affairs are some of the new elements that I would to traditional organizational structures in hospitals. This way, any shifts in strategies can easily be adapted due to a flexible control structure. At the same time, as a leader, I would focus on building value around my employees by assigning them responsibilities based on the right service lines. This will ensure that they remain accountable for their performance and use of resources along with their service lines. A good management structure is also necessary to maintain a good relationship between the business strategy and the performance of my employees.
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Perera, F. D. P. R., & Peiró, M. (2012). St ...
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Case Study 1: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?
Student Name
Institutional Affiliation
Instructor’s Name
Case Study 1: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?
Introduction
In any hospital setting, Patient Care Executives usually are charged with the responsibility of ensuring that patients receive high-quality healthcare. At Holy Cross hospital, this position is created to give the executives an opportunity of managing the patients and allow doctors to focus on treating the patients. This is intended to make the functions of the facility much smoother. Initially, a lot of work was being put on the physicians, leaving them with too little time to attend to the patients and offer the quality of care that is required.
Recently, however, physicians have been complaining that the Patient Care Executives do not perform their duties as expected. As earlier mentioned, the position was created in this facility to ensure that patients are well-taken care of and other management functions are also handled effectively. Generally, it was meant to ensure smooth management of the healthcare organization and provide a smooth system and relationship between the PCEs and the healthcare providers. As an administrator, it is essential to work closely with HR to ensure that qualified and competent candidates are hired in this position to avoid future concerns from the physicians. As a result, a regular evaluation is required to identify the factors that affect the functioning of Holy Cross Medical Center.
External Environmental Forces
Various external factors affect the operation of Holy Cross Medical Center. Some of the major external forces include competition and patient outcomes. It is important to note that like any hospital, the patient outcome reflects the image of the organization to the public and clients typically. It is an advantage that in recent years, patient satisfaction has improved. This must be maintained or even further enhanced. Patient outcome is one of the factors that affect the organization because it plays a crucial role in determining patient retention and can improve the image of Holy Cross in public, consequently affecting its competitive advantage in the healthcare market. This means that if the PCEs and the healthcare providers are capable of working closely and collaboratively, they can improve patient outcomes and satisfaction within Holy Cross and bring success to the organization (Ginter, Duncan & Swayne, 2013).
Another external factor affecting the operations of the Holy Cross is competition. It is noted that the organization is surrounded by various healthcare organizations, both public and private, with relatively better facilities. Holy Cross is expected to compete with such organizations by offering better quality care. Competition, in this ca ...
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Health Services In Relation to Environmental Analysis
Dr. Mountasser Kadrie
July 27, 2014
As a manager in Ford Rehabilitation centre, I have encountered several challenges in both external environment and internal environment that have greatly challenged the increasing demands of my patients’ services as well as failure of the reimbursements of funds by the insurance providers. Environmental conditions normally affect human health in varied means. Interactions between the environment and human health usually lead to very complex ethical queries that are related to health policy decisions. There are various factors in the environment that can lead to risks and the same time benefits. They include genetically modified plants, nanotechnology, bio fuels and other technology. There is a body of evidence that have emerged saying that environment can affect the health of human being and at the same time human health can have impact to the environment.
The external factors are factors in the environment that cannot be controlled by an organization. There are several external factors that affect many health organizations; these factors include political conditions, government policies and regulations, technological environment and social environment. In my organization the two key external factors affecting my company are the social environment and technological environment. Social factors have developed challenge in the Ford rehabilitation centre. This is because many patient customers have varied and different types of beliefs which make the relations in the health centre challenged. It have become problematic to deal with some patients since it is difficult to know the type of services they need based on where they have come from. Various patients have diverse transformation in attitude towards health care. The patients are however very demanding in my organization because each one of them needs to be handled differently based on community variations. In order to curb this, as manager I have decided to implement several programs that will promote cooperation between my patients as well amendments that will bring in suitable services to each patient. Implementation of this programs will enable my organization to continue being indispensible and financially stable despite the social challenges affecting the availability of patients in the organization.
Another external factor in the environment that will have a great impact in my company is technological environment. Implementation of more advanced methods to serve my customers is likely to improve patients’ attendance and this will boost the compan.
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Part One-Strategic Plan
Ryann A. Schreck
Univeirsty of Phoenix
Health Care Strtegic Mangement
HCS/589
Dr. Cheryl McGee Comment by Microsoft account: Dr. Sherry McGe or Dr. Sheryl McGee. Thanks.
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August 24, 2015
Organization’s Mission, Vision and Values
The New Generation General Hospital is a health care institution, which intends to be in the business of offering high quality health care services to the members of the public, in the state of California. The cost of health care in the recent years has been on the rise, making it unaffordable to many people. The main mission of this healthcare organization will be to make health care services accessible and affordable to all. In order to achieve this mission the hospital will put in place structures aimed at lowering the cost of operations, with an aim of ensuring that its services are charged prices that can be afforded by all groups of people, be either the rich or the poor. Comment by Microsoft account: Good. Decided on an appropriate health care organization for which to develop a strategic plan. If using a new organization, look ahead and be sure you can address all aspects of the project. You may need to identify data and information from a proxy (very similar) organization. If using an actual existing organization, the strategic plan should be based on a new product or new service within the organization. Then you’ll use the research and theories we are addressing in the course to make your recommendations. Okay?
Furthermore, quality health care is the key to success of any given country or region. For purposes of this organization contributing to the economic growth of the state of California its vision will be to provide high quality health services to all people from all walks of lives. The main areas of quality that the hospital will focus on will be patient safety, patient satisfaction and outcomes. More emphasis will be put on the organization quality assurance department so that it can put in place measures aimed at enhancing the quality of care offered to patients at any given time.
The main values of the hospital that will guide all the stakeholders, towards attaining its vision and mission will be, honesty, professionalism, kindness, privacy, trustworthiness and commitment. The values will be key when it comes to enhancing the quality and accessibility of the health services that will be offered by the organization to the target customers.
Strategic Planning Model
Given that this is a new health care organization, it will be using the conventional strategic planning model. This model will be suitable for the organization, given that it has adequate resources to pursue its long term goals of.
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Case Study 1: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?
Student Name
Institutional Affiliation
Instructor’s Name
Case Study 1: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?
Introduction
In any hospital setting, Patient Care Executives usually are charged with the responsibility of ensuring that patients receive high-quality healthcare. At Holy Cross hospital, this position is created to give the executives an opportunity of managing the patients and allow doctors to focus on treating the patients. This is intended to make the functions of the facility much smoother. Initially, a lot of work was being put on the physicians, leaving them with too little time to attend to the patients and offer the quality of care that is required.
Recently, however, physicians have been complaining that the Patient Care Executives do not perform their duties as expected. As earlier mentioned, the position was created in this facility to ensure that patients are well-taken care of and other management functions are also handled effectively. Generally, it was meant to ensure smooth management of the healthcare organization and provide a smooth system and relationship between the PCEs and the healthcare providers. As an administrator, it is essential to work closely with HR to ensure that qualified and competent candidates are hired in this position to avoid future concerns from the physicians. As a result, a regular evaluation is required to identify the factors that affect the functioning of Holy Cross Medical Center.
External Environmental Forces
Various external factors affect the operation of Holy Cross Medical Center. Some of the major external forces include competition and patient outcomes. It is important to note that like any hospital, the patient outcome reflects the image of the organization to the public and clients typically. It is an advantage that in recent years, patient satisfaction has improved. This must be maintained or even further enhanced. Patient outcome is one of the factors that affect the organization because it plays a crucial role in determining patient retention and can improve the image of Holy Cross in public, consequently affecting its competitive advantage in the healthcare market. This means that if the PCEs and the healthcare providers are capable of working closely and collaboratively, they can improve patient outcomes and satisfaction within Holy Cross and bring success to the organization (Ginter, Duncan & Swayne, 2013).
Another external factor affecting the operations of the Holy Cross is competition. It is noted that the organization is surrounded by various healthcare organizations, both public and private, with relatively better facilities. Holy Cross is expected to compete with such organizations by offering better quality care. Competition, in this ca ...
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HEALTH SERVICES IN RELATION TO ENVRIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 8
Health Services In Relation to Environmental Analysis
Dr. Mountasser Kadrie
July 27, 2014
As a manager in Ford Rehabilitation centre, I have encountered several challenges in both external environment and internal environment that have greatly challenged the increasing demands of my patients’ services as well as failure of the reimbursements of funds by the insurance providers. Environmental conditions normally affect human health in varied means. Interactions between the environment and human health usually lead to very complex ethical queries that are related to health policy decisions. There are various factors in the environment that can lead to risks and the same time benefits. They include genetically modified plants, nanotechnology, bio fuels and other technology. There is a body of evidence that have emerged saying that environment can affect the health of human being and at the same time human health can have impact to the environment.
The external factors are factors in the environment that cannot be controlled by an organization. There are several external factors that affect many health organizations; these factors include political conditions, government policies and regulations, technological environment and social environment. In my organization the two key external factors affecting my company are the social environment and technological environment. Social factors have developed challenge in the Ford rehabilitation centre. This is because many patient customers have varied and different types of beliefs which make the relations in the health centre challenged. It have become problematic to deal with some patients since it is difficult to know the type of services they need based on where they have come from. Various patients have diverse transformation in attitude towards health care. The patients are however very demanding in my organization because each one of them needs to be handled differently based on community variations. In order to curb this, as manager I have decided to implement several programs that will promote cooperation between my patients as well amendments that will bring in suitable services to each patient. Implementation of this programs will enable my organization to continue being indispensible and financially stable despite the social challenges affecting the availability of patients in the organization.
Another external factor in the environment that will have a great impact in my company is technological environment. Implementation of more advanced methods to serve my customers is likely to improve patients’ attendance and this will boost the compan.
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PART ONE-STRATEGIC PLAN 8
Part One-Strategic Plan
Ryann A. Schreck
Univeirsty of Phoenix
Health Care Strtegic Mangement
HCS/589
Dr. Cheryl McGee Comment by Microsoft account: Dr. Sherry McGe or Dr. Sheryl McGee. Thanks.
See more comments inside.
August 24, 2015
Organization’s Mission, Vision and Values
The New Generation General Hospital is a health care institution, which intends to be in the business of offering high quality health care services to the members of the public, in the state of California. The cost of health care in the recent years has been on the rise, making it unaffordable to many people. The main mission of this healthcare organization will be to make health care services accessible and affordable to all. In order to achieve this mission the hospital will put in place structures aimed at lowering the cost of operations, with an aim of ensuring that its services are charged prices that can be afforded by all groups of people, be either the rich or the poor. Comment by Microsoft account: Good. Decided on an appropriate health care organization for which to develop a strategic plan. If using a new organization, look ahead and be sure you can address all aspects of the project. You may need to identify data and information from a proxy (very similar) organization. If using an actual existing organization, the strategic plan should be based on a new product or new service within the organization. Then you’ll use the research and theories we are addressing in the course to make your recommendations. Okay?
Furthermore, quality health care is the key to success of any given country or region. For purposes of this organization contributing to the economic growth of the state of California its vision will be to provide high quality health services to all people from all walks of lives. The main areas of quality that the hospital will focus on will be patient safety, patient satisfaction and outcomes. More emphasis will be put on the organization quality assurance department so that it can put in place measures aimed at enhancing the quality of care offered to patients at any given time.
The main values of the hospital that will guide all the stakeholders, towards attaining its vision and mission will be, honesty, professionalism, kindness, privacy, trustworthiness and commitment. The values will be key when it comes to enhancing the quality and accessibility of the health services that will be offered by the organization to the target customers.
Strategic Planning Model
Given that this is a new health care organization, it will be using the conventional strategic planning model. This model will be suitable for the organization, given that it has adequate resources to pursue its long term goals of.
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2.1 Project
Write approximately one paragraph that describes the action research project and the basis for it being addressed.
The action research project seeks to explore pertinent leadership effectiveness issue created by the healthcare reform process in healthcare institutions across the United States. The reform process has created a dynamic environment that is in constant flux. Essentially, healthcare reform institutionalization has proven to be very beneficial when it comes to reducing the rising cost of healthcare. Additionally, it helps ensure that effective delivery of primary care is achieved so as to diminish the prevalence of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and cardiac-related health problems. The shift towards preventive care for the reduction of chronic illnesses requires more engagement between the patients and the doctors and closer follow-ups of patient outcomes. This requires effective leadership when it comes to the creation a workforce that is responsive to long-term patient needs. This means the healthcare professionals such as the physicians and nurses need effective leadership in hospital management so as to ensure they are motivated and engaged in the change process through teamwork and partnerships within hierarchical structures. Nonetheless, the purpose of this action research is assess Micheal E. DeBakey VA Medical Center of Houston’s leadership so as to provide a leadership model that includes the most appropriate leadership qualities that can be adopted by the organization to create a dynamic healthcare environment. Essentially, the action research project will involve a qualitative analysis of case studies related to leadership mechanisms within the institution and how they influence employee and patient outcomes. Based on the findings of the studies conducted, the possibility of using the proposed leadership model to improve outcomes will also be gauged. Comment by Nita Stika: What example would you use to demonstrate how this is true? Comment by Nita Stika: Management, observation or as Dr. Z suggests. Comment by Nita Stika: To assess Comment by Nita Stika: Current administrative structure so as to construct a leadership model that includes the most compatible qualities to be adopted? Comment by Nita Stika: Again, a forgone conclusion, could.
Reference
Thompson, J.M. (2007). Health Services Administration. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Dageling, P. and Carr, A. (2004). Leadership for the systemization of health care: the unaddressed issue in health care reform. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 18(6), 399 – 414.
2.2 Contribution to Society
Using citations, answer the following questions in order:
1. How does your project improve a current practice?
2void . If your action research project is successful, how could your project impact your field of interest?
3. What are the practical implications of your project? For example, what will be the impa.
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Health administrators conduct operation of health clinics, hospitals and other types of medical organizations. They possess the responsibility for multiple functions such as finance, budgets, programs, and staff members. There may be occasions where they deal with patients but more so assist with creating health policies. Policy in healthcare is significant because it forms a common plan of action utilized to reinforce desired results and is an essential guideline to assist composing decisions (Leahy, n.d.). Healthcare policy communicates the desired results of the organization to the staff members. It also assists staff members to acknowledge their roles and responsibilities within their respective sections. Health policy ultimately should build the base for the distribution of secure and efficient quality care. Policy and procedures are existing documents that should cultivate and adjust with an organization. While the core elements of health policy may remain the same, the details should transition with the corporation and the organization (Powerdms, 2017). It is important to stay up to date on policy because outdated policies have the potential to leave an organization at risk. Expired or old policies may not be in compliance with current laws and regulations. Periodically reviewing your organizations policies and procedures will ensure that your organization will remain current and efficient.
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In 2007 the major primary care physician associations developed and endorsed the Patient-Centered Medical Home care delivery model that is focused on providing care that is comprehensive, patient-centered, coordinated, accessible, safe, and of the highest quality. By 2012, forty-seven states had developed medical home programs. This led to a significant need for “co-located” or “embedded” case managers in physicians’ offices and clinics. The word “co-locate” is defined as: “to locate 2 or more things together; to place close together to share common facilities”. Co-locating case managers in an office or clinic provides the ability for better communication and coordination, however it does not, in and of itself, assure an atmosphere of integration and collaboration that elicits the concept of working as a member of an integrated, collaborative team in order to share knowledge, principles, and care plans to help patients meet their goals. The term “embedded” is defined as: “to make something an integral part of; to attach (someone) to a group for the purpose of advising, training, or treating its members”. This definition goes further to describe the embedded CM concept and the CM’s close relationship or attachment to the group. “Embedded” more adequately describes the case manager’s role in becoming a truly integrated member of the group and a collaborative partner. Research studies over the years have shown that programs that have adopted truly integrated, collaborative care are significantly more successful than those who merely “co-locate” their case managers.
SMART GOAL
Leadership SMART Goal Leadership goal Setting a goal is important since it really gives clarity to a person’s vision. A goal specifies the outcome of what one wants to accomplish (Jay, 2011). Developing a SMART leadership goal ensures that one’s goal is actually focused and offers a clear idea of what one wants to accomplish. In essence, a goal that is SMART makes it simpler for one to come up with pertinent activities, to measure his or her progress towards accomplishing the goal, and know when he or she has met his/her goal (Jay, 2011). For me, setting a SMART goal will make what I want tangible since I am declaring to myself that this is really what I want. Basically, the SMART goal will help me to focus my everyday energy towards making my dreams and wishes come true. My set goal is SMART in the following way: Specific: Haughey (2014) pointed out that a specific goal has to be focused, detailed, and stated clearly. My goal is specific enough; it is to work in interdisciplinary/interprofessional teams by Week 10 (as selected from the Institute of Medicine (IOM)). In these teams, I should be able to work with other professionals to offering the best care available to transplant patients and help the patients before the transplant, during the transplant, and after. To accomplish this goal, I will greet and introduce myself to various health professionals in the Transplant Services Department so familiarize my self with the department and the transplant of patients and cooperate, collaborate, communicate, and integrate care in teams to ensure that care is continuous and reliable. In the future health care system, health professionals will have to understand the advantage of high levels of cooperation, coordination, and standardization to guarantee excellence, continuity, safety, and reliability. In short, they will have to think of themselves as a team working in and contributing to a larger system. As Don Berwick, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, said at the summit, The team members integrate their observations, bodies of expertise, and spheres of decision making. Thus this competency refers to the various disciplines working together to address the needs of patients. Interdisciplinary teams are critical in dealing with the increasing complexity of care, coordinating and responding to multiple patient needs, keeping pace with the demands of new technology, responding to the demands of payors, and delivering care across settings Teams tend to reduce the utilization of redundant or duplicate services, and they also tend to develop more creative solutions to complex problems because of their members’ diverse academic backgrounds and experience. Patients needing chronic care, critical acute care, geriatric care, and care at the end of life require smooth team functioning because of the complexity of their needs. Different means and settings for delivering care, such as managed care, community-based care, rehabilitation centers,.
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Project Overview
The course project is designed to provide students with an opportunity to write a risk management plan specific to the banking industry. The project provides students with the opportunity to investigate the different aspects of business risk and risk management. It is also designed to help students assess their ability to analyze different aspects of financial decision making.
Due Date
Your final project is due in Module 06. There will be individual assignments along the way. The module they are due is noted in the time line below.
Time Line
Module
Assignment
01
Bank Risk Types and Trends
02
Identify Banking Risks
03
Mitigating Bank Risks
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Bank Credit Risks
05
Bank Lending Practices
06
Risk Capital at a Bank and FINAL Project Submission
Requirements
Your final risk management plan must be 12 - 15 pages long. Your plan should have an introduction with a thesis statement. The body of your plan should be divided into at least 6 subject headings corresponding to your assignments in Modules 1 - 6. Your plan should have a conclusion that summarizes the main points and leaves the reader with a final thought. Your plan should be supported by research from at least 15 different sources. Include both in text citations and a References page in APA format.
Evaluation
Each assignment leading up to the final assignment is evaluated and graded independently. Your instructor will provide specific grading criteria for each step of the project prior to its due date
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COMMUNICATION PLAN 2
Communication Plan
Tiffiany Cooper
Grand Canyon University: LDR-620 Leading as a Manager
August 15, 2016
Communication plan
A communication plan refers to a set of strategies that are employed to give a vivid description of how one intends to communicate the results that they have obtained from a certain kind of an evaluation conducted. One of the strategies that I plan to utilize in my action plan is the formal communication channels to implement the plan. This refers to a channel of communication where the message is passed through means that are predefined (Sehgal, & Khetarpal, 2006). Although this channel of communication is slow, it has a high level of formality, and it is also very reliable in the passing of the message. In the implementation of the action plan, I will make use of the formal communication channel to pass the message to the doctors on the importance of ensuring that the patients who have been given the discharge orders have been discharged within the specified time frame.
The other strategy that I will employ in the implementation of my action plan is the informal communication. This refers to a channel of verbal communication whereby the interchange of the information does not make use of any specific channel. .
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Chapter 10
1. Describe the concepts and models of planning and decision making in the context of the healthcare supply chain.
2. Discuss the importance of situational factors (trends, environmental issues, technology, regulatory compliance, etc…) in the planning process and how leadership principles, metrics and improvement tenets can be used to positively impact the organizational culture of healthcare supply chain operations.
3. Relate, discuss and provide areas of integration between planning and decision making amid continuous operations of the healthcare supply chain to include the use of metrics and improvement strategies.
4. Distinguish the differences between planning and contingency planning.
5. Merge principles of leadership, planning and decision making to develop a personal plan for operating in a fast paced healthcare supply chain environment.
6. Evaluate the benefits for organizational operations with a solid planning process and standing operating procedures as part of the healthcare supply chain culture to include outside sales representatives.
Chapter 10: Building a Culture of Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence: Leading, Planning, Managing, Deciding, and Learning
Learning Objectives
Describe the concepts and models of planning and decision making in the context of the healthcare supply chain.
Discuss the importance of situational factors (trends, environmental issues, technology, regulatory compliance, etc…) in the planning process and how leadership principles, metrics and improvement tenets can be used to positively impact the organizational culture of healthcare supply chain operations.
Relate, discuss and provide areas of integration between planning and decision making amid continuous operations of the healthcare supply chain to include the use of metrics and improvement strategies.
Distinguish the differences between planning and contingency planning.
Merge principles of leadership, planning and decision making to develop a personal plan for operating in a fast paced healthcare supply chain environment.
Evaluate the benefits for organizational operations with a solid planning process and standing operating procedures as part of the healthcare supply chain culture to include outside sales representatives.
Introduction
Planning and decision making are essential to efficient, effective and efficacious healthcare supply chain operations and strategies.
Leaders and managers must structure and facilitate plans that integrate well with the healthcare organization’s strategic plan and must make consistent decisions in alignment with those plans.
Creating standing operating procedures for routine and consistent operations of the supply chain allows leaders and managers to spread the operational culture at all levels of the supply chain enterprise.
This chapter provides an overview of planning, improvement strategies, metrics, regulatory compliance and decision making.
These constructs should be reviewed and ...
Decision Making 6
Decision Making
Gurbani Virk
HCA312: Health Care Finance
Instructor: Margaret McGannon
Date Submitted: September 14, 2015
Director of Data Support Systems
I chose the position of Director of Data Support Systems, because this position works with the Chief Information Officer and has several finance staff members that report to them. This position makes sure that the financial data systems are operating. The other officer that is related to the position I chose is the treasurer, who is responsible for the financial resources, but they all report directly to the (CFO). The Chief Account Officers, (CAO), the directors of planning and budgeting, will also report to the Director of Data Support Systems, as well as other officers within that team. “For internal operations, including routine accounting services, contracting and support of patient financial services, operational budgeting, and data support, it is reasonable to expect that qualified managers will have a good understanding of the data and the skills of finance personnel” (Bull, 1993).
On the organizational Chart in most health care organizations the order of command is (CEO), chief executive officer, the (CFO) chief financial officer, the (CAO) chief accounting officer which is on an equal level with the (CFO), but under the (CAO) are the director of budgeting, the director of planning and analysis, the director of data support and the treasure. There is an analyst in each department and a Director of Data plays a part in all areas of a patient experience, they produce reports and facilitate a comprehensive overview from a business aspect which helps decision making that helps support strategic initiatives.
A (DDSS) develops and direct the clinical support programs through a planned process for monitoring and evaluating the quality of health care provided to customers. This position directs the work of clinical decision support to help with the compliance and regulatory standards. This position shows superior leadership and it requires the ability to teach. You have to be able to work with management personnel, doctors and the community (Emory 2012).
A lot of data is stored within the health care IT system, at one time this information was not available to the administer, clinicians and/or the doctors. Data support has ways of been revenue focused and centered around finances and their results, there has been a number of health care organization that have now moved over to a IT data support structured system overhaul to have a more integrated financial intelligence, so that there will be support and more effective decision making on the part of all the medical staff, this will also help with a better patient outcome.
I do not work for a health care organization, but I chose a hospital that is close to me and that I am familiar with,” Emory Healt.
Business Strategies in Healthcare (1).pdfTEWMAGAZINE
The healthcare industry is a vast and complex ecosystem that provides medical services, manufactures medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, and develops healthcare technology. Given its critical role in society, the strategies businesses employ within this sector are very important.
These strategies determine the success of individual companies and impact the overall quality, accessibility, and affordability of healthcare. This article explores key business strategies in healthcare, focusing on innovation, patient-centric care, strategic partnerships, and technology integration.
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Executive Summary
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Clear Purpose and Problem
Clear Recommendations
Clear plan for implementing those recommendations
References page
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A reflection of how your life has changed/evolved as a result of the pandemic. The following are general questions to get you going (and to give you an idea of what I’m looking for).
· What has challenged you as a result of COVID-19?
· In what way has it changed your thinking of some of the topics we covered in class – food, gender, race, class, etc.?
· How has this pandemic affected your perspective of food, social media, news, and/or critical thinking (such as evaluating sources/information)?
· In what way has the shift into online learning affected your perspective of education, access to technology, and/or social inequity?
How you answer the above questions (all, a few, or just one) is up to you. In other words, what you say and how you say it, as well as what medium you want to convey the reflection is entirely your choice. The story, nonfiction essay, poem, play, art – these are all viable options in creating your reflection. But more than anything else, reflect on the impact of COVID-19 in a personal way.
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2.1 Project
Write approximately one paragraph that describes the action research project and the basis for it being addressed.
The action research project seeks to explore pertinent leadership effectiveness issue created by the healthcare reform process in healthcare institutions across the United States. The reform process has created a dynamic environment that is in constant flux. Essentially, healthcare reform institutionalization has proven to be very beneficial when it comes to reducing the rising cost of healthcare. Additionally, it helps ensure that effective delivery of primary care is achieved so as to diminish the prevalence of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and cardiac-related health problems. The shift towards preventive care for the reduction of chronic illnesses requires more engagement between the patients and the doctors and closer follow-ups of patient outcomes. This requires effective leadership when it comes to the creation a workforce that is responsive to long-term patient needs. This means the healthcare professionals such as the physicians and nurses need effective leadership in hospital management so as to ensure they are motivated and engaged in the change process through teamwork and partnerships within hierarchical structures. Nonetheless, the purpose of this action research is assess Micheal E. DeBakey VA Medical Center of Houston’s leadership so as to provide a leadership model that includes the most appropriate leadership qualities that can be adopted by the organization to create a dynamic healthcare environment. Essentially, the action research project will involve a qualitative analysis of case studies related to leadership mechanisms within the institution and how they influence employee and patient outcomes. Based on the findings of the studies conducted, the possibility of using the proposed leadership model to improve outcomes will also be gauged. Comment by Nita Stika: What example would you use to demonstrate how this is true? Comment by Nita Stika: Management, observation or as Dr. Z suggests. Comment by Nita Stika: To assess Comment by Nita Stika: Current administrative structure so as to construct a leadership model that includes the most compatible qualities to be adopted? Comment by Nita Stika: Again, a forgone conclusion, could.
Reference
Thompson, J.M. (2007). Health Services Administration. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Dageling, P. and Carr, A. (2004). Leadership for the systemization of health care: the unaddressed issue in health care reform. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 18(6), 399 – 414.
2.2 Contribution to Society
Using citations, answer the following questions in order:
1. How does your project improve a current practice?
2void . If your action research project is successful, how could your project impact your field of interest?
3. What are the practical implications of your project? For example, what will be the impa.
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Health administrators conduct operation of health clinics, hospitals and other types of medical organizations. They possess the responsibility for multiple functions such as finance, budgets, programs, and staff members. There may be occasions where they deal with patients but more so assist with creating health policies. Policy in healthcare is significant because it forms a common plan of action utilized to reinforce desired results and is an essential guideline to assist composing decisions (Leahy, n.d.). Healthcare policy communicates the desired results of the organization to the staff members. It also assists staff members to acknowledge their roles and responsibilities within their respective sections. Health policy ultimately should build the base for the distribution of secure and efficient quality care. Policy and procedures are existing documents that should cultivate and adjust with an organization. While the core elements of health policy may remain the same, the details should transition with the corporation and the organization (Powerdms, 2017). It is important to stay up to date on policy because outdated policies have the potential to leave an organization at risk. Expired or old policies may not be in compliance with current laws and regulations. Periodically reviewing your organizations policies and procedures will ensure that your organization will remain current and efficient.
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In 2007 the major primary care physician associations developed and endorsed the Patient-Centered Medical Home care delivery model that is focused on providing care that is comprehensive, patient-centered, coordinated, accessible, safe, and of the highest quality. By 2012, forty-seven states had developed medical home programs. This led to a significant need for “co-located” or “embedded” case managers in physicians’ offices and clinics. The word “co-locate” is defined as: “to locate 2 or more things together; to place close together to share common facilities”. Co-locating case managers in an office or clinic provides the ability for better communication and coordination, however it does not, in and of itself, assure an atmosphere of integration and collaboration that elicits the concept of working as a member of an integrated, collaborative team in order to share knowledge, principles, and care plans to help patients meet their goals. The term “embedded” is defined as: “to make something an integral part of; to attach (someone) to a group for the purpose of advising, training, or treating its members”. This definition goes further to describe the embedded CM concept and the CM’s close relationship or attachment to the group. “Embedded” more adequately describes the case manager’s role in becoming a truly integrated member of the group and a collaborative partner. Research studies over the years have shown that programs that have adopted truly integrated, collaborative care are significantly more successful than those who merely “co-locate” their case managers.
SMART GOAL
Leadership SMART Goal Leadership goal Setting a goal is important since it really gives clarity to a person’s vision. A goal specifies the outcome of what one wants to accomplish (Jay, 2011). Developing a SMART leadership goal ensures that one’s goal is actually focused and offers a clear idea of what one wants to accomplish. In essence, a goal that is SMART makes it simpler for one to come up with pertinent activities, to measure his or her progress towards accomplishing the goal, and know when he or she has met his/her goal (Jay, 2011). For me, setting a SMART goal will make what I want tangible since I am declaring to myself that this is really what I want. Basically, the SMART goal will help me to focus my everyday energy towards making my dreams and wishes come true. My set goal is SMART in the following way: Specific: Haughey (2014) pointed out that a specific goal has to be focused, detailed, and stated clearly. My goal is specific enough; it is to work in interdisciplinary/interprofessional teams by Week 10 (as selected from the Institute of Medicine (IOM)). In these teams, I should be able to work with other professionals to offering the best care available to transplant patients and help the patients before the transplant, during the transplant, and after. To accomplish this goal, I will greet and introduce myself to various health professionals in the Transplant Services Department so familiarize my self with the department and the transplant of patients and cooperate, collaborate, communicate, and integrate care in teams to ensure that care is continuous and reliable. In the future health care system, health professionals will have to understand the advantage of high levels of cooperation, coordination, and standardization to guarantee excellence, continuity, safety, and reliability. In short, they will have to think of themselves as a team working in and contributing to a larger system. As Don Berwick, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, said at the summit, The team members integrate their observations, bodies of expertise, and spheres of decision making. Thus this competency refers to the various disciplines working together to address the needs of patients. Interdisciplinary teams are critical in dealing with the increasing complexity of care, coordinating and responding to multiple patient needs, keeping pace with the demands of new technology, responding to the demands of payors, and delivering care across settings Teams tend to reduce the utilization of redundant or duplicate services, and they also tend to develop more creative solutions to complex problems because of their members’ diverse academic backgrounds and experience. Patients needing chronic care, critical acute care, geriatric care, and care at the end of life require smooth team functioning because of the complexity of their needs. Different means and settings for delivering care, such as managed care, community-based care, rehabilitation centers,.
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Project Overview
The course project is designed to provide students with an opportunity to write a risk management plan specific to the banking industry. The project provides students with the opportunity to investigate the different aspects of business risk and risk management. It is also designed to help students assess their ability to analyze different aspects of financial decision making.
Due Date
Your final project is due in Module 06. There will be individual assignments along the way. The module they are due is noted in the time line below.
Time Line
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Bank Risk Types and Trends
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Identify Banking Risks
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Mitigating Bank Risks
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Bank Credit Risks
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Bank Lending Practices
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Risk Capital at a Bank and FINAL Project Submission
Requirements
Your final risk management plan must be 12 - 15 pages long. Your plan should have an introduction with a thesis statement. The body of your plan should be divided into at least 6 subject headings corresponding to your assignments in Modules 1 - 6. Your plan should have a conclusion that summarizes the main points and leaves the reader with a final thought. Your plan should be supported by research from at least 15 different sources. Include both in text citations and a References page in APA format.
Evaluation
Each assignment leading up to the final assignment is evaluated and graded independently. Your instructor will provide specific grading criteria for each step of the project prior to its due date
Running head: COMMUNICATION PLAN 1
COMMUNICATION PLAN 2
Communication Plan
Tiffiany Cooper
Grand Canyon University: LDR-620 Leading as a Manager
August 15, 2016
Communication plan
A communication plan refers to a set of strategies that are employed to give a vivid description of how one intends to communicate the results that they have obtained from a certain kind of an evaluation conducted. One of the strategies that I plan to utilize in my action plan is the formal communication channels to implement the plan. This refers to a channel of communication where the message is passed through means that are predefined (Sehgal, & Khetarpal, 2006). Although this channel of communication is slow, it has a high level of formality, and it is also very reliable in the passing of the message. In the implementation of the action plan, I will make use of the formal communication channel to pass the message to the doctors on the importance of ensuring that the patients who have been given the discharge orders have been discharged within the specified time frame.
The other strategy that I will employ in the implementation of my action plan is the informal communication. This refers to a channel of verbal communication whereby the interchange of the information does not make use of any specific channel. .
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Chapter 10
1. Describe the concepts and models of planning and decision making in the context of the healthcare supply chain.
2. Discuss the importance of situational factors (trends, environmental issues, technology, regulatory compliance, etc…) in the planning process and how leadership principles, metrics and improvement tenets can be used to positively impact the organizational culture of healthcare supply chain operations.
3. Relate, discuss and provide areas of integration between planning and decision making amid continuous operations of the healthcare supply chain to include the use of metrics and improvement strategies.
4. Distinguish the differences between planning and contingency planning.
5. Merge principles of leadership, planning and decision making to develop a personal plan for operating in a fast paced healthcare supply chain environment.
6. Evaluate the benefits for organizational operations with a solid planning process and standing operating procedures as part of the healthcare supply chain culture to include outside sales representatives.
Chapter 10: Building a Culture of Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence: Leading, Planning, Managing, Deciding, and Learning
Learning Objectives
Describe the concepts and models of planning and decision making in the context of the healthcare supply chain.
Discuss the importance of situational factors (trends, environmental issues, technology, regulatory compliance, etc…) in the planning process and how leadership principles, metrics and improvement tenets can be used to positively impact the organizational culture of healthcare supply chain operations.
Relate, discuss and provide areas of integration between planning and decision making amid continuous operations of the healthcare supply chain to include the use of metrics and improvement strategies.
Distinguish the differences between planning and contingency planning.
Merge principles of leadership, planning and decision making to develop a personal plan for operating in a fast paced healthcare supply chain environment.
Evaluate the benefits for organizational operations with a solid planning process and standing operating procedures as part of the healthcare supply chain culture to include outside sales representatives.
Introduction
Planning and decision making are essential to efficient, effective and efficacious healthcare supply chain operations and strategies.
Leaders and managers must structure and facilitate plans that integrate well with the healthcare organization’s strategic plan and must make consistent decisions in alignment with those plans.
Creating standing operating procedures for routine and consistent operations of the supply chain allows leaders and managers to spread the operational culture at all levels of the supply chain enterprise.
This chapter provides an overview of planning, improvement strategies, metrics, regulatory compliance and decision making.
These constructs should be reviewed and ...
Decision Making 6
Decision Making
Gurbani Virk
HCA312: Health Care Finance
Instructor: Margaret McGannon
Date Submitted: September 14, 2015
Director of Data Support Systems
I chose the position of Director of Data Support Systems, because this position works with the Chief Information Officer and has several finance staff members that report to them. This position makes sure that the financial data systems are operating. The other officer that is related to the position I chose is the treasurer, who is responsible for the financial resources, but they all report directly to the (CFO). The Chief Account Officers, (CAO), the directors of planning and budgeting, will also report to the Director of Data Support Systems, as well as other officers within that team. “For internal operations, including routine accounting services, contracting and support of patient financial services, operational budgeting, and data support, it is reasonable to expect that qualified managers will have a good understanding of the data and the skills of finance personnel” (Bull, 1993).
On the organizational Chart in most health care organizations the order of command is (CEO), chief executive officer, the (CFO) chief financial officer, the (CAO) chief accounting officer which is on an equal level with the (CFO), but under the (CAO) are the director of budgeting, the director of planning and analysis, the director of data support and the treasure. There is an analyst in each department and a Director of Data plays a part in all areas of a patient experience, they produce reports and facilitate a comprehensive overview from a business aspect which helps decision making that helps support strategic initiatives.
A (DDSS) develops and direct the clinical support programs through a planned process for monitoring and evaluating the quality of health care provided to customers. This position directs the work of clinical decision support to help with the compliance and regulatory standards. This position shows superior leadership and it requires the ability to teach. You have to be able to work with management personnel, doctors and the community (Emory 2012).
A lot of data is stored within the health care IT system, at one time this information was not available to the administer, clinicians and/or the doctors. Data support has ways of been revenue focused and centered around finances and their results, there has been a number of health care organization that have now moved over to a IT data support structured system overhaul to have a more integrated financial intelligence, so that there will be support and more effective decision making on the part of all the medical staff, this will also help with a better patient outcome.
I do not work for a health care organization, but I chose a hospital that is close to me and that I am familiar with,” Emory Healt.
Business Strategies in Healthcare (1).pdfTEWMAGAZINE
The healthcare industry is a vast and complex ecosystem that provides medical services, manufactures medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, and develops healthcare technology. Given its critical role in society, the strategies businesses employ within this sector are very important.
These strategies determine the success of individual companies and impact the overall quality, accessibility, and affordability of healthcare. This article explores key business strategies in healthcare, focusing on innovation, patient-centric care, strategic partnerships, and technology integration.
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· What has challenged you as a result of COVID-19?
· In what way has it changed your thinking of some of the topics we covered in class – food, gender, race, class, etc.?
· How has this pandemic affected your perspective of food, social media, news, and/or critical thinking (such as evaluating sources/information)?
· In what way has the shift into online learning affected your perspective of education, access to technology, and/or social inequity?
How you answer the above questions (all, a few, or just one) is up to you. In other words, what you say and how you say it, as well as what medium you want to convey the reflection is entirely your choice. The story, nonfiction essay, poem, play, art – these are all viable options in creating your reflection. But more than anything else, reflect on the impact of COVID-19 in a personal way.
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A Princeton University study argues that "the preferences of average American appear to have only a minuscule, near zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy." If that is indeed the case, can we still say that we have strong political institutions in the United States? Does this case pose a threat to our future economic growth?
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A psychiatrist bills for 10 hours of psychotherapy and medication checks for a deceased woman. Has he committed fraud or abuse? Why? Can the deceased woman’s estate press charges if the bills were sent to Medicare, and not to the family?
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A professional services company wants to globalize by offering services to businesses and governments in other countries. What are the risks in globalization of services and how should the company address those risks in order to move forward with their plan?
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a presentatiion on how the over dependence of IOT AI and robotics di.docxfredharris32
a presentatiion on how the over dependence of IOT AI and robotics distances the need for a medical practicioner for a patient .
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A nurse educator is preparing an orientation on culture and the workplace. There is a need to address the many cultures that seek healthcare services and how to better understand the culture. This presentation will examine the role of the nurse as a culturally diverse practitioner.
Choose a culture that you feel less knowledgeable about: HISPANIC OR MEXICAN
Compare this culture with your own culture: ISLAND PACIFIC
Analyze the historical, socioeconomic, political, educational, and topographical aspects of this culture
What are the appropriate interdisciplinary interventions for hereditary, genetic, and endemic diseases and high-risk health behaviors within this culture?
What are the influences of their value systems on childbearing and bereavement practices
What are their sources of strength, spirituality, and magicoreligious beliefs associated with health and health care?
What are the health-care practices: acute versus preventive care; barriers to health care; the meaning of pain and the sick role; and traditional folk medicine practices?
What are cultural issues related to learning styles, autonomy, and educational preparation of content for this culture?
This PowerPoint® (Microsoft Office) or Impress® (Open Office) presentation should be a minimum of 20 slides, including a title, introduction, conclusion and reference slide, with detailed speaker notes and recorded audio comments for all content slides. Use at least four scholarly sources and make certain to review the module’s Signature Assignment Rubric before starting your presentation. This presentation is worth 400 points for quality content and presentation.
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A NOVEL TEACHER EVALUATION MODEL 1
Branching Paths: A Novel Teacher Evaluation Model for Faculty Development
Kim A. Park,1 James P. Bavis,1 and Ahn G. Nu2
1Department of English, Purdue University
2Center for Faculty Education, Department of Educational Psychology, Quad City University
Author Note
Kim A. Park https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097
James P. Bavis is now at the MacLeod Institute for Music Education, Green Bay, WI.
We have no known conflict of interest to disclose.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Ahn G. Nu, Dept. of
Educational Psychology, 253 N. Proctor St., Quad City, WA, 09291. Email: [email protected]
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A Look at the Marburg Fever Outbreaks
This week we will examine: Marburg Fever in Africa.
MARBURG VIRUS
The largest and deadliest outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever on record occurred in 2005. The Ministry of Health (MOH) in Angola reported a total of 374 cases, including 329 deaths reported countrywide. The Angolan Government, WHO and other partners,
established a surveillance system for identification of suspected cases and follow up of their contacts. Mobile teams were sent to the field to investigate rumors, obtain clinical specimens for laboratory tests, hospitalize suspected patients and monitor their contacts
B. For the Marburg fever case, you will discuss the major obstacles and difficulties that public health officials and health care workers had in controlling the outbreak of Marburg fever and the solutions they found to these difficulties. Your response must also include the following:
1. What is Marburg hemorrhagic fever?
2. How is Marburg hemorrhagic fever prevented?
3. What needs to be done to address the threat of Marburg hemorrhagic fever?
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A network consisting of M cities and M-1 roads connecting them is given. Cities are labeled with distinct integers within the range [o. (M-1)] Roads connect cities in such a way that each pair of distinct cities is connected either by a direct road or along a path consisting of direct roads. There is exactly one way to reach any city from any other city. In other words, cities and direct roads form a tree. The number of direct roads that must be traversed is called the distance between these two cities. For example, consider the following network consisting of ten cities and nine roads: 2 0 Cities 2 and 4 are connected directly, so the distance between them is 1. Cities 4 and 7 are connected by a path consisting of the direct roads 4-0,0-9 and 9-7; hence the distance between them is 3. One of the cities is the capital, and the goal is to count the number of cities positioned away from it at each of the distances 1,2,3,.., M -1. If city number 1 is the capital, then the cities positioned at the various distances from the If city number 1 is the capital, then the cities positioned at the various distances from the capital would be as follows: . 9 is at a distance of 1 · 0, 3, 7 are at a distance of 2; 8,4 are at a distance of 3; 2, 5, 6 are at a distance of 4. Write a function: class
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t public int[] solution(int[] T)h that, given a non-empty array T consisting of M integers describing a network of M cities and M 1 roads, returns an array consisting of M-1 integers, specifying the number of cities positioned at each distance 1, 2,..., M - 1. Array T describes a network of cities as follows: · if T[P] Q and P = Q, then P is the capital; if T[P Q and P Q, then there is a direct road between cities P and Q. For example, given the following array T consisting of ten elements: T[2] 4 T[6]8 T[9] = 1 = 9 T[7] the function should return [1, 3, 2,3,0,0,0,0,01, as explained above. Write an efficient algorithm for the following assumptions: M is an integer within the range [1..100,000]; each element of array T is an integer within the range [0.M-1] there is exactly one (possibly indirect) connection between any two distinct cities.
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A minimum 20-page (not including cover page, abstract, table of contents, and references), double-spaced, APA formatted academic research paper.
Topic - Cash flow estimation practices
The structure of the paper is as follows:
Abstract
Introduction
Statement of the problem
The purpose of the study
Method of the study (qualitative, quantitative or mixed study)
Literature review (10-15 peer-reviewed articles)
Results & Analysis
Conclusion & recommendations
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A major component of being a teacher is the collaboration with the other teachers in your grade level to share ideas, resources, and learning activities in order to enhance instruction and meet the diverse needs of students.
For this assignment, create a 7-10 slide digital presentation professional development, for your peers, highlighting two forms of technology that can be used to enhance math instruction.
Include a title slide, reference slide, and presenter’s notes.
For each form of technology, include the following components:
A detailed description and how the technology works to engage students and enhance math instruction
A rationale for the benefits of using the technological tools to facilitate the creation or transfer of knowledge and skills
The safety precautions including the safe, legal, and ethical use of technology both at home and at school.
Description of how each form of technology can be used to support collaboration with families, students, and school personnel.
Description of how each form of technology engages students in collaboration with others in face-to-face or virtual environments
Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
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a mad professor slips a secret tablet in your food that makes you grow up as normal,but then remain at that age until you are 200 years old.this means you cant die until at least 2201 AD. in 2150,you send your diary back through time to you,today , in 2012.by reading the the diary,describe life in london in 2150AD descrie technology,and people you meat
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A New Mindset for Leading Change [WLO: 1][CLO: 6]
Throughout the MAECEL program so far, you have encountered many opportunities to consider how you can make a difference as a professional and as a leader in the field of early childhood education. As Fullan (1993) states, as educators our purpose is “to make a difference in the lives of students regardless of background, to help produce citizens who can live and work productively in increasingly dynamically complex societies” (p. 4). Meaning, you, as an early childhood education professional and leader, have incredible capacity and potential to be a change agent who makes a positive difference in the lives of young children. With this new mindset in mind, please respond to each of the following prompts to share your insights on influencing educational change through action research.
· If you were to implement this study, what would be your next steps? How might implementation support better outcomes for young children and their families?
· Given the conditions discussed in Chapter 7 of the Mills (2014) textbook, discuss how you could support these conditions in an organization from the perspective of your current or future role in early childhood education.
· Share what it means to you to be a change agent in early childhood education and how you can leverage inquiry and research skills to promote quality education for young children.
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Article 1ECG management consultants. (2007). The Strategic Imper.docx
1. Article 1
ECG management consultants. (2007). The Strategic Imperative
of Adapting the Hospital’s Management Structure. Insight, 1-6.
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/86219.pdf
a)
The author points out that many hospitals are struggling with
how to execute strategic plans effectively in their organizational
structure. These institutions lack efficient decision-making
processes, accountability for the performance of key strategies
and the recognition of the importance of hospital strategies to
propel them to new business. The key challenge in provider-
based organizations is their inability to focus their strategies on
the provision of high-quality patient care services. Hospitals
should stop focusing on performance-driven traditional
strategies and instead align their strategies to focus on a service
line.
To ensure that such procedures are executed efficiently, it is
important that their organizational structures are informed by
the care service strategy. The organizational structure should
ensure that the strategy is encompassed in their strategic plan,
organizational control structure, management responsibilities
and physician leadership. In today’s world, patients are seeking
more care on their heart conditions, cancer or other illnesses or
injuries rather than on traditional hospital departments such as
nursing, physical therapy or radiology. By focusing on patient
care functions along these service lines, hospitals can optimize
performance. The organizational structure should also be
streamlined to support key strategies. Laying a strong
foundation for the organization structure is important to ensure
that key strategies are executed effectively. The control
structure should also be flexible enough to adapt to shifts in
strategy. Introducing changes such as a focus on traditional
performance-driven strategies to a service line is sometimes
stalled due to a rigid management structure. It is important to
2. have a flexible control structure to facilitate decision-making
processes that are most times challenged by poor leadership
structures.
b)
Given the opportunity, I would correct an inefficient hospital
strategy by reorganizing the organizational structure to focus
entirely on key strategies of a service line. Clinical services,
planning, marketing and public affairs are some of the new
elements that I would to traditional organizational structures in
hospitals. This way, any shifts in strategies can easily be
adapted due to a flexible control structure. At the same time, as
a leader, I would focus on building value around my employees
by assigning them responsibilities based on the right service
lines. This will ensure that they remain accountable for their
performance and use of resources along with their service lines.
A good management structure is also necessary to maintain a
good relationship between the business strategy and the
performance of my employees.
Article 2
Perera, F. D. P. R., & Peiró, M. (2012). Strategic Planning in
Healthcare Organizations. Revista Española de Cardiología
(English Edition), 65(8), 749-754.
Strategic planning as defined by Perera is a systematic process
where an organization outlines the manner in which it plans to
progress from its current situation to the desired state in future
through a written document. The strategic plan is used to guide
decision making by the organization in all its activities and
structures in a definitive way. A strategic plan is essential for
healthcare organizations as it helps to conduct simulations for
3. the future. A strategic plan is expected to reveal any future
threats and opportunities that may be acted upon in the present.
The plan also provides a decision-making criteria for day-to-day
decisions for a period which facilitates managerial decision
making. The strategic planning process brings together the
participation and commitment of the entire healthcare
organization in achieving planned goals. Eventually, a good
strategic plan puts the organization in the good light in its
public image.
However, for some organizations, the need for the development
of a strategic plan may not be favorable due to certain
prevailing conditions. For instance, the whole process is
expensive regarding consuming long periods of valuable time
and resources for the organization. If the development of a
strategic plan imposes large expenses on, the group then it
probably shouldn’t be explored. Also, if the strategic plan is too
complex and burdensome, the management should not go ahead
with it. This is because it will incur future problems and make it
irrelevant. The projected outcomes of the strategic plan should
be used to determine whether it should be implemented or not.
Article 4
Mitchell, P., Wynia, M., Golden, R., McNellis, B., Okun, S.,
Webb, C. E., & Von Kohorn, I. (2012). Core principles & values
of effective team-based health care. Washington, DC: Institute
of Medicine.
A “team”, in a corporate environment, usually refers to
members of a group who come together to achieve set objectives
for the organization. Team-based care is used in healthcare
organizations to conduct operations based on individual teams
in various departments. As suggested by the author, team-based
care is used to bring together the collaborative efforts through
various contributions by teams to achieve goals in the care
process. As the manager of a ten-person team in the Physical
Therapy Department in a hospital, I would apply team-based
care principles to set the foundation for team-based care
4. implementation.
It is important for my team to realize that we have a shared goal
of providing quality physical therapy services to our patients.
Our main priority is the patients in need of physical therapy,
and the team should work to support the care of these patients. I
will also give clear roles and my expectations of each of the
team member’s contribution to the team. Through this, I will
ensure that each member of the team remains accountable for
the entire success of the team. This will optimize the efficiency
of the team through the division of labor. I will also work to
develop mutual trust among the team members. Each team
member will work to earn each other’s trust and facilitate great
dependability on achieving shared success. Effective
communication will also be a key principle that I will develop
among team members. By developing their interpersonal
communication skills, information will be easily passed across
the department in a smooth way. The final key principle would
be to ensure measurable processes and outcomes are involved.
The team should be able to provide timely feedback on
successes and failures to implement proper functions of the
team. Through this, the team performance can be tracked and
improved over time.
5. References
ECG management consultants. (2007). The Strategic Imperative
of Adapting the Hospital’s Management Structure. Insight, 1-6.
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/86219.pdf
Mitchell, P., Wynia, M., Golden, R., McNellis, B., Okun, S.,
Webb, C. E., & Von Kohorn, I. (2012). Core principles & values
of effective team-based health care. Washington, DC: Institute
of Medicine.
Perera, F. D. P. R., & Peiró, M. (2012). Strategic Planning in
Healthcare Organizations. Revista Española de Cardiología
(English Edition), 65(8), 749-754.
322 Week #2 response: Need a peer response to each post
(Discussion). There are 2 post totalSpecific Rules for
Discussions
Discussion response - your response to the discussion question
should be between 150 - 300 words.
Peer responses - Must be a minimum of 100 - 200 words and a
maximum of 300 words for peer responses.
Must provide a minimum of at least one (1) reference in your
discussion andpeer responses.
There are two (2) required peer responses due per week.
Discussion Week 2- Charity Care vs. Bad Debt #6
Created by Liquanna Chapman on Jan 19, 2016 6:07 PM
What is a key difference between charity care and bad debt?
How is each handled on the income statement?
Charity care is medical care given at free or low-cost to low
income or uninsured patients. Bad debt is care given to patients
who has an ability to pay but is unwilling to settle their claim.
The difference between the two is that the patient applies for
charity on the bases of their inability to pay due to financial
hardship, and bad debt is a choice made not to pay resulting in
6. collections. Charity care is reported as an expense subtracted
from net revenue. The amount of charity care must be disclosed
and is usually done in the footnotes. This is written off as a
fulfillment of the provider’s charity care and community service
section of their mission statement. July 2011, FASB issued a
new GAAP stating that bad debt should be deducted from the
gross patient revenue as part of the calculation of the net patient
revenue.
Week 2Created by Nasim Karimian Sichani on Jan 21, 2016
11:49 PM
What is the difference between patient service revenue and
other revenue?
The difference between patient service revenue and other
revenues is that the PSR revenue the health center generates
from treating the patients.
For Examples the payments from Medicaid, Medicare, and
commercial insurers such as BCBS and etc. Based on Bureau
Primary Health Care (BPHC) Patient services revenue is a
“Program Income.” Patient service revenue represents 50 to
70% of a health center’s total revenue and generates
transactions on a daily basis.
The patient service revenue demands the largest and most
frequent focus from the finance department, which is
complicated by different reimbursement systems.
Other Revenues such as Gross revenue represents the total gross
charges for all services provided by the center. Another
Revenue is the Net revenue which is the amount the health
center expects to receive for services, and is equal to gross
charges less contractual allowances and sliding fee discounts.
Degenfelder, C. (n.d.). Recording Revenue in the General
Ledger. Retrieved from
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7. HMGT 320 Week #2 Response. Need a response to each post
(Discussion). There are 4 post total. I have also attached my
origanal post that requires a reponse back to my instructor. My
original post will be first, with the question my teacher
proposed. The postings that require my peer response are listed
next. An example of what a “response” is and or how long it
should be. These post are very lengthy, I apologize. You may
put you response on a different sheet of paper but please ensure
you put the “name” of the person’s discussions you are
responding toResponse due back to my instructor from my
original post: By Jerome Bozek
Deidra,
Art. 1....Question, for Deidra and any other class member...can
you further explain "flexible control structure" vs. "rigid
management structure"....what do these look like?
You raise an interesting point, Deidra. Sometimes
organizations get wrapped up in the "process", vs. developing a
functional "plan". I have personally been in organizations who
spend $50-$100 K for outside planning consultants, yet the
finished product ends up on the shelf, because the plan is not a
living and breathing document, which is not part of the fabric of
the organization's management.
Art. 4...Question....the concept of "process improvement" has
been raised here as part of team- based care...are any of your
familiar/have worked with processes as six-sigma, LEAN, or
Demming? Comments and feedback for the class?
JB
Peer responses needed (as if you were me)· Week 2 Discussion
Gursanam Gill posted Jan 20, 2016 11:20 PM
-Strategic Imperative
In the first article for this week's reading, we read about how
strategic imperative is essential in preventing and correcting the
greatest challenge facing provider-based organizations.
According to the article, the execution of strategic plans is the
8. greatest challenge which provider-based organizations face
today. Less than 10% of strategic plans are realized, which
prevents organizations from being high-performing in both the
short and long term. This means that, without that strong
foundation, in this case the strategic plan, the organization will
not run like the well-oiled machine that executives and higher-
ups want, and that patients look for.
If I were given the opportunity, I would suggest that the
organization be restructured. This can be done through creating
a new and achievable strategic plan, creating an organization
control structure, giving responsibilities to management, and
creating physician leadership.
Source: The Strategic Imperative of Adapting the Hospital’s
Management Structure. (2006). Retrieved January 19, 2016,
from http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/86219.pdf
-Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is "the systematic and organized process
whereby an organization creates a document indicating the way
it plans to progress from its current situation to the desired
future situation; the set of decision -making criteria and the
decisions taken and implemented by an organization to
definitively and permanently guide its activities and structure."
Strategic planning aims to bring the future closer to the
organization, and allows the organization to study and conduct
simulations of the future. Strategic planning also aims to reveal
opportunities which were previously hidden, or to reveal
threats, which gives the organization to act on them earlier.
As a consultant, I would recommend an organization not
proceed with the development of a strategic plan when the cost
of outweighs the benefits which are predicted in the strategic
plan, as well as if there is a new management team/head being
introduced in the organization who want to start from scratch
and create a new strategic plan.
Source: Strategic Planning in Healthcare Organizations. (n.d.).
Retrieved January 19, 2016, from
http://www.revespcardiol.org/en/strategic-planning-in-
9. healthcare-organizations/articulo/90147901/
-Team-Based Care
As a manager, I would address a few key issues which pertain to
team-based care. First off, ensuring that the patient and the
family are that the center of the team requires careful planning
and execution. In order to maximize value, matching resources
to patient and family needs is essential. It is also important, in
terms of efficiency, to build bridges to ongoing activities
related to team-based care. Lastly, in order to achieve
continuously improving and high value team-based health care,
it is important to define a coordinated research agenda for team-
based care.
Source: Mitchell, P., Wynia, M., Golden, R., McNellis, B.,
Okun, S., Webb, C. E., . . . Von Kohorn, I. (2012, October).
Core Principles & Values of Effective Team-Based Health Care.
Retrieved January 19, 2016, from
https://www.nationalahec.org/pdfs/VSRT-Team-Based-Care-
Principles-values.pdf
Respond to Gursanam Gill here please:Week 2 Created by
Miguel Wolfe on Jan 20, 2016 10:13 PM
Article 1. Strategic Imperative:
A.) One of the biggest challenges facing provider based
organizations such as hospitals is strategic planning. Because
there is a lack of strategic planning, these organization struggle
to make decisions that could better benefit the hospital.
Strategic planning allows health organizations to plan their
future by being relevant and competitive with other health
organizations. It also allows them to create distinctive service
lines in order to expand their clientele.
The Strategic Imperative of Adapting the Hospital’s
Management
Structure http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/86219.pdf
B.) If given the opportunity to recommend changes to my
organizations, I would first make sure that everyone within the
organization is aware of the changes that would be occurring
and would hope as a team, that we could come up with ideas to
10. solve repetitive issues. Secondly i would work on branching off
certain sections of healthcare so those physicians can give those
particular patients the correct attention need. I would also
hire a group of people that monitors, and could find ways of
keeping the hospital innovative.
2.) Article 2. Strategic Planning:
Strategic Planning is a process used by various organizations to
guide them from one current situation, to a desired situation in
the future. In order to determine what strategy best fits the
organization, they undergo a dynamic use of specific selected
external opportunities that engage and develop internal
competencies in order to fulfill the organization's mission and
creating value for its stakeholders. As a consultant i would not
recommend an organization proceed with development of a
strategic plan if this company is already in a financial crisis as
strategic planning is expensive. That company may want to
focus on financial issues before doing a strategic plan.
strategic Planning in Health Care
Organizations http://www.revespcardiol.org/en/strategic-
planning-in-healthcare-organizations/articulo/90147901/
3.) Article 4. Team Based Care:
In order to implement a team base care system within the
organization; communication will be an important factor in
ensuring that these team member understand their roles within
the team. These team members will need to know why it will be
beneficial working as a team. Working as team in a health care
organization ultimately offers the patients a better experience
while in a health care facility. Work loads are not place on just
one individual which allows this team member to focus on each
patient. I would address the importance of the team
communicating amongst each other to ensure that error is
decreased. These team members must understand the goals of
the organization which would be offering the patient optimum
service while finding new ways of improving the organization.
Principles and values of team based health
care https://www.nationalahec.org/pdfs/VSRT-Team-Based-
11. Care-Principles-values.pdf
Respond to Miguel Wolfe here please:Week 2 – Urusha Created
by Urusha Honesty on Jan 18, 2016 6:57 PM
1. Article 1, Strategic Imperative:
Article 1 describes the biggest challenge facing provider-based
organizations as the lack of or an inefficient strategic plan and
organizational structure. When strategies do change, the
structure and responsibilities must change to effectively and
efficiently execute said strategies. Importance should be placed
on bridging multiple departments for a quality patient
experience and shifting the service line’s focus’ to reflect the
new strategy while maintaining accountability between the
heads of the departments and the department managers.
I would address such issues with a realignment of the
organizational structure to match the goals and culture of the
organization. The strategic plan would be clear, concise and
obtainable based on economic, physical and technical
constraints. I would realign the management structure to ensure
accountability while making sure the right tools and controls are
available for leadership to meet the new goals. I would say it is
vital to ensure that management has a focus on transitions that
may take place in the future as well as the current changes, in
other words, have insight on the future of the organization and
the skillset to be successful in strategic changes and leadership
changes.
ECG Management Consultants (Ed.) (2007). The Strategic
Imperative of Adapting the Hospital’s Management Structure.
Insight (Winter).
Article 2, Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is the creation of a document of plans and
outlines operational characteristics that are to take place or
change to secure the future or progressive goals of an
organization. The strategic plan (SP) includes decisions,
decision-making criteria, structural and leadership criteria that
the organization follows.
I would not recommend an SP in the case of an organization not
12. having the economic resources to create and execute such plan.
I would not suggest such a plan when there is a lack of cohesion
amongst departments, leadership and staff. Uncovering of
difficulties due to conflicts and other issues should be
addressed prior to planning and execution of the SP. Goals
should be aligned between different departments, despite each
department may need a separate plan. The professionals within
the organization should be prepared to quantify and evolve to
meet future goals.
Rodríguez Perera, F., & Peiro, M. (2012). Strategic Planning in
Healthcare Organizations. Revista Española De Cardiologia,
65(08), 749-754. Retrieved from
http://www.revespcardiol.org/en/strategic-planning-in-
healthcare-organizations/articulo/90147901/
Article 3, Team-Based Care
First I would need to evaluate and address the values of the
team members. Values such as honesty, discipline, creativity,
humility and curiosity would be required. We would discuss and
define the many goals of patient care and set an understanding
that each patient may require different care according to the
patient goals. The understanding that such goals would need to
be shared goals of the team and the patient, and possibly the
patient’s family has to be established and accepted. The patient
would need to be key in the goal setting. There should be a
clear understanding of the goals of care and how the team will
address such goals. The goals are to be shared goals meaning
the team would establish mutual or shared goals that are clear,
concise, understood and that represent the patient and family
needs. These steps would be the initial part of setting the
foundation.
To prepare my team as well as other departments, I would create
space to understand the resources available to meet patient and
family needs. I would also develop protocols and ensure each
team member would be aware of the functions and
responsibilities of each person or group in said team and that
each individual is accountable for their said function. They
13. would have clear roles. We would address departmentalizing
while defining clear responsibilities without duplicating efforts
while maintaining a high level of efficiency. We would have to
create a level of trust and reciprocity for shared success across
the entire team and with other departments. All team members
in all settings should have consistent, effective and candid
communications both internally and across all departments.
Communication and briefings on what is working and what is
not should be done on a consistent basis. We will discuss how
goals are being achieved, what processes are effective and when
they are not, why in order to improve and refine processes
immediately. We will track performance and ensure
accountability to responsibilities on a weekly basis with each
patient. These expectations will be clearly discussed,
understood and agreed upon within the first 30 days to give
space for team members to engage in developing protocols,
engage in evaluations of processes, building bridges to facilitate
efficiency and future improvements as needed.
Mitchell, P., Okun, S., Wynia, M., Webb, C., Golden, R.,
Rohrbach, V., Von Kohorn, I. (2012, October 1). Core
Principles & Values of Effective Team-Based Health Care.
Lecture presented at Discussion Paper in Participants drawn
from the Best Practices Innovation Collaborative of the IOM
Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care
Example of a response:
Urusha,
I agree that values of team members are very important.
Without the proper values in place it would be difficult to work
well in a team environment. I have worked within a team where
some members lacked essential values, this made the
environment very tense and stressful. It also had a negative
affect on patient care.
After doing so addition research I found that interdisciplinary
teams consist of a group of health care professionals from
different fields who work together toward a common goal for
14. the patient. Each member of the interdisciplinary team
possesses knowledge and resources that combined with other
members will benefit the patient by ensuring that they receive
the best quality of care. These interdisciplinary teams can lead
to improvements in the organization by providing patient
focused services which will improve the quality of care. By
working together member are able to clearly understand what
needs the patients has and are able to address the needs in a way
in which the patient will receive the best outcome. By working
together there is less room for error in diagnosing the patient as
well as over medicating the patient. The need for
interdisciplinary teams is increasing due to a large aging
population, the need to more comprehensive care for patients,
and an increasing specialization within health professions.
Reference:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662612/