Discussion 1:
Question:
Discuss the following statement: “Health care costs are out of control in the United States, and increasing conflicts between employers and employees are likely as employers try to reduce their health benefits costs.
As compared to other different countries, health care prices are very high in the United States. Moreover, health care prices have risen very faster as compared to the annual income. In the year 2017, the health care costs in the United States were $3.6 trillion and due to this, the health care became the largest industry in the country (Boughey et al., 2017). It is equal to 17.8 per cent of GDP ( Gross Domestic Product). in 1960, the health care used up 4% of income as compared to the 6% of income in 2013. in addition to this, lifestyle changes and government policy are the major reason for the massive increase in health care costs. Chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes have increased as well as these diseases are accountable for eighty-five percent of the prices for health care. Because of the huge number of Medicare patients the health care costs are rising day by day in the country. Apart from this, high - interest related credit card debt has been risen up to 34 percent because of the increased health care prices. In addition to this, the non- market and market factors are the major reasons for the higher health care costs because these factors which determine the pricing. In the U.S, the private and public sources offered health insurance based coverage. Besides these, the health care costs have been increased because of the ageing and growing population, patients avoiding care, lack of transparency and inefficiency, increasing health insurance based premiums, increased ambulatory prices and rise in certain chronic illnesses (Dragioti et al., 2018). As well as the health care costs are increasing day by day because of the increased prices for emergency and outpatient room care or out of pocket prices.
Discussion 2:
Question:
Discuss the following statement: “Health care costs are out of control in the United States, and increasing conflicts between employers and employees are likely as employers try to reduce their health benefits costs.
The welfare dollars are pay on the expense of cover just like premiums of dental care, medical and the maintenance of vision. A large number employers take threats for alteration their recompense policies if the special dual-digit rises as continued on the comparable interval that the comprehensive financial plan debilitated. As regarding the entire health-care interests like a central strategy that recognized the notice concern which has leftward confusion of by what method it will make their effort. The constricted advert of how the consideration will concern health-care dealers, as the customers of health prosperities, also the disease in that manner can take place in some organizations that are still unclear (Christianson & Trude, 2003).
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Discussion 7-1by Suseela Pandity - Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 10huttenangela
Discussion 7-1
by
Suseela Pandity
- Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 10:20 PM
To start with health care costs are increasing like crazy. It is 100% fact statement. To prove it will go back to some 50 years. At that time per year per person annual health care expenses are $146 where as in 21st century per head per annum health care expense is $10,000 plus. The reason behind this could be anything but most key discussable reason is US health care industry is depending upon private health care sponsoring companies or private health insurance companies.
Most of the employers in USA are relying on private insurance companies, which are profit based. They also will have peculiar restrictions such as, provider should in their network, if not your out of pocket expenses would increase. In other words, insurance would not cover the amount which they are supposed to cover. There certain medications or tests are only covered in general coverage package. If your health is not so stable and you required to visit doctor frequently then you got to pay more high premiums. (James E. Dalen, March 2010)
Hence, the employers are committed to provide health insurance to their employees are part of benefits package offered to employees along with salary. Increasing amounts of health insurance premiums are alarming companies to for 100s of employees’ health insurance premiums. This is due to increase in chronic diseases like diabetes and heart problems. 85% of insurance premiums increase is caused by these. People are more aware of importance of health but very less people are practicing healthy life style. Which results increase in doctor visits and ER visits. To reduce the health insurance expense, employers are offering healthy life style options to employees such as reimbursing gym memberships, healthy diet programs, yoga classes to reduce stress so on.(Dieleman, 2017 December)
Works Cited
Dieleman, J. S. (2017 December). 5 Major Factors Driving Healthcare Cost Increases.
Canopy health
.
James E. Dalen, M. M. (March 2010). We can reduce US health care costs.
The American Journal of Medicine
.
Q2>
Introduction
Health costs are increasing at a high rate in the United States, which causes a struggle for employers who are trying to offer these benefits to their employees. The employees are not satisfied with the payment of a higher premium for covering the health.
The increases in Health Cost
The primary purpose of having health insurance for the employees is to assist them in receiving quality medical without having to incur higher costs of treatment(Patel, Dalal & Nagar, 2014). The reasons why employers are trying to minimize the costs of health is that they need to maximize their returns. The health costs are skyrocketing at a high rate, which is draining the employer finance resulting to making of loss or minimal profits for the organization, which does not match, with the profit maximization goal of the organization. The employers are hence foc ...
Chapter 10 Managing assessment, record keeping, and reporting1.EstelaJeffery653
Chapter 10: Managing assessment, record keeping, and reporting
1. How could you use rubrics as tools for students to self-assess their learning?
2. When is the best situation to use a student portfolio?
100 words per question also times new roman size 12 font please use intext citation and refercences
Chapter 11: Managing communication with students, caregivers, and others.
1. Discuss Bloom’s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain?
2. How do we use Bloom’s Taxonomy to form questions and design activities at higher or
multiple levels of thinking?
Chapter 12: Managing the work of paraprofessionals, substitute teachers, and student teachers, and contact with advocates
1. Explain the definition of the word: paraprofessional
2. Discuss the difference among the work of paraprofessionals, substitute teachers, and student teachers
Chapter 13: Managing emotional trauma and job-related stress productively
1. Discuss one major source of increased teacher stress found in the behavior of students.
2. Discuss time pressure as a major source of teacher stress.
Chapter 14: It’s your turn: show your understanding of the following topics
1. The Council for Exceptional Children gives strong attention to students with special talents, but not to students with disabilities.
2. The No Child Left Behind Act places a very strong emphasis on teacher and school
2
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON RISK MANAGEMENT-PART ONE
Educational Program on Risk Management
Educational Program on Risk Management
All forms of risk cannot be avoided, but there is always a way to manage them. Risk management emerges as the best possible way or mechanism for managing these risks. Today, the healthcare infections problem is one of the top critical issues facing healthcare organizations (Fineschi, 2019). Therefore, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare organizations must have a plan for managing this risk. In addition to keeping patients safe and secure, the risk management plan will help the facility minimize potential losses and keep operational costs down.
The current risk management plan, without a doubt, has played a pivotal role in minimizing cases of infections in the organization. However, when closely assessed, it lacks in some areas. For example, when a risk assessment is completed, beyond sharing the number of risks the facility has experienced within a specific period to the top management, the plan is not promptly. It takes an unnecessary huge amount of time before the risk management team responds effectively. The plan is also not flexible in terms of adapting to the changing care environment. If the plan is re-modeled and shaped to be flexible enough, it will be easy to meet the state, federal and compliance standards. New laws and regulations related to compliance are often being instituted (Basile et al., 2020). Thus, if a risk management plan can easily be modified to accommodate these standards, the organization can reduce care costs and av ...
Insurance products, savings and investments are crucial elements of financial health that evolve throughout our lifetime. But getting consumers to think long-term is not easy.
Week #5-To Do List-CCHWeek 5 IntroductionIntroduction To Co.docxcelenarouzie
Week #5-To Do List-CCH
Week 5: Introduction
Introduction To Compliance Documentation & Reporting
Proper documentation is an inherent component of delivery of care, not an add-on. One of the oldest battles in healthcare is that between the hospital Medical Records department and the admitting Physician to complete necessary documentation for the Patient’s Chart. The most common cause of loss of admitting privileges has been from this source. This process has only become more important and necessary with the increasing recognition of the importance of proper documentation for legal and ethical defense purposes.
Documentation also serves a number of financial aspects of patient care delivery, including billing, grant writing for research projects, medical research to discover future tests, procedures, and cures, and funding for government supported agencies and programs.
Objectives
To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to:
Identify the uses for health care documentation.
Learn the essential components of quality documentation.
Categorize the document guidelines under the federal False Claims Act.
Identify the documentation required for compliance under the Federal Stark Law.
List the aspects of documentation compliance with regard to electronic health records.
Identify the important issues regarding ethical coding practices.
Learn the most common illegal practices for HIM reporting.
Identify the key concerns under the federal False Claims Act that relate to reporting.
Determine the impact of the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) on HIM processes in physicians’ offices.
Identify the circumstances in which a health care professional is mandated to report a patient’s diagnosis.
Week 5: Discussion
Answer the following questions:
Review the various uses for health care documentation and discuss how each has an impact on the health care delivery system
Discuss procedures you might enact in your facility to avoid violating the False Claims Act
Discuss why physician offices should participate in PQRI
Week 5: Case Study Assignment
Please read and choose one of the following case studies:
Case study on page 111 of your textbook. (This Case Study is in the section for Securing EHR and starts with "NOTE: In each CMP (Civil Monetary Penalties) case resolved through a settlement agreement, . . . ")
Case study on page 127 of your textbook. (This Case Study is in the section for Phantom Patients and starts with "Two Charged in False Claims to Medicaid."
Case study on page 128 of your textbook. (This Case Study is in the section for Services not Performed and starts with "WASHINGTON—April 14, 2008—A board-certified radiologist, Fred Steinberg, M.D., his imaging centers . . ."
Case study on page 131 of your textbook. (This Case Study is in the section for Upcoding and starts with "July 2007: In Florida, a doctor was sentenced to 78 months in prison .
Our group selected a recent annual report for WellPoint We assumed they approached our audit firm to hire us as their new auditor. We performed a preliminary analytical review and risk assessment, and wrote a report indicating to the partner-in-charge our recommendation with respect to this potential client. I completed the preliminary risk analytical review.
Discussion 7-1by Suseela Pandity - Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 10huttenangela
Discussion 7-1
by
Suseela Pandity
- Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 10:20 PM
To start with health care costs are increasing like crazy. It is 100% fact statement. To prove it will go back to some 50 years. At that time per year per person annual health care expenses are $146 where as in 21st century per head per annum health care expense is $10,000 plus. The reason behind this could be anything but most key discussable reason is US health care industry is depending upon private health care sponsoring companies or private health insurance companies.
Most of the employers in USA are relying on private insurance companies, which are profit based. They also will have peculiar restrictions such as, provider should in their network, if not your out of pocket expenses would increase. In other words, insurance would not cover the amount which they are supposed to cover. There certain medications or tests are only covered in general coverage package. If your health is not so stable and you required to visit doctor frequently then you got to pay more high premiums. (James E. Dalen, March 2010)
Hence, the employers are committed to provide health insurance to their employees are part of benefits package offered to employees along with salary. Increasing amounts of health insurance premiums are alarming companies to for 100s of employees’ health insurance premiums. This is due to increase in chronic diseases like diabetes and heart problems. 85% of insurance premiums increase is caused by these. People are more aware of importance of health but very less people are practicing healthy life style. Which results increase in doctor visits and ER visits. To reduce the health insurance expense, employers are offering healthy life style options to employees such as reimbursing gym memberships, healthy diet programs, yoga classes to reduce stress so on.(Dieleman, 2017 December)
Works Cited
Dieleman, J. S. (2017 December). 5 Major Factors Driving Healthcare Cost Increases.
Canopy health
.
James E. Dalen, M. M. (March 2010). We can reduce US health care costs.
The American Journal of Medicine
.
Q2>
Introduction
Health costs are increasing at a high rate in the United States, which causes a struggle for employers who are trying to offer these benefits to their employees. The employees are not satisfied with the payment of a higher premium for covering the health.
The increases in Health Cost
The primary purpose of having health insurance for the employees is to assist them in receiving quality medical without having to incur higher costs of treatment(Patel, Dalal & Nagar, 2014). The reasons why employers are trying to minimize the costs of health is that they need to maximize their returns. The health costs are skyrocketing at a high rate, which is draining the employer finance resulting to making of loss or minimal profits for the organization, which does not match, with the profit maximization goal of the organization. The employers are hence foc ...
Chapter 10 Managing assessment, record keeping, and reporting1.EstelaJeffery653
Chapter 10: Managing assessment, record keeping, and reporting
1. How could you use rubrics as tools for students to self-assess their learning?
2. When is the best situation to use a student portfolio?
100 words per question also times new roman size 12 font please use intext citation and refercences
Chapter 11: Managing communication with students, caregivers, and others.
1. Discuss Bloom’s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain?
2. How do we use Bloom’s Taxonomy to form questions and design activities at higher or
multiple levels of thinking?
Chapter 12: Managing the work of paraprofessionals, substitute teachers, and student teachers, and contact with advocates
1. Explain the definition of the word: paraprofessional
2. Discuss the difference among the work of paraprofessionals, substitute teachers, and student teachers
Chapter 13: Managing emotional trauma and job-related stress productively
1. Discuss one major source of increased teacher stress found in the behavior of students.
2. Discuss time pressure as a major source of teacher stress.
Chapter 14: It’s your turn: show your understanding of the following topics
1. The Council for Exceptional Children gives strong attention to students with special talents, but not to students with disabilities.
2. The No Child Left Behind Act places a very strong emphasis on teacher and school
2
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON RISK MANAGEMENT-PART ONE
Educational Program on Risk Management
Educational Program on Risk Management
All forms of risk cannot be avoided, but there is always a way to manage them. Risk management emerges as the best possible way or mechanism for managing these risks. Today, the healthcare infections problem is one of the top critical issues facing healthcare organizations (Fineschi, 2019). Therefore, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare organizations must have a plan for managing this risk. In addition to keeping patients safe and secure, the risk management plan will help the facility minimize potential losses and keep operational costs down.
The current risk management plan, without a doubt, has played a pivotal role in minimizing cases of infections in the organization. However, when closely assessed, it lacks in some areas. For example, when a risk assessment is completed, beyond sharing the number of risks the facility has experienced within a specific period to the top management, the plan is not promptly. It takes an unnecessary huge amount of time before the risk management team responds effectively. The plan is also not flexible in terms of adapting to the changing care environment. If the plan is re-modeled and shaped to be flexible enough, it will be easy to meet the state, federal and compliance standards. New laws and regulations related to compliance are often being instituted (Basile et al., 2020). Thus, if a risk management plan can easily be modified to accommodate these standards, the organization can reduce care costs and av ...
Insurance products, savings and investments are crucial elements of financial health that evolve throughout our lifetime. But getting consumers to think long-term is not easy.
Week #5-To Do List-CCHWeek 5 IntroductionIntroduction To Co.docxcelenarouzie
Week #5-To Do List-CCH
Week 5: Introduction
Introduction To Compliance Documentation & Reporting
Proper documentation is an inherent component of delivery of care, not an add-on. One of the oldest battles in healthcare is that between the hospital Medical Records department and the admitting Physician to complete necessary documentation for the Patient’s Chart. The most common cause of loss of admitting privileges has been from this source. This process has only become more important and necessary with the increasing recognition of the importance of proper documentation for legal and ethical defense purposes.
Documentation also serves a number of financial aspects of patient care delivery, including billing, grant writing for research projects, medical research to discover future tests, procedures, and cures, and funding for government supported agencies and programs.
Objectives
To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to:
Identify the uses for health care documentation.
Learn the essential components of quality documentation.
Categorize the document guidelines under the federal False Claims Act.
Identify the documentation required for compliance under the Federal Stark Law.
List the aspects of documentation compliance with regard to electronic health records.
Identify the important issues regarding ethical coding practices.
Learn the most common illegal practices for HIM reporting.
Identify the key concerns under the federal False Claims Act that relate to reporting.
Determine the impact of the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) on HIM processes in physicians’ offices.
Identify the circumstances in which a health care professional is mandated to report a patient’s diagnosis.
Week 5: Discussion
Answer the following questions:
Review the various uses for health care documentation and discuss how each has an impact on the health care delivery system
Discuss procedures you might enact in your facility to avoid violating the False Claims Act
Discuss why physician offices should participate in PQRI
Week 5: Case Study Assignment
Please read and choose one of the following case studies:
Case study on page 111 of your textbook. (This Case Study is in the section for Securing EHR and starts with "NOTE: In each CMP (Civil Monetary Penalties) case resolved through a settlement agreement, . . . ")
Case study on page 127 of your textbook. (This Case Study is in the section for Phantom Patients and starts with "Two Charged in False Claims to Medicaid."
Case study on page 128 of your textbook. (This Case Study is in the section for Services not Performed and starts with "WASHINGTON—April 14, 2008—A board-certified radiologist, Fred Steinberg, M.D., his imaging centers . . ."
Case study on page 131 of your textbook. (This Case Study is in the section for Upcoding and starts with "July 2007: In Florida, a doctor was sentenced to 78 months in prison .
Our group selected a recent annual report for WellPoint We assumed they approached our audit firm to hire us as their new auditor. We performed a preliminary analytical review and risk assessment, and wrote a report indicating to the partner-in-charge our recommendation with respect to this potential client. I completed the preliminary risk analytical review.
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Business Tort Liability
Melissa Simmons
LAW/531
September 15, 2017
Phiilip Pollack
The Impact of Business Tort Liability
Pharmaceuticals lawsuit is normally costly, long, as well as receptive. In the previous 13 years, pharmaceutical corporations have waged billions to resolve United States federal litigations only. Particularly, lawsuit in products accountability rule have constituted most of clearances for each dollar as of January 2-09 to May 2-11, amounting to 8.7 billion USD. Though most of these incidents were created by administration organisations like the Justice Department, class act litigations are progressively ordinary. These class activities frequently get extensive press consideration and therefore harm a pharmaceutical corporation’s benevolence (Fairgrieve, 2012).
The Growth of Business Tort Liability
About drug security, the FDA, with its range of latest drug sanction procedures, is the major supervisor of pharmaceuticals producers. Federations’ tort systems, nevertheless, is an additional significant basis of ruling, with for example, federation statutes making the numerous demands accessible to complainants also restrictions to those entitlements. Though during the `90s the FDA ascertained itself as completing national tort control of pharmaceutical creations, the FDA has progressively procured a prominent position.
The objective of tort improvement is to regulate pars wounded by pharmaceutical creations from creating civil litigations against pharmaceuticals producers. While, formerly, complainants might have contained influence in inducing pharmaceuticals producers to resolve outside court, tort improvement decrees have fostered a rebuttable assumption against particular demands, thus frequently maintaining these demands outside court primarily.
The Impact of Business Tort Liability
The commodities liability danger that Mylan exhibits is probable to affect pharmaceuticals producers’ research and development pipelines simply as R&D has started to recuperate from a years-long collapse. Blend commodities are a basis of invention within the industry, are in numerous big pharmaceutical corporations’ sets, also are particularly significant to lesser pharmaceutical corporations making minor portfolios of commodities and depending greatly on those less products for development. R&D within the pharmaceuticals industry is a exhausting, disheartening, and costly procedure.
In this R&D pipeline, amalgamation products, that merge developed technologies within medicine, nanotech, as well as biotech, are propelling growth of epic drugs within the industry. Precisely, these amalgamation commodities remedy cardiovascular illnesses as approximately 90 percent of this market is linked to cardiovascular medication.
Risk Management Process
This can be done base on the following analysis:
A range of risk management exemplars exist, each of them usually a distinction on the similar theme, with all containing a ...
The Safety agenda: Leading Safety Into The Future from National Safety CouncilMIELKE
We examined the issues in which NSC has proven expertise to make an impact. We looked at the actions other organizations are taking with these issues to understand those that are well-addressed and those that are not. We examined the cost-benefit analysis of the issues and effective interventions. Could NSC devote the resources necessary to make measurable impact? If so, how many injuries could be prevented?
How many lives could be saved?
The result of this analysis is an NSC strategy encompassing five core issues:
• Safety At Work: A Journey to Safety Excellence – A model to improve worker safety and enable any employer to advance toward workplace safety excellence
• Safe Communities: A Model for Community Prevention – A model for community engagement and leadership in injury prevention
• Prescription Drug Overdoses – A strategy to address injuries and fatalities caused by pain medications
• Distracted Driving – A strategy to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries and deaths associated with cell phone use while driving
• Teen Driving – A strategy to reduce the involvement of teens in motor vehicle crashes
The purpose of this Safety Agenda is to inform and move you to action on these issues. It is our hope that each reader may find in this Safety Agenda an opportunity to get involved in saving lives. We invite you to take action individually, with your employer and other organizations with whom you are involved or support, and alongside the National Safety Council we can save lives and prevent injuries.
FEEDBACK FOR M7 Draft PPT SlidesHello Dear Student,The maiChereCheek752
FEEDBACK FOR M7 Draft PPT Slides
Hello Dear Student,
The main feedback is that you might review the structure - so that the slides in your main body section align with the main points described on slide 7.
The main body section has many different headings so I'm not seeing those four definitive sections. Maybe, having figured out what you really are covering, you can work backwards and reword the main points on that the slide 7, using new main points based on what you actually covered and making sure the order you've put them in make logical sense.
After those corrections, you are ready for the Final Project Submission.
Capstone Project Topic Selection2
Capstone Project Topic Selection4
Staffing, What Does It Cost?
Jane Doe
Grand Canyon University
Professional Capstone and Practicum
NRS-490
Professor Barbara Pridgen
August 25, 2017
Running head: Capstone Project Topic Selection1
Staffing, What Does It Cost?
Nurses have a responsibility to their patients to deliver quality healthcare and to keep patients safe. According to a report conducted by the American Nurses Association (2015) there is a new emphasis placed on cost containment and the first group being affected by cost-cutting measures is staffing (p. 4). This is not a very good idea since the majority of patient care falls on nurses and “appropriate nurse staffing levels are essential to optimizing quality of care and patient outcomes in the era of value-based healthcare (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2015, p. 4). This writer would like to explore how staffing affects patient care in regards to quality, outcomes and level of satisfaction. In addition, this writer would also like to explore the affect short-staffing has on the nurse and how the organization benefits financially from cutting staff. In the end, this writer would like to seek creative, cost-effective solutions that would benefit the nurse, the patient and the organization.
Impact of Staffing
Organizations believe that by cutting staff they are saving money to help their bottom-line, which is not unreasonable because everyone has a responsibility to be cost-conscious in today’s world. However, the reality may differ from what the organization believes that they are gaining. Lower staffing can have detrimental effects on patient care and outcomes and increase the risk of patient harm. When staffing is not adequate to care for patients it increases the risk for hospital acquired infections, medication errors, falls, missed treatment, and even death.
When staff levels are low and nurses are expected to perform too many tasks with too little time in a twelve-hour shift, staff burnout is sure to happen which will lead to high staff turnover. With the push to have more registered nurses with their Bachelor’s degree on the belief that they can deliver better more efficient care, will more likely open the door for the nurse to seek employment elsewhere. In the end, the nurse does not like to put pa ...
Discuss the following statement Health care costs are out of contr.docxrhetttrevannion
Discuss the following statement: “Health care costs are out of control in the United States, and increasing conflicts between employers and employees are likely as employers try to reduce their health benefits costs.
Your discussion is to be submitted in 12-point Times New Roman font using APA format with a minimum of two sources. Your primary post is due Wednesday by 11:59pm.
1st student response :(Supraja)
We all know that health care costs are climbing sky high in the united states and is at the brink of a huge crisis. The companies in the united states offer health care as benefit to the employees by paying the percentage of the health care leaving the rest to be paid by the employees.With the increase in the prices, it implies that the employers are now mandated to pay the huge amount.To avoid all these issues with the health care , there are few employers who do not even provide the health care benefits to the employees.From the current estimates based on the statistics it is predicted that the companies need to shell out 6.5% more to be able to afford health care to the employees.The employers have tried to handle this situation by making the employees pay more premium and also by limiting the insurances to very few which basically takes away the choice.This have in all resulted in increase in the amounts being paid for the health care but not the incomes of the employees. The employees are struggling to choose a better plan and often choose individual plans outside the employer if they are paying as much premium as the flexible plans.
References:
York JW, Lepore MR, Opelka FG, et al. A decade of decline: An analysis of Medicare reimbursement for vascular surgical procedures. Ann Vasc Surg 16(1):115–20. 2002.
Rice, Thomas & Rosenau, Pauline & Unruh, Lynn & Barnes, Andrew & Saltman, Richard & Van Ginneken, Ewout. (2013). United States of America: health system review. Health systems in transition. 15. 1-431.
2nd student response : (sudheer)
Employee health are relied upon to have an expansion in expense by five percent in 2020. Huge organizations are available to thoughts being talked about in Washington. One of these thoughts is passing medication value limits straightforwardly onto the laborers. Likewise, bigger organizations are increasingly open to the administration controlling wellbeing costs more, including growing Medicaid. Around 60% of businesses' arrangement to pass pharmaceutical limits down to laborers by 2022.This can bring about greater expense sharing premiums. In any case, it may likewise bring down over the counter expenses for remedies. Most businesses end up spread around 70% of wellbeing costs, which leaves representatives to cover around $4,400 in premiums and out-of-pocket costs. Wellbeing expenses have been rising twofold the measure of compensation raises and triple the measure of expansion. This expense is excessively high and will be exorbitant for a great many people. Numerous individuals ba.
Part 1 Interest RatesMacroeconomic factors that influence inter.docxssuser562afc1
Part 1: Interest Rates
Macroeconomic factors that influence interest rates in general
The variables influencing microfinance interest rates for MFIs can be characterized into two general gatherings: 1) interior – the components MFIs can impact: for example work costs, specialized help, creations; or 2) outer – political risks, full scale factors, authoritative risk, and four fundamental parts reflected in the microfinance interest rates: working costs, cost of assets, advance misfortune costs, and benefit. Working expenses speak to around 60 % of the all out MFI costs and generally rely upon the credit size, age, area and customer's appraising, and so on.
Macroeconomic factors is your industry most sensitive
Like most businesses, the carrier business is affected by the monetary cycle's pinnacles and troughs. The present development in created economies—like the U.S. that is driven by the extricating money related strategy—has brought about an ascent in business certainty, mechanical creation, and universal exchange.
Impacts on the interest rates experienced within your chosen industry
In any industry, the economy assumes a urgent job that incorporates the general development of the division, and common flight, with the ever-developing interest, is no special case. To give a major picture, Airbus GMF 2016 evaluations the 20-year interest for new traveler and cargo airplane to be a little more than 33,000 airplane comprising a market estimation of over USD $5.2 trillion underlining and setting up the effect of market development.
Part 2: Stock Valuation, Risk and Returns
Stock Valuation. As indicated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (or BEA), the genuine total national output (or GDP) expanded 4% every year in 2Q14 in the wake of diminishing 2.1% in 1Q14. With financial and modern development, work rates have expanded. This has prompted higher genuine extra cash.
From Video
My company doesn't have stocks right now, so I'll use Costco Wholesale as an example to explain the stock valuation. Future Costco Wholesale Corp stock predictions formula:
P0 = Div1 / (r – g)
P0 = Stock Price;
Div1= Estimated dividends for the next period;
r = Required Rate of Return;
g = Growth Rate
In this formula, we need to know the value of estimated dividends for the next period; required rate and return as well as growth rate. Let’s get each number individually.
g: Growth Rate = Retention Ratio x ROE
0.52 x 0.24 = 0.1248
r: Required Rate of Return.
R = D / P0 + g
0.65 / 296.09 + 0.1248 = 0.1269
Div1: Estimated dividends for the next period is 65c. Therefore, the future Costco Wholesale Corp stock predictions are:
P0 = Div1 / (r – g)
0.65 / 0.0021 = $309.52
The present stock worth and the assessed stock worth utilizing the Dividend Discount Model is higher on account of the contenders are attempting to get into the membership segment showcase. Likewise, Amazon and Sam's club have improved their online store distribution centers. So all in all, financing an organi.
Part 1 Interest RatesMacroeconomic factors that influence inter.docxkarlhennesey
Part 1: Interest Rates
Macroeconomic factors that influence interest rates in general
The variables influencing microfinance interest rates for MFIs can be characterized into two general gatherings: 1) interior – the components MFIs can impact: for example work costs, specialized help, creations; or 2) outer – political risks, full scale factors, authoritative risk, and four fundamental parts reflected in the microfinance interest rates: working costs, cost of assets, advance misfortune costs, and benefit. Working expenses speak to around 60 % of the all out MFI costs and generally rely upon the credit size, age, area and customer's appraising, and so on.
Macroeconomic factors is your industry most sensitive
Like most businesses, the carrier business is affected by the monetary cycle's pinnacles and troughs. The present development in created economies—like the U.S. that is driven by the extricating money related strategy—has brought about an ascent in business certainty, mechanical creation, and universal exchange.
Impacts on the interest rates experienced within your chosen industry
In any industry, the economy assumes a urgent job that incorporates the general development of the division, and common flight, with the ever-developing interest, is no special case. To give a major picture, Airbus GMF 2016 evaluations the 20-year interest for new traveler and cargo airplane to be a little more than 33,000 airplane comprising a market estimation of over USD $5.2 trillion underlining and setting up the effect of market development.
Part 2: Stock Valuation, Risk and Returns
Stock Valuation. As indicated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (or BEA), the genuine total national output (or GDP) expanded 4% every year in 2Q14 in the wake of diminishing 2.1% in 1Q14. With financial and modern development, work rates have expanded. This has prompted higher genuine extra cash.
From Video
My company doesn't have stocks right now, so I'll use Costco Wholesale as an example to explain the stock valuation. Future Costco Wholesale Corp stock predictions formula:
P0 = Div1 / (r – g)
P0 = Stock Price;
Div1= Estimated dividends for the next period;
r = Required Rate of Return;
g = Growth Rate
In this formula, we need to know the value of estimated dividends for the next period; required rate and return as well as growth rate. Let’s get each number individually.
g: Growth Rate = Retention Ratio x ROE
0.52 x 0.24 = 0.1248
r: Required Rate of Return.
R = D / P0 + g
0.65 / 296.09 + 0.1248 = 0.1269
Div1: Estimated dividends for the next period is 65c. Therefore, the future Costco Wholesale Corp stock predictions are:
P0 = Div1 / (r – g)
0.65 / 0.0021 = $309.52
The present stock worth and the assessed stock worth utilizing the Dividend Discount Model is higher on account of the contenders are attempting to get into the membership segment showcase. Likewise, Amazon and Sam's club have improved their online store distribution centers. So all in all, financing an organi ...
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4 Internal Environmental Analysis and Competitive Advantage
“The biggest problem with health care isn't with insurance or politics. It's that we're measuring the wrong things the wrong way.”
— ROBERT S. KAPLAN AND MICHAEL PORTER
Introductory Incident
Two-Way Communication and Competitive Advantage
Health care organizations are notorious for one-way communication. When communicating with patients and communities, health care organizations typically employ traditional techniques such as broadcast advertising, distribution of educational materials prepared for a variety of audiences, and similar methods.
A few organizations, however, have recognized the possibilities created by social media and understand that health is extremely personal and materials prepared for mass audiences rarely address the unique concerns of individual patients. Moreover, when patients must access the
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health care system they are unprepared for the experience, lost in the confusion of the high-technology environment of health care, and grasping for information. Social media has done much to change this situation. Patients can easily communicate with people across the globe, share common experiences and fears, discover the personal experiences faced by others, and access all types of medical information.
Unfortunately, many health care organizations choose to use social media as just another means of one-way communication. In some cases most of the organization's posts are designed to promote the hospital or medical practice rather than address patient issues and concerns. A few organizations, recognizing this temptation, develop policies that “no more than a certain percentage” of posts can be used for promotion purposes. At Inova Health System an effort is made to ensure that 80–90 percent of its posts address patient health rather than promoting the System.
Inova has made serious attempts to use social media effectively. It has created Facebook communities in specific areas such as wellness, pediatric care, bariatric surgery, and so on. Attempts are made to encourage users to trust Inova as a supplier of valuable health information. Information can be shared about the System but only after trust is built and the interests of the organization are consistent with the interests of the communities.
It is essential to remember why social media is important. The goal is to connect with friends and build communities around common interests and to share information better and faster. Furthermore, communicating poorly is almost as bad as not communicating. The quality of posts is more important than the quantity. Because real-time communication is so exciting we frequently confuse social media overuse with proper use. Designing social media that is honest and transparent is the important determinant of how likely individuals are to follow and participate in an organization's communication efforts.
Some general recommendations for health care organizations to .
COVID-19 crisis: US Healthcare preparedness - provider workforceKim Simoniello
This document is meant to provide a summarized fact base on the disease to date, insights on potential scenarios for the US healthcare workforce, and potential actions stakeholders may consider as it could relate to needs posed by COVID-19.
Discussion 1This week of assigned reading of the course market.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
This week of assigned reading of the course marketing management mainly focused on brands. It effectively discussed the marketing framework that includes key topics such as 5Cs, STP, and 4Ps. I found these concepts presented in this week of reading interest because they provide an effective focus on the brand of a firm, understand the brand image of a firm and undertake significant actions to control the risks and promote the brand recognition of a firm. It offers effective focus into the customers of a firm, company, understands the context, collaborations, and competitors of a firm (Iacobucci, 2016). It also offers to focus on the segmentation of customers, targeting and positioning, product price, and place and develop effective strategies to promote the products and enhance the brand reputation of a firm and achieve good results. It also tells the importance of a brand for the company and the different types of functions the brands serve and associations and the various types of brand strategies. It helps to gain significant knowledge into various brands and develop effective strategies to promote the brand and increase the sales of goods and services of a firm effectively and assess the quality of a brand effectively. It is noticed that the brand is a portfolio of qualities that are linked with the name of a brand. It invokes the images of the brand and enables the company to promote the brand and control the image of a brand in the marketplace. It also helps to shape a product and package, make the color and symbol of the brand logo of a firm, and reflect the products and service offerings of a firm effectively. The marketer selects the name of a brand to increase the benefits and increase communication with the customers. The brands of a firm can be local, global, co branded. It offered effective insight into the personalities of a brand, experiences of a brand affective, behavioral and intellectual, communities and strategies, and extensions. These help to gain effective knowledge into brand strategies and develop effective tactics and promote brand well.
Based on the observation of methodology following by Inter brand to evaluate the brands offering by it is effective. It is following forward methodology and offering both the local and global brands to serve customers well (Interbrand, 2020). I will improve the brand of a firm by identifying the key weaknesses in the brand, identifying personalities, customer views and services, and developing effective brand strategies. One of my favorite brands is Apple because the strategies following it are effective and reflect the products and services of it and provides benefits for the customer. The brand I hate is Redmi. The main reason I hate this brand is that methodology and strategies followed by this brand are not helpful for the customers and quality is not good.
References:
Iacobucci, D. (2016). Marketing Management. Cengage Learning.
Discussion 2
In today’s busines.
Discussion 1What is your definition of spiritual care How.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
What is your definition of
spiritual care
? How does it differ or accord with the description given in the topic readings? Explain.
Discussion 2
When it comes to facilitating spiritual care for patients with worldviews different from your own, what are your strengths and weaknesses? If you were the patient, who would have the final say in terms of ethical decision-making and intervention in the event of a difficult situation?
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Discussion 1 Knowing the world population projection for 2050, .docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
Knowing the world population projection for 2050, how do you think we will be able to sustain those projections? What changes will need to occur? Could the birth and death rates equal each other sooner? How does your common knowledge reflect an understanding, or lack of understanding, about this content? 175 words
Discussion 2
What are the current practices for wasteland and habitat reclamation? Discuss how these practices are related to new technology, ecological principles, and political and economic factors. How does your common knowledge reflect an understanding, or lack of understanding, about this content? 175 words
Discussion 3
Describe the hydrologic cycle. Why is this cycle important to the environment? How does your common knowledge reflect an understanding, or lack of understanding, about this content? 175 words
Discussion 4
What are the sources and uses of -- as well as the problems associated with -- problems related to fossil, nuclear, and renewable fuels? How does your common knowledge reflect an understanding, or lack of understanding, about this content? 175 words
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Discussion 1View the Social Media Revolution (415 Version.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
View the
Social Media Revolution (4:15 Version Via Erik Qualman) (Links to an external site.)
video.
We have all watched organizations around us change in response to technology, legislation, consumer demand, and other factors. Provide an example of an organization that has changed for the better and how this transition benefited its customers, employees, and investors.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
Discussion 2
Select one of the following approaches to understanding or implementing organizational change:
Dunphy and Stace’s Four Levels of Change
Balogun and Hailey’s Change Model
Proactive vs. Reactive Changes
Strategic Change versus Tactical Change
Tichy’s 3 Types of Change
Balanced Scorecard
Contingency Alignment Framework
The Stakeholder Approach
Summarize this approach and provide an example of how this information could be useful to an organization.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
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Discussion 1The brand I choose to evaluate a communications audi.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
The brand I choose to evaluate a communications audit for is the company Nike. Nike engages in the design and development, marketing and sale of athletic footwear, apparel, accessories, equipment, and services. It currently operates domestically and internationally with a strong presence in countries in North America, Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. Nike currently utilize a multitude of online and offline communication methods through outlets such as internet, Social Media Advertising, Television as well as Brick and Mortar physical locations.
In regards to internet communication Nike's website Nike.com has generated over 82 million views in August alone, with an average visit Durant of about 4 minutes. Nike.com currently ranks as 4th among Fashion and Apparel websites and 194 in the United States in regards to website traffic, according to similarweb.com.
Nike also has a powerful social media presence, currently holding over 318 social media accounts spanning over major platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. (Ravi, 2018) Even more interesting is that Nike segments separates pages for its products based on the audience. For example, Nike features an instagram sole for US Football (@nikeusfootball) this page currently had a following of 2.5M, a page for basketball (@nikebasketball) having a following of 11.2M. This segmentation of accounts allows for Nike to narrow down its marketing and communication to a target audience.
Nike also uses television advertising as a strong arm of communication. The utilization of advertising through television during sports broadcasts that allows the communication to be streamlined directly to its core audience. For example, advertising athletic basketball apparel during basketball events. Nike even shares it stance on social justice issues when they recently debuted a ad in support of Colin Kaepernick, this campaign are reported to have raised income by 10 percent (Youn, 2018).
Lastly, Nike uses physical locations use to communicate its brand awareness. According to Statista.com Nike currently operates a total of 1,152 retail stores, a rise from 674 in 2009. Outside of Nike stores, Nike also sells merchandise using third party retail stores. Some of the largest retail stores being Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods and Kohls, among others.
Overall, Nike had a strong communication presence. They are heavily involved in Social Media, TV Advertising as well as having a strong physical presence. It is hard to surf the web or shop without seeing some sort of Nike Brand.
References
Nike: number of stores worldwide 2019. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.statista.com/statistics/250287/total-number-of-nike-retail-stores-worldwide/ (Links to an external site.).
Ravi, K. (2019, September 27). How Nike became a Leader on Social Media. Retrieved from https://blog.unmetric.com/nike-social-media (Links to an external site.).
Youn, S. (2018, December 21). Nike sales booming .
Discussion 1TedTalk Ben Goldacre Battling Bad Science .docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
TedTalk:
Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science
How do you know something?
Babbie (2016) stated, "social theory has to do with what is, not with what should be. For many centuries, however, social theory did not distinguish between these two orientations. Social philosophers liberally mixed their observations of what happened around them, their speculations about why, and their ideas about how things ought to be. Although modern social researchers may do the same from time to time, as scientists they focus on how things actually are and why" (pg. 9).
If social researchers 'focus on how things actually are and why', why are we considering the information provided in the TedTalk, Battling Bad Science?
Discussion 2
What is inductive reasoning and why is it associated with qualitative research?
What is deductive reasoning and why is it associated with quantitative research?
And to move this discussion even further, what is abductive reasoning?
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Discussion 1QuestionCongratulations! You have recently been .docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1:
Question:
Congratulations! You have recently been promoted and are the company’s new Human Resources Manager! You have offices in several countries, so how would you evaluate different compensation packages for employees who are located throughout the world?
To be elevated to the organization's Human Resource Manager is respect, however, a vocation which accompanies its own obligations. If I am hired as a Human Resource Manager for a worldwide organization, it will be my duty to deal with the HR needs of all business regions in all regions. Organization domains in various geographic regions might be in various periods of development. Representative remuneration will rely upon numerous elements incorporating organization involved in a locale (Gómez-Mejía, L. R., Balkin, D., and Cardy, R. 2017). The conventional ways to deal with pay have their advantages and disadvantages. For instance, conventional remuneration will mean a standard compensation, costs, and recompenses, motivators, benefits, and rewards. The advantage of this structure is that it is straightforward and can be effectively comprehended by all administrators over the undertaking. The drawback is this doesn't think about that a few regions will have low development; thus, the workers won't get a reasonable chance to gain impetuses. This will, thus, influence their dedication to the organization. I will attempt to comprehend the market and the potential for development for the organization. I will at that point have gatherings with business to shape a compensation structure that best suits the need of the organization around there for that year. I will likewise remain discerning that year on year the organization circumstance will change however the representative bundle can't be essentially changed. Subsequently, a neighborhood procedure will be tremendously required. For instance, if the organization is beginning its business in a nation, I would frame a methodology to pay more than the normal market rate, with the goal that we get the best representatives in that market. When the organization has accomplished some piece of the overall industry, I would decrease the quality of the representatives and turn the compensation structure to an increasingly impetus-based structure for the workers.
Discussion 2:
Question:
Congratulations! You have recently been promoted and are the company’s new Human Resources Manager! You have offices in several countries, so how would you evaluate different compensation packages for employees who are located throughout the world?
For a HR manager or a director, the fundamental destinations and duties are to guarantee that the association doesn't do not have the essential work power to help it's meet its day by day objectives. The human asset supervisor additionally should address issues about the worker's welfare that may incorporate a helpful workplace just as pay. As a human asset administrator of a major organization with different.
Discussion 1Rania Explain the implications of globalizati.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
Rania :
Explain the implications of globalization
There are several implications when it comes to globalization, some can be good, and some can be bad. I will first start off with the good implications of globalization, such a as the enormous rise in economic growth, workable trading throughout nations, technology advancement and even introducing diversity into new countries. This means introducing global citizenship since valuing diversity is one of the most important outcomes of being a global citizen. Nevertheless , here are the bad implications of globalization such as diseases that spread across borders( note which we are currently dealing with) , terrorism, and threats to global environment (Bhargava, 2006). Having the trading with other nation I feel might go wrong , because the outcomes could be very bad and tragic and can lead to the economic and sociological destruction of one nation.
Identify at least two ethical issues that go along with the global societal topic you have chosen for your final essay
The issue of unemployment and lack of economic opportunity affects lower class citizens the most. societal issue.Unemployment and the lack of economic opportunity affects trillions of people across the planet and to fix the problem there must be a change in the way that businesses go through the hiring process Countries’ economic and employment performance varies considerably; even if growth is resuming in a number of them, job creation remains subdued, and many people are experiencing deeper crisis. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO),4 global unemployment is set to rise in 2014, with more than 200 million people without work across the world. Youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa will remain at close to 30% until 2017. In parts of southern Europe, between 33% and 50% of young people eligible to work are unemployed. Overall unemployment in the euro area is forecast to remain at close to 12% into 2015. Unemployment, especially long-term unemployment, often leads to discouragement and loss of human capital. It is associated with
physical and mental ill-health, imposing continuing burdens on health and welfare systems and ultimately having a negative impact on growth. Persistent youth unemployment in particular has a scarring effect, increasing unemployment risks later in life and depressing lifetime earnings. In 2012 the Global Agenda Council on Employment and Social Protection5 warned that, without decisive action, the cyclical unemployment that followed the crisis could very quickly become long-term, structural unemployment. That risk is now becoming a worrying reality for many.
While job creation is essential, policy-makers must give equal attention to the quality of employment. Low quality work is rarely sustainable work.
The core message of this document is that decision- makers must give the jobs crisis the attention it deserves. Employment must be the priority for the.
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Phiilip Pollack
The Impact of Business Tort Liability
Pharmaceuticals lawsuit is normally costly, long, as well as receptive. In the previous 13 years, pharmaceutical corporations have waged billions to resolve United States federal litigations only. Particularly, lawsuit in products accountability rule have constituted most of clearances for each dollar as of January 2-09 to May 2-11, amounting to 8.7 billion USD. Though most of these incidents were created by administration organisations like the Justice Department, class act litigations are progressively ordinary. These class activities frequently get extensive press consideration and therefore harm a pharmaceutical corporation’s benevolence (Fairgrieve, 2012).
The Growth of Business Tort Liability
About drug security, the FDA, with its range of latest drug sanction procedures, is the major supervisor of pharmaceuticals producers. Federations’ tort systems, nevertheless, is an additional significant basis of ruling, with for example, federation statutes making the numerous demands accessible to complainants also restrictions to those entitlements. Though during the `90s the FDA ascertained itself as completing national tort control of pharmaceutical creations, the FDA has progressively procured a prominent position.
The objective of tort improvement is to regulate pars wounded by pharmaceutical creations from creating civil litigations against pharmaceuticals producers. While, formerly, complainants might have contained influence in inducing pharmaceuticals producers to resolve outside court, tort improvement decrees have fostered a rebuttable assumption against particular demands, thus frequently maintaining these demands outside court primarily.
The Impact of Business Tort Liability
The commodities liability danger that Mylan exhibits is probable to affect pharmaceuticals producers’ research and development pipelines simply as R&D has started to recuperate from a years-long collapse. Blend commodities are a basis of invention within the industry, are in numerous big pharmaceutical corporations’ sets, also are particularly significant to lesser pharmaceutical corporations making minor portfolios of commodities and depending greatly on those less products for development. R&D within the pharmaceuticals industry is a exhausting, disheartening, and costly procedure.
In this R&D pipeline, amalgamation products, that merge developed technologies within medicine, nanotech, as well as biotech, are propelling growth of epic drugs within the industry. Precisely, these amalgamation commodities remedy cardiovascular illnesses as approximately 90 percent of this market is linked to cardiovascular medication.
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The Safety agenda: Leading Safety Into The Future from National Safety CouncilMIELKE
We examined the issues in which NSC has proven expertise to make an impact. We looked at the actions other organizations are taking with these issues to understand those that are well-addressed and those that are not. We examined the cost-benefit analysis of the issues and effective interventions. Could NSC devote the resources necessary to make measurable impact? If so, how many injuries could be prevented?
How many lives could be saved?
The result of this analysis is an NSC strategy encompassing five core issues:
• Safety At Work: A Journey to Safety Excellence – A model to improve worker safety and enable any employer to advance toward workplace safety excellence
• Safe Communities: A Model for Community Prevention – A model for community engagement and leadership in injury prevention
• Prescription Drug Overdoses – A strategy to address injuries and fatalities caused by pain medications
• Distracted Driving – A strategy to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries and deaths associated with cell phone use while driving
• Teen Driving – A strategy to reduce the involvement of teens in motor vehicle crashes
The purpose of this Safety Agenda is to inform and move you to action on these issues. It is our hope that each reader may find in this Safety Agenda an opportunity to get involved in saving lives. We invite you to take action individually, with your employer and other organizations with whom you are involved or support, and alongside the National Safety Council we can save lives and prevent injuries.
FEEDBACK FOR M7 Draft PPT SlidesHello Dear Student,The maiChereCheek752
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Hello Dear Student,
The main feedback is that you might review the structure - so that the slides in your main body section align with the main points described on slide 7.
The main body section has many different headings so I'm not seeing those four definitive sections. Maybe, having figured out what you really are covering, you can work backwards and reword the main points on that the slide 7, using new main points based on what you actually covered and making sure the order you've put them in make logical sense.
After those corrections, you are ready for the Final Project Submission.
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Staffing, What Does It Cost?
Jane Doe
Grand Canyon University
Professional Capstone and Practicum
NRS-490
Professor Barbara Pridgen
August 25, 2017
Running head: Capstone Project Topic Selection1
Staffing, What Does It Cost?
Nurses have a responsibility to their patients to deliver quality healthcare and to keep patients safe. According to a report conducted by the American Nurses Association (2015) there is a new emphasis placed on cost containment and the first group being affected by cost-cutting measures is staffing (p. 4). This is not a very good idea since the majority of patient care falls on nurses and “appropriate nurse staffing levels are essential to optimizing quality of care and patient outcomes in the era of value-based healthcare (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2015, p. 4). This writer would like to explore how staffing affects patient care in regards to quality, outcomes and level of satisfaction. In addition, this writer would also like to explore the affect short-staffing has on the nurse and how the organization benefits financially from cutting staff. In the end, this writer would like to seek creative, cost-effective solutions that would benefit the nurse, the patient and the organization.
Impact of Staffing
Organizations believe that by cutting staff they are saving money to help their bottom-line, which is not unreasonable because everyone has a responsibility to be cost-conscious in today’s world. However, the reality may differ from what the organization believes that they are gaining. Lower staffing can have detrimental effects on patient care and outcomes and increase the risk of patient harm. When staffing is not adequate to care for patients it increases the risk for hospital acquired infections, medication errors, falls, missed treatment, and even death.
When staff levels are low and nurses are expected to perform too many tasks with too little time in a twelve-hour shift, staff burnout is sure to happen which will lead to high staff turnover. With the push to have more registered nurses with their Bachelor’s degree on the belief that they can deliver better more efficient care, will more likely open the door for the nurse to seek employment elsewhere. In the end, the nurse does not like to put pa ...
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Discuss the following statement: “Health care costs are out of control in the United States, and increasing conflicts between employers and employees are likely as employers try to reduce their health benefits costs.
Your discussion is to be submitted in 12-point Times New Roman font using APA format with a minimum of two sources. Your primary post is due Wednesday by 11:59pm.
1st student response :(Supraja)
We all know that health care costs are climbing sky high in the united states and is at the brink of a huge crisis. The companies in the united states offer health care as benefit to the employees by paying the percentage of the health care leaving the rest to be paid by the employees.With the increase in the prices, it implies that the employers are now mandated to pay the huge amount.To avoid all these issues with the health care , there are few employers who do not even provide the health care benefits to the employees.From the current estimates based on the statistics it is predicted that the companies need to shell out 6.5% more to be able to afford health care to the employees.The employers have tried to handle this situation by making the employees pay more premium and also by limiting the insurances to very few which basically takes away the choice.This have in all resulted in increase in the amounts being paid for the health care but not the incomes of the employees. The employees are struggling to choose a better plan and often choose individual plans outside the employer if they are paying as much premium as the flexible plans.
References:
York JW, Lepore MR, Opelka FG, et al. A decade of decline: An analysis of Medicare reimbursement for vascular surgical procedures. Ann Vasc Surg 16(1):115–20. 2002.
Rice, Thomas & Rosenau, Pauline & Unruh, Lynn & Barnes, Andrew & Saltman, Richard & Van Ginneken, Ewout. (2013). United States of America: health system review. Health systems in transition. 15. 1-431.
2nd student response : (sudheer)
Employee health are relied upon to have an expansion in expense by five percent in 2020. Huge organizations are available to thoughts being talked about in Washington. One of these thoughts is passing medication value limits straightforwardly onto the laborers. Likewise, bigger organizations are increasingly open to the administration controlling wellbeing costs more, including growing Medicaid. Around 60% of businesses' arrangement to pass pharmaceutical limits down to laborers by 2022.This can bring about greater expense sharing premiums. In any case, it may likewise bring down over the counter expenses for remedies. Most businesses end up spread around 70% of wellbeing costs, which leaves representatives to cover around $4,400 in premiums and out-of-pocket costs. Wellbeing expenses have been rising twofold the measure of compensation raises and triple the measure of expansion. This expense is excessively high and will be exorbitant for a great many people. Numerous individuals ba.
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Part 1: Interest Rates
Macroeconomic factors that influence interest rates in general
The variables influencing microfinance interest rates for MFIs can be characterized into two general gatherings: 1) interior – the components MFIs can impact: for example work costs, specialized help, creations; or 2) outer – political risks, full scale factors, authoritative risk, and four fundamental parts reflected in the microfinance interest rates: working costs, cost of assets, advance misfortune costs, and benefit. Working expenses speak to around 60 % of the all out MFI costs and generally rely upon the credit size, age, area and customer's appraising, and so on.
Macroeconomic factors is your industry most sensitive
Like most businesses, the carrier business is affected by the monetary cycle's pinnacles and troughs. The present development in created economies—like the U.S. that is driven by the extricating money related strategy—has brought about an ascent in business certainty, mechanical creation, and universal exchange.
Impacts on the interest rates experienced within your chosen industry
In any industry, the economy assumes a urgent job that incorporates the general development of the division, and common flight, with the ever-developing interest, is no special case. To give a major picture, Airbus GMF 2016 evaluations the 20-year interest for new traveler and cargo airplane to be a little more than 33,000 airplane comprising a market estimation of over USD $5.2 trillion underlining and setting up the effect of market development.
Part 2: Stock Valuation, Risk and Returns
Stock Valuation. As indicated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (or BEA), the genuine total national output (or GDP) expanded 4% every year in 2Q14 in the wake of diminishing 2.1% in 1Q14. With financial and modern development, work rates have expanded. This has prompted higher genuine extra cash.
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My company doesn't have stocks right now, so I'll use Costco Wholesale as an example to explain the stock valuation. Future Costco Wholesale Corp stock predictions formula:
P0 = Div1 / (r – g)
P0 = Stock Price;
Div1= Estimated dividends for the next period;
r = Required Rate of Return;
g = Growth Rate
In this formula, we need to know the value of estimated dividends for the next period; required rate and return as well as growth rate. Let’s get each number individually.
g: Growth Rate = Retention Ratio x ROE
0.52 x 0.24 = 0.1248
r: Required Rate of Return.
R = D / P0 + g
0.65 / 296.09 + 0.1248 = 0.1269
Div1: Estimated dividends for the next period is 65c. Therefore, the future Costco Wholesale Corp stock predictions are:
P0 = Div1 / (r – g)
0.65 / 0.0021 = $309.52
The present stock worth and the assessed stock worth utilizing the Dividend Discount Model is higher on account of the contenders are attempting to get into the membership segment showcase. Likewise, Amazon and Sam's club have improved their online store distribution centers. So all in all, financing an organi.
Part 1 Interest RatesMacroeconomic factors that influence inter.docxkarlhennesey
Part 1: Interest Rates
Macroeconomic factors that influence interest rates in general
The variables influencing microfinance interest rates for MFIs can be characterized into two general gatherings: 1) interior – the components MFIs can impact: for example work costs, specialized help, creations; or 2) outer – political risks, full scale factors, authoritative risk, and four fundamental parts reflected in the microfinance interest rates: working costs, cost of assets, advance misfortune costs, and benefit. Working expenses speak to around 60 % of the all out MFI costs and generally rely upon the credit size, age, area and customer's appraising, and so on.
Macroeconomic factors is your industry most sensitive
Like most businesses, the carrier business is affected by the monetary cycle's pinnacles and troughs. The present development in created economies—like the U.S. that is driven by the extricating money related strategy—has brought about an ascent in business certainty, mechanical creation, and universal exchange.
Impacts on the interest rates experienced within your chosen industry
In any industry, the economy assumes a urgent job that incorporates the general development of the division, and common flight, with the ever-developing interest, is no special case. To give a major picture, Airbus GMF 2016 evaluations the 20-year interest for new traveler and cargo airplane to be a little more than 33,000 airplane comprising a market estimation of over USD $5.2 trillion underlining and setting up the effect of market development.
Part 2: Stock Valuation, Risk and Returns
Stock Valuation. As indicated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (or BEA), the genuine total national output (or GDP) expanded 4% every year in 2Q14 in the wake of diminishing 2.1% in 1Q14. With financial and modern development, work rates have expanded. This has prompted higher genuine extra cash.
From Video
My company doesn't have stocks right now, so I'll use Costco Wholesale as an example to explain the stock valuation. Future Costco Wholesale Corp stock predictions formula:
P0 = Div1 / (r – g)
P0 = Stock Price;
Div1= Estimated dividends for the next period;
r = Required Rate of Return;
g = Growth Rate
In this formula, we need to know the value of estimated dividends for the next period; required rate and return as well as growth rate. Let’s get each number individually.
g: Growth Rate = Retention Ratio x ROE
0.52 x 0.24 = 0.1248
r: Required Rate of Return.
R = D / P0 + g
0.65 / 296.09 + 0.1248 = 0.1269
Div1: Estimated dividends for the next period is 65c. Therefore, the future Costco Wholesale Corp stock predictions are:
P0 = Div1 / (r – g)
0.65 / 0.0021 = $309.52
The present stock worth and the assessed stock worth utilizing the Dividend Discount Model is higher on account of the contenders are attempting to get into the membership segment showcase. Likewise, Amazon and Sam's club have improved their online store distribution centers. So all in all, financing an organi ...
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“The biggest problem with health care isn't with insurance or politics. It's that we're measuring the wrong things the wrong way.”
— ROBERT S. KAPLAN AND MICHAEL PORTER
Introductory Incident
Two-Way Communication and Competitive Advantage
Health care organizations are notorious for one-way communication. When communicating with patients and communities, health care organizations typically employ traditional techniques such as broadcast advertising, distribution of educational materials prepared for a variety of audiences, and similar methods.
A few organizations, however, have recognized the possibilities created by social media and understand that health is extremely personal and materials prepared for mass audiences rarely address the unique concerns of individual patients. Moreover, when patients must access the
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health care system they are unprepared for the experience, lost in the confusion of the high-technology environment of health care, and grasping for information. Social media has done much to change this situation. Patients can easily communicate with people across the globe, share common experiences and fears, discover the personal experiences faced by others, and access all types of medical information.
Unfortunately, many health care organizations choose to use social media as just another means of one-way communication. In some cases most of the organization's posts are designed to promote the hospital or medical practice rather than address patient issues and concerns. A few organizations, recognizing this temptation, develop policies that “no more than a certain percentage” of posts can be used for promotion purposes. At Inova Health System an effort is made to ensure that 80–90 percent of its posts address patient health rather than promoting the System.
Inova has made serious attempts to use social media effectively. It has created Facebook communities in specific areas such as wellness, pediatric care, bariatric surgery, and so on. Attempts are made to encourage users to trust Inova as a supplier of valuable health information. Information can be shared about the System but only after trust is built and the interests of the organization are consistent with the interests of the communities.
It is essential to remember why social media is important. The goal is to connect with friends and build communities around common interests and to share information better and faster. Furthermore, communicating poorly is almost as bad as not communicating. The quality of posts is more important than the quantity. Because real-time communication is so exciting we frequently confuse social media overuse with proper use. Designing social media that is honest and transparent is the important determinant of how likely individuals are to follow and participate in an organization's communication efforts.
Some general recommendations for health care organizations to .
COVID-19 crisis: US Healthcare preparedness - provider workforceKim Simoniello
This document is meant to provide a summarized fact base on the disease to date, insights on potential scenarios for the US healthcare workforce, and potential actions stakeholders may consider as it could relate to needs posed by COVID-19.
Discussion 1This week of assigned reading of the course market.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
This week of assigned reading of the course marketing management mainly focused on brands. It effectively discussed the marketing framework that includes key topics such as 5Cs, STP, and 4Ps. I found these concepts presented in this week of reading interest because they provide an effective focus on the brand of a firm, understand the brand image of a firm and undertake significant actions to control the risks and promote the brand recognition of a firm. It offers effective focus into the customers of a firm, company, understands the context, collaborations, and competitors of a firm (Iacobucci, 2016). It also offers to focus on the segmentation of customers, targeting and positioning, product price, and place and develop effective strategies to promote the products and enhance the brand reputation of a firm and achieve good results. It also tells the importance of a brand for the company and the different types of functions the brands serve and associations and the various types of brand strategies. It helps to gain significant knowledge into various brands and develop effective strategies to promote the brand and increase the sales of goods and services of a firm effectively and assess the quality of a brand effectively. It is noticed that the brand is a portfolio of qualities that are linked with the name of a brand. It invokes the images of the brand and enables the company to promote the brand and control the image of a brand in the marketplace. It also helps to shape a product and package, make the color and symbol of the brand logo of a firm, and reflect the products and service offerings of a firm effectively. The marketer selects the name of a brand to increase the benefits and increase communication with the customers. The brands of a firm can be local, global, co branded. It offered effective insight into the personalities of a brand, experiences of a brand affective, behavioral and intellectual, communities and strategies, and extensions. These help to gain effective knowledge into brand strategies and develop effective tactics and promote brand well.
Based on the observation of methodology following by Inter brand to evaluate the brands offering by it is effective. It is following forward methodology and offering both the local and global brands to serve customers well (Interbrand, 2020). I will improve the brand of a firm by identifying the key weaknesses in the brand, identifying personalities, customer views and services, and developing effective brand strategies. One of my favorite brands is Apple because the strategies following it are effective and reflect the products and services of it and provides benefits for the customer. The brand I hate is Redmi. The main reason I hate this brand is that methodology and strategies followed by this brand are not helpful for the customers and quality is not good.
References:
Iacobucci, D. (2016). Marketing Management. Cengage Learning.
Discussion 2
In today’s busines.
Discussion 1What is your definition of spiritual care How.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
What is your definition of
spiritual care
? How does it differ or accord with the description given in the topic readings? Explain.
Discussion 2
When it comes to facilitating spiritual care for patients with worldviews different from your own, what are your strengths and weaknesses? If you were the patient, who would have the final say in terms of ethical decision-making and intervention in the event of a difficult situation?
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Discussion 1 Knowing the world population projection for 2050, .docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
Knowing the world population projection for 2050, how do you think we will be able to sustain those projections? What changes will need to occur? Could the birth and death rates equal each other sooner? How does your common knowledge reflect an understanding, or lack of understanding, about this content? 175 words
Discussion 2
What are the current practices for wasteland and habitat reclamation? Discuss how these practices are related to new technology, ecological principles, and political and economic factors. How does your common knowledge reflect an understanding, or lack of understanding, about this content? 175 words
Discussion 3
Describe the hydrologic cycle. Why is this cycle important to the environment? How does your common knowledge reflect an understanding, or lack of understanding, about this content? 175 words
Discussion 4
What are the sources and uses of -- as well as the problems associated with -- problems related to fossil, nuclear, and renewable fuels? How does your common knowledge reflect an understanding, or lack of understanding, about this content? 175 words
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Discussion 1View the Social Media Revolution (415 Version.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
View the
Social Media Revolution (4:15 Version Via Erik Qualman) (Links to an external site.)
video.
We have all watched organizations around us change in response to technology, legislation, consumer demand, and other factors. Provide an example of an organization that has changed for the better and how this transition benefited its customers, employees, and investors.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
Discussion 2
Select one of the following approaches to understanding or implementing organizational change:
Dunphy and Stace’s Four Levels of Change
Balogun and Hailey’s Change Model
Proactive vs. Reactive Changes
Strategic Change versus Tactical Change
Tichy’s 3 Types of Change
Balanced Scorecard
Contingency Alignment Framework
The Stakeholder Approach
Summarize this approach and provide an example of how this information could be useful to an organization.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
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Discussion 1The brand I choose to evaluate a communications audi.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
The brand I choose to evaluate a communications audit for is the company Nike. Nike engages in the design and development, marketing and sale of athletic footwear, apparel, accessories, equipment, and services. It currently operates domestically and internationally with a strong presence in countries in North America, Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. Nike currently utilize a multitude of online and offline communication methods through outlets such as internet, Social Media Advertising, Television as well as Brick and Mortar physical locations.
In regards to internet communication Nike's website Nike.com has generated over 82 million views in August alone, with an average visit Durant of about 4 minutes. Nike.com currently ranks as 4th among Fashion and Apparel websites and 194 in the United States in regards to website traffic, according to similarweb.com.
Nike also has a powerful social media presence, currently holding over 318 social media accounts spanning over major platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. (Ravi, 2018) Even more interesting is that Nike segments separates pages for its products based on the audience. For example, Nike features an instagram sole for US Football (@nikeusfootball) this page currently had a following of 2.5M, a page for basketball (@nikebasketball) having a following of 11.2M. This segmentation of accounts allows for Nike to narrow down its marketing and communication to a target audience.
Nike also uses television advertising as a strong arm of communication. The utilization of advertising through television during sports broadcasts that allows the communication to be streamlined directly to its core audience. For example, advertising athletic basketball apparel during basketball events. Nike even shares it stance on social justice issues when they recently debuted a ad in support of Colin Kaepernick, this campaign are reported to have raised income by 10 percent (Youn, 2018).
Lastly, Nike uses physical locations use to communicate its brand awareness. According to Statista.com Nike currently operates a total of 1,152 retail stores, a rise from 674 in 2009. Outside of Nike stores, Nike also sells merchandise using third party retail stores. Some of the largest retail stores being Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods and Kohls, among others.
Overall, Nike had a strong communication presence. They are heavily involved in Social Media, TV Advertising as well as having a strong physical presence. It is hard to surf the web or shop without seeing some sort of Nike Brand.
References
Nike: number of stores worldwide 2019. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.statista.com/statistics/250287/total-number-of-nike-retail-stores-worldwide/ (Links to an external site.).
Ravi, K. (2019, September 27). How Nike became a Leader on Social Media. Retrieved from https://blog.unmetric.com/nike-social-media (Links to an external site.).
Youn, S. (2018, December 21). Nike sales booming .
Discussion 1TedTalk Ben Goldacre Battling Bad Science .docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
TedTalk:
Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science
How do you know something?
Babbie (2016) stated, "social theory has to do with what is, not with what should be. For many centuries, however, social theory did not distinguish between these two orientations. Social philosophers liberally mixed their observations of what happened around them, their speculations about why, and their ideas about how things ought to be. Although modern social researchers may do the same from time to time, as scientists they focus on how things actually are and why" (pg. 9).
If social researchers 'focus on how things actually are and why', why are we considering the information provided in the TedTalk, Battling Bad Science?
Discussion 2
What is inductive reasoning and why is it associated with qualitative research?
What is deductive reasoning and why is it associated with quantitative research?
And to move this discussion even further, what is abductive reasoning?
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Discussion 1QuestionCongratulations! You have recently been .docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1:
Question:
Congratulations! You have recently been promoted and are the company’s new Human Resources Manager! You have offices in several countries, so how would you evaluate different compensation packages for employees who are located throughout the world?
To be elevated to the organization's Human Resource Manager is respect, however, a vocation which accompanies its own obligations. If I am hired as a Human Resource Manager for a worldwide organization, it will be my duty to deal with the HR needs of all business regions in all regions. Organization domains in various geographic regions might be in various periods of development. Representative remuneration will rely upon numerous elements incorporating organization involved in a locale (Gómez-Mejía, L. R., Balkin, D., and Cardy, R. 2017). The conventional ways to deal with pay have their advantages and disadvantages. For instance, conventional remuneration will mean a standard compensation, costs, and recompenses, motivators, benefits, and rewards. The advantage of this structure is that it is straightforward and can be effectively comprehended by all administrators over the undertaking. The drawback is this doesn't think about that a few regions will have low development; thus, the workers won't get a reasonable chance to gain impetuses. This will, thus, influence their dedication to the organization. I will attempt to comprehend the market and the potential for development for the organization. I will at that point have gatherings with business to shape a compensation structure that best suits the need of the organization around there for that year. I will likewise remain discerning that year on year the organization circumstance will change however the representative bundle can't be essentially changed. Subsequently, a neighborhood procedure will be tremendously required. For instance, if the organization is beginning its business in a nation, I would frame a methodology to pay more than the normal market rate, with the goal that we get the best representatives in that market. When the organization has accomplished some piece of the overall industry, I would decrease the quality of the representatives and turn the compensation structure to an increasingly impetus-based structure for the workers.
Discussion 2:
Question:
Congratulations! You have recently been promoted and are the company’s new Human Resources Manager! You have offices in several countries, so how would you evaluate different compensation packages for employees who are located throughout the world?
For a HR manager or a director, the fundamental destinations and duties are to guarantee that the association doesn't do not have the essential work power to help it's meet its day by day objectives. The human asset supervisor additionally should address issues about the worker's welfare that may incorporate a helpful workplace just as pay. As a human asset administrator of a major organization with different.
Discussion 1Rania Explain the implications of globalizati.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
Rania :
Explain the implications of globalization
There are several implications when it comes to globalization, some can be good, and some can be bad. I will first start off with the good implications of globalization, such a as the enormous rise in economic growth, workable trading throughout nations, technology advancement and even introducing diversity into new countries. This means introducing global citizenship since valuing diversity is one of the most important outcomes of being a global citizen. Nevertheless , here are the bad implications of globalization such as diseases that spread across borders( note which we are currently dealing with) , terrorism, and threats to global environment (Bhargava, 2006). Having the trading with other nation I feel might go wrong , because the outcomes could be very bad and tragic and can lead to the economic and sociological destruction of one nation.
Identify at least two ethical issues that go along with the global societal topic you have chosen for your final essay
The issue of unemployment and lack of economic opportunity affects lower class citizens the most. societal issue.Unemployment and the lack of economic opportunity affects trillions of people across the planet and to fix the problem there must be a change in the way that businesses go through the hiring process Countries’ economic and employment performance varies considerably; even if growth is resuming in a number of them, job creation remains subdued, and many people are experiencing deeper crisis. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO),4 global unemployment is set to rise in 2014, with more than 200 million people without work across the world. Youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa will remain at close to 30% until 2017. In parts of southern Europe, between 33% and 50% of young people eligible to work are unemployed. Overall unemployment in the euro area is forecast to remain at close to 12% into 2015. Unemployment, especially long-term unemployment, often leads to discouragement and loss of human capital. It is associated with
physical and mental ill-health, imposing continuing burdens on health and welfare systems and ultimately having a negative impact on growth. Persistent youth unemployment in particular has a scarring effect, increasing unemployment risks later in life and depressing lifetime earnings. In 2012 the Global Agenda Council on Employment and Social Protection5 warned that, without decisive action, the cyclical unemployment that followed the crisis could very quickly become long-term, structural unemployment. That risk is now becoming a worrying reality for many.
While job creation is essential, policy-makers must give equal attention to the quality of employment. Low quality work is rarely sustainable work.
The core message of this document is that decision- makers must give the jobs crisis the attention it deserves. Employment must be the priority for the.
Discussion 1Quality ManagementDefine and discuss qua.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
Quality Management
Define and discuss quality management, the evolution of the quality improvement movement, and implications of public health for health care organizations to implement national quality initiatives.
Discussion 2
Risk Management
Define risk management, the components of a risk management program, and how the risk management process can reduce organizational risk. Examine the roles and responsibilities of a risk manager as well as those of the clinical delivery team, including physicians. Recognize the regulatory requirements and standards associated with federal mandates, including HIPAA, and accreditation. Examine risk management methodologies, strategies, and tools. Recognize the financial and risk correlation for organizational profit and loss
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Discussion 1Personal ExperiencesThink of an organizational.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
Personal Experiences
Think of an organizational change that you experienced. Describe how you were impacted by the change. What could the leadership have done to make the transition more successful? Cite one or more change models to support your assertion.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
Discussion 2
Organizational change is not always successful. Identify factors that can cause change initiatives to fail and the five pillars that can cause them to succeed. Highlight an organization that failed to adapt and evaluate which of these factors and pillars were demonstrated by this organization.
Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
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Discussion 1In today’s society, certain types of cultural barrie.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
In today’s society, certain types of cultural barriers in healthcare have the power to negatively impact outcomes and can lead to expensive consequences for health systems. Cultural competency refers to the ability to interact with people across cultures. When used in healthcare, it focuses on being able to care for patients with diverse values, beliefs, and behaviors. Today, the delivery of healthcare needs to be tailored to patients’ social, cultural and linguistic needs. According to the health care service company Cigna, cultural competency in healthcare can overcome health disparities. Some of these disparities include language barriers, cultural beliefs and practices, medical bias, variations in care access and quality, and low health literacy (Husson University, 2019).
The Purnell Model of Clinical Competence is a mid-range theory that is used for the research examining culture and within the context of culture and values. This theory was created by Larry Purnell and it was developed based on his observations of undergraduate nursing students and how they would interact with patients that are from different cultural backgrounds. In the United States, culturally competency is a key area for nurses and advanced practitioners (Marzilli, 2017).
Having the ability to communicate effectively with patients and their families is key for good patient care. The importance of communicating effectively in cross-cultural encounters is necessary. Cultural competence includes providing effective health care across diverse cultures by working collaboratively and communicating effectively. Advanced practice nurses and physicians who are aware of their own and their patients’ cultural backgrounds, along with the values that are often implicit in current medical models, are better able to achieve mutual understanding within the patient encounter and to focus on culturally appropriate health care interventions (Ladha et al., 2018)
With the Purnell Model, all aspects and domains of this model work by affecting one another, rather than standing alone. With this model there are specific cultural domains that include, heritage, communication, family roles and organization, workforce issues, bicultural ecology, high risk behaviors, nutrition, childbearing, death rituals, spirituality, health care practices and the healthcare practitioner (National Association for School Nurses, 2019).
As nurse practitioners, understanding the impact that cultural competence and interaction with your patients are key in quality patient care and trust. Cultural competency is relevant to healthcare education due to the fact that minorities will constitute 54% of the total United States population by 2050. The Purnell Model helps by evaluating the impact of interventions such as service learning and the change on cultural competence following the specific intervention. Research involving the Purnell Model is used as the theoretical framework for determining the h.
Discussion 1Guidelines for WBS Please respond to the following.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
"Guidelines for WBS" Please respond to the following:
• The Work Breakdown Structure is an essential tool for planning and managing the activities of a software project. Suggest three guidelines that may be used when developing a WBS. Explain why each guideline is critical to the development of the WBS.
• Analyze how each guideline identified in Part 1 of this discussion can enhance a project manager’s ability to manage the project during the planning and controlling phases of the project.
Discussion 2
"Critical Path Method (CPM)" Please respond to the following:
• The Critical Path Method can be used as a project management tool for determining the durations and slack times of project activities. Describe how this tool can be used to recover from schedule overruns of specific activities that are not on the critical path. Provide an example to justify your answer.
• Analyze how the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) method may be used in conjunction with CPM to schedule activities throughout the project life cycle.
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Discussion 1How often do you engage with or witness death in you.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
How often do you engage with or witness death in your work? How has this experience or the lack of it shaped your view of death? Has it gotten easier or harder for you to accept the fact of death? As you explain, include your clinical specialty.
Discussion 2
Reflect on the analysis of the sin of suicide and, thus, euthanasia from the topic readings. Do you agree? Why or why not? Refer to the lecture and topic readings in your response.
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discussion 1Economic growth may be attained when either aggrega.docxcharlieppalmer35273
discussion 1:
Economic growth may be attained when either aggregate demand or aggregate supply shifts to the right. Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 15 from the course text, especially examining Section 15.2, and respond to the following components:
What are the different effects between aggregate demand-based growth and aggregate supply-based growth?
What may shift aggregate supply to the right? Thoroughly explain its process.
As a policy maker, would you prefer the strategies of aggregate supply-based economic growth or aggregate demand-based growth? Why or why not?
As a proponent of either aggregate supply-based growth strategies or aggregate demand-based growth strategies, what would you recommend for the current U.S. economy to achieve stable economic growth?
Your initial post should be a minimum of 300 words.
Discussion 2:
Imagine you oversee a developing country’s growth and have been approached by a multinational corporation interested in locating in your country. Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 16, especially examining Section 16.5, and respond to the following components:
Describe a multinational corporation and foreign direct investment (FDI).
Identify some benefits and costs for the host country from allowing a multinational corporation to locate there, despite its developing economy.
Evaluate whether developmental assistance from world developmental agencies, such as the World Bank or the United Nations, would be preferable to private investment.
What would you decide between developmental agency assistance or private investment, such as FDI from multinational corporations? Why? Explain.
Your initial post should be a minimum of 300 words.
Reply 1:
Demand-based growth strategies try to create a long-term increase in output and employment (Amacher, 2019). This type of growth focuses on the behaviors of all consumers who purchase goods & services in the domestic economy (Strickland, 2012). The effects are argued among classical economists who claim they are only effective in the short-run, while Keynesians argue the short-run is actually very long; therefore, making demand-based growth the most effective tool (Amacher, 2019)
Supply based growth focuses on the behavior of all firms who provide goods & services in the domestic economy (Strickland, 2012). Changes in capital stock, improvement in the size or quality of the labor force, additional natural resources, improvements in productivity, or technological advances can all affect the AS curve (Amacher, 2019). Unfortunately, no matter how much you try to influence business by adjusting the factors that might change the AS curve, there’s no guarantee business will respond accordingly (Strickland, 2012). This makes supply-based growth efforts unpredictable (Strickland, 2012).
The long-run AS curve will shift right in response to an increase in resources or productivity, improvement in the size or quality of t.
DISCUSSION 1Due ThursdayRespond to the following in a mini.docxcharlieppalmer35273
DISCUSSION 1
Due Thursday
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Often, when a person is shown a painting or sculpture, they can have an immediate reaction such as “I like it” or “I hate it!” But the real question is why do we feel the way we do? Studying the elements of visual art can help you make a more informed and interesting response. Also, knowing a little about the development of artistic style through the centuries helps you put your opinions in context.
Pick at least one of the elements of composition and explain why it is important when describing a work of art, and cite some examples of painting or sculpture that emphasize this element.
DISCUSSION 2
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Music and dance are similar because both are able to communicate ideas and emotions without the use of words. In the absence of a vocal part, musicians create sounds that evoke certain emotions. Composers and performers do this through different elements of music like melody, harmony, and rhythm. Dancers can also communicate emotions, ideas, or even a story through their movements, and these movements are often tied to musical elements like rhythm.
Imagine that you are composing a ballet. Pick an emotion that you want to show the audience. Describe how you would use certain elements of music to create the sounds of that emotion. How would you choreograph the dancers to align with your musical ideas?
DISCUSSION 3
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Movies and stage plays, also known as cinema and theatre, are probably the most accessible of the performing arts. In both forms, a story is portrayed using similar methods or elements such as actors and actresses, costumes, sets, scripts, and lighting. Both film and theatre producers are able to bring a story to life using these elements, and their artistic choices can enhance the drama of the story.
Think of one of your favorite movies and consider how different artistic choices were made in the film’s production. Which elements were most effective and why? Could your film be turned into a stage play? Why or why not?
DISCUSSION 4
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
It is common these days to hear that the arts in the public schools are losing funding, or have been cut altogether. What was once a regular part of a well-rounded education, is now increasingly marginalized by those who say the arts serve no practical purpose.
Imagine that you heard that arts funding is about to be cut out of the school budget in your district. You feel strongly that the school district should keep the arts in the schools, and you are prepared to address the school board in defense of the arts. What would you say to persuade the board that the arts are necessary for a child’s education? How would such an education support the local community?
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Discussion 1Discussing the conditions that are necessary for su.docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1:
Discussing the conditions that are necessary for successful innovation:
We have three different conditions for making successful innovation. They are 1) Motivation, 2) Support, 3) Direction [McKeen & Smith (2015)].
1. Motivation: It encourages the people by establishing various rewards for innovation. Many people in the organization work hard for the best outputs. By the pressures of the team leaders or higher authority people, they tend to demotivate and get discouraged. They cannot work for creating new innovations by the extra pressures. So, the organization should create a new innovative idea by giving rewards and extra incentives for all the employees who work hard in resolving the risks. This can boost up the confidence levels of the employees and result in great outputs [Johnston (2017)]. Every organization can have different types of rewards given for their employees. Some of them may give rewards like tickets, books, executive citations and recognition days, etc. Some may give the opportunity to play and work with upcoming new technologies.
2. Support: This should create support by creating an effective infrastructure for which it can sustain the innovation. As the motivation phase can encourage the employee for creating the innovation, they should also start providing support for the innovation. Not only the motivation, but also support helps in creating efficient innovation. Here, we have two different strategies followed in supporting the innovation. They are stated as follows:
· Insulate: This strategy helps all the organizations to create the innovation centers. These are the centers that act as the one-stop destination for all the common problems.
· Incubate: This strategy helps to keep all the centers within specific lines of business (LOBs) [McKeen & Smith (2015)].
The centers that are established will support all the innovations. Supporting the innovation may involve some tasks like providing the access for all the organizations that deal with them, they should provide the effective infrastructure, the social interaction with other organizations, various functions that can support for development of any particular organization [Minshall, Stefan, Mortara (2014)].
3. Direction: It should manage all the innovations that are created with different strategies. Successful innovations always have a great impact [JD (2009)]. Learning is the most important task to do in any organization. Learning all the new strategical ways to present an innovation leads to best results. We have three different ways of strategical learning that employees in every organization should follow. They are as follows:
· Always we need to link the innovation to the customer value for having a better and clear result. This approach can easily focus on the customer pain points (CPPs) [McKeen & Smith (2015)]. The identification of these pain points gives us many potential solutions.
· Always we should link all the experimentation.
Discussion 1Discuss how elimination complexities can affect the .docxcharlieppalmer35273
Discussion 1
Discuss how elimination complexities can affect the lives of patients and their families. Discuss the nurse's role in supporting the patient's psychological and emotional needs. Provide an example.
Discussion 2
Discuss how functional patterns help a nurse understand the current and past state of health for a patient. Using a condition or disease associated with an elimination complexity, provide an example.
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DISCUSSION 1Case 1 Back PainA 42-year-old male reports pain.docxcharlieppalmer35273
DISCUSSION 1
Case 1: Back Pain
A 42-year-old male reports pain in his lower back for the past month. The pain sometimes radiates to his left leg. In determining the cause of the back pain, based on your knowledge of anatomy, what nerve roots might be involved? How would you test for each of them? What other symptoms need to be explored? What are your differential diagnoses for acute low back pain? Consider the possible origins using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) guidelines as a framework. What physical examination will you perform? What special maneuvers will you perform?
Patient Information:
M.S. Age 42 Caucasian Male
S.
CC
: “Lower Back Pain”
HPI
: The patient is a 42-year-old white male who developed lower back pain for 1 month. He states the pain radiates to his left leg. His lower back pain is increased with sitting for long periods of time, states the pain gets better when stands and with some Tylenol. Denies any fever, chills, and sweating.
Current Medications
: Tylenol 200 mg two every 4 to 6 hours as needed for pain.
Allergies:
No known drug, food, or environmental allergies.
PMHx
: None Up to date on all immunizations, received flu shot this year. Last tetanus shot 1 years ago.
PSHx:
none
Soc Hx
: M.S. is a retired plumber who lives alone. He enjoys activity such as walking, bike riding and camping outdoors. Nonsmoker, social drinker 3-4 beers on the weekends, denies illegal drug use.
Personal/Social History:
Patient denies ever smoking cigarette. Denies any recreational drug use.
Fam Hx
: Mother alive, age 72-years-old, breast cancer at age 52 in remission. Father died at age 70 (2yrs ago) – history of CAD, MI age 70 died. Maternal grandmother: Hypertension, breast cancer. Maternal grandfather: Hypertension, BPH, GERD, atrial fibrillation, hyperlipidemia, CHF, AICD. Paternal grandmother: Unknown history
Paternal grandfather: Hypertension, CKD, GERD, BPH, COPD, asthma.
ROS
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GENERAL: No weight loss. Complaint of lower back pain. No complaint of fever, chills, weakness, fatigue, constipation, bladder, or bowel incontinent.
HEENT: Eyes: No visual loss, blurred vision, double vision or yellow sclerae. Ears, Nose, Throat: No hearing loss, sneezing, congestion, runny nose or sore throat.
SKIN: No rash or itching.
CARDIOVASCULAR: No chest pain, chest pressure or chest discomfort. No palpitations or edema.
RESPIRATORY: No Complaint of sob, no cough.
GASTROINTESTINAL: No anorexia, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. No abdominal pain or bowel incontinent, no rectal pain or bleeding
GENITOURINARY: No difficulty with urination, no urinary leakage or incontinence.
NEUROLOGICAL: No headache, no dizziness, no syncope, no paralysis, no ataxia, no numbness or tingling in the extremities. No change in bowel or bladder control.
MUSCULOSKELETAL: complaints of lower back pain radiate to back of right leg. Pain 8/10, sometimes increase pain when turning in bed, walks with limp when having pai.
DISCUSSION 1Base PayIn at least 200 words, describe the pr.docxcharlieppalmer35273
DISCUSSION 1
Base Pay
In at least 200 words, describe the process to establish base pay.
Explain the incentives that companies use to attract domestic employees.
Considering international employees, describe the approach a company might use to determine base pay.
Discuss how these approaches may affect the objectives of international compensation policy.
DISCUSSION 2
The Future of HRIS
Technology is evolving all the time and will certainly impact Human Resource Information Systems.
In this discussion
Identify and discuss some of your concerns about managing information security and privacy in the future.
Analyze and discuss two of the following concepts: Bring your own device, Cloud Computing, Social Networking, Enterprise Portals, and Open-Source Software.
Discuss their potential benefits and drawbacks to the future of managing information security.
You response should be at least 200 words in length.
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The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
How to Create Map Views in the Odoo 17 ERPCeline George
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Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
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The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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Discussion 1QuestionDiscuss the following statement Health.docx
1. Discussion 1:
Question:
Discuss the following statement: “Health care costs are out of
control in the United States, and increasing conflicts between
employers and employees are likely as employers try to reduce
their health benefits costs.
As compared to other different countries, health care prices are
very high in the United States. Moreover, health care prices
have risen very faster as compared to the annual income. In the
year 2017, the health care costs in the United States were $3.6
trillion and due to this, the health care became the largest
industry in the country (Boughey et al., 2017). It is equal to
17.8 per cent of GDP ( Gross Domestic Product). in 1960, the
health care used up 4% of income as compared to the 6% of
income in 2013. in addition to this, lifestyle changes and
government policy are the major reason for the massive increase
in health care costs. Chronic diseases like heart disease and
diabetes have increased as well as these diseases are
accountable for eighty-five percent of the prices for health care.
Because of the huge number of Medicare patients the health
care costs are rising day by day in the country. Apart from this,
high - interest related credit card debt has been risen up to 34
percent because of the increased health care prices. In addition
to this, the non- market and market factors are the major
reasons for the higher health care costs because these factors
which determine the pricing. In the U.S, the private and public
sources offered health insurance based coverage. Besides these,
the health care costs have been increased because of the ageing
and growing population, patients avoiding care, lack of
transparency and inefficiency, increasing health insurance based
premiums, increased ambulatory prices and rise in certain
chronic illnesses (Dragioti et al., 2018). As well as the health
2. care costs are increasing day by day because of the increased
prices for emergency and outpatient room care or out of pocket
prices.
Discussion 2:
Question:
Discuss the following statement: “Health care costs are out of
control in the United States, and increasing conflicts between
employers and employees are likely as employers try to reduce
their health benefits costs.
The welfare dollars are pay on the expense of cover just like
premiums of dental care, medical and the maintenance of vision.
A large number employers take threats for alteration their
recompense policies if the special dual-digit rises as continued
on the comparable interval that the comprehensive financial
plan debilitated. As regarding the entire health-care interests
like a central strategy that recognized the notice concern which
has leftward confusion of by what method it will make their
effort. The constricted advert of how the consideration will
concern health-care dealers, as the customers of health
prosperities, also the disease in that manner can take place in
some organizations that are still unclear (Christianson & Trude,
2003).
The cost-benefit comes as the circumstance of employer
payments that are considered for health insurance, and it
excused from the central and included the state revenue and also
the safety of social workforce taxes. The organization which
plays the role of foremost have detached their many obligations
that are charge of their maintenance and some cash flows for the
employers (Bundorf, 2002). The prevention of the support in
3. which quantity of personal care has specific need for earn as an
employee to pay off the payments that contain the portion of
bonuses as consider all types of treatment such as emergency,
medicines and other care. The person who can provide the
insurance of cover can be reviewed the facility use and price
payable by the cooperation of cover insurance. It can upsurge
the agreement of bill payer and also progress in the values of
medicines and some other welfares in that mangers cannot
accept the accomplished for improving their business
development (Buchmueller & Monheit, 2009).
Discussion 1:
Question:
What should be included in disaster planning for a large
employer in Annapolis, Maryland, that is concerned about
natural disasters such as floods and snowstorms that might shut
down the company and parts of the city?
In the United States of America you never know when a natural
disaster might strike. If it happens during the work day you
have to have a plan as an organization. Employees need to
know exactly what to do and not have to think about it or ask
questions. Sometimes you don't have much time to get yourself
to safety when a natural disaster happens. The last thing an
organization wants is one or multiple employees get hurt or
possibly killed during a natural disaster. If there is a big flood
that might happen it is important to prepare. Understand where
the highest ground is at your location. Let employees know the
evacuation plans and make sure they are prepared to have to
leave work early and get to safety. Rushing water can sweep
cars away and prevent people from driving so it is important to
pay attention to news outlets and make sure people get to safety
before the disaster happens (Prepare for Emergencies, n.d.). If
you are afraid the power might go out during a snowstorm or
4. rainstorm you have to make sure you protect your companies
data. Losing all of the data your company has could really
make it where your business collapses. Businesses should back
up all of their files multiple times to ensure they keep their data
during a disaster (Swanciger, n.d.). It could be hard for
suppliers to make deliveries during the days after a disaster so
it is important to communicate with employees, customers, and
vendors about possible delays. Natural disasters are a scary
time for all humans so it is important to make sure everyone is
safe and your business is safe during these times.
Discussion 2:
Question:
What should be included in disaster planning for a large
employer in Annapolis, Maryland, that is concerned about
natural disasters such as floods and snowstorms that might shut
down the company and parts of the city?
Emergency and disaster planning involve a coordinated, co-
operative process of preparing to match urgent needs with
available resources. The phases are research, writing,
dissemination, testing, and updating. Hence, an emergency plan
needs to be a living document that is periodically adapted to
changing circumstances and that provides a guide to the
protocols, procedures, and division of responsibilities in
emergency response. Emergency planning is an exploratory
process that provides generic procedures for managing
unforeseen impacts and should use carefully constructed
scenarios to anticipate the needs that will be generated by
foreseeable hazards when they strike
Emergency response involves a mixture of plans, procedures,
and improvisation. To some extent, the last of these is
inevitable, but it needs to be limited by preparedness. It is
5. axiomatic that planning and procedures should not be
improvised during an emergency when they should have been
thought through and created beforehand. The consequence of
unwonted improvisation is inefficiency in emergency response,
which may have serious or tragic consequences. A degree of
uniqueness present in each new disaster means that
improvisation cannot be avoided, but foresight and preparedness
can constrain it to a necessary minimum.
Moreover, emergencies are always occasions for learning, and a
significant part of the body of experience on which plans are
based comes from the mistakes, inefficiencies, and
improvisations of the past. Although many publications have the
phrase “lessons learned” in their titles, there is no guarantee
that a lesson will indeed be learned. If that does indeed happen,
measurable positive change will result directly from the lesson.
For example, lack of search-and-rescue equipment may be
keenly felt in structural collapses that trap people. Hence,
probes, props, and personal protection equipment may be
acquired and personnel trained in how to use them.
Emergency and disaster planning is a relatively new field, and
one that is evolving rapidly, driven by intensifying hazards,
burgeoning vulnerabilities, and emerging risks. Hence, there is
no established formula according to which a plan should be
prepared. Nevertheless, there are canons and practices that must
be respected.