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In this article, the authors describe an implementation of workflow engine technology to support clinical decision making. The article describes some of the pitfalls of implementation, along with successful and future elements.
Koppel, R., & Kreda, D. A. (2010). Healthcare IT usability and suitability for clinical needs: Challenges of design, workflow, and contractual relations. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 157, 7–14.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

This article points to many health information technology designs and workflow decisions that limit their value and usage. The authors also examine the structure of the conceptual relationships between HIT vendors and the clinical facilities that purchase HIT.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.b). Workflow assessment for health IT toolkit. Retrieved, June 18, 2012, from http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/community/health_it_tools_and_resources/919/workflow_assessment_for_health_it_toolkit/27865

This article supplies a toolkit on the planning, design, implementation, and use of health information technology. The sections of the website provide a definition of workflow, examples of workflow tools, related anecdotes, and research.

Develop a 6- to 8-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes in which you do the following:

Explain the layers of the OSI Model and how data flows through the model.
Explain what happens at each layer of the OSI Model.

As the director of the internal auditing and fraud investigation departments for a large retail company that buys and sells large volumes of products, you have received an anonymous tip from a confidential employee in one of the high-tech warehouses. The confidential employee noted that there was a major embezzlement taking place in one of the divisions. Members of the internal audit department had completed a routine review of the internal control of that division the previous year, and they found that the control system was properly designed and operating effectively. Only minor recommendations were made, and the next review is due 3 years later.

The confidential employee noted the erratic behavior and lavish lifestyle of the warehouse controller and stated that the controller has been overriding existing controls, which would prevent any audit from being able to detect the embezzlement. The warehouse controller is well-respected and highly trusted by the chief executive officer (CEO) and the chief financial officer (CFO), and their families are involved in the same civic organizations. Investigating the plant controller could cause considerable disruption in the company and the personal lives of the employees.

Please answer 3 of the following questions. As you answer the questions, you must provide support or evidence that will enhance and empirically prove your answers. Academic criminal justice articles or real life criminal justice findings that are not found in journals or other academic sources must be used in supporting your answers. Please use APA style for all cited sources, including your resource page.

Given the situation, discuss some of the options that the company has for handling this situation.
Assuming you decide to investigate these allegations, describe the investigation steps.
In preparation for the interviews, note the order of the witnesses who would be interviewed and how you would plan, conduct, and document your interviews.
Discuss how you would conduct an admission-seeking interview of the plant controller.

Write a summary of BOOK ONE (pg 1-60) of “The Dead Do Not Improve” by Jay Caspian Kang

Guidelines :

one page
two paragraphs

– 1st paragraph: brief summary

– 2nd paragraph: analysis (breakdown, interpret, judge)

Health Care Policy

In this week’s media presentation, Dr. Trautman, Dr. Wakefield, and Ms. Coyle discuss how public policies initiated at the national or state level ultimately influence what occurs at the institutional and local level of nursing practice and health care delivery. Health care policy usually is developed to address health care cost, quality, or access, or a combination of the three. Due to the nature of their interaction with patients, nurses are well situated to be effective, knowledgeable advocates for their patients.

In this week’s Discussion, you will examine how current policies impact how you as a nurse provide health care. You will then select an issue of interest and determine how you could advocate for policy in that area.

To prepare:

Select one public policy that currently is impacting you and your practice. Consider the following:
What health care driver was the policy designed to address: cost, quality, access, or a combination?
Does the policy appear to be achieving its intended results? On what data are you basing your assumption?
What have been the effects (adverse or positive) of this policy on health care cost, quality, and access?
How is this policy affecting your nursing practice?
Next, select a health care issue—something you see or experience on a daily basis—about which you would like to influence a practice change through the policy process.
Review the Learning Resources, focusing on Kingdon’s Model. How would you utilize this model to guide your policy development?

Historyslide

Minorities have experienced a checkered history in the United States with some eventually becoming part of the mainstream while others continued to exist in the margins of society. Using your knowledge from previous chapters that discussed minority groups, compare the various experiences and acceptance of those groups by 1840. Consider the following minority groups as you respond:

Irish, German, Scottish
African-Americans; free blacks and slave

Discussion #1: Based on the Case Study “Burger King.” Case 18, starting on page 18-1, complete the following requirements:

o Utilizing the Week 1 Addendum, identify Burger King’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies

o Provide three findings of fact. Not required to provide recommendations and justifications for these findings of fact.

Discussion #2: Based on the Case Study “Dell Inc.: Changing the Business Model” Case 32, starting on page 32-1, complete the following requirements:

o Write a complete synopsis

o Utilizing the Week 1 Addendum, identify their resources, capabilities, and core competencies

o Write one finding of fact, with a fully justified recommendation/justification

Discussion #3: Based on the Case Study “Best Buy Co. Inc.: Sustainable Customer Centricity Model?” Case 22, starting on page 22-1, complete the following requirements:

o Utilizing the Week 1 Addendum, identify their resources, capabilities, and core

Read the Texas Health case study available at http://s3.amazonaws.com/rdcms-himss/files/production/public/FileDownloads/2013%20Enterprise%20Award_Texas%20Health%20Resources_ROI.pdf

Prepare a presentation in PowerPoint, Prezi, or another online tool that meets or exceeds the following requirements:

Compose a bulleted summary of Texas Health’s strategy
Compare and contrast the values and challenges that they were addressing
Include the pros and cons of linking electronic health records (EHR) and how they addressed those challenges
Address how Meaningful Use affected Texas Health’s decisions

Essay

Choose any song you wish (contemporary is fine). Look up the lyrics using a website such as http://www.azlyrics.com/ or http://www.elyrics.net/ (Make sure to cite the source you use!). Using AT LEAST one verse and the refrain, discuss the lyrics in terms of poetry. Be SURE to discuss the following: content (story), including poetic components such as alliteration, simile, metaphor, and personification. In addition, identify the rhyme scheme, and include imagery (symbolic or literal). Be sure to use examples from the song. Be sure to cite the song according to APA and cite all quotes using APA format.

Montego Bay and The Cub Scout Pack Case Studies

Read both Leadership Development Cases for Analysis (Montego Bay, p. 254, and Cub Scout Pack 81, p. 255) at the end of Chapter 8. After reading the chapter and the cases, write two (2) short essays addressing the questions/issues in Parts A and B below. Your Activity responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the Activity itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document in a bibliography using APA style. (150 points) (A 5-page response is required for a combination of Parts A and B.)
Part A What theories of motivation underlie the switch to the new, computerized scheduling system at Montego Bay? Why are employees working harder? Why aren’t they happier? If you were Lisa Mahoney, what factors would you use to evaluate the success of the six-month trial period? Would you stick with this automated scheduling system? What will you propose to Theresa Daley for the future? (75 points)

Part B How could Expectancy Theory explain the changes in Cub Scout Pack 81? What were the expectancies in the past, and what are the expectancies now? Be sure to give at least two (2) examples from the case for each. For example, they had been losing membership, “if we don’t win something we are disappointed.” Use E†P, P †O, and valence in your answer. (75 points)