DESCRIBE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE(S) IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS

Describe the most significant milestone(s) in the history of public health informatics.

• Refer to the CDC and WHO websites and state the similarities and differences between the types of public health data available with both these organizations.

• Explain the different kinds of statistics and data available with the CDC and WHO. In addition, explain the various methods of research that they use.

• Explain some of the major roadblocks that the field of public health informatics has encountered during the course of its development.

• Describe the most salient issues facing the field of public health informatics today.

• List and describe the various web-based data query programs that are available for different states, including your own. 

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The dispute over exposing the comparative performance of physicians on a wide spectrum of variables has been resolved in favor of the consumers of health care. Despite physician protests, a number of states have passed legislation that gives the public access to physician information, including disciplinary records, malpractice actions, and whether a physician has lost hospital privileges. Are these fair and balanced bases on which consumers should make medical decisions? 

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Just think about your life in the upcoming years, where and how do you see yourself advancing your nursing career and developing your leadership skills?


1. Just think about your life in the upcoming years, where and how do you see yourself advancing your nursing career and developing your leadership skills?

2. Now reflect on your first year as a registered nurse and prepare a written summary. In sharing you’re your story, be sure to answer the following questions: 

Tell us how you have develop as a professional nurse? 

How has the care you deliver to your patients and families changed? 

Tell us what are you most proud of?

3. Tell me what advice would you give to the next Cohort as they transition into their new role?

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Collaboration among health care professionals is the key to positive patient outcomes. Each member of the health care team has been trained with specific knowledge and skills which allow them to do what they do best.

Collaboration among health care professionals is the key to positive patient outcomes. Each member of the health care team has been trained with specific knowledge and skills which allow them to do what they do best. Working together as a team brings specific strengths of each discipline to focus on the care of the patient and supplements any weaknesses of other teammates. Effective interdisciplinary relationships decrease costs and improve patient satisfaction while improving overall health care worker satisfaction.Research different health care interdisciplinary relationships (such as radiology working with the emergency room or working in a pharmaceutical company) that the marketing department needs to collaborate with the development department.Write a 1 400- to 1 750-word paper that summarizes your findings.Include ways to avoid and resolve conflict how to work as a team and collaborate with other departments and ways to make the process better. You may also include a personal experience with an interdisciplinary relationship and describe if it worked well or if there was a breakdown.Describe how interdisciplinary relationships affect your organization and the patients and families that use your health care organization.Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

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NURSES ADVANCING OUR PROFESSION TO IMPROVE HEALTH FOR ALL AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION.

Discussion 1: The Influence of Mission and Vision on PlanningAs you read the following mission statements think about what you might deduce about each organization:Nurses advancing our profession to improve health for all American Nurses AssociationThe American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors American Red CrossThe mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth friendliness individual pride and Company Spirit Southwest AirlinesTo inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice education and research Mayo ClinicProvide telehealth solutions and executive medical research management to enhance and support military healthcare and promote innovative medical technologies Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)Googles mission is to organize the worlds information and make it universally accessible and useful GoogleAn organizations mission describes its core purpose. In partnership with the organizations vision which communicates a future-focused direction the mission provides a basis for planning and decision making at all levels of the organization.For this Discussion you compare mission and vision statements from multiple organizations and consider how these statements relate to planning.To prepare:Review the information related to the planning hierarchy and mission and vision statements in this weeks Learning Resources.Research the mission and vision statements of three different types of organizations: a for-profit health care organization a not-for-profit health care organization and an organization outside of health care. As you examine the organizations mission and vision statements consider the following:How effectively do the mission statements articulate the organizations purpose?How effectively do the vision statements reflect future aims?Do the mission and vision statements convey who (which groups) the organizations serve? Do they indicate obligations to various stakeholders?Are the statements an appropriate length?What do you glean about how leaders in health care and in other industries envision and convey mission and vision?What do you discern about the interdisciplinary nature of crafting mission and vision statements by looking across organizations including those outside of health care?Identify key insights you have gained by comparing the mission and vision statements of these three organizations.Consider how an organizations mission and vision relate to the planning hierarchy. For each organization you have selected think about how the mission and vision could or should influence planning. What elements of each mission and vision stand out as especially significant?Post a comparison of the mission and vision statements of the three organizations selected. Explain how specific elements of each organizations mission and vision statements might inform planning in that organization. Include references/links for the organizations mission and vision statements in your post.Read a selection of your colleagues responses.Respond to at least one of your colleagues using one or more of the following approaches:Ask a probing question substantiated with additional background information or research.Share an insight from having read your colleagues postings synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.Validate an idea with your own experience and additional resources.Required ReadingsSare M. V. & Ogilvie L. (2010). Strategic planning for nurses: Change management in health care. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett.Review Chapter 4 Just What Is Strategic Planning? (pp. 5782)Chapter 7 The Three Key Elements of the Strategic Planning Process: A Vision That Guides Nursings Future Action (pp. 117143)Chapter 7 addresses elements of the strategic planning process which includes mission and vision.Cady S. H. Wheeler J. V. DeWolf J. & Brodke M. (2011). Mission vision and values: What do they say? Organization Development Journal 29(1) 6378.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.This article addresses research on mission vision and values from 300 different organizations.Desmidt S. Prinzie A. & Decramer A. (2011). Looking for the value of mission statements: A meta-analysis of 20 years of research. Management Decision 49(3) 468483.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.This article looks at the relationship of organizational mission and financial performance. It includes a discussion of what a mission statement is and the purpose(s) it serves.Hirota S. Kubo K. Miyajima H. Hong P. & Won Park Y. (2010). Corporate mission corporate policies and business outcomes: Evidence from Japan. Management Decision 48(7) 11341153.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.The authors examine the implications of the mission statement for organizational practices and performance.King D. L. Case C. J. & Premo K. M. (2012). An international mission statement comparison: United States France Germany Japan and China. Academy of Strategic Management Journal 11(2) 93119.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.This article examines the content of mission statements stakeholder involvement and the development of goals and objectives.Required MediaLaureate Education (Producer). (2013b). Case study: Mountain View Health Center [Interactive media]. Retrieved from CDN database. (NURS 6241)This interactive multimedia piece presents a case study of Mountain View Health Center with information about the types of activities performed there organizational structure strategic priorities and financial allocations. You will use this as a resource for Discussion 2.Optional ResourcesMarquis B. L. & Huston C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.Chapter 7 Strategic and Operational Planning (pp. 138161)Review as needed.Desmidt S. & Prinzie A. A. (2011). The organizations mission statement: Give up hope or resuscitate? A search for evidence-based recommendations. Advances in Health Care Management 10 2541.

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National Patient Safety Goals Paper

Question Description

National Patient Safety Goals Paper

The Joint Commission (JC) is an independent, not-for-profit organization. They accredit and certify more than 19,000 health care organizations, including Long Term Care facilities (LTC) in the United States. The Joint Commission had established, and updates yearly, the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG).

Your assignment is to choose one of the Long Term Care NPSG’s. Then, research your chosen topic and write a 750 word APA paper. Your paper will include the following information:

  • Describe the NPSG you chose and why (Be sure to write in the voice of the third person.)
  • Describe the concerns related to this goal.
  • What are the consequences to patient safety if the goal is not achieved?
  • What are the evidence-based practice solutions you have found in your research?
  • Use APA format. Follow the APA example loaded in ANGEL under “course material.”
  • Use only peer-reviewed articles published within the past 5 years.
    • No Wikipedia
    • No .com’s.Only .org, .edu, .gov
  • Have a minimum of 3 references.(You may use the NPSG website as one reference).
  • Two (2) references must be peer-reviewed and from a reputable NURSING JOURNAL. CINAHL is a good place to start.
  • When writing a paper, use only third person. Do not use terms like ‘me,” or “I”.
  • You may use as many references as necessary to complete your paper.

Follow the link and choose the Long Term Care goals for 2016.

Link to NPSG for Long Term Care

https://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/6/2017_NP…

The link above is an updated link to the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals for Nursing Care Centers. (They have changed the terminology from Long Term Care Centers to Nursing Care Centers.)

Please use the updated information for your NPSG paper.

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DISCUSS PLANS FOR RETIREMENT WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON INCOME AFTER RETIREMENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE

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The subjects of retirement and health insurance are much in the news these days. Discuss your plans for retirement with a special emphasis on income after retirement and health insurance. After a lifetime of paying Social Security and Medicare taxes in every payroll check, your grandparents and parents are counting on having Social Security and Medicare to help with the inevitable loss of income occuring at retirement.
Things may be different for your generation. Many are discussing privatizing Social Security and doing away with Medicare. Even Republican voters in the State of Florida are opposed to this plan. Read the report on a survey of Republican Primary Voters who objected 2:1 to plans to change these benefits (among Hispanic voters, opposition was even stronger with 4:1 voters opposing changes). Given what you know of the volatilty of the stock markets that are up one day and down drastically another, would you risk your retirement to the stock market? Would you risk your health on having the ability to pay for private health insurance when you retire?
Despite what you’ve heard, Social Security and Medicare can be saved. The generation entering the workforce today (The Millenials) are an even larger generation than the retiring Baby Boomer generation. As long as as many or more are paying into the system than those who are retiring, the programs can and should be saved. You never know how your life will turn out and it is essential to have a basic retirement cushion to live on. Moreover, it is your money after all. You have paid into both Social Security and Medicare with every paycheck since you started working.
What can you do now to help save Social Security and Medicare? Some believe it is essential to send politicians to Washington and Tallahassee who will protect those benefits. But it is not enough to save these benefits. What can you do to guarantee a comfortable retirement and good medical care in your old age?
Remember the criteria for the discussions:

100-200 word original post
50-100 word reply post
Covers every detail in the discussion description
Submitted on time

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INTEGRATES HOW YOUR ABILITY TO HANDLE CONFLICT CAN EITHER ENHANCE OR HINDER EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT.

Conflict Handling Style

This assignment will help you understand conflict at the individual, team and organizational levels.

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research and identify additional information on handling conflict.

Based on your research and understanding, create a white paper in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document that:

  • Includes a description of change theories, conflict theories, and leader as a change agent.
  • Integrates how your ability to handle conflict can either enhance or hinder effective leadership in the health care environment.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Assignment 2 Grading CriteriaMaximum Points
Included a description of change theories, conflict theories, and leader as a change agent.60
Integrated how your ability to handle conflict can either enhance or hinder effective leadership in the health care environment.20
Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary. Cited all sources using APA format.20
Total:100
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Employee Health Insurance Plans

Employee Health Insurance Plans

Part I

  • click here for more information on this paper

Consider the four health plans below with an eye to choosing one to offer to the company’s employees. Assume that the health plans and their annual per employee premiums are as follows:

Health PlanPremium, IndividualPremium, Family
Aetna Health$4,555$11,428
MetroPlus$4,267$10,540
Empire$4,217$10,767
Oxford$6,029$13,417

The employer will pay 80% of the premium for individual coverage, and the employee will pay the remaining 20% as well as the entire additional premium for family coverage. (The premiums listed above, while realistic in magnitude, are hypothetical and computed solely for the purpose of this project.) All of the plans are managed care plans. Assume that the benefit package is the same across all plans, so there is no difference between them in what services are covered.

In addition to the above data, click here to view and investigate the Online Report on Quality Performance Results in New York State, the latest report card issued by the New York State Department of Health, 2013, and incorporate the information into your evaluation.

You can view the various categories of measures on which health plans are rated (e.g., Access to Care, Adult Living with Illness, etc.). Click each link for a summary chart that presents the performance (usually as a percentage score) of each plan in the group on the relevant measures and how each plan compares to regional and statewide scores.

Submit a 2-page analysis in a Microsoft Word document that outlines the plan you selected and why. Generally, you would select the plan with the highest score, but if you chose a plan with a lower score, explain why. Include the following elements in your analysis:

  • Explain which factors (e.g., price and/or performance measures) were most important to your choice of plan and how you derived the weights for each factor you used.
  • Indicate, on a scale of 1 to 10, how comfortable or confident you are that you made the right choice, with 10 being most confident.

Part II

You need to use the multiattribute utility (MAU) technique to respond to the following questions. Although the technique can be performed with pencil and paper, it is recommended you use a Microsoft Excel to do the various calculations involved.

Click the following links to access the information on using the MAU technique:

  • MAU Model
  • MAU Example
  • Compare your level of confidence at the time you completed Part I to your confidence level for Part II, when you used this decision aid.
  • Was it helpful? What were its advantages and disadvantages?

Did it make the decision harder to make or easier to justify?

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

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Academic Portfolio

In this Module’s Discussion, you were introduced to the concept of an academic portfolio to begin building your own brand. However, portfolios have value that goes beyond brand building. An academic and professional portfolio can also help you to build your own vision and mission and establish your development goals. In this regard, a portfolio becomes yet another tool in your toolbox as you build your success.

In this Assignment you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by developing the fifth component–a portfolio for your academic and professional efforts.

To Prepare:

  • Consider your goals for academic accomplishments while a student of the MSN program.

The Assignment:

  • Using the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template document that you began to work on in Module 1 and have continued expanding throughout this course, you will develop a curriculum vitae (CV) in Part 5 based on your current education and professional background.
  • Write a statement identifying your professional development goals.
  • Write a statement proposing how you might align one or more of your professional development goals with the university’s emphasis on social change.

Note:Add your work for this Assignment to the original document you began in the Module 1 Assignment, which was built from theAcademic Success and Professional Development Plan Template

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Vilander Carecenters Inc. provides financing and capital to the healthcare industry, with a particular focus on nursing homes for the elderly.

Vilander Carecenters Inc. provides financing and capital to the healthcare industry, with a particular focus on nursing homes for the elderly. The following selected transactions relate to bonds acquired as an investment by Vilander, whose fiscal year ends on December 31. 2017 Jan. 1 Purchased at face value $1,148,000 of Javier Nursing Centers, Inc., 10-year, 10% bonds dated January 1, 2017, directly from Javier. Dec. 31 Accrual of interest at year-end on the Javier bonds. (Assume that all intervening transactions and adjustments have been properly recorded and that the number of bonds owned has not changed from December 31, 2017, to December 31, 2019.) 2020 Jan. 1 Received the annual interest on the Javier bonds. Jan. 1 Sold $574,000 Javier bonds at 105. Dec. 31 Accrual of interest at year-end on the Javier bonds. a)Assume that the fair value of the bonds at December 31, 2017, was $1,262,800. These bonds are classified as available-for-sale securities. Prepare the adjusting entry to record these bonds at fair value. b) Based on your analysis in part (b), show the balance sheet presentation of the bonds and interest receivable at December 31, 2017. Assume the investments are considered long-term.

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