Author: chris

Select one of the following businesses to research on the web:

Mels Country Cafe, Tomball, Texas
Hope Blooms Flowers and Things, Eagle, Idaho
Gentlemen\’s Top Option, Burlington, Vermont

Write at minimum, a 750 word paper in which you analyze the business as if you were considering its purchase. Explain your reasoning for each of these sections below:

1. Evaluate the business model of the selected business.
2. Assess the necessity for training to be provided to you by the seller.
3 Identify all of the issues you should investigate in the process of performing a feasibility analysis and due diligence.
4. Identify the areas in purchasing the business that you would try to negotiate with the seller.
5. the advantages and disadvantages associated with purchasing the business you selected rather than starting a new business in the same industry.

Format your report consistent with APA guidelines.

Social Psychology : Difference between big and small groups
Evolution of small and big groups

For this assignment, imagine yourself a manager with a team of employees experiencing low morale due to a recent merger. Make a case for creating a reward and recognition system that will increase motivation.Write a persuasive business communication to the management team at your organization. In some workplaces a communication of this sort may be sent out as an email; in other organizations, it may be a paper attachment to an email or perhaps a document presented in a management meeting.In the body of your communication, address these three aspects of your topic in 1-2 single-spaced pages:Describe the problem Recommend a solution Provide the expected outcomes Use the sample memo template (link below) for the assignment.Be aware that this week’s assignment will be the basis for the Portfolio assignment you will submit at the end of the term.

Synthesize your viewpoint on the sentencing goals of the death penalty by completing the following steps:Read the following article on “New Voices: Federal Judge Underscores the ‘Heavy Price’ of the Death Penalty” at: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/5936Complete a historical review of innocent individuals who have received the death penalty. You may use sources of your choosing, or visit the site http://www.innocenceproject.org/ and analyze innocent individuals and the death penalty.Take a stand in support or rejection of the death penalty using only legal research and concerns to support your position without emotional or personal attachments.Support your analysis by referencing and properly citing the textbook and at least one (1) scholarly source other than the course textbook.Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length and conform to CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements. Include at least one scholarly reference in addition to the course textbook. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these references.

Instruction & Requirements:
Epidemiologic case-control studies often report increased risk of an event given exposure, but we know that we can only calculate the odds ratio in a case-control study as opposed to a risk ratio. Is it important to distinguish between a risk ratio and an odds ratio? When does Odds Ratio approximate the Risk Ratio? When does it approximate the Rate Ratio?

Managing the quality and cost of co-morbid populations is one of the most challenging aspects of health leadership. In this Discussion, you are challenged with selecting those data which will be most helpful in the management of Medicare populations. As health information exchanges (HIEs) progress at the state, federal, and nation level, health leaders are tasked to participate in the development of analytics tools that can be used to pull data and inform policy practice.

Scenario: Review the high volume Medicare Data Scenario located in the Learning Resources. In this scenario you are asked to work with a complex dataset of co-morbidity data of patients that have three concurrent co-morbid conditions (Chronic Condition Triads: Prevalence and Medicare Spending). How can data from HIT systems be used to formulate useful information to facilitate in the management of this population?

To prepare:
Using the health care information systems standards for clinical and financial data discussed in Week 6 (Chapter 10 of Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management), identify specific types of data (data sets, standards, examples of those data) that can be redeveloped into Big Data tools and used to address the management of population health initiatives.
Define a Big Data analysis dataset to include in a data warehouse by identifying two specific types of clinical and financial data from the Chronic Condition Triads: Prevalence and Medicare Spending dataset in your Learning Resources that you feel could be used to drive behavior change in the patient and provider populations. This Big Data dataset will become the focus of your Discussion.

Explain why the two specific types of clinical and financial data you selected as your Big Data dataset would best affect behavior change in the type of co-morbid Medicare populations served in the scenario. Explain and assess how this Big Data dataset can change the behaviors of health care providers in the scenario. Assuming that your Big Data dataset is going to be shared in a regional health information exchange, explain how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and private payers might use these regional data sets to increase value in delivering services to co-morbid Medicare patient populations in the region.

Amarasingham, R., Patzer, R. E., Huesch, M., Nguyen, N. Q., & Xie, B. (2014). Implementing electronic health care predictive analytics: Considerations and challenges. Health Affairs, 33(7), 11481154.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Barclay, G., Sabina, A., & Graham, G. (2014). Population health and technology: Placing people first. American Journal of Public Health, 104(12), 22462247.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Block, D. J. (2014). Is your system ready for population health management? Physician Executive, 40(2), 2022, 24.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Coffin, J., Duffie, C., & Furno, M. (2014). The patient-centered medical home and meaningful use: A challenge for better care. The Journal of Medical Practice Management: MPM, 29(5), 331334.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Foldy, S., Grannis, S., Ross, D., & Smith, T. (2014). A ride in the time machine: Information management capabilities health departments will need. American Journal of Public Health, 104(9), 15921600.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Fry, D. E., Pine, M., Locke, D., & Pine, G. (2015). Prediction models of Medicare 90-day post discharge deaths, readmissions, and costs in bowel operations. The American Journal of Surgery, 209(3), 509514.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Grover, A., & Joshi, A. (2015). An overview of chronic disease models: A systematic literature review. Global Journal of Health Science, 7(2), 210227.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Kringos, D. S., Boerma, W., van der Zee, J., & Groenewegen, P. (2013). Europes strong primary care systems are linked to better population health but also to higher health spending. Health Affairs, 32(4), 686694.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Document: Medicare Data Scenario (PDF)
Document: Chronic Condition Triads: Prevalence and Medicare Spending (Excel spreadsheet)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS.gov). (2014, May 21). Chronic Condition Triads: All Beneficiaries with at least Three Chronic Conditions by Age, Sex, and Medicare-Medicaid Enrollment (Duals), 2008-2012. Retrieved from https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Chronic-Conditions/Co-morbidity.html

Write a paper of 750-1,000 words examining your personal values and beliefs. Include the following:
Describe your personal values and spiritual beliefs.
Using the elements of cost, quality, and social issues to frame your description, differentiate your beliefs and opinions about health care policy. Give examples of relevant ethical principles, supported by your values.
Analyze how factors such as your upbringing, spiritual or religious beliefs/doctrine, personal and professional experiences, and political ideology affect your current perspective on health care policy.
Examine any inconsistencies you discovered relative to the alignment of your personal values and beliefs with those concerning health policy. Discuss what insights this has given you.

Please describe the development of narrative in painting using such artists as John Reynolds, Jeffrey Harris, Julia Morison, Imants Tillers, Julian Dashper and Bill Hammond.

Thread 1
Abortion: Pro-choice
The article I chose to write about discusses the ethical dilemma in healthcare regarding abortion, specifically the differences between being pro-choice and pro-death. The author of the newspaper article, based out of Canada, argues that just because a person supports the pro-choice movement, does not necessarily mean that they are pro-abortion. It is argued that is appropriate to support the pro-choice movement because a womans choice of abortion is typically not a crude act, but instead should be considered a private matter. There are various reasons that a woman may choose abortion, so instead of judging her for the choice that she makes, the woman should be allowed the right to say what happens to her body and her life. The author also argues that women are under-represented in several aspects of decision making in society, and that this is one decision that should be left solely up to the individual who is carrying the fetus.
The authors solution in this article is that a woman should be allowed the right to decide what she wants to do with her body in regards to keeping or aborting her fetus. It is also part of the solution that any supporters of the pro-choice movement should not be considered pro-abortion, but instead just supporters of women being able to make this choice in a privately thought-out manner. Although the pro-life movement has a great deal of very convincing opposing arguments, I still agree in the authors solution to allow women to be in control of their own body and private decisions regarding their lives. There are so many private reasons that a woman may feel the need to make the difficult decision of choosing abortion; there are cases of rape, incest, and health risks to the mother, but there are also many other factors that can contribute to the decision that many people do not see as being acceptable. It could be a choice made because of financial reasons, lack of family support, and lack of emotional stability, or many other reasons that would influence a womans choice. At the end of the day, however, I believe that it is not the governments role to delve into a persons private life and question their motives when it comes to their own body and life. I, personally, do not support abortion; I support the human right to autonomy and being able to decide what is best for oneself.

Pro-choice isn\’t pro- abortion. (1989, Jul 17). The Vancouver Sun Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/243559142?accountid=34574

Thread 2
Actions for \’Ethical Issues In Nursing\’
Created by Rusty McGuire on Oct 11, 2016 8:15 AM
Nurses everywhere have long struggled with ethical challenges in patient care. In fact, in Florence Nightingale\’s Notes on Nursing, she discussed ethical duties of confidentiality, communication, and the centrality of meeting patients\’ needs (Nightingale, 1859; Ulrich & Zeitzer, 2009
Decisions concerning dying patients, their wishes versus the families or loved ones present ethical dilemmas daily. Decisions about the best treatment to ease a patients final suffering. sometimes the decision will need to be made about whether to allow a patients life to end by terminating treatment altogether. With advances in modern medicine, people are living longer, both old and young alike. With advances in technology and medicine we now have produced a new kind of patient, one whose brain does not function, but whose heart and lungs continue to work. This is where the ethical issue begins, when is it ok to continue care for these patients, as an ER /Trauma nurse I have seen heard and been witness to many family disputes over this topic, the old he or she (patient) said I never want to live like that or, I know he wanted to live as long as we could keep him going. Sometimes we have a DNR or advanced directive on file or with the patient, and the family still insists we follow their wishes or instructions. Or those on Hospice care and loved ones still insist on all lifesaving interventions in the ER. What do we do ?
And no, this ethical issue was not answered, there are numerous articles, research and discussions on this topic, and all have different opinions and concerns. I believe I have to say this is an ethical issue that will continue as long as there are medical interventions. And myself I do not have the answer only more questions, I have the state of mind that as a nurse I always want to honor my patients wishes, however I dont always have that privilege, so I take each one as they come one at a time and hope for the best outcome and pray I did the right thing.
Ulrich C, Zeitzer M. Ethical issues in nursing practice. In: Ravitsky V, Fiester A, Caplan A, editors. The Penn center guide to bioethics. Springer Publishing; 2009.

Your literature review should be on a topic which relates to one of these FOUR domains: identity, otherisation, representation and cross-cultural management. Holliday, Hyde and Kullman (2010, p. xxi) define identity, otherisation and representation as follows: Identity deals with the way in which we all bring with us our own discourses and feelings of culture and negotiate these in communication. Identity could include cultural adaptation, cultural diversity, language and globalisation. Othering deals with a major hindrance to communication in the way in which we over-generalise, stereotype and reduce the people we communicate with to something different or less than they are. If you are interested in otherisation, you might choose a topic related to stereotyping, prejudice, bias and discrimination, cultural conflict, intercultural communication barriers, perceptual differences, or colonisation or decolonisation or ethnic minorities living within larger cultural groupings. Identity could include globalisation or cultural adaptation. Representation looks at the way in which culture is communicated in society, through the media, professional discourses and everyday language. It focuses on how we need critically to recognise and address the ways in which these representations influence our perceptions if we are to communicate effectively. Cultural management refers to leadership across cultures, global citizenship, cross-cultural communication skills and competence.Literature ReviewYour literature review should be an assessment of the relevant books, articles, research reports etc. in the area and should build a picture of what all these materials show about the area you have chosen. You should be questioning the material you find to see what it reveals. At the end of the review you should list all of the references you have mentioned in the review, using the APA format.You may well feel that it is impossible to cover the material completely in your review and if you decide to be selective, e.g. to restrict yourself to material available from the library or to material published after 2000, you should make it quite clear that you have decided to limit yourself in this way.What to do to make a success of this assignment?1. Choose your topic and decide on the question you wish the material to answer for you. Choose one of the four areas: identity, otherisation, representation and cross-cultural management. Focus on a specific topic within your chosen area. If you have difficulties finding your own research question, you are more than welcome to discuss it with me.2. Write an introduction to your review which explains your approach to the topic and the question you will be examining in the light of the literature.3. Every point/idea made in the review should be linked to a reference. For example: Li and Campbell (2009) found that five factors contributed to Asian international students’ difficulties making friends with Kiwi students. These five factors are …4. You may wish to organise your review into separate headings — for example in the first example above, you might deal with language, culture, personality, motivation, and environment as separate sections.5. You need to use the points demonstrated by your references to summarise what the answer to your question seems to be from what the material has shown you.6. There should be at least 30 citations listed in the list of references at the end of your review.