has major impact on Dodgers organization”

 

Quality Outcome: Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infections per 1,000 Catheter Days in     Adult ICU Patients

 

Patient Satisfaction: Communication with Nurses

 

Expenses as % of Total Operating Revenue: Total Labor Expense as % of Net Operating Revenue

 

Profitability: Net Profit (Loss) per Adjusted Discharge

 

 

For Each Metric Complete the Following

 

 

• Review and interpret the trended data. What do the data, and their trends, tell you about this particular aspect of the hospital?

 

Consider the selection of metrics for this scorecard. Do you think this scorecard will provide managers and administrators with a balanced view of the organization’s performance? Explain why or why not. Suggest adding and/or deleting any metrics and provide a rationale for doing so.

 

 

 

RESOURCES:

 

Readings

• Course Text: Langabeer II, J. R., & Helton, J. (2016). Health care operations management: A systems perspective (2^nded.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett
  • Chapter 11, “Chapter Supply Chain Management”This reading describes components in health care supply chains and strategies for increasing their efficiency.

• • Chapter 12, ” Purchasing and Materials Management”

    This chapter explains management strategies for purchasing and discusses optimal layout and design of health care facilities.

• Course Text: Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management
• • “Chapter 11, “Supply Chain and Inventory Management”

    Although it overlaps to some extent with the Langabeer chapters, this chapter goes into greater detail on just-in-time vs. other methods of inventory management and on the application of the economic order quantity (EOQ) model.

• Article: Anonymous. (2008). Slaying the budget-killers: New strategies emerge for physician preference products. Hospital Materials Management, 33(11), 1–3.Retrieved from Walden Library Databases.
• Article: Barlow, R. D. (2010). Kept in the dark. Healthcare Purchasing News, 34(2), 48–49. Retrieved from Walden Library Databases.
• Week 6 Team Application:

  Balanced Scorecard for West Central Hospital (attached)

Websites

The principles of effective scorecard metrics are discussed at these websites. Consider these as you begin the Team Application on balanced scorecards this week.

• J.L. Reinertsen (2007, June 11) “Boards, Dashboards and Data” [Powerpoints slides].

  Used by permission of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, www.ihi.org .

  Review the PowerPoint® presentation, “Boards, Dashboards, and Data,” which you read in Week 1.

• Balanced Scorecard Institute: What Is the Balanced Scorecard?

  http://www.balancedscorecard.org/BSCResources/AbouttheBalancedScorecard/tabid/55/Default.aspx

Optional Resources

• Course Text: Health Care Operations Management
• • Chapter 12, “Inventory Management and Acccounting”
• Website: AHRMM: Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management

  http://www.ahrmm.org/

• Website: Joint Commission: Standards

  http://www.jointcommission.org/standards_information/standards.aspx

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/computer_programming/computer_programming_decisions.htm

Question 1
Using Powerpoint, Word, Visio or any other graphical editor that allows you to create shapes and arrows, create a simple flow chart  that provides the functionality for this pseudocode:
Write “Enter the price in dollars: “
Input Price
Write “Enter state sales tax(e.g. .06) : “
Input SalesTax
Set Price = Price + (Price * SalesTax)
Write “Price with Tax is “ + Price
Also, Provide a test case that you could use to validate your algorithm. (For example, what values for input would you use and what would the resulting output be for those input values)
Attach or embed your flow chart along with your test case as a response to this discussion topic.

Question 2
n everyday life we are all faced with many choices we must make on a daily basis.
Provide an Algorithm for your real world decision you must make on a daily basis that involves 2 or more choices
Provide your C code that implements your real world decision (be sure to utilize proper formatting and spacing to enhance your codes clarity, and applicable comments)
Explain your logic for the conditional statement you decided to use
Provide feedback to fellow student’s submission that involves converting their conditional statement to another conditional statement form

Question 3

Work- homework
Homework 2
Instructions
In this homework, you will design a program to perform the following task:
Calculate the total price based on several key parts required to build a state-of-the-art gaming computer. The user will have the option of selecting different parts. For example, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Mac OS/X for Operating systems, 4 GB, 8 GB or 12 GB for RAM and 15”,17” or 22” Monitors.
There are 5 components of your submission including:
Program Description- A detailed, clear description of the program you are building.
Analysis- Demonstrates your thought process and steps used to analyze the problem. Be sure to include the required input and output and how you will obtain the required output from the given input? Also, include your variable names and definitions. Be sure to describe the necessary formulas and sample calculations that might be needed. You should talk about how you determined your computer part prices.
Test plan – Prepare at least 3 sets of input data (Test data) along with their expected output for testing your program.  Your test data can be presented in the form of a table as follows (note: feel free to adapt to your design)
Flowchart – Provide a flowchart for your design. You can use Word, Powerpoint, Visio or any software you have available that will allow to draw shapes and connectors.
Pseudocode- Provide pseudocode of your overall design that fulfills the requirements of the project
All of these components should be placed in word document for submission.
Additional details about the program you need to write:
You should research current prices of the computer parts on Internet sites such as amazon.com or newegg.com.
You can assume a computer will consist of the following components:
CPU
Case
Power supply
Motherboard
Hard Drive
RAM
DVD
Sound Card
Monitor
Graphics Card
Operating System
I would recommend you keep the option choices limited to 3 different components, or your program will really grow fast. For example, you could provide options for the Operating System (Windows 7, Windows 8 or Mac OS/X), the RAM (4 MB, 8 MB, 12 MB) and the Hard Drive Size (500 GB, 1 TB, 1.5 TB) and leave everything else as a baseline. These are just examples. I leave it up to you to determine which components you want the user to select options.  Be sure your prices are realistic.
There is much flexibility for this project.  You should reach a unique design. I recommend keeping it simple at first and then add more user options if you have time.
Example application test data:
Test Case # Input Expected Output
1 Baseline Cost: $500
CPU Option 1 (2.2 GHz,$400)
Monitor Option 2 (Dell,$200)
RAM Option 1 (4 GB,$89)
(Total price would be $500 + cost of CPU+ cost of Monitor + Cost of Ram)
Total Price = $1189
2 Your Computer selection options Your output
3 Your Computer selection options Your output
Submission requirements:
Your completed assignment should be saved as Word document and submitted to your assignment area no later than the due date listed in the syllabus. Your document should be neat, well-written with minimal grammatical and spelling errors. Your name should be clearly listed on the first page along with the class/section, professor and due date. Your document should contain page numbers at the bottom of each page. Single or double space line formatting is acceptable.

“Most physical systems incorporate some form of feedback. It is interesting to note, though,

that the theory of negative feedback has been developed by electronics engineers. In his

search for methods for the design of amplifiers with stable gain for use in telephone

repeaters, Harold Black, an electronics engineer with the Western Electric Company,

invented the feedback amplifier in 1928. Since then the technique has been so widely used

that it is almost impossible to think of electronic circuits without some form of feedback,

either implicit or explicit. Furthermore, the concept of feedback and its associated theory

are currently used in areas other than engineering, such as in the modeling of biological systems.
Feedback can be either negative (degenerative) or positive (regenerative). In amplifier

design, negative feedback is applied to effect one or more of the following properties:

1. Desensitize the gain: that is, make the value of the gain less sensitive to variations in the values of circuit components, such as might be caused by changes in temper-ature.

2. Reduce nonlinear distortion: that is, make the output proportional to the input (in other words, make the gain constant, independent of signal level).

3. Reduce the effect of noise: that is, minimize the contribution to the output of unwanted electric signals generated, either by the circuit components themselves, or by
extraneous interference.

4. Control the input and output resistances: that is, raise or lower the input and output resistances by the selection of an appropriate feedback topology.

5. Extend the bandwidth of the amplifier.

 

• Identify a specific brand that has developed a high level of brand equity. What specific aspects of that brand establish its brand equity?
• Online marketing research seems to be the wave of the future. What drawbacks do you see associated with online research? What are the privacy issues?
• How does the Internet help companies gain customer input on their existing and new products?
• Assume you were hired by the local grocery store to help assess their service quality.; How would you go about undertaking this project?
• On your weekly grocery shopping trip, you notice that the price of spaghetti has gone up 50 cents a pound. How will this price increase affect the demand for spaghetti sauce, rice, and Parmesan

 

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you compare jails and prisons. Identify a jail in your county, or one in a surrounding area, and a prison in your state to compare in the paper. Address the following in your comparison:

• Identify types of prisons.
• What are the major differences between the selected jail and the selected prison?
• Explain at least two aspects about jail and prison culture and subculture.
• Explain why jails play an important role in the criminal justice system.
• Discuss the role of community-based corrections programs associated with jails and prisons.
• Describe violent behavior that occurs in jails and prisons.
• Explain the role of probation and parole.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Using the terms listed below, complete the following:

 

1. ___________ group receives treatment in an experimental design.
2. ___________ group does not receive treatment in an experimental design.
3. A ___________ design has many observations on a single case or a few subjects.
4. When subjects are not randomly assigned and not all variables are under the control of the presenter, this is referred to as ______________ design.
5. When all subjects receive all levels of the independent variable, this is referred to as ____________ design.
6. When separate groups of subjects receive different levels of the independent variable, this is referred to as _____________ design.
7. When the researcher measures a behavior that needs to be changed, applies therapy and measures the behavior again, and then removes the treatment and measures the behavior again, this is referred to as ________Changing Criterion______ design.
8. When the researcher measures a behavior that needs to be changed and then applies therapy and measures the behavior again, this is referred to as _____________ design.
9. When the criterion outcome changes over time this is referred to as _______________ design.
10. When measuring several behaviors or several people with baseline periods of varying lengths and an independent variable occurs, this is referred to as a ______________ design.

 

1. Multiple Baseline                   B. Small n                                 C. AB
2. Control                                 E. Experimental                         F. ABA
3. Between Subject                   H. Quasi-Experimental               I. Changing Criterion

Essay #2: Process Analysis Directions and guidelines Choose from any of your journal topics within this Unit and draft a process analysis essay no shorter than three full pages (but no longer than 5). Process essays can be organized chronologically or spatially, and must convey the author’s ethos. Additionally, this essay requires ONE secondary (research) source. You should use your research to do only these things: o support your thesis o refute your thesis o provide facts and/or statistics o define terms You must include correct MLA in-text citations and provide a correctly formatted Works Cited page. Essays that do not do these things will earn no grade higher than a 50/100. DO NOT USE MORE THAN TWO

Compose a three-page academic essay using MLA formatting in response to the following prompt. Using memorials dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. in at least two locations, with one being Atlanta, engage the topic of commemoration. Are there memorials dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. that best represent his historical significance? If so, what makes them so and if not, what makes that the case. In what way do commemorative renditions of MLK contest one’s understanding of a singular, “proper” way of paying tribute to a life, a history, a moment, a sacrifice? Use the attached sources to support your argument.