Discuss how you see environmental racism and the coronavirus intersecting.

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Environmental racism and environmental injustices are woven throughtout our class readings. This week you absorbed material that discusses the ways these factors have played into the COVID-19 pandemic. Please discuss how you see environmental racism and the coronavirus intersecting. In what ways does COVID-19 and environmental racism affect BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Communities/People of Color) individuals and communities?

Explain how a new or upgraded telehealth technology will support enhanced patient outcomes and organizational effectiveness.

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Prepare an announcement and agenda for a meeting with healthcare stakeholders to present the key aspects of a plan to adapt the new/upgraded telehealth technology. Must audiovisual with speaker notes to develop points.
1) Identify the key stakeholders who should attend the technology of telehealth acquisition meeting. Identify unknowns, knowledge gaps, missing info, and areas of uncertainty.
2) Create a meeting announcement and agenda. Explain the assumptions underlying the choices made in drafting the documents.
3) Explain how a new or upgraded telehealth technology will support enhanced patient outcomes and organizational effectiveness. Suggest criteria that could be used to evaluate organizational effectiveness.
4) Identify the outcome measures a hospital/patient care setting will use to determine the effectiveness of anew or upgraded telehealth technology and evaluate the quality of the existing data.
5) Address patient confidentiality and privacy concerns associated with the use of a new or upgraded telehealth technology. Identify knowledge gaps, unknowns, missing info, and areas of uncertainty.
6) Identify the steps and timeline needed to deploy a new or upgraded telehealth technology. Identify the assumptions on which the timeline is based.

Explain how Electronic Health Records (EHR) are used. Identify types of information found in an EHR.

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Explain how Electronic Health Records (EHR) are used.

Identify types of information found in an EHR.

Describe 1 technology that has an impact on health care delivery.

Include possible concerns or considerations regarding this technology and patient health data.

Describe 1 regulation that has an impact on health care delivery.

Include how this regulation affects the use of patient health data and technology.
Include consequences of noncompliance with this regulation.

Describe 1 government agency with oversight of healthcare delivery.

Identify whether this agency is available at the federal, state, or local level.
Identify a healthcare structure that must comply with this agency
Describe the effect this agency has on health care delivery.

Summarize the importance of compliance for patient health data and technology.

Analyze quantitative data using statistical analysis.

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The following is an idealized experimental episode which is based on Rao et al. (2009). You are to read the background, experimental setup, and results, and then do the proper quantitative analysis.
The learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
1) Differentiate experimental design: Using the information provided, figure out if the experiment is a randomized experimental design, prospective design, or retrospective design.
2) Differentiate the hypothesis: Using the information provided, figure out the dependent and independent variable and the relation between the two.
3) Analyze quantitative data using statistical analysis. You are expected to master the concepts of sample sizes, confidence intervals, margin of error, and correlation interval.
The Study
Background:
Recently it was discovered that gut pathogens in the GI tract can communicate with the central nervous system and influence behavior associated with emotion, anxiety
in particular, even at extremely low levels and in the absence of an immune response [Lyte et al. 1998, Goehler et al. 2007]. Researchers have also shown that the administration of certain bacteria found in soil may support resilience and positively alter stress-related emotional behavior in animals under experimental stress [Lowery et al. 2007)].
The Experimental Setup:
Patients who met all inclusion/exclusion criteria were evaluated using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Patients also provided stool samples, taken over 3 days, at the evaluation phase. Kits were provided to the patients according to guidelines of appropriate collection as per the University of Toronto, School of Medicine, Department of Nutritional Sciences. Samples were sent to the Fecal Laboratory of the University of Toronto, Department of Nutrition for evaluation. Using culture technique, the stool samples were assessed for total aerobe, anaerobe, Lactobacillus spp, and Bifidobacteria spp counts.
After collection of the data and samples at the initial evaluation phase, CFS patients were randomized to begin an intervention phase, an eight-week period where each patient consumed either a specific lactic acid probiotic bacteria or placebo by mouth. The groups were balanced equally in terms of members. After each main meal, or three times daily, patients consumed the contents of an unmarked sachet containing 8 billion colony forming units (cfu) of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS) or a placebo with identical taste and appearance. Each CFS patient in the active intervention group consumed a total of 24 billion cfu of LcS probiotic per day. Follow-up evaluation phase: After 8 weeks of intervention, LcS or placebo, subjects were re-evaluated by completion of the BDI and BAI, and a second stool analysis was conducted using the same collection and culture methods.
1. What kind of study is this? Evaluate the study in terms of effectiveness of design. Is the design good? Why or why not? Be as specific as possible.
2. What is the experimental hypothesis? Be as direct as possible.
3. Is this hypothesis statistically significant, given the results of the study? Show your quantitative work. What are the highs and lows of the intervals (i.e. what is the greatest difference and what is the least difference?). Here, you’ll have to see if there’s overlap or not to make a conclusion about significance.

Examine the concepts of change management theories, techniques and leadership. 

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Embracing change for is difficult, examine the concepts of change management theories, techniques and leadership.  FIRST: Write two pages explaining what the concepts of change are and how you will handle them with your organization. Your current team has some individuals that are not credentialed but have been on the team for many years.  Due to changes in laws for the Electronic Health Record that require that all individuals have a credential to work inside the record we have to now write a new policy for the organization. This new requirement may require change in some staffing.

Step Two:

  • Create a policythat covers requirements for the all staff that will be working with the Electronic Medical Record. Make sure that you give a specific time for individuals to get their education or a credential completed.

Header-Name, Class, Section

Typed, Times New Roman 12pt Ft

Cite Sources

Professional looking!!! You can choose how to format this policy to look proper, many different formats look good.  But you must have areas of

  • Background
  • Scope
  • Policy
  • “Minimum Requirements”
  • “Documentation Required”
  • Specific time for completion before termination
  • administration areas

Step Three:

  • Create recruitment standardsto prepare for the loss of 10% of your staff that may not have a current credential. Write your standard to show how you will handle this loss when it happens.

Step Four:

  • Create an orientation programfor all staff that will be coming in regarding HIPAA, Electronic Record Policy, and Ethics for the organization.
  • The PowerPoint should be an orientation PowerPoint.  For the staff that you are bringing in.  Make sure you are talking about EEO, Staff Rights, Benefits, what they need to know about your healthcare setting, etc; You will make sure that you have a handouts after so they can then have reference material. They never remember everything this is to help them in the future.  Do a recording with the PowerPoints so that your staff can just turn on the training for the person. Then they will get a certificate of completion (make sure you make one).
    • Training with PowerPoints
    • Recording
    • Handouts
    • Certificate of Completion

Discuss and research the health care system in Australia

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Using your assigned readings and include at least one other source, discuss and research the health care system in Australia. Discuss each of the following topics: Australia: History of the health care system, including changes and recent developments Type of health care system currently in place (roles of government, private sector, providers) Major features of the current system Strengths and weaknesses of the system compared with those of other nations Popularity of system among citizens This post for the discussion question should be substantial, no less than 200 words, using multiple sources to clarify and support your answer. Citations and references should be in APA style format. Source: 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=cbBKoyjFLUY&feature=emb_title 2. Jonas & Kovner’s Health Care Delivery in the United States: Chapter 4

Write a brief statement explaining why you want to pursue a DENTAL career

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Personal Statement for Dental School Applications
Criteria includes:
Keep your topic general: Follow the prompt in this section to write your statement. Keep the statement general as this essay is sent to all the programs you apply to. If you plan to only apply to one program, we still strongly recommend keeping your statement general in case you later apply to additional programs. Once you submit your application, the essay cannot be edited or changed.

Do not exceed the maximum length: You can see both the word and character count below the field in the application. The right-hand number shows the maximum number of characters that you can use in your essay. As you type, you can see how many characters are still available and the associated word count. Characters include spaces, carriage returns, and punctuation. You cannot save your essay if it exceeds the character limit.
Use simple formatting: Formatting such as tabs, italics, multiple spaces, etc., will not be saved. To delineate paragraphs, type a double return between each paragraph.

This section is where you can write a brief statement explaining why you want to pursue a DENTAL career

Describe the seven types of errors that can occur in a health care environment.

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In an essay of 1,000-1,250 words, evaluate the following aspects as they relate to SEIPS:
• Describe the seven types of errors that can occur in a health care environment. Provide examples of each. Are all these errors preventable? Describe measures that could have been implemented to improve patient safety and reduce the occurrence of each error you described.
• Discuss the framework of the SEIPS tool and how it is used within a health care environment. Compare the SEIPS tool with one other error-reduction strategy.
• Explain the positive effect that the SEIPS tool can have on the reduction of errors in high-risk health care settings.
• Discuss the relationship between CQI and SEIPS in producing quality outcomes for health care organizations. How does improving quality outcomes with a patient-centric focus help to promote a concern for the common good within the public arena?
**Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines**
Due Date: 12-Sep-2020 at 06:59:59 PM
A description of the seven types of errors that can occur in a health care environment, including preventive measures that could reduce the occurrence of each error, is thoroughly explored and clearly explained with relevant details and support.
A comparison of the SEIPS tool with another health care error-reduction strategy is thoroughly explored and clearly explained with relevant details and support.
An explanation of the effect the SEIPS tool can have on the reduction of errors in high-risk health care settings is thoroughly explored and clearly explained with relevant details and support.
A discussion of the relationship between SEIPS and continuous quality improvement in improving quality outcomes for patients is thoroughly explored and clearly explained with relevant details and support.
Thesis is comprehensive and contains the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear.
Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.

Who is the author and how are they qualified (for first credited author only)?

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Annotated Bibliography Assignment Instructions

An annotated bibliography is a list of sources that includes current APA-formatted references to the peer-reviewed articles that you have compiled for a research assignment (all articles must be found through the Jerry Falwell Library or Google Scholar). A brief description, summary, and evaluation of the source must follow each reference. The purpose of an annotated bibliography is to provide the content, relevance, and quality of the sources. Each annotation must be less than 1 page.

You will provide an Annotated Bibliography of five peer-reviewed references that are relevant to your Research Proposal Paper Assignment.  At least 2 of the 5 articles must have been published in the past 5 years; all articles must not be older than 10 years.

This assignment must be in current APA format with a title page, abstract, and references. Each reference must include a summary, analysis, and reflection. Do not include books, book reviews, dissertations, websites, blogs, etc.

You must include the following for each reference in your annotated bibliography:

  • A brief description and summary of the article: Include the population, sampling method, at least one assessment instrument used, research question (at least 1), and research design. (For example: Harrichand and Knight used a convenience sample of graduate students, they surveyed the students using the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short Form (TEIQue-SF) and the Counselor Burnout Inventory (CBI), and their research design was correlational.)
  • An evaluation of the source in light of your topic: Indicate how the information is relevant to your research. (For example: This research illustrates that as trait-based emotional intelligence increases, counselor burnout decreases; this helps to make a case for the development of an emotional intelligence training program).
  • Answers to the following key prompts:
    • Who is the author and how are they qualified (for first credited author only)? (For example: Dr. Stacey Lilley is a licensed professional counselor and Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Liberty University; she is an Assistant Professor of Counseling and sees clients at Piedmont Psychiatric.)
    • Critique at least 1 assessment used: How is the assessment psychometrically sound? Make sure to highlight the details of the properties. (For example: The TEIQue-SF was used and the reliability was established via the test-retest procedure and was R=.89 which is considered…)
    • Include a brief discussion of implications: Discussion in terms of how this article is relevant to establishing a need for your emerging research question/research study. (For example: Harrichand, Knight & Captari (2017) indicate that emotional intelligence trainings should be developed and assessed to see if participation can help increase Emotional intelligence (EI) and decrease counselor burnout. Thus my research question is examining whether counseling students EI increases after participation…)

 

Research the history and circumstances that led to informed consent.

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Please research the history and circumstances that led to informed consent. and address the following using terms and concepts from the course and from your research:

1. Research the history and circumstances that led to informed consent. (provide a brief summary supported by research on the topic)

2. From your reading in Chapter 2 and your research for question 1 above: Using terms and concepts from the course discuss why it is important to obtain written consent from each patient/human subject participating in clinical trials. An assignment should be no less than 2 pages long, double spaced, TimesNewRoman, 12 font.

Please always cite your sources and include in-text citations.