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Preliminary Stages of Prosecution:Are these proceedings overly repetitive, or do they serve different purposes?

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An arrest, a preliminary hearing, and grand jury indictment all focus on determining whether some form of probable cause indicates that the accused committed a crime and should be brought to trial.  Are these proceedings overly repetitive, or do they serve different purposes?  Support your opinion with actual facts from credible sources.
Minimum Requirements:
2-3 pages in length
Provide a 750-word minimum essay.
Use property APA formatting and citations, including ‘in-text’ citations.
Reference at least 2 outside credible resources.

What effect is this having on the population, patients, and organisation?

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HEALTHCARE – HEALTH ECONOMICS

BUSINESS CASE

The Task

You are required to develop a 2,200 word Business Case based on a scenario/situation that is provided to you below.

You will be required to analyse the information and circumstances that are provided in the scenario and develop an evidence-based solution for a portion of the new funding of $47 million.

Your proposal needs to be on micro and macro reform that is required to drive changes to diabetes management for Indigenous Queenslanders.

THE SCENARIO/ SITUATION:

A healthcare organisation – SIM Health (a background/information paper has been provided to you about SIM Health) – has identified through a Government (Health Monster’s) program opportunity announcement that funding is available for new or additional services in the State of Queensland to support Indigenous members of the community dealing with the challenges of diabetes.

SIM Health’s Chief Executive has identified that it would be appropriate that a business case should be developed and submitted to get funding for how SIM Health might use new resources for services to address the targets of the new initiative.

SIM Health’ Chief Executive has tasked you with the responsibility of preparing the business case for SIM Health to submit.

In the scenario information there are various items (such as emails from key staff members in SIM Health; the funding announcement etc) that you will need to piece together the opportunity; your approach to developing your business case etc.  Also attached is a template used by the SIM Health organisation in developing and presenting business cases in this organisation.

This scenario situation is quite usual in the health system: a funding/policy body sets out a call for interest and application from service providers; someone (you) takes charge to manage the process of preparing a business case based on information available or information and facts that need to be found out.  Several people within your organisation may have information, advice and suggestions to contribute to the process of developing a business case.  The quality, calibre, depth, novelty and alignment of your organisation’s approach or model to the goals and requirements of the invitation needs to be reflected in the business case prepared and submitted by your organisation (SIM Health).

A range of information, communications and detail about SIM Health; the funding proposal; your Chief Executive’s task given to you etc are attached here.

Read and review all this material and develop your plan for the preparation of the required business case document. Development of an evidence-based business case and strictly use only the below template when writing. The business plan must include 15 references and strictly include only peer-reviewed journal articles.

Use the business case template to prepare your business plan.

Date and Document version number goes here

Summary Statement

Short summary of two or three paragraphs needs to be provided.  You need to include:

Brief description of the current problem
Background information
Assessment of the situation
Funding requested
1.    Introduction

Briefly describe the problem including what has happened in the past and what the current position is.

Set the scene for the business case.

Why is a change required?

Assessment of the Situation

Problem Statement

Identify the likely cause of the problem.

What effect is this having on the population, patients, and organisation?

Evidence of the problem

Summarise evidence of both the cause and effect of the problem. Attach documents if required. Evidence might include:

demand forecasts with assumptions;
a report or published paper
key performance indicators (KPIs) on current performance levels; and
examples of the problem.
Benefits of this proposal
Benefits to be delivered

Identify the key benefits that will occur if the problem is solved. Show how this investment will help the organisation to meet Queensland strategic objectives. Include both financial and non-financial benefits.

Measuring the outcomes

Summarise how you will measure the outcomes using the table below. Include around 4 or 5 key outcome measures.

 

Measurement Description Baseline Measure
What is the current state? Target Measure
(Include interim targets. Consider $, FTE, rates, target budget, etc.) When will measurement occur?

What is the measure? Start Date Frequency End Date

Solution/s

This section is to outline, explore and analyse the possible solution to address the problem.

Description of Option

Describe the potential option that have been identified.  One of these options should be your ‘do nothing’ or Status Quo option.

Option 1 –        Current situation (Do nothing new or status quo)

Option 2 –        The preferred option

 

Comparison of Options

Compare the options by summarising the benefits, risk, costs, timeframes and other relevant criteria.

Criteria Option 1 Option 2
Benefits
Community or patients
Staff
Organisation

Risk
Community or patients
Staff
Organisation

Costs:
Project
Recurrent
Savings/Revenue

Time to implement

 

Recommendation/s

State your recommendation/s and briefly explain your reasoning. Your reasons might include;

Benefits to patients, staff and organisation
Risks to patients, staff and organisation (if any)
Costs
Estimate of the set up costs (if any) – non recurrent costs
Estimate of the ongoing costs – recurrent costs
Time it would take to implement the option
Estimated Costs

Provide your best estimate of the costs involved and funding required. Identify any potential sources of revenue or any cost savings that will be achieved by this proposal.

 

Non-recurrent(set up costs) Recurrent(ongoing running costs)
Estimated expenditure·         Labour Costs·         Non-labour Costs·         Capital Acquisitions
Estimated revenue / cost savings (if any)
Estimated net cost to simHealth

MARKING CRITERIA

Criteria Marks
1.      Incorporates relevant concepts and theorieso   Addresses the subject and the issues raised in the questiono   Demonstrates an appropriate level of understanding of the theoretical principles and conceptso   Relevant principles and concepts are used with appropriate application to support argument.

60
2.      Use of resourceso   Evidence of an appropriate level of research regarding the various conceptso   Evidence of a range of relevant resources are used and integrated into the discussiono   Appropriate and accurate referencing

20
3.      Communicationo   Ideas are clearly articulated and coherently structuredo   The paper/business case is presented in an acceptable academic formato   The paper/business case is structured logically and clearly with an appropriate conclusion.

20
TOTAL 100

Is a sample of five mortgages adequate to access the relative magnitudes of the effects of the variables? What sample size would you recommend?

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Read the following case study:

A major financial services company wishes to better understand its mortgage approval process. In particular, the company is interested in learning about the effects of credit history (good versus fair), the size of the mortgage (<$500,000 versus >$500,000), and the region of the United States (western versus eastern) on the amount of time it takes to get a mortgage approved. The database of mortgages approved in the last year is accessed, and a random sample of five approved mortgages is selected for each of the eight combinations of the three variables. The data are shown in the table

Mortgage Approval Time Study

Credit History Mortgage Size Region Approval Times (Days)

Good <$500,000 Western 59 50 64 62 47

Fair <$500,000 Western 81 58 69 65 74

Good >$500,000 Western 38 52 58 60 65

Fair >$500,000 Western 146 159 133 143 129

Good <$500,000 Eastern 28 26 38 41 21

Fair <$500,000 Eastern 42 53 40 50 64

Good >$500,000 Eastern 49 31 49 42 38

Fair >$500,000 Eastern 106 115 126 118 138

First, conduct an analysis using the following steps:

Use the data shown in the table to conduct a design of experiment (DOE) in Microsoft Excel in order determine the nature and magnitude of the effects of the three variables on mortgage approval times. What are the key drivers of this process?
Determine the graphical display tool (e.g., Interaction Effects Chart, Scatter Chart, etc.) that you would use to present the results of the DOE that you conducted in Question 1. Provide a rationale for your response.
Assess the data sampling method. Our sample contained only five mortgages per combination. Under what circumstances would it have been appropriate to select a larger sample? Is a sample of five mortgages adequate to access the relative magnitudes of the effects of the variables? What sample size would you recommend? What could you learn from a larger sample size? (Hint: Look back at chapter 2, 3, 5, and 6 for discussion of sampling.)
Provide other variable responses that might be of interest to measure and study. (Hint: If you were getting a mortgage or a loan, what are the two and most important measures of the process you would have to go through?)
Propose one overall recommendation to the financial services company, based on the DOE, that could help reduce mortgage approval times.
Use http://research.strayer.edu to identify at least two (2) quality references to support your discussion. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Second, create a PPT presentation to communicate the data analysis you completed. Your presentation must follow these formatting requirements:

A PPT presentation with at least 10 slides that include the answers to questions 1 through 5.
A reference slide which follows APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Formatting of the slides should be consistent and easy to read.
Cover slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
Please figure and analyze the problem.

What do you think about the results? How might you explain any differences?

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The MHA 608 course has focused on the development of healthcare
administrators who are poised to deal with not only current issues in the
healthcare arena, but also to develop visionary leaders who can handle future
issues in healthcare administration. This final paper requires a comparative
analysis of multiple hospital or health systems in their applicability as it relates to
various issues encountered by the healthcare administrator.
o Access the following website: WhyNotTheBest.org. This site was created and is
maintained by The Commonwealth Fund, which is a private foundation focused
on development of high performance health systems. It is a free resource for
health care professionals interested in tracking performance on various measures
of health care quality. It is used by organizations to compare their performance
against peers and competitors on a range of benchmarks over various periods of
time. The link for the site is: (http://www.whynotthebest.org/)
o Select a minimum of 3 hospitals (from the left menu box – “Compare Hospitals”)
in your home state and at 3 hospitals in least 2-3 other states in order to make
comparisons. It is recommended that your choice of the other 2-3 states be states
that have similar characteristics (i.e. demographics or population) as your home
state. Your selections are not required to be neighboring states.
o Once the list appears based on your selected state (under the matching hospitals
menu), click on the arrow icon next to the hospital to add them to the box on the
right (“add to report”). Do not leave this page until all of your hospitals and
states have been selected. Your choices will not be saved. Look back to the left
menu box and select your next state and hospitals until all of your choices have
been selected.
o Once all selections have been made, click on “View Report.” You must click on
the site terms of agreement in order to proceed. You will also need to give your
report a name. Any name will suffice. Click on “View Report” again. You may
get a popup menu that asks again for the agreement to the terms of use. Please
read this information. It also illustrates how to cite your report. You will need this
citation information for the reference page of your report.
o Your report will be displayed. Click on the “change category” link in order to
produce reports on the following characteristics.
 Patient Experience
 Mortality Rates
 Readmission Rates
 Health Information Technology
o It is recommended that you print the chart reports from each category. If you
desire, you can create a free account to save your reports. However, if you do not
create the account before you do the report, you will lose your report. It may be
more feasible just to print out your reports.
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o If you select hospitals that do not have enough to measure the four required
characteristics, it is advised that you select other hospitals. The purpose of the
assignment is to compare facilities.
o After reviewing the reports from each state, students will develop a comparative
analysis paper. The paper will explore the four (4) required areas of comparison;
describe the findings, and present ideas for improving the data findings.
o Requirements: The body of the paper should be between a minimum of 8 pages
not to exceed 12 pages (3500-4000 words), typed and double-spaced in Times
Roman font using APA standard. The page length requirement does not include
the title page and reference pages.
Format for the paper:
 Title page
 Introduction – This section of the paper should describe the states selected and
rationale for their selection.
 Comparative Analysis – This discussion should give a narrative of the results
of the comparisons for each state based on the specified characteristics.
 Reflections – Discuss your personal and professional reflections on the
findings. (What do you think about the results? How might you explain any
differences?) This discussion should be supported by references from the
assigned readings and external sources.
 Conclusions – Discuss how the selected hospitals might improve their scores
on each of the characteristics. This discussion should be based on concepts
and principles learned from the MHA 608 course.
 Christian Worldview – This section of the paper should also address how your
Christian worldview perspective impacts or frames your ideas and discussions
related to the issues presented in the paper.
 Reference page – APA format. Resources for APA formatting are included on
the Graduate Online Student Center.

What was an example of a recent challenge and the steps taken to produce results for this leader?

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Students will conduct an interview with a leader or manager in an organization. Examples of leaders or managers to interview are a university official, a politician, a community service volunteer, a manager, an executive team member or an entrepreneur. After their interview, students will write a seven- to eight page, double-spaced paper synthesizing the results of their interview and discussing how this interview relates to the course materials.
In their papers, students are expected to address the following questions:
1. What style of leadership does the interview subject exhibit?
2. What does the individual identify as his or her style of leadership?
3. What characteristics could be observed in this leader?
4. Does this leader subscribe to the contingency approach to effective leadership?
5. What is this individual’s strategy for making decisions?
6.How did this person achieve a position of leadership?
7. What has best prepared this leader to lead: Education? Experience?
8. What was an example of a recent challenge and the steps taken to produce results for this leader?
9. What type of leadership development does this person employ?
10. What has been learned via “on the job” experience (i.e., something not learned in school)?

In their papers, students should combine their own thoughtful analysis with ideas and information found in a minimum of two scholarly sources other than the textbook. Therefore, as in any scholarly writing, students should
not merely copy information from another author, but use evidence to support the contentions they have drawn from their findings and critically analyze related literature – this paper has to be an analytical paper, not a summary of readings. This paper must meet APA requirements of format and style. Students must cite the sources of all ideas, facts, and information used that are not their own, even if they have put the information into their own words. Failure to do so is plagiarism, even if the oversight is unintentional.

Components % of Grade
DAS-U-Analysis and use of course concepts 30%
DAS-U-Evidence and support 30%
DAS-U-Organization and coherence 20%
DAS-U-Style and mechanics 20%
TOTAL 100%

What is the difference between Muir’s “sublime” and Vera Cruz’s emphasis on “survival”? How does this relate to his journalistic/fact-based style of writing?

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Week 4 Critical Response: Philip Vera Cruz

Focus on TWO of the discussion questions below. Find evidence from the text in the form of quotes and summaries and key words to explain your analysis and evaluation of the text. Explain how your two questions are related.

4.How does Vera Cruz come to understand the American Dream through nature? How does Vera Cruz describe the influence of U.S. colonialism in his life and his relationship to the environment, both in the Philippines and in the U.S. How does this relate to his journalistic/fact-based style of writing?

  1. Working in the fields results in an entirely different relationship to “nature” than vacationing in it. How does the brutality of Vera Cruz’s work illustrate class domination to be alienating even in nature? What is the difference between Muir’s “sublime” and Vera Cruz’s emphasis on “survival”? How does this relate to his journalistic/fact-based style of writing?

Post your 300-word analysis in paragraph form and citing quotes and specific locations in the text

How might you make use of this tool in your own work as a digital humanist?

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In approximately 600-800 words, briefly discuss the Tableau software we used in the Data Visualization workshop, considering in particular its uses and limitations when it comes to dealing with humanities data (remember Johanna Drucker’s essay on graphical display in the humanities! (Links to an external site.)).

Make sure to answer all the following categories: (do NOT skip a single question!!!!)

  • briefly introduce the tool, describing its main features and uses
  • Assess the tool’s usability, and describe its principal user base
  • describe the characteristics of the data Tableau can make use of, and any limitations on that data
  • describe the kinds of output that Tableau produces, and again, any limitations
  • Does the tool make hidden assumptions about the nature of knowledge, and do we learn anything form making those assumptions explicit? (Here it may be particularly useful to refer to Drucker’s essay.)
  • How might you make use of this tool in your own work as a digital humanist? Give a hypothetical example, in as much detail as you can muster.

http://seeingdata.org/developing-visualisation-literacy/top-5-things-to-look-for-in-a-visualisation/

https://flowingdata.com/2015/08/11/real-chart-rules-to-follow/

 

How does modern scholarship interpret print culture? How do other authors support, refine, or dispute Eisenstein’s concept of “print culture”?

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Essay Guidelines
Based on your reading of at least four texts from the course syllabus, including at least one of Eisenstein, Johns, and Sherman, write an 8-10 page (double spaced) essay answering any one of the below questions:
1. How does modern scholarship interpret print culture? How do other authors support, refine, or dispute Eisenstein’s concept of “print culture”?
2. How did the spread of literacy and print inform social and cultural conflict, or vice versa? How has the evolution of print established the identities of those who interacted with books?
3. What is the nature of the book? How did the expected and unexpected uses of books facilitate the spread of knowledge as well as create new societal practices and norms?
Essay Style: All references, paraphrases, quotations etc. must be properly footnoted and acknowledged. Please follow format as laid out in Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (essentially an abridged Chicago Manuel of Style): https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/turabian/citation-guide.html Unreferenced and poorly referenced papers will be given correspondingly lower grades.
Internet: The use of Internet sources is expressly forbidden except with the instructor’s permission or direction. The course essays should derive from your own original reading and understanding of the course materials and reflect your own distinctive, historical interpretation. The use of secondary Internet sources, especially online encyclopedias and dictionaries such as Wikipedia, Britannica online, Spark Notes, as well as book reviews of the course materials is expressly forbidden. Any use of such sources, acknowledged or unacknowledged, will result in a failing grade of “0” on the assignment and a failing grade in the course.
Plagiarism:
Each discipline within the arts has specific and appropriate means for students to cite or acknowledge sources and the ideas and material of others used in their own work. Students have the responsibility to become familiar with such processes and to carefully follow their use in developing original work.
MICA will not tolerate plagiarism, which is defined as claiming authorship of, or using someone else’s ideas or work without proper acknowledgment. Without proper attribution, a
student may NOT replicate another’s work, paraphrase another’s ideas, or appropriate images in a manner that violates the specific rules against plagiarism in the student’s department. In addition, students may not submit the same work for credit in more than one course without the explicit approval of the all of the instructors of the courses involved.
When an instructor has evidence that a student has plagiarized work submitted for course credit, the instructor will confront the student and impose penalties that may include failing the course. In the case of a serious violation or repeated infractions from the same student, the instructor will report the infractions to the department chair. Depending on the circumstances of the case, the department chair may then report the student to the Office of Academic Affairs, which may choose to impose further penalties, including suspension or expulsion.

What Does the Future Hold for Architecture?How do you think homes or living spaces will be designed in the year 2050?

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What Does the Future Hold for Architecture?

In addition to the rapid development of building techniques, one way in which technological change is affecting architecture is through the interaction between architects and the potential occupants and users of the spaces they create. Watch Marc Kushner’s TED talk on the role of social media in architecture then consider where the future of architecture is heading? How do you think homes or living spaces will be designed in the year 2050?

Include a citation for the video.

https://www.ted.com/talks/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you?language=en

Make an initial post of 250 words minimum to this discussion thread

 

 What do you think the world would be like without photography? How much of what we see in a photograph is real?

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Focus on Photography

Step 1: What do you think the world would be like without photography? How much of what we see in a photograph is real? What do you feel are the “truthful” qualities of photography?

Step 2: Share some of your experiences with photography and how it has impacted your life.

Step 3: Look at the Museum of Contemporary Photography website http://www.mocp.org  and choose one photographer that stands out.

provide the complete URL in MLA format so your classmates can jump to the website to view the artwork you chose.

Always include a “Works Cited” list at the end of your discussion, even if it is the course textbook:

Discuss his or her work.

Make an initial post of 250 words minimum to this discussion thread