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Using the Hospital Compare tool on Medicare.gov, obtain benchmarking data on several health care facilities.

Using the Hospital Compare tool on Medicare.gov, obtain benchmarking data on several health care facilities.

  • Using the Hospital Compare tool on Medicare.gov, obtain benchmarking data on several health care facilities. Write a 3-4 page memo to the HIM director specifying the use of benchmark and comparative data in health care, the statistical data that allows for comparisons, an interpretation of the results of the comparison, and other pertinent details. Include three or more graphs, charts, or tables in the memo.

    Introduction

    Benchmarking is a tool for measurement as well as quality improvement. It is the process of comparing performance as a strategy to identify improvement opportunities. In this assessment, you will use an online tool called Hospitals Compare to see how various health care facilities compare to national benchmarks, then summarize your findings.

    Demonstration of Proficiency

    By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

    Preparation

    Vila Health wants to compare its performance to that of nearby facilities. As a Vila Health data analyst, you are responsible for accessing local hospitals’ benchmarking data and reporting your findings. To prepare for this assessment:

    • Access:
    • Perform the following:
      • Enter your zip code under Find a hospital; click Search. This will provide you with a list of health care facilities within your zip code.
      • Select Add to Compare under Hospital Search Results for at least two facilities.
      • Click Compare Now.
      • Select one of the tabs at the top such as Survey of Patients’ Experiences or Complications & Deaths.
      • Select one of the categories from the drop-down menu.
        • If you cannot see the graphs, select Show Graphs.
      • Examine the resulting output to understand the data.

    After examining the benchmarking data, you will perform the comparisons and summarize your findings about the data in a memo to the health information management director.

    Instructions

    In a 3–4 page memo to your Vila Health HIM director, include the following headings and address the questions following each heading at a minimum:

    • Benchmark and Comparative Data
      • How can Vila Health use this specific type of benchmark and comparative data?
    • Statistical Data Allowing for Comparative Measures
      • Which kinds of statistical data allow for comparative measures? For example, consider mean and median.
      • What examples can you provide from your Compare Hospitals results to support your points?
    • Interpretation of Results
      • What types of information can Vila Health glean from these comparative measures?
      • What examples can you provide from your Hospital Compare results that support your interpretations?
      • Knowing that your director responds well to charts, graphs, and other visuals, how can you convey this information graphically?
    • Users of Benchmarking Data
      • Who are the potential users of this benchmarking data at Vila Health?
    • Data Implications
      • What are the implications of the data you have collected for Vila Health?
      • Assuming that these facilities are competitors with Vila Health, in what areas could excellent patient service give a competitive advantage to Vila Health?

    Additional Requirements

    • Length: 3–4 double-spaced pages, including at least three supporting visual elements such as charts or graphs.
    • Font: Use Times New Roman, 12 points for body of memo.
    • APA format: Use APA formatting and style guidelines for citations and references.
    • Writing: Create a clear, well-organized, and professional document that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
  • SCORING GUIDE

    Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.VIEW SCORING GUIDE

  • CRITERIANON-PERFORMANCEBASICPROFICIENTDISTINGUISHEDDescribe the use of benchmark and comparative data.Does not describe the use of benchmark and comparative data.Attempts to describe the use of benchmark and comparative data. However, omissions and/or errors exist.Describes the use of benchmark and comparative data.Describes the use of benchmark and comparative data. Description includes multiple examples, specifics, and references to current, scholarly and/or authoritative sources.Explain the statistical data that allow for comparative measures.Does not explain the statistical data that allow for comparative measures.Attempts to explain the statistical data that allow for comparative measures. However, omissions and/or errors exist.Explains the statistical data that allow for comparative measures.Explains the statistical data that allow for comparative measures. Explanation includes multiple examples, specifics, and current references to scholarly and/or authoritative sources.Interpret statistical data to reveal the types of information it provides.Does not describe statistical data.Describes but fails to interpret the statistical data.Interprets statistical data to reveal the types of information it provides.Interprets statistical data to reveal the types of information it provides. Interpretation includes an explanation of calculations, multiple examples, and specifics; interpretation is supported by current references to scholarly and/or authoritative sources.Identify users of benchmarking data.Does not identify users of benchmarking data.Attempts to identify users of benchmarking data; however, omissions and/or errors exist.Identifies users of benchmarking data.Identifies users of benchmarking data. Narrative includes multiple examples, specifics, and references to current, scholarly and/or authoritative sources.Analyze the implications of benchmark and comparative data.Does not describe the implications of benchmark and comparative data.Describes but does not analyze the implications of benchmark and comparative data.Analyzes the implications of benchmark and comparative data.Analyzes the implications of benchmark and comparative data. Analysis includes multiple examples, specifics and references to current, scholarly and/or authoritative sources.Create a clear, well-organized, professional document that is generally free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.Does not create a clear, well-organized, professional document that is generally free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.Attempts to create a clear, well-organized, professional document that is generally free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. However, omissions and/or errors exist.Creates a clear, well-organized, professional document that is generally free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.Creates a clear, well-organized, error-free, professional document. Document includes multiple examples, specifics, and references to current scholarly and/or authoritative sources.Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.Does not follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.Attempts to follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references. However, omissions and/or errors exist.Follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.Follows APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references without errors.

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Managing a Compliant and Diverse Workplace

Business Law Question

Managing a Compliant and Diverse Workplace

Recall from the Management Team Briefing on Employment Laws Assignment that the company in the assignment was the defendant in some HR-related lawsuits; claims of harassment, failure to reasonably accommodate disabilities, and work-life balance issues were made by employees, forcing the company to answer to the claims in its own defense. As the new CHRO, you want to enact stronger policies and guidelines to avoid such situations in the future.

Write a 5–6 page paper in which you:

  1. Briefly note how workplace harassment affects equal employment opportunity and describe at least four elements a plaintiff must show to pursue a harassment claim. How might an organization prevent the risk of being the subject of such claims? Hint: Read 6 Tips to Avoid Harassment and Discrimination Claims.
  2. Explain your overall understanding on reasonable accommodation of disability (consider reviewing ADA rules). Then, discuss a minimum of three things a plaintiff filing a failure to accommodate claim must show to prove they are qualified for the job in question.
  3. Make a connection between religious advocacy or harassment and bona fide occupational qualification. Can churches promoting a certain religion refuse to hire people of other faiths? Why or why not?
  4. Discuss your overall understanding of FMLA and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act as they relate to organizations granting leave for each. Then, identify two or three common FMLA mistakes managers make and what you would do to avoid the mistakes. Hint: Read The Top Five FMLA Compliance Mistakes That Could Land You in Court.
  5. Go to Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to locate at least three quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Requirements: 5-6 pages

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Creative Writing Question

Creative Writing Question

A retrospective is a compilation of representative examples of work from a major part of a person’s life. As you complete your degree, this assignment provides the opportunity for you to look back over the milestone moments in your program and share significant events and learning which have contributed to your professional growth and practice.

Using the program outcomes as a framework, compose a Program Outcomes Retrospective Paper explaining how you have mastered each program outcome and how this experience has contributed to your overall life’s work. For each program outcome, use the capstone artifacts to provide concrete examples of these milestone moments in a well-developed, clear, and thorough rationale paragraph.

*Please craft at least one paragraph for each program outcome to address these questions.

Please subtitle the paragraph with the program outcome title.

  • In what ways do your artifacts support mastery of the program outcome?
  • How do your artifacts provide evidence of competency in this area?
  • Are any gaps evident?

Consider the following questions when addressing the conclusion to your paper:

  • How have you grown or developed during your enrollment in this program?
  • How has this program helped you in your personal growth?
  • How will your competency in the program outcome enhance your professional work?

APA and Writing Checklist

  • Title page (Use title, author’s name, author’s institution, course prefix and number, course instructor name, and assignment due date.)
  • Title on first written page
  • Introduction paragraph
  • Use headings
  • Conclusion paragraph
  • References with doi# or url

Length: The double-spaced paper should be 6-8 pages in length.

Overall format:

  • Compose the paper in a Word document.
  • Leave a one-inch margin at the top, bottom, left, and right.
  • Use 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font.
  • Organize your paper with APA-formatted headings and sub-headings.
  • References: Follow APA format.

Requirements: 6pgs

I am studying master degree integrated physics and instructional leadership ..I am going to send the syllabus of my courses ,is that okay for you

this is an online course ,I did not attend any course ..but I can send my work ..first I will send the syllabus ..they will give you an idea what I learned from the course

the course code is at the top of the syllabus

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Plato believes he has demonstrated that Thrasymachus

Plato believes he has demonstrated that Thrasymachus

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Discussion Board

The question for Lesson 2 is: by the end of book 4, Plato believes he has demonstrated that Thrasymachus is wrong about justice. What do you think? Has Socrates succeeded in refuting him? Why or why not?

To receive full credit for this assignment, you must:
1) write a post of 6-8 sentences answering this question for yourself, then
2) provide 4-6 sentences of thoughtful feedback on each of at least 3 posts by other people.

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Requirements: 6-8 sentences

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Assessing Musculoskeletal Pain

Assessing Musculoskeletal Pain

Case 1: Back Pain

Photo Credit: University of Virginia. (n.d.). Lumbar Spine Anatomy [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad/ext/5lumbar/01anatomy.html. Used with permission of University of Virginia.

A 42-year-old male reports pain in his lower back for the past month. The pain sometimes radiates to his left leg. In determining the cause of the back pain, based on your knowledge of anatomy, what nerve roots might be involved? How would you test for each of them? What other symptoms need to be explored? What are your differential diagnoses for acute low back pain? Consider the possible origins using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) guidelines as a framework. What physical examination will you perform? What special maneuvers will you perform

With regard to the case study you were assigned:

      • Review this week’s Learning Resources, and consider the insights they provide about the case study.
      • Consider what history would be necessary to collect from the patient in the case study you were assigned.
      • Consider what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate to gather more information about the patient’s condition. How would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
      • Identify at least five possible conditions that may be considered in a differential diagnosis for the patient.

 

Post an episodic/focused note about the patient in the case study to which you were assigned using the episodic/focused note template provided in the Week 5 resources. Provide evidence from the literature to support diagnostic tests that would be appropriate for each case. List five different possible conditions for the patient’s differential diagnosis, and justify why you selected each.

Requirements: 3 pages

Please,follow the posted instructions carefully.This assignment will come with 5 most recent APA referrences,

Post an episodic/focused note about the patient in the case study to which you were assigned using the episodic/focused note template provided in the Week 5 resources. Provide evidence from the literature to support diagnostic tests that would be appropriate for each case. List five different possible conditions for the patient’s differential diagnosis, and justify why you selected each.

Please use this template for this assignment.Thanks.

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