Applied Science

In your initial post, introduce yourself to your peers, sharing your major, interests, and geographical location. Then, after reading the article What Are Liberal Arts?, discuss the importance of liberal arts in your own words. Considering what was mentioned in the article, share one way that liberal arts fit into your life or your educational pursuits. Have you ever taken any liberal arts courses before at other institutions? Which areas of the liberal arts are of particular interest to you and why?

Corporate Vice President of Operations Management for Patient-First Healthcare System, a nonprofit hospital with seven rural satellite hospitals located within 250 mi of each other. Your organization has just approved new monies for developing new quality management initiatives. The individual hospitals have implemented their own quality management programs with varying levels of success. Some of their programs demonstrate stellar results and high levels of patient satisfaction, although others have much less impressive results. Your focus as the corporate VP of operations is to implement a corporate quality improvement program that will be standard throughout the company’s hospitals. The plan must also be responsive to any local needs or issues. What will your quality plan entail? Specify what processes will be measured. Will it include JCAHO or another accreditation review? Why or why not? Finally, how will you measure the results?

Healthcare research or EBM is important to healthcare leaders for many reasons, one of which can help a physician determine the course of treatment. There are three parts total to the EBM including “research-based evidence, clinical expertise (i.e., the clinician’s accumulated experience, knowledge, and clinical skills), and the patient’s values and preferences” (Haughom). The first part of EBM is research-based evidence, which is the already established evidence on treatments to perform based on the research that already has been done. The second part is clinical expertise which is the clinicians understanding and experience that they have gained over time. The final part to EBM is the patient’s values and preferences which is a huge part of the process of treatment and crucial because ultimately, the physician has to do what the patient wants based on their values. EBM helps allow physicians to make decisions combining all three of the factors and allows physicians to stay up to date on current research and treatments, improves accountability, improves quality of care and finally improves outcomes (Haughom). These healthcare leaders use the EBM to help evaluate different avenues of treatment and then based on the evaluations they will choose the best route of treatment. A great example of the utilization of EBM is when a physician does not have sufficient enough time to read all different studies and conduct research to see if his or her patient would respond well to this type of approach (Masic). Instead, these clinicians will pull from real world experience that they have as well as experience of others to create a treatment plan that would best work for everyone. (Masic) This allows for the process of treatment to be much quicker instead of drawn out.

List and discuss the 6 criteria pollutants that the EPA focuses on. Be sure to mention how each pollutant negatively affects human health.

Q.1 Write reply/ response for this article. (Jose)Professor and classmates, as more and more countries adopt market-based approaches for healthcare delivery, executive attention will continue to shift from the merits of competition to strategies for staying alive and prospering. The constant pressure for improved clinical, operational and financial performance leave little time for trial and error. These are some examples that healthcare organizations are responding to the healthcare marketplace. One way is that you are stating to see more and more businesses grow and merge by entering into a joint venture. By doing so they have the ability to leverage economies of scale, strengthened bargaining position with cost payers and more services in managed care programs through verticalization along the supply chain. Another way is to establish and develop more outpatient networks that can reach out to more people and have the organization achieve significant outcomes in less capital intensive ways than by just building hospitals. Another way would be making sure the organization invests in modern IT, staff training, high performance equipment, modern premises and even contemporary room amenities is the price for staying profitable in a highly competitive market. Healthcare institutions are using smart finance to improve planning, acquire state of the art technology and manage cost-per-outcome in order to offer high-quality care and service to patients, which in turn enhances the organizations reputation, attracts more patients and staff, deploys clinical services more efficiently and effectively, adapts seamlessly to market changes and ensures regulatory compliance.https://healthmanagement.org/c/hospital/whitepaper/the-keys-to-staying-competitive-in-today-s-healthcare-market

Consider your work environment, domain of interest, or everyday life, and identify two variables that are positively correlated and two variables that are negatively correlated. Explain why your correlation examples are positive and negative. Review a peer example, and discuss areas of difference.Please include the name of the person or question to which you are replying in the subject line. For example, “Tom’s response to Susan’s comment.”ANSWER THE ABOVE DISCUSSION AND THEN REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE’S RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTION AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE? (A MINIMUM OF 200 WORDS EACH)CLASSMATE’S POSTIn everyday life, two variables that can be stated as positively correlated mainly include support from coworkers and self-esteem. This can be said as positively correlated with work and everyday life as it is directly proportional to the increase in the person’s performance. Support from your coworkers allows you to work as a team, which actually impacts the organization’s performance positively. Having self-esteem is a key factor in positive development within the place of work.However, a variable such as harassment or lack of facilities can cause the opposite effect. It can be stated as having a negative correlation with everyday life and performance in work. This is because every other time you feel harassed at the workplace, you lose the morale to work, which directly impacts the performance in place of work negatively. Lack of facilities that help in running o day to day activities in place of work can make day to day running of the organization slow and, as a result, impact the performance in a negative way.

How do people not covered by these programs (an estimated 16 percent of the population younger than 65 years) get health services when they need them? Who are the uninsured? Please share your thoughts.

Discussion BoardConsider your own genetics (traits received or did not receive from your parents) and the environment in which you grew up. Which do you think has a greater impact on a person’s life decisions—”nature” (the genes people have) or “nurture” (the environment people in which grow up)? Explain your choice and support it with examples if possible. Do you like french fries? If so, why? Because they taste good? Why do they taste good?ALSO PLEASE REPLY TO ANOTHER STUDENTS COMMENT BELOWDylanI sometimes I see traits that I received from my parents genetically because of my natural size in height and weight but I believe that my genetics have had no impact on my life decisions thus far. The way I was raised and the life experiences that I have experienced has a greater impact on my life decisions. For example if a person’s parents were not very good parents and made horrible decisions in life, then that person may learn from those mistakes that their parents made and not make those bad decisions as they have.

Write a 1,250-1,500 word paper in which you explore decision-making methods that can be used to resolve an ethical dilemma using the scenario provided in the assigned reading, “An Unconscious Patient With a DNR Tattoo.” Describe how to use the principles of ethical decision making (reviewed in this topic) to help resolve this ethical dilemma. Address the scenario to generate your conclusions about how you would proceed.What are the dimensions of the ethical dilemma?What are the potential organizational policies to which you will refer?Analyze the situation using one of the ethical theories discussed in the textbook. Describe how one might formulate assistance to the clinical staff using this theory.Describe the importance of reasoning in the decision-making process.Considering this dilemma, describe how a Christian worldview would inform ethical responsibilities?Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

STUDY GUIDE FOR DECISION SCENARIO CASES1. Analyzing a Decision Scenario CaseThis study aid is divided into two parts. The first part organizes your notes and thinking about the case. The second organizes the points you want to make for an essay on the case. (For a detailed explanation of how to analyze a decision scenario, see chapter 4.)To begin your work, think about the following questions:What is the decision that needs to be made in the case? Example: Should Trendway make changes to its production line?David Schramm, the chief engineer for Cable and Component Design (CCD), has to decide whether General Motors needs to commit to the RIM grommet for a 1992 model year car. The Product, Process, and Reliability (PPR) committee has the final responsibility to commence the new product development. Still, they have given Schramm the responsibility to analyze and recommend their decision (Mann, 1987).What are the major decision options? Example: The Company can expand its current production line, improve its yield, or build a new line with advanced technology.The company’s major decision is whether they can commit to this 1992 model year car production. This decision might positively impact the company in terms of yields and their automobile industry if they buy into the decision to make the model. Schramm needs to analyze that decision before recommending it (General Motors Corporation, 1968).Exploring the Decision OptionsWhat questions will help you decide which decision option is best? Example: Which option yields the best financial results for Trendway?What is best for the General Motors brand? Will the decision to commit to the 1992 model year car yield the company financial results? Will this decision put the company at the top of the automobile industry charts?What concepts and frameworks might help answer your questions? Example: The concepts of unit cost and breakeven help compare the three decision options’ financial impact.Committing to the 1992 model year car might be the best option for General Motors since it might be a success, causing a sales turnover rate. This new production could put the company in the charts, thus improving their people’s perception and their brand name (Patrick J. O’shaugnness Kathryn E. stock, 1996).Use the following grid to organize your thinking about the decision. Use your questions to study the evidence and identify the decision criteria. Please write down the criteria, the case evidence relevant to them, and which decision option the evidence supports. Your goal is to determine the most strongly supported option by the evidence. You can defer thinking about action steps if you’d rather focus on the decision first.Example: Should Trendway expand its current production line, improve its yield, or build a new line capable of producing future products?