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Health Care Paper

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The health care industry has evolved over the last decade. The health care market has been impacted by changes in technology as well as the financial and economic evolution of the industry. Imagine you have been given the opportunity to participate in a health care seminar as a guest speaker. You have been asked to discuss the evolution of the health care industry from a technology, finance, and economic perspective.

Write a 1050- to 1400-word paper discussing the past, present, and future of the health care industry in relation to technology, finance, and economics. Your paper should address each of the following:

Past

Analyze how the health care industry has changed in the last 10 years.

Analyze how the use of technology has changed within the health care industry in the last 10 years.

Analyze how finance and economics has impacted the healthcare industry in the last 10 years.

Analyze financial and economic tools and methods used to address issues in the health care industry in the last 10 years.

Analyze how payment sources and mechanisms used in the health care industry have changed in the last 10 years.

Present

Analyze the role technology plays in health care organizations today.

Analyze the current state of the health care industry.

Analyze financial and economic tools and methods being used in the health care industry today.

Analyze current payment sources and mechanisms used in the health care industry today.

Future

Analyze the role technology will play in the health care industry in the coming decade.

Analyze the financial and economic issues the health care industry will encounter the next 10 years.

Analyze if the financial and economic tools and methods currently being used in the health care industry will be effective in the coming decade.

Analyze if the payment sources and mechanism currently being used in the health care industry will be effective in the next 10 years.

Analyze what you think will be the biggest changes in the health care industry in the next 10 years.

Include at least three references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Due Week 4 and worth 350 points

Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course, and one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.
Considering the five (5) forces of competition, choose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.
With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.
Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your answer.
Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses. Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices.
Determine the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
Analyze the company’s value chain to determine where they can create value using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.
Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms.
Identify the five forces of competition.
Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm.
Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Articulate the meaning of value-added service as it pertains to patient care services, and argue the major reasons why it matters to add value to patient services. Justify your response.
Outline a system for identifying the functional areas in which changes might be necessary in order to improve the hospital’s service value. Recommend the key methods that you would use to acquire the information necessary to identify the specified functional areas.
Specify four (4) specific areas where you believe the administration can add value in Paradise Hospital, and argue the most significant reasons why such value proposition would improve the value of services to the patients.
Use four (4) recent (within the last five [5] years) quality academic resources in this assignment.

Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Propose methodologies that have been proven to increase value in health care delivery systems.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in health care management.
Write clearly and concisely about health care management using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you identify, compare, and contrast the policing function at the local, state, and federal organizational levels. Analyze how the organizational, management, administration, and operational functions at these three organizational levels are similar or different and why. Be sure to identify the leadership characteristics and responsibilities pertaining to each organizational leve

Components of Knowledge Management

According to the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the four core components of knowledge management are:

Governance: The leadership that commits to an organizational structure capable of managing the knowledge.
Content: The quantity and quality of the data and information that is managed.
Processes: The standards and guidelines that will be used to collect, manage, and disseminate information.
Technology: The system supporting the other three components.

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research and read the article, “Rhode Island HEALTH Web Data Query System: Death Certificate Module” (Gjelsvik & Monteiro, 2009).

Or

Click here to read the article. http://rimed.org/medhealthri/2009-01/2009-01-32.pdf

Reference:

Gjelsvik, A., & Monteiro, K. (2009). Rhode Island HEALTH web data query system:

Death certificate module. Health by Numbers, 92(1), 32-33.

Based on your reading, create a 5- to 6-page document in Microsoft Word, which includes the answers to the following questions:

What is the “Rhode Island HEALTH Web Data Query System: Death Certificate Module?” Briefly describe the system’s purpose and how it came about.
Which organizations are involved in its governance? Provide a list and description of each organization.
What information can be found using this system? What are the advantages and limitations, if any, to the information that is available?
How is the information collected, managed, and retrieved?
What are the technological components or services that this system relies on? Why?

Conduct a query using one of the programs on this site.

http://health.ri.gov/programs/detail.php?pgm_id=138/

Describe your query and then provide the results you obtained using this system.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA forma

Assignment 2: LASA 1

Business Unit Analysis

Directions: Create a Feasibility Study for Harley-Davidson using the following outline:

Part I: Differentiation Strategies

The analysis of current strategy and competitor analysis you conducted last module impressed the senior vice president. She now needs you to delve into the brands and analyze them by conducting a business unit analysis and presenting your findings in a three-part PowerPoint presentation.

Research the Harley-Davidson (H-D) Web site for each brand, and review the annual report for relevant details of the size, scope, target market, services and amenities, and other salient points of differentiation. Include these details in Part I of your PowerPoint presentation.

From the research and analysis of the business units, identify:

A description of each brand or business unit that provides a clear picture of the brand and its place in the overall portfolio of Harley-Davidson.

The target market of each brand.

How the brands are alike and how they differ.

A preliminary analysis of any gaps that exist in the portfolio that might lead to opportunities to add to the brands.

Your analysis of possible merger/acquisition/joint venture possibilities and what would be achieved or accomplished through the merger/acquisition/joint venture.

Part II: SWOT Analysis

Perform a SWOT analysis for Harley-Davidson and include this information in Part II of your PowerPoint presentation.

Based on the internal analyses of the SWOT analysis, assess the functional areas, resources, capabilities, and strengths H-D possesses. Please be sure to cover the following functional areas in your assessment:

Marketing: New product development, integrated marketing planning, marketing communications, and building customer loyalty.

Operations: Quality, service, and consistent execution.

Human Resources: Hiring, training, developing talent, and performance planning. Avoided lawsuits and bad PR due to its hiring practices. Is ethical in its HR practices.

Executive Leadership: Industry knowledge and experience, vision about where the industry is heading, and strategy execution.

Supply Chain Optimization: Strategic sourcing of input, vendor management, integrated IS, and joint forecasting with suppliers.

Corporate Responsibility and Ethics: Concern for corporate citizenship and the environment. Present any potential ethical concerns as well.

Safety and Quality: How the motorcycle industry is dealing with safety and quality issues.

Part III: Growth and Profitability Strategies

In addition, the executive board is interested in your ideas about bold strategies for the future. The strategies you recommend will have to contribute to growth and profitability, as outlined in the Annual Report.

You will want to pay special attention to exploring vertical integration, strategic alliances, and the internal growth of new brands entering new geographic markets, and/or additional acquisitions.

Consider the following:

Is Harley-Davidson, Inc., (H-D) competing in the right businesses, given the opportunities and threats present in the external environment? If not, how can H-D realign its diversification strategy to achieve a competitive advantage?

This may include additional diversification to take advantage of opportunities such as further vertical integration.

Is the corporation managing its portfolio in a way that creates synergy among its businesses? If so, what additional businesses should it consider adding to its portfolio?

After you have reviewed the growth and profitability strategies, create a list of possible strategies to present a full range of ideas.

Part III of your presentation should include your complete list—all potential ideas—for the senior vice president. This is your chance to be creative.

Next, rank your ideas from best to worst. To do this, keep in mind several things such as fit with current strategy, resources and capabilities, and difficulty of execution.

For each of your top five ideas, add the following:

Briefly describe the strategy.

Why you picked it as one of the top five.

Think about such things as:

Does the strategy build on current competencies and foster horizontal relationships among brands? In other words, what can be leveraged or shared? What are the pros and cons of this strategy?

Your PowerPoint Feasibility Study presentation will also include slides pertaining to the following assessments:

Part I: Identification of size, scope, target market, services, amenities, and points of differentiation.

Part II: SWOT analysis that includes marketing, operations, human resources, executive leadership, supply chain optimization, corporate responsibility, ethics, safety, and quality.

Part III: Growth and profitability strategies, including your top five strategic ideas and support.

Submit the PowerPoint Feasibility Study presentation to the senior vice president so that she can review the alternatives and provide you with feedback about your ideas

Writing Assignment

Read the Case: Can the TSA Secure Top Flight Performance, and do the following:

Summarize the case in 1-2 paragraphs.
Explain which of the HR practices described in the case you think contribute to greater efficiency and effectiveness of TSA employees. Why? Recommend at least two other practices which could be employed to increase efficiency and effectiveness of TSA employees. Justify your response.
Explain which of the HR practices described in the case you think can contribute to ethical behavior by TSA employees. Why? Recommend at least two other practices which could be employed to encourage ethical behavior of TSA employees. Justify your response.
Explain at least 3 practices you would recommend to ensure TSA follows equal employment guidelines. Justify your response.

Write a 2- to 3-page paper in Word format. Apply current APA standards for writing style to your work

The Dark web? I would like the emphasis be on the potential threats and a examination of whether an information security policy can effectively thwart potential attacks that originate from the dark web? Where would policy statements and planning documents fall short in this fight against the unknown?

Disruptive Media: Digital Cinema in Contrast to Traditional Cinema

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throughout human history, ,media have excited in four stages: traditional, public, mass and electronic .

the transitions between these times have been characterized by “ disruptive” media, which alter both the communication methods and society that originates them.

Write about Digital Cinema and describe its emergence as viable channel of communication, in contrast with Traditional Cinema (the medium which Digital Cinema emerged from) , explaining in what ways it was a “ disruptive” medium . then choose one way in which that medium disrupted society , and analyze why and how that happened.

the paper should be 5-7 pages in length , double-spaced, with 1”margins and 12 point type in either Arial, Times New Roman or Goudy old style fonts.

when sources are used at least 50% MAY NOT be sourced from internet .

all sources must be properly cited in either MLA or APA format