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Hospital comparison

Prompt

To complete this assignment, you will submit an analysis report that includes the comparative analysis of two chosen hospitals. In this assignment, you will choose two acute care hospitals from your state and conduct a comparative analysis. Use module resources to understand how to conduct the comparative analysis on selected hospitals. You will use quality metrics and national benchmarks defined by the CMS. You will then create an analysis report that includes the comparative table and a summary of your analysis to demonstrate your findings.

You must cite at least three sources to support your claims. For additional help with completing this assignment, refer to the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing Graduate item in the Start Here module. You may also use the Online Writing Center, located in the Academic Support module.

Use this hospital comparison table template to help you complete this assignment:

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

  1. Selection of Hospitals: Justify your selection of two acute care hospitals for comparative analysis.
  2. Analysis of Patient Survey Ratings: Analyze the comparative performance of selected hospitals pertaining to patient survey ratings quality metrics. Consider the following questions in your response:
    1. How does the patient survey quality metric impact the government and private insurance reimbursement?
    2. Why is the patient survey one of the essential quality metrics for value-based care?
    3. Did underserved/vulnerable populations participate in the patient survey? Why is their inclusion essential?
  3. Analysis of Complication and Death Rates: Analyze the comparative performance of selected hospitals pertaining to complication and death rate quality metrics. Consider the following questions in your response:
    1. How do complication and death rate quality metrics impact the government and private insurance reimbursement?
    2. How do the complication and death rates impact value-based care?
  4. Analysis of Unplanned Hospital Visit Ratings: Analyze the comparative performance of selected hospitals pertaining to the unplanned hospital visits quality metric. Consider the following questions in your response:
    1. How does the unplanned hospital visits quality metric impact the government and private insurance reimbursement?
    2. What does the unplanned hospital visits quality metric indicate about value-based care?
  5. Summary of Analysis: Summarize your findings from your comparative analysis of the two hospitals. Include the national benchmarks for the quality metrics you have used for your analyses. Consider the following questions in your response:
    1. How do value-based care quality metrics impact healthcare stakeholders such as insurance providers, hospitals, and patients?
    2. Do the mentioned three quality metrics or any other quality metrics defined by the CMS include underserved/vulnerable populations challenges related to value-based care?

PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY

PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY : A TIME TO SPEND, A TIME TO SAVE : 02.04 : INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

For your assignment, you will compare savings options and make a recommendation as to which option would earn the most interest after taxes and inflation. 

Part OneSelect Two Savings Options

Select one savings option from the Simple Interest column and one from the Compound Interest column to compare: 

Simple InterestCompound InterestOption Aearns 2.5% simple interest per yearOption Dearns 2% compound interest per yearOption Bearns 3% simple interest per yearOption Eearns 2.5% compound interest per yearOption Cearns 3.5% simple interest per yearOption Fearns 3% compound interest per year

Part TwoCrunch the Numbers

Calculate the after-tax real rate of return earned on $5,000 by your selected savings options over a period of three years. This will help your comparison. Remember, the real rate of return includes taxes on the interest earned and inflation. For this assignment, use a tax rate of 10% and an average cumulative rate of 3%.

You will submit your calculations as part of your assignment. Need help? Check out the steps to calculate the after-tax real rate of return:

Step 1: Calculate the interest earned

Step 2: Calculate the taxes on the interest earned

Step 3: Calculate the inflation on the interest earned

Step 4: Find the after-tax real rate of return

Part ThreeMake Your Recommendation 

Compile your calculations and make a recommendation. Of the savings options that you chose, which would you recommend a depositor use? Use complete sentences to explain why one option would be more beneficial than the other based on the after-tax rate of return.

What to Submit

Submit your selected savings options, calculations, and recommendation to 02.04 Interest Rates and Inflation.

ASSESSMENT

  1. Complete the reading and activities.
  2. Review the rubric before completing and submitting this activity.
  3. Complete parts one, two, and three. 
  4. Submit your work to 02.04 Interest Rates and Inflation.

Rubric

Case Study Analysis Assignment

  11-year-old boy complains of wheezing and difficulty getting enough air. Notices it more when he is playing baseball and symptoms improve when exercise activity stops. He says that the symptoms are getting worse and the symptoms are even occurring at rest. Mother says the child is allergic to cat dander and his next-door neighbor in their apartment building recently began sheltering cats for the local humane society. Auscultation demonstrates wheezes on forced expiration throughout all lung fields. 

 explain the cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes that result in the patient presenting these symptoms, any racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning, and how these processes interact to affect the patient. 

Please follow the instructions.

3 references , 2 pages

HR Scenario

Directions below

APA, 1-2 pgs

My profession is: Human Resource Management

Event to use: *click view details for more info*

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Discussion Reply Quality

write a reply to the following post. Must be a minimum of 250 words and include 2 references 

 

In order for a business to provide the greatest possible service to its consumers, it must adopt new quality initiatives into its daily operations. Every part of a company revolves around quality. Quality initiatives guarantee that a company reaches the highest levels of customer satisfaction (Eileen, 2018). Customers are the foundation of every business, and they want the greatest value possible in order to have the best experience . When regularly implemented, the quality initiative has a beneficial influence on each of the company’s operations and yields a high yield of considerable overall benefits(Fujitsu, 2020).

In 2019, Vitaquest International, a nutraceutical and functional foods firm, announced a new quality program called TotalQ (Mmcdonald, 2019). The firm presented a comprehensive quality program targeted at achieving its objective of being an industry leader in the overall quality for consumer product development and production. In order to have the greatest end-to-end quality products, the quality initiative relies on the company’s operations in a broad variety of roles, including ingredient testing, raw material procurement, product design, and internal final product quality assurance.

The firm had to go through a series of steps, including doing significant research and testing on raw materials, unit, and complete product testing in the companys state of the art laboratory, with one of the industry’s most experienced quality management teams. Vitaquest’s CEO, Brueggman, also unveiled a new corporate design and logo that emphasizes the company’s commitment to giving value to the customers and its investments in a wide variety of value-adding schemes. Vitaquest International’s quality initiative was designed with the customer’s best interests in mind, and the expected impact on the customer and the company’s bottom line is considerable because the initiative is designed to drive demand for their nutraceutical and functional products.

References

Eileen, R. (2018). Quality matters. Superfunds Magazine, (441), 32-33.

Fujitsu. (2020). Quality Initiatives : Fujitsu Global. Fujitsu.com. .

Mmcdonald. (2019). Vitaquest International Unveils New Quality Initiative. Vitaquest International. .

Food Analysis

Based on the video above, please answer the following questions;

Food Analysis (400 words)

1. You are using whole wheat flour as an ingredient in a baked product. Upon receiving the flour from the supplier the quality control lab is responsible to withdraw samples and carryout proximate analysis 

a. You receive ten 40 lb bags of flour at a time, state the sampling plan and size you would choose. Explain your answer

b. To determine iron content, would you use the ash obtained from dry ashing or
would you rather follow a wet ashing procedure? Explain your answer.

c. State an official method for analyzing each of the mentioned constituents, moisture, fat, protein, ash and iron. Briefly, explain the principle of each method.

TERM 6 UNIT 8 DISCUSSIONS (3)

  

Term 6 Unit 8 Discussions (3)

* (CIS250 Advanced Excel)

Please read the following article: Kirchen, P. (2020). . On Balance, 16(5), 3234.

  1. Explain      what Power Query is in Excel?
  2. Provide      an example of how this could be used differently from what is described in      the article.

* (FIN201 Principles of Finance)

Discussion Question: Please consider all of the skills gained throughout the course and discuss two financial management concepts/skills that will serve you greatest in your chosen field.  Provide examples of how this will prove beneficial going forward for you in your career specialty. 

* (ENG130 Literature & Composition)

Take a few minutes to watch this video that highlights Angela Duckworth’s novel, GRIT, The Power of Passion and Perseverance.

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Initial Response:  How will your experiences in this course help you succeed in school, in life, and in your career, AND what is your plan to grow your GRIT? 

Response:  In one response, answer this question: what have you learned about your own GRIT by taking this course? What questions about the course do you have that your classmates or instructor might consider?

discussion

 

  •  research one type of specialty court (drug, DUI/DWI, veterans, homeless, or mental health).

By Day 3 of Week 5

Post at least 300 words, in which you:

  • Discuss whether the specialty court you researched represents a more ethical approach to dealing with certain offenders and why or why not. Be specific.

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300 words

 Pick three important roles you play in your life: 1.parent 2. sister 3. student.  What are your top priorities for each role regarding the impact you want to make? Identify which quadrant in the Time Management Matrix they fit into. 

Randomized Trials in Epidemiology

 Imagine that researchers are conducting a randomized controlled trial of a high-fiber supplement as a preventive measure in persons at increased risk of type 2 diabetes. People enrolled in the study are disease free at the time they agree to participate in the trial, but they all have a family history of type 2 diabetes and are considered at high risk (80%) to develop the disease during their lifetime. The 10,000 participants who start the trial are healthy individuals who are randomly allocated to receive either high-fiber supplements or placebo for several years. As you can imagine, this study will be quite expensive and will require a large infrastructure of personnel and materials to carry it out successfully. 

 

Because type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, the potential benefits of this research are important at a population level. Unfortunately, high-fiber supplements have also been shown in a few studies to be associated with gastrointestinal blockage (which can be life-threatening) and reduced nutrient absorption, which may lead to anemia, osteoporosis, and other debilitating chronic diseases. The supplements may also reduce absorption of certain medications and cause gastrointestinal distress. The potential side effects of continuous high-fiber supplementation are only partially understood, and long-term effects are unknown.

For this Discussion, you are asked to identify an example of an experimental study design in the literature and consider the ethical implications of the randomized controlled trial design.

To prepare:

  • Search databases in the Walden Library and locate a peer-reviewed article from the last 5 years that uses a randomized controlled trial study design. The subject of the study may be any topic professionally relevant or interesting to your practice. You may not select an article already posted by one of your colleagues for this Discussion. (Tip: When searching, you may use randomized trial as one of your search phrases.)
  • Critically analyze the following aspects of the research study:
    • Purpose
    • Study population
    • Length of the trial
    • Data collection methods
    • Outcome measures
    • Results and conclusions
    • Ethical issues associated with the study
  • Ask yourself: How did this research study benefit from its experimental design? What was achieved by randomization that might not otherwise have been achieved?
By Day 3 of Week 4

Post a cohesive scholarly response that addresses the following:

  • Summarize the research study addressing the aspects bulleted above.
  • Identify and discuss the ethical issues associated with this study.
  • Be sure to include a link to the article in your post.
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