...Power & Politics | Aug 20, 2011 | Title Page Title Page Introduction Medtronic is the organization that I have chosen for the topic of discussion. Medtronic was co-founded by Earl Bakken over forty years ago. With many people praising his products he wanted that to be company’s purpose. Many people regained their mobility, feel better, and ever felt that time was added to their lives. These comments lead to the company’s mission of: “…alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. (Medtronic, 2010) This mission remains the focal point of every employee to this day. Mr. Bakken frequents the company yearly. Our business overview covers Spine & Biologics, Neuromodulation, CRDM, Diabetes, Cardiovascular, and Surgical Technologies. (Medtronic, 2010) I currently work in the Spine & Biologics division of the company within the Memphis Manufacturing division. The Spine business teams with world-renowned surgeons, researchers, and innovative partners to offer a broad range of state-of-the-art products and technologies. The Spine and Biologics division in FY2010 revenue accounted for $3.5 billion of the company’s $15.8 billion reported. (Medtronic, 2010) My current job title is Principal Quality Inspector. In my department, I am responsible for ensuring that our products are manufactured to the engineered drawing tolerances. Other assigned duties range from training new hires in the department to assisting anyone that’s in need under...
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...as health care, insurance, financial, real estate, manufacturing, and hosting markets, and a big demand for managed servers and disaster recovery. The data center and infrastructure network has had a 30% growth rate since 2003. Christi Medical has the latest technical security tools, including encryption, and a daily log review and physical security at the data centers. The company has the ultimate layered security solution system. The documentation of the security policy, contracts and the hosting provider clarifies the responsibilities, breach notifications protocol, and concerns that are administrative. Encrypted HIPPA allows the data to be protected, and in transit with hardware- based encryption. As a project manager working with Christi Medical provides the safe environment and compliance to meet financial record keeping and reporting. Under the Sarbanes- Oxley this administrative practice refers to which records should be stored and for how long. The data storage uses preservation and accuracy of electronic records. This recommended retention for records storage, and the type of records stored, includes communications My company’s online HIPPA compliant data center annually passes an OCR audit with 100% compliance.. A project manager has to comply with the United States E.U. safe Harbor Framework, and the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection use, and retention of personal information. My company certifies that it adheres to Safe Harbor Privacy...
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... November 4, 2013 Epidemiology and Vulnerable Populations Introduction Health is a state of optimum well-being, a human right and a social goal. The public health mission is to provide and assure conditions that promote health in the community. Public health, epidemiology and nursing practice share the same goal of disease prevention and control. By definition, epidemiology is the study of population in order to monitor the health of the population, understand the determinants of health and disease in the community, and investigate and evaluate interventions to prevent disease and maintain health. (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). Epidemiology today is considered to be the core science of public health and is described as a constellation of disciplines with a common mission: optimal health for the whole community (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008). Epidemiology has reformed public health and continues to strive for disease prevention and health promotion in communities across the world. The population and disease that will be discussed in relation to epidemiology in this paper with be of HIV in the homeless population. This paper will focus on the homeless population in regards to their vulnerability and susceptibility...
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...common nutritional deficiency worldwide and an important public health problem. In addition, Miller (2013) explains that although iron deficiency anemia rarely causes death, it can significantly affect an individual’s health. The teaching strategy for this week will revolve around a case study approach. The students will initially be presented with the following case study: An 18-month-old boy is brought into the clinic by his mother complaining that he has been very pale lately. She explains that he is still an active toddler but she states that...
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...Diabetes and the Older Adult Christine McDermott Metro State University of Denver DIABETES AND THE OLDER ADULT General description of the Gerontological care issue The ageing population is unusually increasing in the history of humanity. With increase in number of the older persons, there is a decline in that of the younger people and it is estimated that by 2050 the percentage of the older persons would have increase by 10% from the current 15% (Cisneros & Hickie, 2012). These changes come with major challenges not only to the health sector, but also to the pension and welfare system in both the first and second world countries. Diabetes mostly among the old people is continuously being diagnosed in an epidemic magnitude. It is estimated to affect 592 million people in 2035 compared to 382 million people in 2013 (Guariguata et. al 2012). Type 2 diabetes is mainly more prevalent in the ageing population compared to type one diabetes, which affects mostly the going thus creating burden to the society as the sick mostly depend on the society. China is the leading country with the largest number of people with diabetes, followed by India, the United States, brazil and Mexico in the fifth position. These statistics bring about a considerable concern for the national healthcare system which come with various challenges in provision of focused diabetes management to the ageing population. This problem becomes complex by the different modalities of managing diabetic patients in...
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...Adult Client with Childhood Disease-Cystic Fibrosis Candace Tiley GCU RN-BSN Health Assessment NRS-434V Kathy Karlberg August 01, 2013 Adult Client with Childhood Disease-Cystic Fibrosis CLC GROUP ASSIGNMENT-SPEAKER NOTES Candace Tiley #1- A clinical description and definition of the disease Definition: Cystic Fibrosis is one of the major life-threatening disorders that affect vital organs such as the lungs, pancreas, liver, and intestines. It is a genetic disorder of the exocrine glands, also called the secretory glands, which are the glands that produce and secrete mucus and sweat. CF affects all races but primarily affects Caucasians of European descent. This disease affects about 30,000 people in the United States and 70,000 people worldwide. In the U.S. nearly 5% of the population carries the defective CFTR gene. There are a high number of asymptomatic carriers. (Scott, 2013) Cystic Fibrosis causes severe damages to cells of the body that produce mucus, sweat, and digestive juices. Under normal conditions, these secretions from the body are usually thin and slippery. However, in people diagnosed with CF, the defective gene causes the secretions to become thicker and stickier. This leads to a plugging up of tubes, ducts and passageways, particularly in the lungs, sinuses, pancreas, intestines, hepato-biliary tree, and the vas deferens. (Hopkin, 2009) Cystic Fibrosis is characterized by abnormal movement of chloride and sodium ions across the epithelial...
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...Benchmark Assignment: Tuberculosis Epidemiology Paper Aynalem Elfay Grand Canyon University ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to describe tuberculosis, evaluate the determinants and see how these factors contribute to the development of the disease. In addition, the paper describes how the community health nurse will play a role in providing treatment and prevention towards the disease. WHAT IS TUBERCULOSIS? Tuberculosis is most commonly known as TB. It is a bacterial infection that can spread to any organ in a person’s body. It is a disease most commonly found in the lungs. Individuals who are most exposed to this particular disease do not develop the symptoms since the bacteria itself can reside as an inactive form in the human body (WebMD, 2016). However, if the body’s immune system weakens then the TB can be very active and harmful to the individual. As a result, the TB bacteria can cause death to the tissues in the organs that are infected. If the disease is left untreated, it can be very harmful and fatal to the human body. The bacteria that cause Tuberculosis are air transmitted. In other words, the disease can be very contagious and the infection from the bacteria is most likely to occur. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES? Individuals who are exposed to TB often acquire the disease from other individuals already infected. The individuals who have active TB infections can easily spread the disease if they are in close proximity. Through coughing, sneezing, and...
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...Chickenpox disease process and the effects it has on the population. The paper continues to review how the epidemiological triangle is used and will include the host factors, agent factors (presence or absence), and environmental factors. The writer will try to review the determinants of health and explain how those factors contribute to the development of this disease, and also will see the roles and responsibilities of the community health nurse. In the end the paper discusses the associations, organizations, and national agency that addresses the chicken pox and contributes to resolving or reducing the impact of chickenpox disease. Chickenpox It is studied that 95 % of Americans get chickenpox by adulthood. Chickenpox is highly contagious. According to CDC 4 million people are infected by chickenpox every year. About 120,624 people in the USA were infected in 1995; it decreased to a tremendous 46,016 cases in 1999 in USA [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 1999] Earlier before the chickenpox vaccine was discovered,each year about 11,000 people needed hospitalization for chickenpox in the U.S, and about 100 to 150 people died each year of chickenpox. With the vaccine, cases of chickenpox have dropped by about 90%. Cause Chickenpox is a transmittable illness induced by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Babies, adults and individual with weakened immune systems are more vulnerable to Chickenpox. Mode of transmission It disseminates easily...
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...back between the shoulder blades which would occasionally radiate out to his axillaries. Initially believing that it was just a pulled muscle or two, he did not take any action and just continued with his usual activities. Later in the night, around 10.30pm-11pm, he began feeling a sharp, stabbing pain in his chest at irregular intervals. Unable to pinpoint the origin of the pain, he had taken some Paracetamol hoping that would alleviate the symptoms. By morning, he was convinced that it could probably be more than just a few tense or pulled muscles, and that he should not postpone medical attention. The case being that the patient was not yet properly examined by trained medical personnel; differential diagnosis was possible based only on the symptoms presented and the lifestyle of the patient. The simplest of all possibilities behind this case being a case of a pulled muscle or excessive tension within the muscles, or a myocardial infarction as the worst. Ethical Issues Several ethical issues...
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...improving Quality and Value in the U.S. Health Care System August 2009 Preamble The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a public policy advocacy organization founded by former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell. Its mission is to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. The BPC acts as an incubator for policy efforts that engage top political figures, advocates, academics, and business leaders in the art of principled compromise. This report is part of a series commissioned by the BPC to advance the substantive work of the Leaders’ Project on the State of American Health Care. It is intended to explore policy trade-offs and analyze the major decisions involved in improving health care delivery, and discuss them in the broader context of health reform. It does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Senators Baker, Daschle, and Dole or the BPC’s Board of Directors. The Leaders’ Project was launched in March 2008. Co-Directed by Mark B. McClellan and Chris Jennings, its mission is (1) to create a bipartisan plan for health reform that can be used to transform the U.S. health care system, and (2) to demonstrate that health reform is an achievable political reality. Over the course of the project, Senators Baker, Daschle, and Dole hosted public policy forums across the country, and orchestrated a targeted outreach campaign to...
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...EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES ......................................................................... 1 General ......................................................................................................... 1 1. Is there anything we have to do immediately? .................................................................. 1 2. Will I be required to offer health insurance coverage to my employees? .......................... 1 3. When will this requirement be effective? .......................................................................... 1 4. We have between 50 and 99 full-time employees (including full-time equivalents). Will we have to do anything in order to qualify for the delay until 2016? ....................................... 1 5. Our plan is self-funded. Will we have to do anything as a result of this new law? ............ 2 6. We are a governmental entity. Do we have to comply with this legislation? ..................... 2 7. As a self funded non-Federal governmental plan, can we still opt out of the requirements of HIPAA including Mental Health Parity?......................................................................... 2...
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...REPORT Analysis of issues of Harbor Inn Hotel Human resources in the hotel industry play a vital role for the success of the business. There are several issues in the hotel Harbor Inn in Sydney, which are directly responsible for job dissatisfaction and excessive staff turnover occurred in last few years A- Issues related with motivation 1. Lack of motivation Susan and David experienced that the management has never motivated them to maximize their efforts in achieving the goals of organization. 2. Lack of adequate training: Susan’s training was very slow and inadequate, upsetting the prospects of Susan’s career. Training is usually uncommon in hotel industry due to high employee turnover; even then the success of the hotel industry relies on training the workforce. Training is an essential ingredient to enhance the quality experience to employees and travelers alike (Janes). 3. Loss of trust in management Managers did not fulfill the promises of increasing the work hours of Susan and providing car-parking slot. Managers never cared how Susan is making both ends meet with her limited salary. Many employees have lost trust in their managers. Nohria et al. (2008, pp. 2-4) argued that when the managers betray an employee, the employ feels loneliness and frustration. Attachment with organization improves employees’ commitment to the organization. 4. Issues of security of job and safety Employees need security of job and safe environment...
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...medicine in as an establishment to take care of our communities and patients. Over the years, hospitals have been the brunt of antitrust litigation. Between 1985 and 1999 hospitals were defendants in 61 percent of 394 medical antitrust disputes that led courts to issue formal opinions (Hammer, Peter, J. and Sage, William, M., 2003). However, these numbers do not support the under published cases, which do not result in a judicial decision. When hospitals are healthcare conglomerates to provide services antitrust views them as just a business. The services provided by hospitals are complex from the services they provide to the technology they use to the human capital necessary to run the operations of the hospital. Unfortunately, antitrust law concentrates on the overall hospitals behavior and not its purpose. Therefore, not-for-profit designation and lifesaving intentions of the hospital consider immaterial to any type of analysis performed by antitrust. Hospitals reserve the right to enter into any joint venture agreement provided each entity is able to achieve its objects autonomous of one another and avoid becoming a dominate player in the market (Hammer and Sage, 2003). For the most part, it will be the market that dictates if the hospital meets the demands and services demanded by the community. The challenge of healthcare antitrust law is not its insignificance or opposition to hospitals or physicians commitments to provide outstanding care, but its incapacity to rationally...
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...Administrative Regulations (Assignment 2) One of the many duties of the Department of Justice, a U.S. federal agency, is to enforce federal laws which include the enforcement of the law and defend the interest of the American people. In other words, the Department of Justice is an agency created to protect our rights as citizens from domestic and international threat and harm. My proposed regulation of interest, “National Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape “ is a compilation of recommendations prepared in April 2010 by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (PREA) and presented to the Department of Justice in pursuant to the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. It’s important that people who care about our basic human rights as a whole not forget about those who are having these rights violated when serving their prison time in a correctional institution behind bars. Despite the person’s crime, their rights can’t be taken away and sadly, in some circumstances and environments we have to remind others that these rights remain active and lack enforcement. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “among inmates who reported inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization, 13% of male prison inmates and 19% of male jail inmates said they were victimized within the first 24 hours after admission, compared to 4% of female inmates in prison and jail”. Sadly, it is the resistance to culture change by correctional staff and inmates alike that presents...
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...REVIEW XIAN WEN JIN, MD, PhD Department of General Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic JACQUELYN SLOMKA, PhD, RN Department of Bioethics, The Cleveland Clinic CAROL E. BLIXEN, PhD, RN Department of General Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Cultural and clinical issues in the care of Asian patients s A B S T R AC T Special problems of Asian patients have considerable impact on diagnosis and treatment, and the number of persons of Asian ancestry seen in primary care in the United States is increasing. Knowledge of how to provide optimal care despite language barriers, low socioeconomic status, different health beliefs and practices, and medical issues unique to this heterogeneous group is crucial to competent health care. with Asian patients include language barriers, low socioeconomic status, traditional health beliefs and practices, and epidemiologic issues. This article presents three case studies that illustrate how these problems can affect the health care of Asian patients, and describes ways to deal with them constructively. We also discuss what diseases are more common and what conditions have unique clinical aspects in this population. Asians: The fastest-growing minority Asians and Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing ethnic minorities in the United States, and are predicted to number more than 17 million by 2010.1 This heterogeneous population is from many cultures and speaks many languages—the 1990 US Census identified 25 distinct Asian...
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