...Requirements Your principal research requirement this quarter, as described in the syllabus, is a research paper worth 75 points toward your course grade. This paper has two deliverables and two due dates. The first deliverable, due on Feb. 9th, is a thesis statement, outline and annotated bibliography is worth 25 points. All of these concepts are described in detail below. The second deliverable, due on March 18th, is your final paper and worth 50 points. The topic of your paper is any social issues in IT topic of your choice with these constraints: 1. You must have a thesis (an argument or position on an important topic of the day that is open to debate or dispute). This can take several forms depending upon your topic: It might be that you take a position on a topic that is hotly debated (e.g. are first person shooter computer games good or bad for pre- teens to be playing?) Or it might mean that you look at a technology development and posit a position using one of Postman’s five dimensions (e.g. Who are the winners and losers when we equip knowledge workers with company provided mobile devices? Or: what are the unanticipated systemic impacts of equipping knowledge workers with company provided mobile devices? Or: What are the underlying big ideas behind a society of workers enabled to carry mobile devices so that they have access to the Internet from everywhere most all the time? Note that you wouldn’t try to address all three of these questions in one paper; probably...
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...in the process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating and/or plagiarism did take place in the writing of this paper, I understand the possible consequences of the act/s, which could include expulsion from Indiana Wesleyan University. Thesis The health care industry each years spends millions in medication errors that could be prevented. By implementing a data entry system that would allow access by medical professionals and pharmacies to collaborate and reduce the chance of medication errors dramatically. The data systems are pricy but when compared to the cost of medication errors and loss of lives it saves most medical establishments money. Annotated Bibliography The need for data entry systems to reduce medical errors Rinda, J. (2012). integration helps clinicians reduce medication errors. Health Management Technology , 33 (10), 12-13. With the risks of medication errors endangering lives, the technology has been gearing towards linking smart infusion pumps with health information platforms. Electronic health records have already been developed and are currently being used in some areas. This can lead to reductions in health care costs and increase in workflow. The medication errors could result in 400,000 preventable injuries each year. 1.5 million errors occur in the U.S. each year, resulting in $77 billion in cost annually. The iv integration system which is a form of the medication entry system, resulted in no iv related medication errors...
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...Cover Sheet Title The Effectiveness of Parental Involvement for Improving the Academic Performance of Elementary School Children Reviewers Chad Nye, PhD Jamie Schwartz, PhD Herb Turner, PhD Contact reviewer Chad Nye UCF Center for Autism & Related Disabilities 12001 Science Drive, Suite 145 Orlando, FL 32826 Phone : 407-737-2566 FAX : 407-737-2571 email : cnye@mail.ucf.edu 1 1.0 BACKGROUND The role of parents has long been thought to be centrally important to the academic achievement of their children. However, this role had neither been analyzed nor systematically studied using an experimental design until the 1960’s. The evaluation of the Head Start Program in the United States (Coleman, Campbell, Hobson, McPartland, Mod, Weinfeld, & York, 1966) fostered a national focus on outcomes related to parental involvement by suggesting a substantial relationship between parental involvement in their child’s education and their child’s success in academic domains. Subsequent studies have been presented which support the findings from Coleman, et al. (Duff & Adams, 1981; Henderson, 1987; 1988). Even so, other studies have reported either mixed or no significant differences between experimental and control groups when measuring the effect of parental involvement on student achievement (Griffith, 1996; Heller, & Fantuzzo, 1993; Henry, 1974; Keith, Reimers, Ferman, Pottenbaum, & Aubrey ,1986; Ryan, 1964; Searles, Lewis & Morrow, 1982). Some of the discrepancy across studies...
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...Research Paper Survival Guide June 2009 (revised November 2011) Compiled by: Jillian Bowen, Joanne Dirring, Monica Dorner, Greta Jackson, Shery Kearney, Ann Richardson, and Cheryll Thompson-Smith Based on the work of: Linda Brem, Kathy Franks, Cathy Nix, Ann Richardson, and Cynde Snider Table of Contents Plagiarism………………………………………………………………. Plagiarism Statement - Middle School……………………………..... Plagiarism Statement - High School……………………………….... English Research Requirements…………………………………….. Middle School Requirements…………………………………... 9th Grade Requirements………………………………………… 10th Grade Requirements………………………………………. 11th Grade Requirements………………………………………. 12th Grade Requirements………………………………………. Frequently Asked Questions…………………………………………. Annotated Bibliographies……………………………………….. Citation Formats…………………..……………………………... Common Mistakes………………………………………………. Documentation and Plagiarism…………..…………………….. Internet and Databases…………………………………………. MLA Manuscript Form…...……………………………………… Note Cards…..…………………………………………………… Outlines…………………………………………………………… Paraphrases and Quotations..…………………………………. Parenthetical Documentation……………………………...…... Quoting Poetry……………………………..……………………. Research Papers..………………………………………………. Research Process……………….……………………………… Research Projects……….……………………………………… Source Cards..…………………………………………………… Works Cited Page……………………………………………….. Research Glossary……………………………………………………. Online Resources……………………………………………………… Works Cited…………………………………………………………….. Documenting Sources Using MLA Format…………………………...
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...Current and Emerging Technology Task 2 Technological Solutions Ainsley Dunbar Western Governors University 11-16-2015 Introduction Northeastern Health Services (NHS) is a health services company in Maine. Its primary focus is to address the health and welfare needs of underserved patients in rural Maine in remote locations near the Canadian border. NHS’s goal is to provide state-of-the-art health services to its clients and offer complete medical imaging services with rapid turnaround of results and diagnosis. (Task 2 Scenario) NHS Has asked for an evaluation of options for bringing Internet connectivity to remote locations of Northern Maine. Task A-Annotated Bibliography To begin the analysis of broadband options for NHS, we will start with ten references that will be used to evaluate each solution. We will talk about the potential technological solution, discuss its uses and then explore the application to the given scenario. Lastly, we will make our recommendations for NHS and the reasons behind the selection. One Northern Maine - Connected - Telecommunications. (n.d.). Retrieved December 11, 2015, from http://www.appme.org/connected/telecommunications.asp This article talks about some of the broadband accomplishments that the state of Maine has achieved over the years. The first state to have statewide backbone running on ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) which is a fast “cell switching” technology. The potential technological solution the article talks about...
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...If there are images in this attachment, they will not be displayed. Download the original attachment Page 1 IT and Health Submitted by Lekshmi P Roll no:09810036 MBA 1 ST year Department of Management Studies Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Page 2 Department of Management Studies,IIT Roorkee Page 2 Abstract This paper tries to present the overview of ICT and the health sector and also tries to identify the key issue and questions in this field .It also mentions the challenges facing the development of ICT implementation in health programmes and activities, and identifies the emerging trends and technologies that will shape ICT tools in the health sector. This paper also tells about the E- health standards existing and the various barriers related to establishing uniform standards. The paper also talks about the New Public Sector Management .And throughout the paper we will discuss some specific cases which will show us exactly how the ICT is changing the face of the health sector in some countries . Page 3 Department of Management Studies,IIT Roorkee Page 3 Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................4 2. ICTs and the health-related MDGs (Millennium Development Goals)...............................................5 3. Using ICTs in the Health sector..............................................................................
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...Grigory Starchenko1, Tatiana A. Tatusova1, Lukas Wagner1, Yanli Wang1, W. John Wilbur1, Eugene Yaschenko1 and Jian Ye1 1 Downloaded from http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/ by guest on March 20, 2015 National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Building 38A, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA and 2University Clinic of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 3, A-8036 Graz, Austria Received September 16, 2010; Revised October 29, 2010; Accepted November 1, 2010 ABSTRACT In addition to maintaining the GenBank nucleic acid sequence database, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides analysis and retrieval resources for the data in GenBank and other biological data made available through the NCBI Web site. NCBI resources include Entrez, the Entrez Programming Utilities, MyNCBI, PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), Entrez Gene, the NCBI Taxonomy Browser, BLAST, BLAST Link (BLink), Primer-BLAST, COBALT, Electronic PCR, OrfFinder, Splign,...
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...Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine The impact of medical technology on healthcare today LTH Tan and KL Ong Introduction Rapidly changing medical technology and availability of high technology diagnostic and therapeutic equipment together with changing practice pattern of doctors has revolutionized the way health care is being delivered today. Without doubt, medical technology is indispensable for people's health and better quality of life in some areas; and contributes billions of dollars to the economy. Some would go so far to say that the practice of medicine these days is inherently dependent upon health technology. This is probably based on the observations that clinicians use a wide variety of technologies in diagnosing, treating and assessing the care of their patients. Today's medical technology is more advanced, more effective, and in many cases, more costly than ever before. Furthermore there is an ever increasing demand for high technology diagnostic and therapeutic health care facilities and their availability may come into conflict with medical necessity, social justice and cost effectiveness. There is increasing pressure on health care resources that is driving more explicit and public decisions regarding the best use of these resources. The complexity of modern technology and its high marginal cost suggest to us that testimonial reviews of new technologies are no longer sufficient.1 Current trends in health care decision making favour a transition...
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...staffing contributes to suboptimal end of life care. Dying in a Hospital Setting Most Americans die in hospitals; many suffer unnecessarily due to the lack of knowledge about end of life care. Some patients receive aggressive treatments up until the time of death. Patients often suffer in vain attempts to prolong life instead of receiving compassionate, comfort care. Death is part of life, sooner or later everyone will face death. It would be easier if one was prepared for it. Communication is important to prepare for death. There is often an expectation of a cure when a patient is hospitalized; people believe that death can be avoided or postponed. Death can be viewed as a medical failure. Physicians can be over optimistic with advising a patient of their prognosis that does not allow patients and their families time to accept their death. This paper will look at the needs of patients and their families at the end of life and look at solutions to improve their care....
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...Internet Connection Study Prepared for: Northeastern Health Services, Inc. Prepared by Joe Smith, Health Care Technology Consultant Annotated Bibliography: Haggard, J. (2014). America’s Embrace of the Mobile Internet : Analyses and Issues. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. In this collection of articles, the editor brings together papers covering three different topics - adoption of mobile internet and how it differs between demographic groups; how culture is able to impact design and usage of mobile devices; and how text and multimedia messaging present new challenges for policymakers. With regard to this proposal, the first article discusses how mobile internet usage in rural areas has lagged behind the rest of the population. The article also points out that while there have been improvements in coverage, the build-out of mobile networks has typically been less extensive than in urban areas. Solution: Mobile/Wireless Internet Its Use: Mobile Internet service could potentially be used in conjunction with site-to-site VPN connections, in order to establish connectivity from the remote locations to the hospital. Application: Mobile Internet hotspot devices could be used to get Internet access in Northeastern Health Services’ remote offices. In conjuction with these hotspots, firewall appliances can be used to establish a site-to-site VPN connection from each of the offices to the hospital’s radiology department. However, because of the lower levels of...
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...Employee Theft Buena Vista University Employee Theft Each year employers lose large sums of money to employee theft. Often times this theft is not seen as stealing by the employee but is seen as an employee right or benefit, or maybe just not thought about in terms such as theft. The use of company products, such as copy or fax machines, for personal use, taking home paper clips or pens, and running personal errands on company time are all examples of employee theft. So what is employee theft? What different actions are considered employee theft? Are employers really losing money from these minor circumstances? What is the employee’s ethical responsibility and obligations when it comes to employee theft? Why do employees feel justified or deserving of their actions? What can employers do to prevent this theft from occurring? These questions and others that pertain to employee theft will be answered in the following research. I will then conclude with the reason behind the selection of this topic and my own personal ethical view of employee theft. What is Employee Theft? What is employee theft? Employee theft is defined as “any stealing, use or misuse of their employer’s assets without permission to do so” (Walsh, 2000). Employee theft is in a category also known as employee deviance. Further broken down employee theft is divided into two subcategories property deviance and production deviance. “Property deviance includes employee behaviors...
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...W O M E N ’ S C O M M I S S I O N for refugee women & children w U N TA P P E D P OT E N T I A L : Adolescents affected by armed conflict A review of programs and policies U N TA P P E D P OT E N T I A L : Adolescents affected by armed conflict A review of programs and policies Wo m e n ’s C o m m i s s i o n f o r R e f u g e e Wo m e n & C h i l d r e n N e w Yo r k W O M E N ’ S C O M M I S S I O N for refugee women & children Copyright © January 2000 by Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 1-58030-000-6 Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children 122 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10168-1289 tel. 212.551.3111 or 3088 fax. 212.551.3180 e-mail: wcrwc@intrescom.org www.intrescom.org/wcrwc.html w cover photographs © Rachel K. Jones, Marc Sommers, Sarah Samson, Holly Myers, Anne-Sophie Rosette, International Rescue Committee M I S S I O N S TAT E M E N T The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children seeks to improve the lives of refugee women and children through a vigorous program of public education and advocacy, and by acting as a technical resource. The Commission, founded in 1989 under the auspices of the International Rescue Committee, is the only organization in the United States dedicated solely to speaking out on behalf of women and children uprooted by armed conflict or persecution. Acknowledgments The Women’s Commission expresses its sincere...
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...AMSPAR Diploma In Primary Care Management Unit 602 Financial Management And Budgeting In a Primary Care And Health Environment By Graham Morrison Task 1 1a. Evaluate the information and processes required to be able to set a budget, which supports the organisation's business goals. Discuss how you would use them to prepare, formulate and monitor a budget. The objectives of budget preparation are shown in the table below. Objective | Comment | Planning | Compelling managers to plan is probably the most important feature of a budgetary planning and control system. Planning forces management to look ahead, to set out detailed plans for achieving targets for each department and operation and ideally each manager and to anticipate problems. It thus prevents management relying on ad-hoc or uncoordinated planning which may be detrimental to the performance of the organisation. It also helps managers to foresee potential threats or opportunities, so that they make take action now to avoid or minimise the effects or threats and to take full advantage of the opportunities. | Responsibility | Objectives are set for the organisation as a whole, and for individual departments and operations within the organisation. Quantified expressions of these objectives are then drawn up as targets to be achieved within the timescale of the budget plan. Budgetary planning and...
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...National League for Nursing Evaluation and Learning Advisory Committee (ELAC) ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION ELAC Members: Marilyn H. Oermann (Chair) Karen Saewert (Chair-elect) Pamela Rutar Suzanne Yarbrough Sub-committee Members: Reba Childress Dawne-Marie Dunbar Sally Erdel Barbara Haas Evelyn Hayes Debra Hurd Sheila Kyle Gayle Preheim, Chair Linda Siktberg Gale R. Woolley, Chair A comprehensive literature review was completed, reflecting best practices in assessment, evaluation, and grading in nursing. This annotated bibliography of the literature is organized into four areas: assessment and evaluation in (a) the classroom, (b) the online environment, (c) clinical practice, and (d) learning and simulation laboratories. There is a fifth section that provides references on the assessment of psychomotor learning and performance; that section is not annotated. This work was completed by members of ELAC and its subcommittees as noted above. 1 CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT Ahmad, N. (2002). Evaluation of teaching: Through eyes of students. Plano: Institutional Research Office, Collin County Community College District. This article reviews the student evaluations instruments used to evaluate learning and faculty in the classroom. The purpose of this article was to search for come standardized instruments of student evaluations. Instruments used are: Individual Developmental and Educational Assessment (IDEA), Student Assessment of...
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...Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care A Roadmap for Hospitals Quality Safety Equity A Roadmap for Hospitals Project Staff Amy Wilson-Stronks, M.P.P., Project Director, Health Disparities, Division of Quality Measurement and Research, The Joint Commission. Paul Schyve, M.D., Senior Vice President, The Joint Commission Christina L. Cordero, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Project Director, Division of Standards and Survey Methods, The Joint Commission Isa Rodriguez, Project Coordinator, Division of Quality Measurement and Research, The Joint Commission Mara Youdelman, J.D., L.L.M., Senior Attorney, National Health Law Program Project Advisors Maureen Carr, M.B.A., Project Director, Division of Standards and Survey Methods, The Joint Commission Amy Panagopoulos, R.N., M.B.A., Director, Division of Standards and Survey Methods, The Joint Commission Robert Wise, M.D., Vice President, Division of Standards and Survey Methods, The Joint Commission Joint Commission Mission The mission of The Joint Commission is to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The inclusion of an organization name, product, or service in a Joint Commission publication should not be construed as an endorsement of such organization, product, or services, nor is failure...
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