...Springfield General Hospital To: Jack Walsh, President From: , Supervisor of Information services CC: Erica Smith, Vice president Subject: Proposal to implement an Electronic Medical Record system. I am writing in order to get your approval for an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system at our hospital. This system is a much needed in our current hospital setting. With most of our results being sent through computers, the paper chart system must be updated. An EMR system will better facilitate the hospital current system. Currently we have several Information systems in different departments running. Many of these systems are not integrated with one another, thus doctors usually end up looking in different systems to see the full picture of their patients. An EMR system will also allow patients to be able to access their own records online. The initial cost for the system will be around $10000. This cost will cover: 1. Surveys for over 500 staff, on how their current system works and what their idea of an EMR is. 2. Surveys for doctor offices, outpatient services. Getting ideas on their current work flow. 3. Surveys on General public. 4. Educating staff and public on how such a system will be beneficial to them on a day to day basis. Currently for a hospital our size implementation of such a system will cost between 150- 200K. Included in this cost; 1. 75-100k cost of EMR software that is compatible with our Information...
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...1000 Morris Ave. Union, New Jersey 07083 October 14, 2012 Mr. Ron Rickles Deloitte LLP 100 Kimball Drive Parsippany, NJ 07054 Dear Mr. Rickles: The Accounting Club is organized to bring together students interested in the Accounting Profession in a social and academic atmosphere, and is designed to aid their personal and professional development. This is an organization of Kean University, where I have the honor of being the president. As president of TAC, one of my main concerns is the job opportunities for Kean’s students. Kean recently has crossed by certain issues that should not affect to the students, even though these affect to the institution directly. Let me tell you more about this institution, in Kean University, there are many professors who have an excellent background, take care of the students, and they are doing their best to convey all their knowledge. Also Kean’s students work and study hard at the same time, because they are looking for a better future. When they will graduate, they will be looking for opportunities in places like your accounting firm. 0 Moreover, many students have told me about their plans to apply to Deloitte, because it is considered an important accounting firm, and the perfect place where a graduate can start a brilliant career. I will really appreciate that you consider their applications, because Kean students have much to give. Furthermore, I would like that you have the opportunity to meet Kean’s students...
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...Memo and Business Letter Student’s Name: Institution: Memo TO: CSU Funding campaign team members FROM: Yuqing and William DATE: February 5, 2014 SUBJECT: Funding for CSU This memo is a reminder of the meeting we have today. The agenda of the meeting is to talk about what we discussed and to get opinions on the matter. As the campaign group for the CSU funding, it is proper that we use all means and to gather all that is in our disposal for the task. We discussed on how we can acquire funding, and we agreed that we should not limit our campaign to only seeking finances. The essence of this program is to help increase CSU’s finances so that it can services its activities. This can be achieved through the provision finances and by enforcing measures to cut down costs. CSU has tried such measures, in the past, to cut down on its spending. It has done so by increasing its technology use to replace costly manual systems and by sharing services between departments and campuses. In our discussion, we suggested on the same idea that campaigning for funding does not exclusively mean seeking funds. We, therefore, discussed that if we can get people to volunteer, tutor or pursue internship programs, it would be a good measure of cutting down costs. Salary expenses are a significant part of the overall expenses and reducing these costs saves a lot of money for CSU. We also proposed that the target audience, for this plan of the campaign, is the graduates. Students do not have...
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...Business Letters A business letter is more formal than a personal letter. It should have a margin of at least one inch on all four edges. It is always written on 8½"x11" (or metric equivalent) unlined stationery. There are sixparts to a business letter. 1. The Heading. This contains the return address (usually two or three lines) with the date on the last line. Sometimes it may be necessary to include a line after the address and before the date for a phone number, fax number, E-mail address, or something similar. Often a line is skipped between the address and date. That should always be done if the heading is next to the left margin. (See Business Letter Styles.) It is not necessary to type the return address if you are using stationery with the return address already imprinted. Always include the date. 2. The Inside Address. This is the address you are sending your letter to. Make it as complete as possible. Include titles and names if you know them. This is always on the left margin. If an 8½" x 11" paper is folded in thirds to fit in a standard 9" business envelope, the inside address can appear through the window in the envelope. An inside address also helps the recipient route the letter properly and can help should the envelope be damaged and the address become unreadable. Skip a line after the heading before the inside address. Skip another line after the inside address before the greeting. 3. The Greeting. Also called the salutation. The greeting in a business...
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...There are so many modes of communication today used in organizations. Determining what needs to be communicated is the first step in know what vehicle of communication needs to be utilized. In this paper, as a team we will discuss the various ways of communicating such as; face to face meetings, overhead announcements, letters, emails and memos. These are just a few ways companies communicate within their organization. The inventory of various communication channels used within an organization includes e-mails, and face-to-face meetings. These channels are among two of the most effective ways of communicating within an organization. E-mail is a fast and efficient channel most frequently utilized. This channel is used because most employees in my organization work in the field, and emails allow them to respond to their colleagues in a timely manner. Computerized communication has several advantages, according to the book Health Promotion and Interactive Technology (Street, Gold, & Manning, 1997): Most organizations in the health field use this type of communication to obtain messages throughout the organization more rapidly. The messages sent out, are based on updates, events, information about the job, Job openings, and request of medical information. This information is delivered from one department to another. This channel of communication also can be used to send medical information to other doctor’s office. This is a good source of communication when it is disseminating...
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...project, teams will work together to write an informal analytical report about a company and a sales letter with a visual aid to members of that company showing the benefits of using Kelly Services. Instructors will form teams during Week 3, and students will work together during Weeks 4 and 5 to complete both parts of the project. This project supports TCOs 5, 7, 8, and 9. The situation: This assignment is based on Chapter 10, page 311, Portfolio Builder 24. You work for Kelly Services, which provides staffing solutions to more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. Click this link for more information about Kelly Services. Your team has been asked to select a Fortune 500 company like Chrysler, Ford, Intel, or DuPoint. Your first task after you’ve selected the company is to research the company and write an informal analytical report. The audience for the report is people who write sales messages (typically marketing). In week 5, your team will write a sales letter to a decision-maker at the company you selected making recommendations based on your research convincing the decision-maker to use Kelly Services. Week 4 Informal Analytical Report–& Team Participation Memo Your team is to write a brief informal report (approx. 2 single-spaced pages, 500-750 words, plus references) on the background of the company you have chosen to solicit with your sales letter. Do NOT write solely about the background of your targeted company but also focus on why you think...
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...help you write emails, memos, and letters can be helpful for inexperienced writers; however, customize the communication so the document does not appear as a form letter. Resources: Writing Different Kinds of Messages, Week Three CheckPoint, Model Documents Gallery, and Writing for Your Reader Checklist Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • Use the information in your Week Three CheckPoint to determine how to communicate with the manager, teammates, and travel agent in the scenario. Consider how much information and what type of communication (email, memo, or letter) is appropriate for each party, based on information in the Week Three reading Writing Different Kinds of Messages. Review the sample emails, memos, and letters in the Model Documents Gallery at http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/business.htm Write a letter to one party, a memo to one party, and an email to one party. Each communication must be a maximum of 250 words. Use appropriate grammar, spelling, style, and format for each type of communication. • Review the Writing for Your Reader Checklist at http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/axia/write_audience.html to ensure you have followed the guidelines for communicating effectively with an audience. If you cannot answer yes to every question, revise your messages before submitting them. Post the messages as attachments.Assignment: Negative Messages Using templates or sample documents to help you write emails, memos, and letters can be helpful for inexperienced...
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...Answer: Correct c) macro. Correct Answer: Correct c) macro. Question 5 4 out of 4 points How many key types of basic communications from an institution to an individual does your text cite? Selected Answer: Correct d) three Correct Answer: Correct d) three Question 6 4 out of 4 points Collection letters, like other transactional communications, are constructed to get the desired Selected Answer: Correct b) result. Correct Answer: Correct b) result. Question 7 4 out of 4 points The three forms of business letters discussed in the text are Selected Answers: Correct Full Block Correct Semi-block Correct Simplified Correct Answers: Correct Full Block Correct Semi-block Correct Simplified Question 8 4 out of 4 points The correspondence that conveys information inside a single business entity is defined as being Selected Answer: Correctc. internal. Correct Answer: Correctc. internal. Question 9 4 out of 4 points The correspondence that transfers information between one entity and another is defined as being Selected Answer: Correcta. external. Correct Answer: Correcta. external. Question 10 4 out of 4 points The business letter form that the text says...
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...BUSINESS LETTER STYLES Seven letter styles have been established for use in business offices.. 1. Full block-All lines of typing begin on the left hand margin. There are no paragraph indentions. Letters that are typed in the full block style are always single spaced EXAMPLE: 2. MODIFIED BLOCK STYLE In this style the date line , the complimentary close and the signature are aligned with the right margin. All other parts except the letter head, printed matters starts from the left division. Between the parts and paragraphs of the body of the letter double spacing is given whereas there is a single spacing within each part and paragraph EXAMPLE: 3. Semi block- This is like the block style except the paragraph of the letters are indented and complementary close are placed at the right margin EXAMPLE: 4. INDENTED STYLE Oldest form of business letters. This require first line to begin at the margin and the subsequent line to begin five spaces away from the beginning of the previous line. A comma follows each line and a full stop is put after the last line. EXAMPLE: 5. Hanging Indented (Inverted)-The hanging indented style is identical the semi block format except that the first line of each paragraph is typed flush with the left margin and all lines following are indented five spaces. This style is usually seen only in advertising letter, where it’s unique paragraphing catches the eye. EXAMPLE: 6. Memorandum Style Memos are short internal...
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... Group email (informative). Email to the instructor describing the company. 2. Individual email (invitation). Email to other individuals in the company inviting them to a brainstorming meeting about how to resolve a staffing shortage. 3. Group memo (information report). Memo written to the company’s CEO reporting options generated in the brainstorming meeting. 4. Individual memo (persuasive memo). Memo written to all departments asking them to share information on their best employees for the purpose of reassigning those employees to solve staffing shortages in certain departments. 5. Group business letter (request for information). Letter written to a temp agencies requesting information on temp workers to help solve staffing shortage. 6. Individual business letter (request for information). Letter written to a college requesting information about internship programs for the company to help solve staffing shortage. 7. Group negative reply letter. Letter written to the college explaining a negative decision about unpaid internships. 8. Individual negative reply letter. Negative reply letter written to a college student who had applied for an unpaid internship. 9. Group request for proposal. Letter written as a request for a proposal...
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...COURSE OBJECTIVES Financial and management accounting are more closely linked in practice than one might expect from reading traditional textbooks and the problems to be resolved often have income tax and auditing consequences as well. This seminar is designed to provide you with opportunities to apply general concepts and principles learned in intermediate and advanced financial accounting courses to new economic transactions and business decisions. Cases will be used to permit you to practice the skills you will need as a professional accountant whether in public accounting or private industry. In particular, this course is intended to refine your skills in researching the professional accounting literature to solve particular accounting problems, to arrive at defensible solutions where GAAP is vague or nonexistent, and to present your research conclusions in a professional manner. You will have opportunities to present your work orally and in writing. REQUIRED MATERIALS: A recent Intermediate Accounting text (Kieso used in Acct 315 & 414 would be fine) A recent Advanced Accounting text (whatever was used in for Acct 415-515 would be fine) On-line access to FASB’s ASC (accounting standards codification). The Department has purchase academic license so you can use the $850 “professional” version rather than the free version which has fewer bells and whistles. You can log on from fasb.org but it will take you to http://aaahq.org/ascLogin.cfm where you enter...
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...appointment) COURSE DESCRIPTION This course focuses on communication for managers and the activities they perform. The management topics of communication strategy, communication technology, effective business writing (including memos, letters, and analytical reports), nonverbal communication, and formal oral presentations will be emphasized. The course will focus primarily on written communication. Several practical writing assignments will be given and each student will be required to give an oral presentation using PowerPoint presentation software. COURSE TEXTBOOK Geraldine Hynes, MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND APPLICATIONS, 5th edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin Publishers, 2011. To cite your secondary sources accurately for the report, you must either purchase an APA Reference Style book or download my handout (on Blackboard) describing and illustrating the APA Reference Style. 882-E Scantron sheets are needed for exams. COURSE OBJECTIVES 1. To understand that effective management is dependent on excellent communication skills. 2. To learn the communication skills and activities that are required for managers at all levels of management. 3. To learn the correct strategy in writing business memos and letters. 4. To learn how to conduct effective secondary research. 5. To learn how to organize and write an analytical business report following effective report writing principles. 6. To improve your oral...
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...Business Writing Business writing is similar to technical writing; the concerns and strategies are the same. You start by collecting information—whether you're writing a letter, an email, a press release, or preparing a presentation, you start by gathering your thoughts and doing research. The research might involve reading relevant research papers, clinical trials, and review articles. You may want to talk with researchers, colleagues, or peruse your notes you made at relevant meetings.... It's a good idea to begin by asking yourself "What am I trying to achieve?" If you can't answer that question. the chances of writing a good piece are slim. If you can identify your global intentions, then you can evaluate your information, arguments, and recommendations against those intentions. Start immediately to identify the main issues, think about how to organize them, make some notes, brainstorm, and so on. By focusing your thoughts, you've started to think about what your readers might want or need to know. ------------------------------------------------- Some Things To Keep In Mind This is the same list of strategies used for technical writing: 1. Understand the type of report/memo/synopsis you are writing—find examples and notice the structure and organization other authors have used 2. Write down your global intentions—a phrase or two that captures the gist of your potential writing 3. Tentatively identify possible sections and subsections—this is a brainstorming...
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...DIRECT AND INDIRECT APPROACHES In writing letters, memos, and e-mail messages (the focus of Chapters 2 and 3), one issue that you'll need to consider is whether your message is one that is likely to be well-received or one that may encounter resistance or ill-will--a "bad news" message of some type. Searle’s spends a good bit of time in Chapter 1 discussing tone and making sure to use a reader-centered perspective that utilizes a "you" approach and positive wording. In addition to a reader-centered perspective, however, you also should consider the difference between what is called a direct and an indirect approach when organizing letters, memos, and e-mail messages, especially ones that convey bad news. DIRECT APPROACH The direct approach anticipates no resistance to its message--for instance, "you've been hired," "your order is being shipped today," or even "the project will be done in one week." In this case, organizing your message is simple. Searle’s mentions that memos and letters should have some kind of brief introduction, sometimes as its own paragraph. If you're using the direct approach, this introduction is simply a straightforward statement of the main point of the message. For instance, if you are writing a letter to confirm an order, simply begin by stating, "We have received your order for part #23-B-4439 and are shipping it today." Then the rest of the letter can provide details like shipping time, cost, etc. Whenever possible, use the direct approach...
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...Business Memos A memo, short for the word memorandum, comes from the Latin word memorandus, which means, "to be remembered." It is a compact written message designed to help someone remember something. Unlike letters, the external communications of a company, business memos are an internal form of communication and it is standard practice to save them. Their objective is to deliver information or instructions and writing them in a sensible manner that the information is delivered with more meaningful note and its impact on its reader is also serious. Confined to a single topic, each interoffice, interdepartmental and company - wide memo becomes part of the institutional memory of an organization. They record daily activities and eliminate the need for time-consuming meetings. As historical documents they are often referred to when writing reports or resolving disputes regarding past activities. In short, they speed up the daily business of doing business; they keep people who need to be kept in the know, in the know. When a business organization designs an official letterhead it often also designs an official memo sheet, complete with a company logo featured at the top of the page. Besides having a professional look and feel, preprinted memo sheets often provide specialized information fields that accommodate specific procedures for expediting in-house communications. Memos Types 1. Informational Memos 2. Instructional Memos Informational Memos is an in-house...
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