...patient compliance and explain its importance in your field. Patient compliance means that patients follow what is directed to them by yielding to their health care professionals treatment plan. Patient compliance is crucial in my field because in order for patients to get better they must follow the treatment plan that is specified. If patients do not comply with the doctors suggested treatment plan then they could potentially become very ill and possibly need more medical attention. This could result in more time taken from the medical professional and higher cost for the patient due to more medical needs. 2. Identify the health care professionals' role in compliance and give examples of ways in which the health care professional may actually contribute to noncompliance. The health care professionals’ role in compliance is to have a good professional-patient relationship. This consist of using collaboration with the patient and other professionals, showing the patient that you care, educating the patient on all aspects of the treatment plan, and creating an open relationship with the patient. The provider may contribute to noncompliance by not realizing the patient’s adherence to the treatment plan, which could be caused by lack of education regarding the severity. Another factor is that health care professionals often have misconceptions regarding their patients who could potentially be at risk for noncompliance. 3. Compare compliance and collaboration. Compliance is when...
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...How Sarbanes-Oxley Has Impacted the Auditing Profession Auditing (BME-214024-02-11FA1) Table of Contents Introduction 3 Internal System and Process Collaboration Is Critical For SOX Compliance 3-5 Analyzing SOX by Section to Assess the Impact on Auditors: Section 302 5 Section 404 5-6 Section 409 6-7 Section 802 7 SOXs’ Impact on the Audit Profession 7-8 Conclusion 8-9 References 10 Introduction In the past decade or so government-mandated compliance legislation within the auditing profession, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has created a significantly greater amount of opportunities for providing services. However, it has also introduced an entirely new and higher level of complexity as a result. In this paper I will evaluate how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has and is continuing to influence the auditing profession, specifically concentrating on how the advantages and disadvantages of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are impacting this profession today and in the future. Although Governance, Risk and Compliance has grown significantly as a framework for ensuring corporate-wide compliance with government-based reporting and auditing, there is still a considerable gap between actual auditing practices and performance to standards (Jelinek, Jelinek, 223). The lack of internal controls over the auditing process has created significantly more work for companies to ensure...
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...Psychoeducation for schizophrenia (Review) Xia J, Merinder LB, Belgamwar MR This is a reprint of a Cochrane review, prepared and maintained by The Cochrane Collaboration and published in The Cochrane Library 2013, Issue 1 http://www.thecochranelibrary.com Psychoeducation for schizophrenia (Review) Copyright © 2013 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS HEADER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FOR THE MAIN COMPARISON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUTHORS’ CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REFERENCES...
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...Abstract A regulatory agency related to prevention and monitoring of communicable diseases will be identified. The impact in which this organization protects and serves the health industry and its communities will be revealed. A primary health care organization that is directly responsible for reporting to the disease control agency will be described. The correlation between both the Center of Disease Control (CDC) and ProMedica Health System (PHS) will be presented as to their responsibilities and purpose in providing controlling, monitoring, evaluating, research, and education services while following regulatory health care guidelines will be presented. Introduction Regulatory agencies play an important and vital role in securing the protection, safety and welfare of our nation’s population. People, agriculture, health care industries and its affiliate employees need guidance and resources to protect the nation from dreadful diseases. Efforts to ensure the safety of the nation in the face of all kinds of diseases are developed through regulatory agencies such as the Center for Disease Control (CDC) (cdc.gov.od). Health care organizations that impact the regulatory agencies objectives of evaluating and monitoring conditions within disease control measures are found in associative organizations such as ProMedica Health System (ProMedica) as well as state and local governmental organizations. The CDC introduces the regulations, guideline and services available to our growing...
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...Running head: Patient Compliance Patient Compliance Tiffany Parker Grand Canyon University HLT- 306, Advance Patient Care 12/04/11 Patient Compliance Being on privet private duty is not as easy as some think. When working privet private duty (comma) you one deals with patient compliance. Not only does one you deal with patient compliance, you one deals with the family compliance. After being on privet duty (comma) one you learns, the happier the patient, the happier the family. On occasion you one could have a patient that has a hard time remembering things. When this happens, the health care provider restate your must make the statement in a different way. For example (comma) if you one asks (comma) “Are you hungry?” and they he/she did not understand, you one could ask, “Would you like something to eat?” Compliance is the action or fact of complying with something. Noncompliance is when you refuse to conform to or follow rules and guide lines. At times, says Falvo (2011) patients react to their illness or to those around them by behaving in a way that is opposite to their actual feelings or thoughts (p. (space) 114). (space So, when you push a person to do something that they he/she does not want to do, you could push them him/her to be noncompliant. At this point, it is time for you to collaborate with someone on how to handle the situation. Collaboration is when you work with someone to make or create something. Collaboration plays a vital role...
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...1 The CDBG Case Management 585 Professor Stephanie Pane Shavon Adams September 29, 2015 2 Introduction The CDBG Case profiles the CRA department of BOK Financial Corporation, a struggling community development department that undergoes new leadership in an effort to improve overall performance. BOK’s newly appointed Senior EVP, Steve Bradshaw saw the need to make serious changes within the department due to barely satisfactory performance reviews, inefficient procedures and failure to serve the neighboring community. Although the CRA department, named after the Community Reinvestment Act, had received satisfactory ratings in their prior year performance evaluations, the complacency of the department threatened the potential for future growth opportunities for BOK and its affiliates. Bradshaw, with a clear direction of how he wanted the department to flourish, brought on a leader by the name of Paula Bryant-Ellis to spearhead the new direction of the CRA department. A professional with a strong background in banking and accounting, Paula was an ideal fit to lead the new direction of the CRA department. Her expertise and industry knowledge made her a perfect fit to restructure the department to increase their decreasing profitability. Paula and Steve quickly dove into the restructuration process along with a few other handpicked leaders. Over a two year time span, CRA’s new leadership managed to create quite a turn-around in reshaping the structure...
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...REPUBLIC OF KENYA MINISTRY OF LABOUR THE NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH POLICY MAY 2012 FOREWORD A proactive and well-functioning policy on Occupational Safety and Health is important for improving the safety and health of workers, reducing cost of business and improving productivity. The Government has developed this National Occupational Safety and Health Policy to enhance the framework for implementation of occupational safety and health programmes for the country’s development. Implementation of the policy will contribute significantly to the achievement of the goals of the Economic, Social and Political pillars of the country’s development blueprint, the Kenya Vision 2030. The Kenya Vision 2030 aims to create a globally competitive and prosperous country with a high quality of life by the year 2030. For the country to achieve the aspirations of the Vision, there is need to improve the safety and health of workers. It is expected therefore, that implementation of this Policy will contribute significantly to the country’s competitiveness and development of the human resource, and hence the achievement of the aspirations of the Vision 2030. Kenya faces a major challenge of employment creation, especially for the youth. However, a significant portion of those in employment still face the challenge of unsafe and unhealthy workplaces. It is therefore important that the country not only focuses on creating jobs but also improves safety and health at workplaces...
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...centralized portal interface (Microsoft, 2006, p. 14). Configuration Management (CM) encompasses the management of requirements, production, testing, technical documentation, and organizational processes during the lifecycle of a software system’s development. Within Information Technology (IT) organizations, CM defines a series of systematic controls for changes and developments to the software system, which ensure the integrity and traceability of the environment and software configuration throughout the development lifecycle. The CM process is a culmination of activities and support from each level of the organization, ensuring compliance with all applicable standards and guidelines for software development and production. Figure 1. Overview of Configuration and Change Management Process Integral to effective employment of CM processes is collaboration amongst the following cross-functional Teams: CM, Information Assurance (IA), and Software/Systems Administration (SA). The use of Microsoft® SharePoint® Services supports and promotes the necessary collaborative environment and interoperability throughout these often geographically-dispersed Teams (SharePoint, 2009). For the CM Team, SharePoint provides the resources for asset and inventory management, change management, and...
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...performance ratings for all of its banking departments. The CRA Department had five locations with nineteen that were very unorganized. The head of the Department was located in Tulsa Oklahoma. A few of the major issues involved inside the CRA Department include issues with the CRA personnel reporting compliance issues, a lack of automation, and a bad reputation. Steven Bradshaw was assigned to turn the department around Discussion of the Decisions Two of Bradshaw’s major concerns were the department was not profitable and did not meet BOK’s standards. The first step he took to turn the department around was a change of leadership. Bradshaw hired Paula Ellis as the new leader. Ellis worked under Bradshaw in the past and was very well qualified for the position. The leadership of a department is extremely important and in this case Paula was a great decision. She has experience working with banks and in the community. Together, Ellis and Bradshaw helped create a good “tone at the top”. There were four key points the team wanted enact. They include establishing a new direction, building an effective group, automating the review process, and creating a culture of collaboration with business units. These were the building block Bradshaw and Ellis used to begin changing the department. Ellis met with executives and business line leaders so she could understand how they viewed the CRA Department. This was a crucial first step because it helped her begin to build relationships...
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...Software for Human Services Organizations Donna Good BSHS/375 September 30, 2013 Kari Siemieniewski Pierre, MSW, LCSW Software for Human Services Organizations Thanks to technology, the human service field could become more efficient. Electronic filing of client or patient information puts the information at the fingertips of all involved in the care of each individual. Before computers, client or patient files were hard paper copies that only one person could have access to at a time within one office unless a copy of this file was made for each professional involved in his or her case. Technology changed this by someone creating software, which stores all information on the client or patient. The case manager can have access to these files in his or her office at the same time a therapist is counseling the client. The software can be used to track client or patient services. As with all things in life there are benefits and disadvantages. The size of the organization can have a deciding factor on which software the organization will use for the filing of client or patient information. The following will discuss two types of software created for this purpose and explain how it is used, the benefits to centralize electronic client records and human service resources, advantages, and disadvantages of each software, and how the size of the organization determines which software it will use. These two software names are ClientTrack and TeleTrack. I. ClientTrack ...
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...their own to get help, they are admitted on a voluntary basis. In both cases, the patient is evaluated, stabilized in the Psychiatric ER, and then sent to the inpatient unit. Once they’re in the in-patient unit, they refuse treatment and become non-compliant to medication. The longer they refuse, the sicker they get, and begin to act out. The last option is to force medicate the patient, and that is not a pretty picture. Before it escalates to the point of forcing medication, are there any interventions a nurse can employ to lead a patient to compliance? Strategies/interventions nurses used for non-compliant patients were engagement, formulating a therapeutic relationship, and finding out why. (Vuckovich, 2009). Self-determination was a concept discussed by Corrigan et al. (2012). Interventions that promoted self-determination led to patient compliance. This paper will explore those interventions, and how they can achieve compliance to treatment in psychiatric patients. Change Model Overview Rosswurm and Larrabee (1999) proposed a model for change based on theoretical and research literature, related to evidence-based practice, research utilization, standardized language, and change theory. This model for change is a guide used to develop and integrate an evidence-based change. It is a six step systematic process that helps nurses or practitioners facilitate change. The model is very useful in disseminating the...
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...resource, accessible through a centralized portal interface (Microsoft, 2006, p. 14). Configuration Management (CM) encompasses the management of requirements, production, testing, technical documentation, and organizational processes during the lifecycle of a software system’s development. Within Information Technology (IT) organizations, CM defines a series of systematic controls for changes and developments to the software system, which ensure the integrity and traceability of the environment and software configuration throughout the development lifecycle. The CM process is a culmination of activities and support from each level of the organization, ensuring compliance with all applicable standards and guidelines for software development and production. Integral to effective employment of CM processes is collaboration amongst the following cross-functional Teams: CM, Information Assurance (IA), and Software/Systems Administration (SA). The use of Microsoft® SharePoint® Services supports and promotes the necessary collaborative environment and interoperability throughout these often geographically-dispersed Teams (SharePoint, 2009). For the CM Team, SharePoint provides the resources for asset and inventory management, change management, and management of the...
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...BUSINESS TO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Management 04/25/11 CONTENTS Abstract 3 I. Stages of Buyer-Supplier relationships 4 II. Types of buyer-supplier collaboration 5 III Supplier evaluation and selection 6 IV. Steps to establishing a Buyer-Supplier Collaboration 8 V. Barriers to establishing a succesful Buyer-Supplier relationships 9 VI. Benefits of a successful Buyer-Supplier Collaboration………………………………………………………..9 Conclusion 10 References 11 Abstract In today’s competitive business world, having the right kind of buyer-supplier relationship is critical to the success of most companies. Most manufacturing organizations spend over 50% of their revenue on supply chain. Considering the fact that customers are more price sensitive than ever, companies have to squeeze out potential profit margins from their supply chain investment. Manufacturers are also becoming increasing dependent on their suppliers; this has led to a general increase in level of collaboration between buyers and supplier. In fact, having the right source of supply can actually be a source of competitive advantage especially when both parties are bonded by an exclusive contract. For example, Dell computer was the first computer manufacturer to recognize the potential benefits of a collaborative supply chain relationship. Dell was so confident that building a...
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...The primary learning opportunities address building a vision at the unit level, restructuring for success, overcoming resistance to change internally and across other units of a larger corporation, building support with powerful sponsors, and the importance of communication and persistence where authority is limited. The case has a difficulty level appropriate for undergraduate seniors and graduate students, and is designed for courses addressing organizational change, leading change, and leading teams. It can be covered in a one hour class. Preparation for the case is expected to require 3-4 hours. CASE SYNOPSIS The case begins with the recognition by a senior vice-president that the inadequacies of a seemingly insignificant compliance unit could jeopardize the overall growth strategy of BOKF, a large regional bank holding company. Paula Bryant-Ellis agrees to take on the transformation of the CRA department into a modern Community Development Banking Group (CDBG) that will contribute to the overall strategy of BOKF, the parent banking company. The case covers the first two years of significant organizational change, with emphasis on creating a vision, restructuring the organization, and shared leadership at the unit level. For the first three months, Bryant-Ellis is learning the existing, inefficient and archaic process while she studies benchmark...
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...to serve our customers through our One Ford plan, along with product excellence delivered with passion and constant innovation” Mark Fields. • Rewards, Culture, Boundaries o One Ford plan implemented by Mulally Created Accountability and Collaboration Across Leadership Structures. o Employee benefits, raises, and promotions. o The cultural shifts Mulally put in place impacted how Ford’s teams were structured, how collaboration was fostered, and how innovation itself ultimately came to flourish under his guidance Chapter 10 • Structure o Ford uses a divisional structure, which is organized around projects, products, or markets. In Ford’s case the many global departments all have their own general manager. o When One Ford plan was put into place a key component was for the four global segment leaders all come together to create “One Ford”. This opened up communication for the entire company globally. Chapter 11 • Leadership o Ford has a history of great leaders going back to Henry Ford, but on the brink of bankruptcy Mulally was brought in and seems like he saved the day. • Ethical Culture/Environment o Ford has been named one of the world’s most ethical companies the past five years. The Corporate Compliance Office ensures the company has a comprehensive program to promote the company’s culture of...
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