Quality in healthcare

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Type: Individual Project
Unit: Quality Improvement Models
Due Date: Tue,6/29/21
Grading Type: Numeric
Points Possible: 200
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Deliverable Length: 5 pages minimum
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Healthcare organizations strive to improve quality of care cost-effectively. Each organization utilizes a quality improvement approach that is the most suitable for their organization. This could include the Lean model for improvement or Six Sigma. Deming’s 14 quality improvement principles attempt to guide the development of these models.
In this assignment, you will analyze Deming’s 14 principles of improvement. In your analysis, include the following:
Explain Deming’s 14 principles of quality improvement.
Assess the relevance of these principles in quality improvement today.
Discuss the Lean model and how it interrelates with Deming’s principles.
Discuss Six Sigma and how it interrelates with Deming’s principles
Explain how the Lean approach could support risk management in healthcare organizations.
Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:
Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.
Length: 5 pages minimum
Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third person.
Body: This begins on the page following the title page and abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.

Discussion Thread: Ohio Lottery

Detail the overall research design in the Ohio Lottery case (See Exhibit OL1). What are the advantages and disadvantages of this design?
Evaluate the MET process (Exhibit OL-2). What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the MET technique?
What measurement scales are used in the sample questions provided (Exhibit OL-3)? Why might the lottery attitude and lottery importance questions have presented the most challenge to the professional researchers?
Using text Exhibit 12-2, map out the likely quantitative instrument content.
The survey contained several questions that would alert the researchers that the participant was not taking the research process seriously (see case exhibit OL-3). Is this a good or a poor idea? Why?
Evaluate the MET discussion guide for the Ohio Lottery Research.

Criticism and creative writing

How might writing about literature help one become a better creative writer? Which forms of literary analysis (structural/aesthetic, historical/cultural, ethical) do you think are most useful for a new writer learning the craft?

ps. for the source you may use 1 or 2 please use a news source like an article or journal .

Research question/Hypothesis/Variables

Describe the research topic (2-4 sentences) and state the research question you are interested in answering.
State the specific hypothesis for the research proposal—this can be null, directional, or non-directional.
You should avoid being overly general with your research hypothesis.
At the same time your hypothesis should be something that is realistically testable if you had access to participants and materials.
Further, you will identify the specific variables you will use to test your research hypothesis. You should be able to physically point to your variables in your hypothesis.
Be sure to specifically identify the variables as independent and dependent (if experimental) or key variables (if correlational).

View 4 episodes of Mad Men – 4 episodes of the same season – What is your view of watching this portrayal of the early 1960s? Where do you feel today has crept into the script ? Be certain to use episode titles when you discuss each episode.

View 4 episodes of Mad Men – 4 episodes of the same season – What is your view of watching this portrayal of the early 1960s? Where do you feel today has crept into the script ? Be certain to use episode titles when you discuss each episode.

Adichie and Achebe

Chinua Achebe is often called the “father of modern African Literature” for his novel Things Fall Apart. This was the first major literary work to portray the colonization of Africa from a black African perspective. The novel’s protagonist, Okonkwo, is a tragic hero who is brought down by the scourge of colonialism. Achebe wrote his novel, in part, to challenge depictions of Africa by white writers like Joseph Conrad. Achebe also inspired later African writers, like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Indeed, Adichie’s story “The Headstrong Historian” provides an additional perspective on the events Achebe depicts in his famous novel. By looking at these two works together, we gain a better understanding of both postcolonial African literature and the complexity of literary influence.

Write a reflection essay based on the following prompt: In what ways might “The Headstrong Historian” be considered Things Fall Apart fan fiction? In what ways is Adichie’s story something more? What do the resonances with Things Fall Apart add to “The Headstrong Historian”? What do Adichie’s innovations add to the experience of reading Things Fall Apart?

The STR report

The STR report is an essential report that managers use to compare their hotels’ weekly, monthly, and annual pace against the hotels in their “comp” (Competitive) Set and to industry trends. Specifically, managers compare their ADR, Occupancy, and RevPAR to those in the Comp Set and make business decisions based on their analysis. Watch the following video on the STR report
(Links to an external site.)
and use your textbook to answer the following questions in Word format and in APA style.
What is ADR and how is it calculated?
What is RevPAR and how is it calculated?
What is Occupancy and how is it calculated?
What is MPI, how is it calculated and what does it “tell” you?
What is ARI how is it calculated and what does it “tell” you?
What is RGI how is it calculated and what does it “tell” you?
Finally, briefly explain the strategy that you would use to improve your hotel’s performance based on what you learned in this discussion.

PLEASE USE THE VIDEO BELOW FOR THE SOURCE.

Read Goethe’s Faust (E pp. 681-736 – stop at “A Street”), then answer questions on Brightspace pertaining to the reading(s). Provide an appropriately formatted Works Cited page with your homework. Direct quotations is important for every question.

Read Goethe’s Faust (E pp. 681-736 – stop at “A Street”), then answer questions on Brightspace pertaining to the reading(s). Provide an appropriately formatted Works Cited page with your homework. Direct quotations is important for every question.

The Ebola Crisis Warrior: Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh (Or something similar)

Write a minimum of 3 pages research paper on the physician Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh. Work should be well cited in MLA. Sentences should be dramatically correct. Idea should flow thoroughly from the introduction to the conclusion. No grammatical error etc. Correct vocabulary applications. Avoid repetitions and use sentence variations. No plagiarism. Reply with “I read the instructions twice” to be considered.

Week 3 Assignment – Bonding Through Branding

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Career Relevancy
The brand of an organization is what makes it recognizable in the marketplace. Customers need to be able to distinguish one provider from another. The company’s brand is the marks or logo or symbol that is recognizable. The main purposes of branding are to ensure that products can be identified, to encourage repeat sales, and to sell new products. When a brand is easily recognizable, then we say it has brand equity. Within the healthcare industry, in particular, branding gives individual organizations a way to better represent themselves and make a lasting impact.
Background
Differentiating the Brand
Companies can pursue branding in different ways by employing a private brand, a family brand, or individual brands. It may be a little more difficult to think of these strategies in healthcare, but if you consider a company like Johnson & Johnson, that offer all types of healthcare products, you can see that they would want to brand their pharmaceutical products in a unique way that would differentiate them from than their line of baby products or medical devices.
The importance of branding in the healthcare industry cannot be overstated, as consumers have so much choice these days. One example is the cost of conducting medical tests— there are now independent labs that may offer the same services for a lower cost. In addition, many hospitals are merging with other healthcare services, which then causes confusion on the part of the consumer. Organizations have to determine how they will position their brand in the consumer’s mind, and that means making their purpose and design as unique as possible.
Healthy Relationships
One of the primary drivers of developing customer loyalty in healthcare is developing a relationship with the consumer. Making healthcare decisions can be difficult for people. If an organization is able to develop a relationship with them, then it creates “stickiness” whereby the customer becomes loyal to the organization. Satisfied customers are the best way to create repeat sales. Once customers are loyal, they can become brand advocates who will sing the praises of a product or service. Building brand loyalty can also be extremely satisfying, as it helps create a clear bridge between the consumer and employees—a simple bond between product, service, and consumer.
While there are many things to consider when building this kind of relationship with consumers, one thing is of the greatest importance: simplicity. As noted by the associate editor of Healthcare Finance, Jeff Lagasse, “a convoluted message won’t connect with consumers, and it will make it more difficult to get senior leadership on board (Lagasse, 2018).” This is of particular note, as successful branding involves the commitment of everyone involved. While the end-consumer provides the ultimate representation of success, if employees and senior members are not behind the brand there can be problems with the overall marketing plan.
References
Lagasse, Jeff. 2018, November 08. Why Branding In Healthcare Is more Important Than Ever, and How to Connect With Consumers. Retrieved On July 25, 2020. https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/why-branding-healthcare-more-important-ever-and-how-connect-consumers
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Prompt
Part 1:
Create an infographic that shows the brand of two competitors in your practice area (you may choose to use a free application such as https://piktochart.com/). Submit your infographic as a link.
Part 2:
In a PowerPoint presentation explain the branding of each competitor and how it would impact the buyers of their products and services. Analyze their advertising and branding strategy and identify the customer segments that each brand is focusing on. At the end of your presentation, make some recommendations to your infographic as to how the brand messaging should be adjusted if it wants to appeal to the same target markets.
Your presentation should be a minimum of ten slides with at least two references and images with authors notes (not including the cover slide and the references page). Each slide is required to have author’s notes that provide an explanation of the information presented in the PowerPoint.