Today more than ever, photographs and other visual media are at our fingertips. Whether it’s through Google Images or Flickr, we have endless visual media available for us to use. Or, do we?  Watch the video Copyright Basics  (http://www.copyright.com/content/cc3/en/toolbar/education/resources/copyright_basics1.html).  Submit a two- to three-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) describing the benefits and challenges associated with having so many visuals available to us […]

Hospitals and regional health authorities across Canada are under siege. From mergers to forced closures to funding restraints, the healthcare industry is facing tremendous challenges. To make matters more complicated, add mediating cultural differences and the integration of non-acute and community-based services. At the same time, healthcare entities attempt to remain focused on delivering high-quality patient care and aligning the key stakeholders to the newly […]

Please complete the personal productivity assessment in your text in Chapter 2. Also, answer the discussion questions. Post a summary of the results of this exercise. The assessment will provide you with insight on your skills, knowledge and understanding of your abilities. Support your paper with a minimum of two (2) resources, which may include your required text(s). In addition to these specified resources, other […]

For this week we will be discussing independent contractors and how to determine the difference between an employee and an independent contractor. One of the things that you can look to is the employer’s tax liability. Typically tax liability is determined by the employee’s employment status. When an employer is classified as an employee it is the responsibility of the employer to pay state and […]

In the Readings, supplemental materials, and Seminars, we have emphasized the approaches to examining policy adoption, i.e., policy process frameworks and theories. For example interest group theory suggests that concentrated interests are generally more influential in representative government than diffuse interest. Under this theory, the likelihood of having a proposal or initiative adopted is much greater, the larger and more concentrated the group is. Since […]

History of U.S. Labor Legislation Employers have a long history of using their power to abuse employees. Past employer practices have led to bloody conflicts. Over time, the development of Federal regulations has helped ease the tense employee/employer relationship.  Create a timeline of all the significant labor legislation passed in the 20th century using Word’s Table feature. Next to the name of each law, place a column […]

Unit 2 Assignment: Business Processes and Strategy–Process Alignment About selecting your business process for use in the Assignments Your book proposes a business process management (BPM) model that consists of 10 phases. As you learn about each of these phases, you will be applying the concepts to a specific business process. You will select the process you will use in this Assignment. You will prepare […]

For this assignment, you are asked to develop a plan to gather data for a job analysis, use at least two of the methods to gather data, write a short job description and job specification  based on the data you have gathered. Please do not use your own position and do not use a job description already written. If you do not work outside the […]

Part of the ethical and fiscal responsibility of a healthcare organization (HCA) is to be a good steward of resources, but HCAs may not connect their daily operations to this responsibility. Choose a specific type of healthcare organization for this assignment, such as a hospital, mental/behavioral health facility, long-term care, or surgery center.  Generate a list of a healthcare administrator’s daily activities that could be […]

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) developed six specific aims to ensure the delivery and improvement of health care. Choose two from the six aims: Safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable (Institute of Medicine, 2001). Of the two aims you chose, discuss the effects on the delivery of quality care. Give an example of how a hospital or physician practice can meet these aims. Your […]