What benefits are attributed to integrated delivery systems?

Briefly describe the following healthcare settings: • Hospitals • Ambulatory care • Home health care • Long-term care • Integrated delivery systems b. What benefits are attributed to integrated delivery systems? c. What are the challenges/drawbacks to implementing integrated delivery systems?

What types of mutations could occur to genes and chromosomes?

The idea that the placenta protects the embryo from harmful environmental substances was disproven between 1957-1961 when thousands of children were born with malformed limbs. Just as thalidamide, the causative agent of this malformation, affects a developing child, geneticists also attribute other adverse environmental factors (alcohol, malnutrition, exposures to various occupational hazards) as causative agents […]

What is the nature of the risk?

You are the risk manager of a hospital. A nurse from the operating room reports that, during a surgery, the head surgeon did not conduct a “time out” to confirm the side and site of the surgery. You question the surgeon, and he denies the incident. There is no injury to the patient. What is […]

psychology; Compare the respective roles of altruism, personal and professional social responsibility, and codependency.

perform an anonymous act of kindness. Examples include helping someone carry groceries, paying for a stranger’s coffee, donating time or money to a cause you believe in, and so forth. Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary of your experience. Address the following: Compare the respective roles of altruism, personal and professional social responsibility, and codependency. How does altruism […]

Psychology assignment

Select and read one peer-reviewed article. Ideally, this should be one on your topic that you may ultimately use in your final project. Highlight at least one threat to validity or reliability. Explore why this threat is problematic and how it could be remedied. Consider which validity threats are most common. Which are the most […]

List the numerous communication channels that are used in developing a health campaign

The past decade has seen an enormous surge in social marketing to convey various messages. Social marketing has also been established as an essential health communications tool to promote health initiatives. Social marketing should not be the only tool to communicate information to the general public, but to complement the existing practices in place. This […]

differential psychology

Leslie Snow manages a team of five help desk operators. The cubicles of the operators are located a floor below Leslie’s office. Each operator is required to log help desk calls into a team database. This database tracks the nature of a problem, the length of the call, and whether the problem was fixed or […]

clinical psychology; Discuss the history and evolving nature of clinical psychology.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you examine clinical psychology. Address the following items: Discuss the history and evolving nature of clinical psychology. Explain the role of research and statistics in clinical psychology. Discuss the differences between clinical psychology and other mental health professions, including social work, psychiatry, and school psychology. Include a minimum of two […]

Community Hospital has annual net patient revenues of $150 million. At the present time, payments received by the hospital are not deposited for six days on average. The hospital is exploring a lockbox arrangement that promises to cut the six days to one day. If these funds released by the lockbox arrangement can be invested at 8 percent, what will the annual savings be? Assume the bank fee will be $2,000 per month.

1. Community Hospital has annual net patient revenues of $150 million. At the present time, payments received by the hospital are not deposited for six days on average. The hospital is exploring a lockbox arrangement that promises to cut the six days to one day. If these funds released by the lockbox arrangement can be […]