Examine your state’s emergency preparedness rankings. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your state according to the 10 criteria, and why you feel your state is prepared or unprepared. What public health strategies can be implemented to increase your state’s preparedness?

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Emergency Preparedness (Maryland)

After reading this week’s resources including Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health 2012, refer to the State-by-State Preparedness website at:

http://www.amednews.com/article/20130107/health/130109975/6/

Or:

http://healthyamericans.org/report/101/

Examine your state’s emergency preparedness rankings. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your state according to the 10 criteria, and why you feel your state is prepared or unprepared. What public health strategies can be implemented to increase your state’s preparedness?

responses should be no less than 250 words in length not including your reference(s) and supported by at least two references.

Healthcare Organizations, Professionals, and the Healthcare Workforce

Please do the following:

1. Select a healthcare organization.

2. Discuss the various services they provide (in detail).

3. To ensure a positive patient provider relation, health inequity, and positive health outcome,

what might the workforce for this organization look like and why? What changes might they make? Please be specific.

responses should be no less than 250 words in length not including your reference(s) and supported by at least two references.

Continuous Innovation

Is continuous innovation better than statistical thinking? Why or why not? Depending on your answer, how should healthcare use your chosen approach?

Include two references to support your opinions.

Homework

Go to Morningstar.com to download a set of bonds issued by your chosen firm (8–10; if there are fewer than 10 issued, then all of the outstanding bonds). Based on the bonds’ current YTM, calculate the average current yield.

Discussion

Through the use of a reliable source such as YahooFinance.com or ValueLine.com, determine your company’s beta. Also, find the beta for a competitor (a firm in the same line of business). Which of these is a riskier company based on this information? Why do you think the market deems this firm as riskier?

responses should be no less than 250 words in length not including your reference(s) and supported by at least two references.

HCAHPS Assignment

Review the Hospital HCAHPS Clinician and Group Survey/Child Primary Care Questionnaire in Appendix 4.1 of the Lighter textbook, Advanced Performance Improvement in Healthcare. This is located in Chapter 4 of the textbook.

Share what you think is wrong with the CAHPS survey. Then, give your suggestions on improving the survey for reliable care.

responses should be no less than 250 words in length not including your reference(s) and supported by at least two references.