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Common Models in Health Informatics Evaluation
Common Models in Health Informatics Evaluation
Have you ever watched a movie in which the same scene was shown several times but as viewed by different individuals? Or, have you watched a detective show in which the witnesses all had differing accounts? The same can hold true for conducting an evaluation of a health information technology project. How you plan and conduct the evaluation is largely dependent on the viewpoint you assume and the perspective with which you approach the evaluation.
Consider a new patient discharge protocol at a small hospital. Do you want to know how the patient feels about the process? Do you want to gather the opinions of nurses who are using this process? Perhaps you want to determine if it is saving the hospital money by freeing up bed space in a more timely fashion. Obtaining each of these viewpoints would require a different approach. Depending on the goal of your evaluation, the model and viewpoint you opt to use will likely vary.
In this Discussion, determine which evaluation model would be most effective for evaluating the health information technology described in one of the scenarios below. Your Instructor will assign a specific scenario by Day 1 of this week.
Scenario 1: You have recently provided a training program to help nurses and physicians become proficient in the use of a new bedside medication verification (BMV) system.
Scenario 2: The Chief Medical Officer at your hospital is interested in finding out the impact of a new decision support system on the number of adverse events occurring in the past year.
Scenario 3: You are helping with the design of a new outpatient surgery center to be built adjacent to the hospital. You are tasked with evaluating the opinions of physicians, nurses, and the general public toward this facility.
To prepare:
Review the information on the types of evaluation models covered in this week?s Learning Resources.
Determine which model would be most appropriate to use for evaluation in the scenario to which you were assigned.
Consider why the viewpoint of the scenario or situation would impact the model used.
View the scenario from a different viewpoint, and consider how a different model might be used.
Reflect on the importance of basing an evaluation on a model.
A Study of the Effectiveness of Sex Appeal Advertising in young adults in The United Kingdom ?and Hong Kong, China
Description
Aim:
Sex?Appeal?and?high?nudity?adverts?have?been?widely?used?by?media?(billboards,?online)?in?many?countries.?The
aim?of?this?research?is?to?understand?how?Chinese?and?Western?young?consumers?(aged?20???34)?are?likely?to
have?different?evaluations?and?responses?toward?sex?appeal?tactics?(Hamilton,?1998)?and?find?out?the
effectiveness?of?adverts?which?use?sex?appeal?to?increase?marketing?attractiveness?of?young?adults?in?UK?and
China.?The?target?product?which?involve?sex?appeal?in?ads?will?be?perfume.?High?to?low?nudity?perfume
advertisements?will?be?given?to?the?audience?in?the?questionnaire?section.
Objectives:
?To?examine?the?attitude?of?UK?and?Hong?Kong?young?consumers?towards?sex?appeal?ads
?To?critically?compare?the?cultural?dimension?between?the?target?audience
?To?compare?the?effectiveness?of?sex?appeal?adverts?in?UK?and?Hong?Kong?by?using?AIDA?model
?To?measure?the?ethical?concern?of?sex?ads
?To?critically?discuss?the?changes?of?sex?appeals?ads?in?recent?year
How does the present value of a lump sum compare to the present value of an annuity?
How does the present value of a lump sum compare to the present value of an annuity?
Part one:
Answer these questions (for quantitative questions, show your work):
How does the present value of a lump sum compare to the present value of an annuity?
How does the future value of an ordinary annuity compare to the future value of an annuity due?
How does the present value of an annuity compare to the present value of an annuity due?
What?s the value today of $500 received in 3 years if the going rate of interest is 10% per year?
An individual has $3,000 today. What will that be worth in 7 years if the going rate of interest is 4% per year?
What?s the present value of $250 received at the end of each year for the next 8 years if the interest rate is 4.5% per year?
Length: 1-2 pages.
Part two:
Here is your opportunity to dream! Choose a vacation destination anywhere in the world (to which you must fly) for a two week trip (assume you have vacation time from work to take the trip) that you would like to take exactly ten (10) years from today. This can either be an individual vacation, a couple trip or a family excursion, depending on your life circumstances. After you?ve picked your destination (dream big), determine the following:
Travel expenses for all members of the group
Lodging expenses for the entire time period of the trip
Estimate of daily food expenses
Make a list of activities that you would like to engage in every day of the trip. Determine a cost for each day?s activity list (for example, tickets to amusement parks, museum entrance fees, boat trips, scuba diving, deep sea fishing, entertainment venues, etc.)
Make a list and associated cost estimate of any other expenses that you believe should be included in a total cost estimate for your vacation (e.g., pet boarding, house sitting, airport parking fees, etc.)
Would only someone who makes a high income be able to afford this trip? Or would someone who makes the minimum wage be able to afford this trip?
NOTE: You must research all aspects of your list to substantiate your cost estimates; that is, you must demonstrate and/or document how you derived each cost estimate in the list.
After gathering and organizing all collected data, prepare a document describing your destination (including your reason for choosing that location), listing (and substantiating) all costs of the trip (this can be done in a table or bullet point format, but it must be clear and provide sufficient detail so that the reader understands your interest and passion for your vacation), and determining a total cost of your dream vacation from the time you leave to the time you return.
Assuming that your estimated total cost will grow by 2.5 percent per year (due to inflation), demonstrate how you would compute the expected future cost of your dream vacation.
Suppose that you can invest money every month into a fee free mutual fund and that this fund is expected to have a 10 percent nominal annual rate of return. Using your estimated future cost (including inflation) as a future value, determine the amount of money you must save each month for the next 10 years (i.e., 120 months) to achieve your goal. Then determine the monthly amount you must save if you delay your trip for an additional five years (that is, you will take the trip 15 years from today = 180 months) instead of 10 years from today (note: be sure to add 5 additional years of inflation to the estimated future cost). Write an explanation for your calculations so the reader is completely clear on how you derived your required monthly deposits.
Based on this numerical representation of your dream vacation, write a well contemplated critical analysis of your trip. For example, explore questions such as: is this something that you think is worth saving for, have you changed your mind after seeing the reality of the required sacrifice, are you rethinking the location or luxury level of your accommodations or daily outings, and so on.
Note that you must properly cite all reference sites that you used to collect data to estimate your costs value, etc.
Length: 4-5 pages not including title page and references
Your response should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Investigating the Business Environment
Investigating the Business Environment
Scenario
You have decided that you would like to start a business. You need to secure funding for your business idea in order to launch it, so you have organised a presentation for a group of potential investors. If they think that you have identified a business opportunity they would like to invest in, they will invite you to present your business plan at a later date.
You will research local businesses to understand the local business market and to see whether there is a gap in the market that your new business could fill. In order to do this, you will need to consider both current trends and the current business environment, and their impact on businesses.
You will need to produce a presentation summarising the local business environment and a leaflet assessing the factors that could affect the success of your start-up idea. Remember that you need to keep a list of your sources of information.
Task 1
Factors and trends affecting business
The potential investors want to know how the business environment and current trends are likely to affect your start-up business?s chances of success. You will need to research and collect information on the local and national factors which affect the business environment.
Your presentation should include information on the likely effect of the following factors on a start-up business:
local factors (e.g. competitors)
national factors (e.g. political factors).
You will need to include a section in the leaflet which explains how changes in the current business environment may impact on a start-up business.
Your leaflet should inform your audience about current trends and how they affect start-up businesses. Research and comment on your sources of information for each of the following:
social trends
technology trends
ethical trends
environmental trends.
Use examples of each trend to explain how these will impact on your start-up business.
To support your argument, you need to demonstrate how these trends have affected another start-up business. Select a business from your area that is comparable to your business idea in terms of sector and size. Then select two trends from the list above and compare their impact on the existing start-up business you have selected. To do this, you will need to identify the similarities and the differences between the impacts of these trends on the existing start-up business . This can be presented in table format.
The investors want to know whether your business idea is likely to succeed. Summarise your leaflet with an assessment of the current risks, opportunities and trends in the business environment that will affect your business idea. You should say how these factors in the business environment will affect your business. You will need to back this up with evidence from your research and show that you have used trustworthy and relevant sources of information.
Develop the definition and characteristics of various leadership theories and approaches to leadership
Research the following five leadership theories and include these in your matrix (use the matrix template provided):
Trait theories of leadership
Behavioral theories of leadership
Contingency models of leadership
Skills approaches to leadership
Situational methods of leadership
Develop the definition and characteristics of various leadership theories and approaches to leadership (trait leadership, behavioral leadership, contingency leadership, skills leadership and situational leadership).
Provide one or more examples to support the definition or characteristics of each form of leadership.
Write out your explanations in each section using about 350 words for each section.
Format your Leadership Theory Matrix with the template and consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
Business to Business Marketing and Supply Chain
Business to Business Marketing and Supply Chain
Assignment?Question:
Analyse?the?impact?of?a?contemporary?challenge?which?is?currently?affecting?people?working?in?B2B?marketing
and?supply?chain?management.?This?could?be,?for?example,?the?impact?of?digital?communication,?sustainability
(social?and/or?environmental),?Britain?s?exit?from?the?EU,?or?another?relevant?issue?of?your?choice.
You?should?provide?balanced,?objective?insights?into?the?selected?challenge,?backed?up?by?evidence,?including
reference?to?academic?literature?and?examples?of?relevant?practice?from?at?least?one?industry.?Your?conclusion
should?summarise?the?key?points?and?examine?how?they?could?be?addressed?by?B2B?or?SCM?practitioners?and
the?organisations?in?which?they?work.
?Approaching?the?question:
You?are?reminded?that?whilst?some?questions?may?very?evidently?refer?to?a?particular?unit?they?are?all?designed
to?span?issues?across?the?entire?module.?A?full?answer?to?the?question?will?require?reflection?on?the?issues?that
you?have?encountered?throughout?the?module.?It?is?important?to?bear?in?mind?that?the?content?of?your?answer?will
depend?on?the?argument?that?you?wish?to?put?forward?in?answer?to?the?question?and?not?solely?on?the?concepts
that?the?question?explicitly?identifies.
You?are?reminded?that?whilst?the?question?may?evidently?refer?to?particular?units,?it?can?also?have?some?input
from?other?units?within?the?module.?You?will?be?expected?to?relate?marketing?and?supply?chain?management
theory?from?the?module?to?the?assignment?topic?and?make?appropriate?recommendations,?thus?demonstrating?an
awareness?and?application?of?B2B?marketing?principles?and?practice.
You?are?expected?to?demonstrate?a?comprehension?of?supply?chain?management?concepts.?You?are?expected?to
provide?evidence?of?analysis?of?these?concepts?for?B2B?marketing?practices.?Although?your?experiences?of?B2B
marketing?practices?are?important,?these?must?be?informed?by?and?draw?upon?relevant?academic?theories.?This
application?of?theory?to?practice?should?assist?you?to?critically?discuss?the?assignment?question?above.
One?of?the?key?criteria?for?assessing?this?piece?of?work?is?evidence?of?reading,?understanding?and?discussing
relevant?academic?theories.?You?are?required?to?demonstrate?further?reading?of?academic?and?trade?journals,?both
of?which?are?available?via?the?University?of?Leicester?library.?You?are?recommended?not?to?use?quotes?from?the
University?s?module?materials,?as?we?know?you?will?have?read?these?already,?but?to?show?reading?that?goes
beyond?this?(e.g.?from?the?reading?lists?or?from?your?own?literature?search).
Suggested?Further?Readings
Blythe,?J.?and?Zimmerman,?A.?(2013)?Business?to?Business?Marketing?Management?(2nd?Edn).?London:
Thomson.
Brennan,?R.,?Canning,?L.?and?McDowell,?R.?(2014)?Business?to?Business?Marketing?(3rd?Edn).?London:?Sage.
Ellis,?N?(2011)?Business?to?Business?Marketing:?Relationships,?Networks?and?Strategies,?Oxford:?Oxford
University?Press
World Mythology_Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures Paper
World Mythology_Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures Paper
Description
Cosmic?Creation?Myths?Across?Cultures
?Write?a?550?word?paper?answering?the?following?questions
?550?words?total
?4?Peer?reviewed?references,?4?Citations
?APA?Format
?Please?answer?questions?1?4
?Please?Number?each?question?1,2,3,4?with?title?of?paragraph
?Each?question?1,2,3,4?(137?words,?1?Peer?Reviewed?Reference,?1?Citation)
?Write?a?550?word?paper,?in?which?you?answer?the?following?questions:
??Select?at?least?two?creation?myths?from?two?different?cultures.
?Write?a?550?word?paper?about?the?2?selected?creation?myths?that?answers?2?of?the?following?questions:
?PICK?2?QUESTIONS?A?E?THAT?RELATE?TO?THE?2?CREATION?MYTHS?FROM?2?DIFFERENT
CULTURES
?NUMBER?#2?WILL?BE?A,B,OR?C?AND?#3?WILL?BE?D,?OR?E
A.?Which?world?or?worlds,?such?as?sky,?earth,?and?underworld,?are?
represented?in?the?myths?you?chose??What?are?the?elements?of?
these?worlds?
B.?Describe?the?creators.?Are?the?creators?male?or?female,?and?of?
what?significance?is?gender??Describe?what?they?created,?
including?the?steps?or?cycles?of?creation.?Also,?include?
descriptions?of?any?destroyers?or?destruction,?if?applicable.
C.?Why?is?there?such?a?focus?on?cosmic?occurrences?or?natural?
phenomena?like?stars,?moons,?floods,?rain,?etc.?
D.?Compare?the?creators,?creations,?the?steps?or?cycle?of?creation,?
and?the?cosmic?elements?of?the?two?myths.?What?are?the?
similarities?and?differences?
E.?Why?do?you?think?cosmic?or?creation?myths?are?important?to?a?
culture??How?do?they?shape?a?culture’s?view?of?the?world?
Answer?Questions?1?4:?
1.Introduction?(137?words,?1?Peer?Reviewed?Reference,?1?Citation)
2.?A,?B,?OR?C?(137?words,?1?Peer?Reviewed?Reference,?1?Citation)
A.?Which?world?or?worlds,?such?as?sky,?earth,?and?underworld,?are?
represented?in?the?myths?you?chose??What?are?the?elements?of?
these?worlds?
B.?Describe?the?creators.?Are?the?creators?male?or?female,?and?of?
what?significance?is?gender??Describe?what?they?created,?including?
the?steps?or?cycles?of?creation.?Also,?include?descriptions?of?any?
destroyers?or?destruction,?if?applicable.
C.?Why?is?there?such?a?focus?on?cosmic?occurrences?or?natural
phenomena?like?stars,?moons,?floods,?rain,?etc.?
3.?D,?OR?E?(137?words,?1?Peer?Reviewed?Reference,?1?Citation)
D.?Compare?the?creators,?creations,?the?steps?or?cycle?of?creation,?
and?the?cosmic?elements?of?the?two?myths.?What?are?the?
similarities?and?differences?
E.?Why?do?you?think?cosmic?or?creation?myths?are?important?to?a?
culture??How?do?they?shape?a?culture’s?view?of?the?world?
4.Conclusion?(137?words,?1?Peer?Reviewed?Reference,?1?Citation)
developing security algorithm for cognitive networks
developing security algorithm for cognitive networks
developing security algorithm for cognitive networks
What are the tax effects, if any, of these transactions on Sam and Jill?
What are the tax effects, if any, of these transactions on Sam and Jill?
What are the tax effects, if any, of these transactions on Sam and Jill?