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AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF SENATE BILL 863

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ABSTRACT
California’s (CA) legislature has passed a series of Workers Compensation (WC) reforms during the past 15 years; the most recent, Senate Bill (SB) 863 passed on August 21, 2012. SB 863 was introduced and presented to the California public as a reform bill that would ensure better coverage and easier medical access for workers injured on the job. SB 899 passed during the early 2000s was shown to be better for California’s workers, than SB863. The most vulnerable workers, Continue reading...

THE COMFORT AND PAIN RELIEF NEEDS

OF THE
ANTEPARTUM, INTRAPARTUM, & POSTPARTUM PATIENT
Pregnancy and Pain
One of the miracles of nature is Pregnancy. Two cells that cannot be seen by the naked eye join and create a human being that walks, talks, thinks, loves, and lives. For women this stage of their life is a time of happiness and sometimes of concern. They realize that now they are in charge of their lives and the life of a new individual. While most pregnancies run a normal smooth course, some others can become high risk pregnancies. Mothers become aware of the many changes occurring in their Continue reading...

- Analyze the events and consequences that led to the situation described in the bank sector and Credit Suisse Group in particular in the 90’s?
Answer: Credit Suisse was the leading financial services company in Zurich. It provided a variety of financial services to private small or medium sized customers. During the 90’s everything in the industry was running smoothly and so were banks. During that times cost to income ratios were very low. IT outsourcing was a much needed discipline due to the growing needs of the organization within and outside. Consequently banks did not realize Continue reading...

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INTRODUCTION

Cloud computing has presented new challenges and opportunities to industry IT. Cloud computing can be defined as a set of resources and services offered through the internet. The cloud services are provided from data centers located all over the world. Cloud service providers facilitate its consumers by providing virtual resources via the internet. An example of such a service is Google Apps provided by Google and Microsoft SharePoint.
Cloud computing has been termed as a game-changer in scientific and industrial communities. It is increasingly infiltrating into industrial systems, businesses, government organizations, private entities and learning Continue reading...

Abstract

Modern science and medicine have influenced the healthcare industry in many ways. Modern science believes in the intervention rather than focusing on the spiritual factors that are associated with the disease or illness. It is important that the modern medicine realizes the importance of spiritual healing. With advancements in spiritual healing over the last 3 decades, spirituality has been introduced in modern intervention. General physicians and healthcare professionals are seeking more focusing on the spiritual needs of patients. Clinical studies have found that spirituality when combined with modern medicine improves the quality of life and increases the survival rate Continue reading...

When the founders of United States of America ratified the Bill of Rights in 1791, they could not have imagined the technology we use and rely on today. The 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was intended to provide the American public with protections from unwarranted government intrusion into their most private property. While the language used in writing the 4th Amendment has been broad enough to function fairly well for more than two centuries, the rise of personal computers and internet technology has created a wave of questions and court cases about what data and communications receive 4th Continue reading...

Abstract

Personal problems often affect the capacity and motivation of employees to work (Janssen, Lam, and Huang, 2009, p. 787; Rich, Lepine & Crawford, 2010, p. 617). Common problems include alcoholism, substance abuse, family and marriage problems, relationship problems, financial problems, and mental and physical conditions or disorders. Organisations implement Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) to address these problems. The process of implementation, however, relies on the definition of EAPs. Internal programmes are within the control of managers, while external programmes are beyond the management’s jurisdiction. Existing studies prove that the involvement of organisations in EAP implementation is significant in drawing Continue reading...

HEALTH CARE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMMES.

Health care professionals play an important role in society. As such, there is a need for these professionals to understand the various health care reimbursement systems and methodologies to discharge their duties. There exist various financial systems adopted to cater for the financing of healthcare with each plan posing its risks as well as the incentives these systems exists solely because most patients have an insurance plan.

Fees for service reimbursement program mean that a fee is paid dully to the healthcare provider for each specific service rendered. This system is widely used as it guarantees total independence of Continue reading...

Introduction
Cloud Computing has evolved as one of the most talked about and cost savvy It architecture, the best part is that it allows to use the computing resources as services and is easily accessible via the Internet. The computing services that are provided my involve hardware such as the (processor, memory and storage) and also software applications. “Cloud” is the word given to the connectivity created between the various Hardware and Software applications, which are connected to a server that provides the computing resources and may or may not be present in the premises of a company as Continue reading...

Commitment

Purposes
Scope
All injured employees of ABC Company are eligible for benefit from this program. ABC Company will issue a modified transitional task to an injured employee for a period of 150 days after the injury. During this period, the progress s of the employee will be monitored and at the end a full physician report issued on the state of the worker’s health. If found necessary then more time intervals of 20 days will be given with the recommendation of the physician and signed by the supervisor (Ball, 2002).

Objectives

Duration
An employee under this program will benefit Continue reading...

THE CONTRACT CLAUSE

PWC (Ireland)
The Regime Building Pact Committee has printed a set of five firsthand forms of building contracts for Civic Works, including traditional and project and construct contracts for civil manufacturing and construction works, organized with a trivial mechanism contract, to be castoff for all civic works. The five agreements are: Construction Works Planned by the Owner, Construction Mechanism Designed by the Service provider, Civic Engineering Mechanisms Planned by the Proprietor, Civic Manufacturing Works Planned by the Service provider, Trivial Civil Manufacturing and Construction Mechanisms Designed by Proprietor .Corresponding with the growth of these new systems of building agreements, Continue reading...

a. Describe the theory of Performance-based measures and its practical application.

With the implementation or utilization of a service, those receiving the service are under the expectation that the service provider should provide quality work in keeping with the client’s or customer’s satisfaction (Peer & Tenhula, 2010). The satisfaction of the customer must be the top priority in a business, as their primary goal is to serve the customer, who is their primary benefactor and the supplier of payment, and therefore funding. The theory of performance-based measures involves the reimbursement or payment of those providing a product or Continue reading...

An Exploratory Analysis of Senate Bill 863

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ABSTRACT
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TABLES FOR FIGURES AND TABLES
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AB Assembly Bill
CA California
CCHSWC California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
DIR Department of Industrial Relations
DIV Division of Workers’ Compensation

DWC Division of Workers’ Compensation

ER Emergency Room
FEHA Fair Employment and Housing Act
MMI Maximum Medical Improvement

MPN Medical Provider Networks

PD Permanent Disabilities
PPD Permanent Partial Disability
SB Senate Bill
SB 899 Senate Bill 899 on workers’ compensation passed by the California legislature in 2004
SB 683 Senate Bill 683 for the reform of the earlier workers’ compensation bill (SB 899) took effect January 1, 2013.
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Cultural Sensitivity and Competency in Nursing

The health care is a diverse undertaking that as requires the nurses and health care practitioners have a high degree of competency and be culturally sensitive. Cultural aspects like lifestyle, beliefs, religion, age, taboos, and the general life of people is important in the nursing practice. Cultural sensitivity entails knowing the diverse nature of a people’s culture and adequately preparing in order to accept and adapt to them. In nursing, it is important to be flexible. Many aspects including culture will change yet a nurse is expected to perform at the best level. Communication is one of the Continue reading...

Cultural Sensitivity and Competency in Nursing

The health care is a diverse undertaking that as requires the nurses and health care practitioners have a high degree of competency and be culturally sensitive. Cultural aspects like lifestyle, beliefs, religion, age, taboos, and the general life of people is important in the nursing practice. Cultural sensitivity entails knowing the diverse nature of a people’s culture and adequately preparing in order to accept and adapt to them. In nursing, it is important to be flexible. Many aspects including culture will change yet a nurse is expected to perform at the best level. Communication is one of the Continue reading...

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Business Internal Assessment Proposal and Report

Research question
Should Embassy India outsource its IT services?
The question provides a sufficient platform to analyze Embassy India and determine whether outsourcing its IT services is economically viable for the organization. Embassy India is a middle level organization that specializes in retail operations. The organization’s IT services are currently supported in-house. This research question probes the pros and cons of outsourcing IT services to an external vendor Continue reading...

Introduction

Managed care refers to a kind of health insurance where people pay to a medical provider for access to health services whenever needed. The annual payment may be fixed if basic health services are to be offered. When secondary medical services are to be provided, the members of the managed care will be charged extra. The kind of services offered includes physician visits, access to prescription drugs, and emergency medical care. There are different kinds of managed care from which an individual can choose from.
The first is Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO). It provides basic medical cover for its Continue reading...

Having been involved in several cases, Daniel Groll’s intention to provide a lasting solution to this problem intensified. His intentions are to develop a model for understanding disagreements in a clinical setting. Groll at providing insight into what doctors can and cannot plausibly be said to know regarding what’s best for their patients. Groll deals with this by developing taxonomy of clinical disagreements. Groll’s secondary aim is to show that Robert M. Veatch’s theory on what on what clinicians can and cannot about their patients’ well-being is overly skeptical and limits the role. In the Continue reading...

Analysis of Consumer Research

This paper is devoted to the critical review of the three articles related the theory of consumer compliance. The studies offered three different approaches to the issues raised. Empirical data was obtained with the help of in-depth interviews and secondary data analysis. Such a combination of the research methods helps saving time and cost while obtaining the information required for the analysis. Samples used in each research vary significantly as well as the goals of each research. However, they allow making conclusions regarding the goals set.
The following articles were proposed for analysis: “Gaining Continue reading...

Travel insurance is the type of insurance meant to cover losses experienced while travelling such as medical expenses and the financial failure of travel suppliers among other travel expenses. Travel insurance is provided for people travelling internationally or within their own country. The type of travel insurance cover provided often varies depending on the duration of the trip, the number of trips taken or the risk of items in transit among other factors (Mintel International Group Ltd., 2004). For instance, a passenger can arrange for temporary travel insurance while booking a specific trip and this insurance can cover the Continue reading...

Within the United States of America, the appeal of managed care has increased sufficiently as a method of healthcare administration. The development of managed health care is an attributed backlash to the traditional U.S. health care system (Sekhri 2000). The managed care organization is employer-based offering indemnity insurance and fee-for-service conditioned for both the providers’ and patients’ expectation of the unlimited resources and unrestricted choice (Sekhri 2000). The system is enforced by both user and provider satisfaction through adequate compensation and consumers through unrationed medical care. Methods used in the managed health care organization are consumer oriented for equal Continue reading...

Today many talk about how cloud computing is changing the way we view the world. New technologies that simplify our lives, increase operational efficiency, reduce costs and eliminate the headaches are constantly emerging. In fact, today we have so many of them, so it becomes increasingly difficult to keep abreast of them and select the most helpful for themselves.
According to Winter, Raynolds, and Kiss (2014) cloud computing can be defined as a model that provides ubiquitous and convenient network access on demand to the common pool of configurable computing resources (for instance, data networks, servers, data storage devices, Continue reading...

Economic Environment

Vietnam is an attractive market and it presents investors with many investment and trade opportunities. As a result, the education service provider company will enjoy the economies of scale in the market. Vietnam economy is in an upward trend following its implementation of various economic reforms. In fact, Vietnam economy is among the fastest growing economies in the Southeast Asia and for the last five years, the economy has an element of sustainable growth since 2001. The economic growth of the country stood at 6.3% in 2009 and 6.8% in 2010. Nevertheless, its GDP per head in the country Continue reading...

Introduction

In “Willie’s Way: 6 Secrets for Wooing, Wowing, and Winning Customers”, Philip Van Hooser discussed six secrets of persuading and drawing the interest and loyalty of customers. Van Hooser based these secrets on his interaction with Willie Watson, a taxi driver that drove him from the airport once. Van Hooser was impressed by Willie’s service and considered it as a standard that service professionals should follow. Since Van Hooser discussed six secrets or guidelines in persuading and satisfying customers, the following discussion will be divided into these six. Each ‘secret’ will be discussed thoroughly and will consequently Continue reading...

Introduction

Loman family is composed of four members, mother –Linda, father – Willy and two sons – Biff and Happy, each of them being the representative of social constructions. As such, Linda is the caregiver, being dedicated to the domestic sphere, loving and caring for her husband and their two sons. She sees and understands the challenges that all of them face and she behaves as the leant between all the members of the family, determined to maintain a peaceful home. Willy, on the other hand, is the family head, the one who has the responsibility of taking care of the family Continue reading...

- Identify and explain three key reasons why organizations outsource their IT resources and services.
- Cost reduction and cost savings: the growing competition in vendor markets has resulted in competitive pricing in IT services (Kotlarsky, Willcocks, and Oshri 80). For purposes of reducing IT cost, high levels of standardization are required to be achieved. According to Schniederjans and Schniederjans (24), outsourcing reduces the cost of running an IT department. Moreover, the organization may lack the resources to run an IT department and the best and most cost effective option is to outsource the services.
- IT outsourcing allows Continue reading...

Compare and contrast whether you feel and Health HMO is better than PPO for HI (health insurance).

Introduction
Choosing one’s preferred health insurance plan may be a daunting task. This is because of the number of confusing terms used in both cover options. However, there is one main difference between a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) and a Maintenance Organization (HMO) (David and Rochet 2). With an HMO, one is able to have access to doctors only within the hospital network of the HMO. This is because HMOs contract with healthcare facilities and professionals to form a “provider network” (David and Rochet 2; Bihari n.p). For the PPO, on the other hand, one is able to Continue reading...

Traditionally, health record was maintained by the hospital or managing physician. However, with the advent of managed care, health care service providers have had to keep patient's data in their custody. Moreover, in recent times, with the advent of smart phones, the potential for the client to generate personal health data has been made prominent. More than ever before, it is now possible for the health consumer to monitor their blood pressure intensively (for instance twice a day) and forward those details to their managing physician who, in turn, includes such information in the electronic health record of the Continue reading...

Logistics Provider: Traditional and Virtual

Logistics Providers: Traditional and Virtual

The functions of 3PL’s and 4PL’s are different in many ways. 3PL are companies that are being contracted to provide various logistics services. The types of service they provide are typically are logistical in nature, but often includes value added services such as e-commerce, packing, managing inventory and transportation. Some 3PL’s also offers managing the entire channels including billing and online sales. However, the type of service they deliver depends on their abilities, client budget and needs. 4PL’s on the other hand offers a more diversified choice of service that Continue reading...

Executive Summary

This report paper shall discuss the business management and service provision of telecommunications industries in the United States of America. In particular, the report focuses on AT&T Corporation in comparison to its main competitors in business; Verizon Communications and Sprint Nextel Corporation. The purpose of the report is to determine the strength and capacity of customer service and the management in AT&T Corporation as compared to her two main competitors in the American market. Telecommunications industry in the United States of America is one of the Continue reading...

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Connected Health: A Review Of Technologies And Strategies To Improve Patient Care With Telemedicine And Telehealth

- Joseph Kvedar1,
- Molly Joel Coye2 and
- Wendy Everett3,*
+ Author Affiliations
- 1Joseph Kvedar is director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare System, in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2Molly Joel Coye is chief innovation officer at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Health, UCLA Medical Center, in Los Angeles.
- 3Wendy Everett () is president of NEHI ( Continue reading...

Abstract

Services industry is a typical industry. Its way of operation is different from any traditional manufacturing sector. Many managers try to manage a service industry like a product company and fail. For the successful running of a service company like the Grand Hotel Townsville, it is important to understand the concepts of service operations management. The main three founding concepts of services management are service package, characteristics of services and nature of services. Service package defines the resources and its capabilities. Characteristics of the services define the input and service interaction. Nature of service defines the differentiation and segmentation Continue reading...

ABSTRACT

The advancement in technology has made the mobile market the most expanding market in the world. The mobile is a device of choice world over in this age because of its accessibility fueled by cheap prices. Short Message Service in mobile phones together with Multimedia Message Service has emerged to fulfill most of the user requirements and subsequently become an effective communication and information delivery model. The use of mobile extends beyond the personal needs and can be used to access sophisticated applications in a convenient and secure environment. Technologies such as Near Field Communication provide the phone with Continue reading...

Introduction

The effective use of genetic information in nursing began at a slow pace, but it has gradually gained pace. Research shows that it has increasingly enabled the provision of quality healthcare for patients, therefore giving them a reason to smile. However, there is also increasing criticism in regards to the use of gene therapy in the health sector. Medical practitioners have been accused of incompetence’s in dealing with gene technology at their place of work. This includes several other issues of genomic nursing that the public have complained about even with the improvement it has brought to healthcare Continue reading...

1. What is the definition of domestic violence? (2 points) According to U.S. Department of Justice definition, domestic violence is a pattern of behavior in a relationship that is used by one partner to exert control over another intimate partner. It includes physical assaults, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions that influence another person. 90 percent of cases involve women being abused by men (Eisenstat and Bancroft, 1999). Domestic violence is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for women of childbearing age and the main consequences are from the mental health aspects of abuse (Hegarty, 2011).
2. Identify Continue reading...

Benefits of Cloud Computing

Lower Upfront costs — Enterprises can use unique services with the help from large-scale computing resources provided by the cloud service providers paying only for actual usage. No software or hardware installation done or the need for maintenance. The low barrier of entry and the pay-as-you-use model offered by cloud computing makes it very versatile (Merrill & Kang, 2014).
Lower IT operational costs — Server space can be rented out during peak hours without the need to maintain extra servers or human resources to maintain it. There is also the flexibility to host virtual IT infrastructure offering the lowest cost.
Independence of Continue reading...

1. What is the definition of domestic violence? (2 points) According to U.S. Department of Justice definition, domestic violence is a pattern of behavior in a relationship that is used by one partner to exert control over another intimate partner. It includes physical assaults, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions that influence another person. 90 percent of cases involve women being abused by men (Eisenstat and Bancroft, 1999). Domestic violence is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for women of childbearing age and the main consequences are from the mental health aspects of abuse (Hegarty, 2011).
2. Identify Continue reading...

Introduction

The UAE's tourism segment grew radically in the last decade. This is due partially to the rush in regional voyage in the Middle East and the growth of international tourism. The UAE comprises for nearly 33% of Middle Eastern voyage and tourism demand, based on 2009 estimates. The implication of the UAE's tourism segment in the region is reflected in the number of arrivals visiting Dubai, Abu Dhabi which receives the largest number of visitors of any Arab destination apart from Egypt. The Emirati government created a federal tourism organization and regulatory body, the National Council of Tourism and Continue reading...

Abstract

Abstract
Problem/ Purpose: Previous research studies conducted in urban emergency set-ups have identified the barriers and beliefs associated with poor adherence to follow-up with primary care providers after visits to the emergency department amongst children with asthma. The purpose of the study was to develop an emergency department based intervention that incorporated screening of asthma symptoms, a video designed to influence beliefs about primary care physician follow-up, and a follow up remainder that was mailed to the participants, and to measure the impact of the intervention on PCP follow-up rates and asthma-linked outcomes.

Sample: The study enrolled children aged Continue reading...

Introduction

The use of internet began as a project funded by the government of the United States to support activities within the government. The use of internet widened over time and universities and large research organizations gained access to the use of the facility. It spread further and other world institutions outside the United States became beneficiaries of the internet. World Wide Web Consortium lifted a ban on public use of the internet in 1995. Upon opening the internet for public use, private institutions and individuals took up interest to access and pass information via the internet. Currently, internet is Continue reading...