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AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF SENATE BILL 863

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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...

There are varied definitions of common property that exist in various contexts. Its application and use is, therefore, determined by the specific context. Our definition of common property is in relation to real tangible property. Common property in this context of real properties can be defined as a property that is collectively owned by public or a community to which every member of the community has equal right to use and access. Sometimes, the government can own common property. Where government owns common properties, all citizens have a right to use it in various activities. The ownership and product Continue reading...

Introduction and Background

Remote correspondence has developed as one of the speediest diffusing mediums on the planet, filling a developing "versatile youth culture" that talks as much with thumbs as it does with tongues. His eagerness was scarcely one of a kind. Mobile phone use and, specifically, the ascent of messaging has turned into a focal part of teenagers' lives. They are utilizing their telephones to stay as a part of touch with companions and folks. They are utilizing them to impart stories and photographs. They are utilizing them to divert themselves when they are exhausted. They are utilizing them to micro-coordinate Continue reading...

The word "homo,” the name of the biological genus to which human belongs is Latin for "human.” It was picked initially via Carolus Linnaeus in his grouping framework. The saying "human" is from the Latin humanus, the descriptive manifestation of homo. The Latin "homo" infers from the Indo-European root “dhghem,” or "earth.” Human advancement is the evolutionary procedure paving the way to the presence of modern people.
Human presented developmental capacities, which are innovative, complex, typical, and social in nature and make them unique from other surviving species. In any case, what precisely has advanced to evolve these unique Continue reading...

Research utilization is in tandem with the forces of the certification of ANCC Magnet. There are forces that are associated with ANCC Magnet. These forces are developed to assist nurses achieve the quality expertise. The first force of ANCC Magnet Certification is transformational leadership. This is leading nurses to where they will be able to meet the future requirements and demands. It is important to understand that the nurses need to meet the future needs. They need to create an environment where nurses will have the critical knowledge that they require in the nursing practice. With transformational leadership, nurses Continue reading...

The society today is facing a rather disquieting series of developments affecting practical academic life in the contemporary society. Arguably, these developments risk degrading the pivotal role of cognitive endeavor or reasoned evaluative criticism in achieving, maintaining, and enhancing of good social justice program in the society. It is hard to simply educate on methods and means of doing evaluation; it is vital to convey the idea of evaluation as realistic, intellectual outlook and disposition on social and political platform. Overall, there is a pressing necessity to learn the need of humanistic evaluation in the social Justice programs. According Continue reading...

Health Care Utilization

This paper will describe the ways in which recent health care reforms have enhanced or restricted access to care and how changes in access may influence utilization. It will also explore the concept of universal health care and similarities and differences of current care to this concept as well as my experience with health care expansion.
The Patient Protection Expanded and Affordable Care Act (ACA) which was signed into law in 2010 and other similar legislations enacted at state levels have expanded access to preventive and emergency care to people who could not afford such services previously. These acts Continue reading...

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Outlook of the Industry
Information technology (IT) is one of the most important and authentic fields in the world, therefore it could be said that the entire industry is in great financial condition (Carpenter, Durtschi & Gaynor, 2011). There are number of companies in the world, specifically comes under the ambit of this industry in total. Company’s lies in the industry are enjoying high net income profitability of the company as a whole.
According to revenue, this industry was on the peak some years before and currently it is also on a higher scale as well. United States and Continue reading...

Introduction

The name of economics is not new for a country because, it is something very important from their own viewpoint in particular. Economics is not a new subject; it starts with the birth of a child and in the world it starts with the commencement of the Universe. The main theme of Economics is all about to earn the money and its consumption, as well.
Alfred Marshal and Adam Smith are known as the key players in the market of economics who identified the most basic definitions of this particular term and then the numbers of authors have identified Continue reading...

Research Paper

Introduction 3

Relationship between resource utilization and forecasting (effective forecasting and predicting) 5
Economy of UAE 5
Hotel Industry of UAE 6
Tourism Sector in Abu Dhabi 7
Application of effective forecasting and predicting in the Hospitality Industry 7

References 8

Appendix (1) 10
Interview questions 10
Appendix (2) 11
Questionnaire 11
Introduction
The events such as globalization and technology development have increased the competition in every business segment and thus managers in organizations need to plan innovative practices so as to develop the ability to manage business processes effectively and predict the future trends (Goll& Rasheed, 1997). The top management Continue reading...

Utilization Management (UM) as a process has been gaining importance and prominence in healthcare settings across the globe. In very simple and lucid terms it can be defined as a process for assessing the healthcare services to determine or ensure that the patient care is not only absolutely necessary and imperative but also that it is appropriate, efficient, cost effective, and meets all quality standards. Utilization Management is being used increasingly by people to make sure that they get best treatments at affordable price.
Utilization management describes proactive procedures, discharge planning, concurrent planning, precertification, and clinical case appeals. It Continue reading...

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When custom fabricators started business, was the focus on customer service or on resource utilization. Please discuss both customer service and resource allocation and your reason for choosing which had the major focus. At the time was it a sustainable model? Why?
Just to begin with, I would like to state that when customer fabricators started business the main focus of the business was in resource allocation as opposed to customer service. However, before the author outline some of the reasons why he thinks that the main focus was on resource utilization, the author will first begin with discussing Continue reading...

The Wesley Assembly Government together with complimented experts has a mandate to provide a nuclear energy in United Kingdom. The governments also trust on the view of the public interest on the utilization of the nuclear power, therefore they need to take active steps to open up and continue in infrastructural construction of the nuclear power stations, this will help to meet the fuel cost in the country and upgrade the living standards of the citizens.
This paper provides briefing on nuclear energy in UK, the Government policy, the value of the current nuclear energy and its future utilization, Continue reading...

Corning Inc. operates in an evolving industry due to which the industry goes through rapid changes. As the industry is mainly driven by consumers’ demand, the spending trends of average consumers also plays a vital role.
The display technologies industry faced a problem of oversupply as the consumer demand did not grow as much as it was forecasted by the industry expert owing to which the companies operating in this industry had to reduce their capacity in accordance with the demand. They also had to decrease the prices considerably in order to sell the excess inventory.
The continues growing Continue reading...

Packet switching refers to a digital networking communications method in which all the data transmitted is grouped into blocks called packets before it is sent. Packet switching applies to all transmitted regardless of its type, content or structure. The data is transmitted over a shared network and transverses through a network of switches, adapters, routers and other network nodes (OPTNET Technologies, 2010). Packets of data are transmitted individually to their destination using different routes. Once all the packets forming a message get to the destination they re-compile into the original message. Common protocols using the packet switching technologies include Continue reading...

Abstract

Knowledge management was traditionally taken for granted or prepackaged in a very limited view or interpretation of information. However, this contextual and static interpretation of knowledge management works against contradictory viewpoints that are required for meeting and solving the issues brought about by unstable business environments and conditions. Data is usually organized or arranged into information through the combination of data with the existing knowledge and the self system of an individual to create the mental representation of the information or new knowledge. This new knowledge or mental representation is usually Continue reading...

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The purpose of this research paper is to introduce the different types of energy resources utilized worldwide. This paper discusses the history of the different resources used, starting with the utilization of conventional fossil fuel based technologies, the emergence of nuclear power and finally, the commercialization of renewable energy resources. The main objective of this research paper is to provide an insight on how these energy sources are accessed, utilized, distributed and developed. The paper also seeks to impact of the utilization of these various energy resources on the environment, especially the effect of continued utilization of conventional Continue reading...

Health information management (HIM)

Health information management (HIM) professionals liaise with IT practitioners in order to capture, manage, and apply health data. Patients' data that constitute medical profiles or the medical history of patients is stored and used as a reference for future medication purposes. This paper focuses on the application of HIM practices and their impact on quality and safety of healthcare services.
HIM can be used for both internal and external healthcare applications. Internal applications have a direct impact on the patient's health while external applications are geared towards policy related issues such as licensing, insurance, auditing, research, education among others.
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Sustainable fashion, likewise called eco style, is a piece of the developing outline theory and pattern of practicality, the objective of which is to make a framework which can be underpinned uncertainly regarding environmentalism and social obligation. Sustainable fashion is a piece of a bigger becoming pattern of making more environment-accommodating and moral items. Whilst there is an absence of accord on the meaning of 'supportable style', issues, for example, ecological sourcing and assembling of materials, decrease of carbon foot shaped impression, and wellbeing of customers and specialists, remain just as paramount. In this manner, all exertions to Continue reading...

In response to the board of directors’ request, Magic Hotels and Resorts, I have done research and come up with a range of sustainability alternatives. Through the research, I have several suggestions that need to be applied in meeting sustainability and its long term impact. The board of directors has to focus on different alternatives available and which will influence the hotel directly. They range from water, energy and productivity of the hotel depending with performance and resources utilization (Division, 1979). The available resources are based on the functions of hotel departments and needs in attracting controlled application of Continue reading...

Advertising for Children Abstract Consistent youngsters are presented to the offering messages of sponsors by means of the TV. There is some level headed discussion in the writing over the age at which adolescent youngsters can recognize TV ads from projects, when they can recall and need what they see and when they can comprehend that the publicist's rationale is to give an item. Determination of the level headed analysis has been hampered by methodological troubles and ideal models which neglect completely to catch and clarify youngsters' reactions to ads. This study utilizes a novel and environmentally substantial technique Continue reading...

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Introduction
Organizations are always made to earn economic profit and strategic expansion. There are certain things that come under the ambit of organizational productivity and among them, taking effective economic and strategic decision is one of them, in fact the most important ones as well. It is not an easy task for a company to increase its financial belongings without having a strategic alliance with other peer companies. There are numerous examples available in which organizations have been seen effective in terms of initiating the strategic alliance with the companies which are operating in the same line of business Continue reading...

Utilization of Health Care Services by Older Adults

The admission of the elderly into the various units of the hospital is perceived to be frequent with respect to their physiological responses. Persons navigating this age group are associated with a rapid body failure in a manner that dictates on their daily livelihoods. This implies that the prospect of having these persons as patients of the various hospitals is rather elevated. However, it is vital to quantify on the category of persons that depend increasingly on the medical routines. Senile is a term that is commonly utilized in the description of the elderly with respect to their rapid Continue reading...

The concept of efficiency advocates for a level of performance that involves processes that use the least amount of inputs to produce the biggest amount of output. It takes into consideration all the inputs that go into the production of a desired output including energy and time. In essence, the desired central point is using less to create the biggest impact. All inputs in the context of efficiency are scarce; the main inputs are raw materials, time and capital all of which are limited and hence the need to conserve and implement better management on these vital inputs in Continue reading...

The utilization of the non-traditional medicine has been motivated by the efficiency that characterizes this model of managing illnesses. Alternative medicine focuses on products, therapies and diagnosis not mentioned in medical terms before the onset of the twentieth century. Nontraditional strategy includes modernized health care procedures such as the surgery practices in most of the western countries (Stern, 1997). Alternative medicine proposes interventions that contrast directly with those of conventional medicine. Often, there is complementary medicine that represents alternative medicine used together with the conventional.

Non-traditional health care services

Development of the alternative medicines has improved the quality of life considerably. Presently, non-traditional Continue reading...

Management in a health organization

Health care organizations are similar to other business enterprises formed with an aim to reduce costs and achieve profitability in its operations. A quality management plan in a given healthcare setting encompasses the monetary escalation and validation of the health care organization. The health care diligence achieves success through an effective management plan that ensures full utilization of resources, accomplishment of objectives, and counteracting competition from similar organization. The effective management plan can be measured for the amount of profit accrued annually and to the most basic concept of lives saved and the number of deaths witnessed in the Continue reading...

Analyzing Case Study about Adolph Coors in the Brewing Industry

Section I: Introduction
Adolf Coors started his brewing company in 1873 in Golden, Colorado. Primarily, the beer product was not intended to be as it is today because of the prevailing regulation on alcoholic drinks during that period. However, as soon as the prohibition was lifted Adolf Coors’s company started to make the actual beer product and immediately sold 90,000 barrels. The success of the company allowed them to expand distribution territories by appointing independent wholesalers in Colorado and Arizona. Soon after, Adolf Coors’ company is selling beers in 44 states by 1985 with annual Continue reading...

Introduction

There are about 7 million Puerto Ricans living both on the mainland and in the island and together they make a population of 18% population of the United States of America Hispanic population. In the United States of America and from all over the world, people call the Puerto Ricans living on the mainland “mainland Puerto Ricans” and those living in the islands “island Puerto Ricans” although the two live in the US. This is the second largest subgroup of the Hispanic in the United States of America.

During the early years between 1950 and 1960, majority of the Continue reading...

First responders are at the frontline of gruelling human experiences, which have considerable effects on their psychological health. The provision of care to them is often complicated by the difficulty of accurately diagnosing, owing to the scarcity of information of information, and the failure to capture information opportunities that could be crucial for the very purposes. Communication and management information systems can play a critical role in encouraging first responders to open up, while at once giving health care practitioners considerable information to assess potential risk factors and the psychological welfare and needs. This paper provides a detailed description Continue reading...

Executive Summary

Financial management is one of the crucial success tools for any organization. A good financial management must include the use of the required accounting standards when presenting the financial reports. A company that is financially viable is most likely to compete favorably with its peers. In this paper, I have analysed the financial performance of Persimmon Plc in the last four years. The company’s current success lies in its ability to treat the global competition as an opportunity in building capabilities, and adopting strategies that result into competitive advantage. The analysis includes a brief introduction of the company Continue reading...

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Federal milk marketing orders (FMMO) hoist prices of fluid milk produce and decrease the values of manufactured dairy goods for example cheese and ice cream. What consequences do the prices alterations have on the welfare of a variety of groups of customers? Do the milk marketing orders favour the wealthy over the unfortunate? To vividly answer these questions it is better to have an understanding of the effect of Federal Milk marketing orders on possible Farm Milk Processing. This paper gives an overview of facts about the milk marketing orders presenting an understanding of Continue reading...

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

THMIS document gives the procedures for use by the emergency room wing of a hospital in planning and carrying out the design of strategies and operational plans for strengthening the health management information system available to emergency room wing in a hospital.

The document is designed to help apply and implement the concepts and principles presented in the Health Metrics Network frameworks and Standards for Country Health information Systems. The document is based upon the guiding principles defined in the HMN frame work for guiding health information system design Continue reading...

Introduction

Micro living is increasingly becoming a popular trend in major cities today prompted by the need to minimize the consumption of space. This trend to a great extend is prompted by the increasing population of people in major town centers and city dwellings. The city of New York is particularly picking pace with the trend where apartment buildings are increasingly becoming smaller and smaller. The lack of space requires that several adjustments be made to maximize the space in the house. Maximization of space is done through various approaches of micro living that are ultimately meant to utilize a Continue reading...

It is estimated that 50% of the world’s population reside in cities and urban settings. The number is expected to rise to 60% in the next few decades according to UN Habitat. The surging urban population presents a challenge and an opportunity for the development of green design and sustainable cities. Cities comprise of 60% of all energy usage, 60% of total water consumption, and 70% of all greenhouse gases production. The exponential trending of urban population together with contemporaneous standards of living implies that the demand for essential goods and services will rise. These include water, food, Continue reading...

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Virtual machines technology is the latest technology for resource allocation in any company’s computing environment. One major benefit of virtual machine environments is the capabilities to support different operating systems on a physical computing system’s hardware and gracefully accommodate system upgrades and migrations depending on the company needs. With optimum allocation of computing resources in a computing environment, there is the need for companies to implement virtual machine technology in their computing systems. This paper explores the benefits and challenges of virtual machine technology implementation in an enterprise including the services offered by such implementation. Continue reading...

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The growing accessibility of the global market opened up unlimited opportunities for multinational organizations. However, such expanding market requires more knowledge base that the organizations normally have access to, and yet hampered due to factors essentially within the organization (Ang & Massingham, 2007; Szulanski, 1996). Shared assumptions, values, and norms must be in place to provide a sustainable source of internal motivation towards KM execution (Zheng, Yang, & McLean, 2010). A growing number of scholars considered organizational culture as he critical factor that supports or hampers the effective and efficient transfer and sharing of knowledge between units in the organization ( Continue reading...

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In this report, we will analyze the financial performance of Double Ace Industries using the tools of ratio analysis where along with calculating six ratios under varied sections, we will also compare the results with the industrial average. Each ratio calculation will also be followed by an in-depth analysis about ongoing financial situation and with appropriate recommendations, if required. We are sure that by the end of this report we will be having a sound knowledge about the financial position of the company over the year and how its performance is comparable to the industrial average.

Ratio Analysis

i) Quick Ratio
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Managed care in the healthcare delivery is an approach that puts the scarce resources in a healthcare system into maximum use. Due to this, the healthcare system improves the services provided through utilization of the scarce resources available. Optimal resource utilization ensures that there is little investment with maximum output that benefits the citizens. In addition, the managed healthcare system responds to the social economic needs of the society. In this case, the economic abilities of the society are not stretched beyond their capabilities while offering the best healthcare services.
In addition, managed healthcare approach defines in details the Continue reading...

Abstract

In the scope of this paper, the analysis of the business model was conducted from the perspective of the following aspects –as they are represented by the scholars in scientific literature: cost structure; key partners; central activities; major resources; value proposition; revenue structure; customer relationships; channel and customer segment. Additional emphasis was put on the case studies, which demonstrate effective utilization of the innovative business models
Key words: segmentation, business model, strategy, customers, planning.

THE BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

First of all, in the scope of the business model canvas development, the cost structure would be discussed. In the scope of the article by Continue reading...

The Joint Commission has implemented several changes to show quality and performance improvements. First it has expanded the performance measurement requirement for accredited general surgical/medical hospital from four core measures sets to six (The Joint Commission, 2014). This change was implemented from January 2014.According to the new performance measurement, out of the six measure sets, four are mandatory for the hospitals that serve special patient populations addressed by both the measure sets as well as the related measures (The Joint Commision., 2014). For hospitals that experience more than 1100 births annually, a fifth measure set will be mandatory, and Continue reading...