A reputable hospital has quality ratings from patient satisfaction surveys but is still losing market share.

A reputable hospital has quality ratings from patient satisfaction surveys but is still losing market share. For many years, health care organizations, as well as traditional businesses, have been frustrated that high customer satisfaction. Scores do not necessarily lead to higher levels of profitability or sales.

Prepare a report that examining this phenomenon that address the following elements: 

– Evaluate and explain inconsistency between customer satisfaction scores and profitability and why it tends to exist in Healthcare organizations.

-Apply statistical procedures to support ( or refute) the inconsistency.   ( health care organizations use patient satisfaction surveys but bias can occur and skew the results due to people’s own biases so some researchers must design more effective surveys.)

– Assess price vs. quality of services as well. as the impact of insurance or managed care. Contracts on a hospital’s market share, regardless of patient satisfactory levels.

– Explain how you could use high patient satisfaction results to your advantage when negotiating. a new managed care contract for the hospital. Discuss ethical issues involved when presenting results. 

– Discuss how qualitative and qualitative data can be used to help this hospital improve market share. 

The body of the resultant report should be 5-7 pages and include at least 5 relevant peer-reviewed academic/professional references published within the last 5 years. 

How is weather different from climate?

How is weather different from climate? Explain the elements of weather and climate. Briefly describe the global climate groups (i.e, A, B, C, D, E, and H) based on the Koppen climate classification systems. Apply your knowledge of this system to describe the climate of the California Central Valley in terms of the temperature and precipitation pattern. Which other regions of the world experience the same climate type as in the Central Valley of California? Describe some of the hazards or environmental challenges associated with this climate.

– The length of your answer should be a minimum of 1500 words, typed single-spaced, using 10-12 font, Times New Roman

Outline a 2- to 3-page playbook in which a malware attack of your choice occurs.

Assignment #1

Playbooks, sometimes known as Standing Operating Procedures (SOP) or runbooks, are used for troubleshooting common issues. They are often created by a team of employees who are trained to manage security issues. Playbooks often include bulleted lists, step-by-step instructions, or diagrams, all of which make it easy to follow troubleshooting instructions. 

Throughout the next 4 weeks, you will develop a playbook for a fictional company that hired you to write their playbooks and manage the team. The first portion of the playbook is a response to malware at the company.  

Outline a 2- to 3-page playbook in which a malware attack of your choice occurs.  

Complete the following in your outline: 

• Provide details of the malware. 
• Identify the exploited vulnerability and its attack vector. 
• Analyze the vulnerability to determine 2 risks of this malware. 
• Outline step-by-step instructions on how to resolve the malware attack. 

Remember, numbered or bulleted steps or guidelines make the document easy to for others to follow under potential stressful situations. Paragraphs can be used to help support the steps and guidelines. 

Note: You will use content from this #1 assignment as part of the #2 Signature Assignment

Assignment #2

Online interactions pose a threat to all servers. Some risks can occur when employees use social networking, web browsing, and email. Playbooks typically cover a section related to threats and defenses of online interactions.  

In this next section of your playbook, outline steps to take when an employee reports clicking on a website that appeared in an email that was received.  

Include the following information in this section: 

• Describe 2 threats this interaction poses on the company.
• Provide step-by-step instructions on how to mitigate each interaction. 

Remember, numbered or bulleted steps or guidelines make the document easy to for others to follow under potential stressful situations. Paragraphs can be used to help support the steps or guidelines. 

Combine This assignment #2 with your revised assignment #1 – 

Apply: Malware Attacks sections of your Playbook

Cite at least 2 resources to support each assignment.

Format each assignment according to APA guidelines.

change project implementation log

Following each implementation phase, students should complete a log requiring 1-2 pages types APA style.  Implementation logs should be both informative and reflective — i.e. what you are doing, what you are reading in the literature, how do your activities correspond to reading assignments, and what are your thoughts and reflections regarding the concepts learned in this program.  

An acceptable implementation log will be 1 typed, double-spaced pages with a cover and reference page including the following information:

(1) Describe what you’ve been doing to complete your change project;

(2) Report on literature that pertains to your project (a minimum of 3 journal articles should be referenced in each log);

(3) Include appropriate reference citations in APA style;

(4) Include a reference page in APA style;

(5) Include an element of reflection;

(6) Be relatively free of grammatical errors; and

(7) Be written in a style appropriate to the standard of the professional nurse

Healthcare in Prisons

write a letter to advocate a position specific to social justice.

In this assignment, you will write a letter to advocate a position specific to social justice. The letter should be addressed to the appropriate person, such as a congressperson from your state if your focus is a state-level issue to be voted on. Write from your stance as a professional nurse. As such, articulate how health is linked to your topic as well as the bioethical principles and concepts justifying your position. 

• Articulation of how issue and health are connected and relevance to nursing
• Use of ethical principles and concepts to justify position
• In a professional manner in accordance with business letter formatting

        • With no errors in grammar or spelling

        • Using appropriate addressee

1-page SINGLE SPACED

2 references

The network restrictions surrounding the web authentication service is one layer of defense.

The  network restrictions surrounding the web authentication service is one  layer of defense. As was noted, this component is too valuable to trust  to a single defense. Furthermore, authentication requests are tendered  by the least-trusted component in the architecture. That component, HTTP  termination, resides on the least-trusted network. What additional  steps can be taken?
 

Answer  the questions in an APA-formatted paper with in-text citation.  Response should have a minimum of 500 words. Minimum of two references are required.

Identify a major issue the organization is facing and in which of the eight dimensions it is underperforming

PowerPoint presentation of 15 slides (includes Title & Reference slides)

Each year Fortune magazine publishes a “Most Admired” list of the top companies in the United States. Firms are rated on these eight dimensions: innovativeness, quality of management, long-term investment value, social responsibility to the community and the environment, people management, quality of products and services, financial soundness, wise use of corporate assets. International companies are rated on a ninth dimension: effectiveness in doing business globally. 

Select an organization with which you are familiar (you may choose an organization you frequently do business with or one where you currently or have previously worked). Then, choose one of the eight dimensions used to rate top U.S. companies in which the organization appears to be underperforming. 

Your presentation should address the following:

1. 1. Identify a major issue the organization is facing and in which of the eight dimensions it is underperforming
2. 2. Explain the ramifications the underperformance is currently having on the organization. Identify the likely consequence of failure to improve in the selected dimension.
3. 3. Analyze the relevance of the current organizational structure, design, and culture and their influence on organizational effectiveness, especially in relationship to the dimension in which the organization is struggling. Provide citations to support your analysis.
4. 4. Determine whether the organization embodies the principles and values of conscious culture and management and its relevance to improving organizational function.
5. 5. Present a plan to bring about necessary improvement using Kotter’s eight-step change model.
6. 6. Address possible challenges to the suggested change and your plans for managing those challenges. Explain how different subsystems need to be realigned in order to bring about the change.
7. 7. Detail any lessons learned and evaluate strategies that you, as a manager, will either avoid or engage in when designing the structure, building culture, and managing change in your organization.  Provide citations to support your claims. 

Use at least three academic references to strengthen and support your claims and recommendations. Ensure each content slide has supporting citations and specific examples. 

Explain the impact of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) impact on employees.

Diversity of the healthcare workforce is a current trend. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

 Explain the impact of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) impact on employees. How can association policies or employer policies be used to supplement legal requirements if an organization would like to protect its employees or clients from discrimination? Defend your answer(s).

400 words at least 3 scholarly citation(s) in
APA format. Any sources cited must have been published within the last five years. 

Long-Term Financing

Topic: Long-Term Financing

Thread: Discuss the following question: Commercials suggesting that “buying gold” would be a wise decision are commonly aired. Explain the difference between “hedging” and “speculating” by explaining why someone who wishes to “hedge” against inflation might choose to purchase gold. Explain why someone who wishes to “speculate” might also choose to purchase gold. Relate the motivations of “hedging” and “speculating” to the topic of Christianity. You must submit 1 thread of at least 300-350 words and cite at least 1 source in addition to any Scripture verses cited.

Global economy- electronic innovation and the government

Find a peer-reviewed scholarly journal article discussing electronic innovation and the government. Complete a review of the article by writing a 2-3 page overview of the article. This will be a detailed summary of the journal article, including concepts discussed and findings. Additionally, find one other source (it does not have to be a peer-reviewed journal article) that substantiates the findings in the article you are reviewing. 
You should use Google Scholar to find these types of articles (https://scholar.google.com/ )
Once you find the article, you will read it and write a review of it.  This is considered a research article review.
Your paper should meet these requirements: 

• Be approximately three to 4 pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
• Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. 
• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.