ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
Growth Forecast   * In February, Anthem has suggested that the funds would be raised by 18 %;   * Although the leverage was effective, the government decided to decrease the rate to 14 % (California Department of Insurance, 2013);   * Anthem Blue Cross introduces available resources, including such health information networks as Availity and member medical record Member History Plus (MMH+).   * The Patient-Centered Primary Care programs provide access to regular Learning Collaborative procedures, Provider Toolkit (Anthem Blue Cross, n. d.) Pending Legislation   * Anthem Blue Cross will start processing and accepting pre-authorization requests with ICD-1o codes in June, 2014 for services launched after October, 2014;   * To establish ICD-10, Athem introduced team that represent all technology functions all over the organization and are contributed to assessing systems, researching data, and examining business processes (California Department of Insurance, 2013);   * Introducing this code to the organization can increase the quality and accuracy of healthcare and patient treatment. Current State of Data Collection System   * Anthem Blue Cross collects information each year on the Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information set because it has been accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.   * The organization also makes use of electronic health records, Health Information Exchanges, and patient records.   * 93 % of claims are received via electronic channels. Current and Future Roles of HIS Professionals   * The main role of HIM professionals consists in exchanging and transparent reporting;   * Introducing electronic databases can ensure accurate patient registering both inside the United States and beyond it (California Department of Insurance, 2013);   * Most of claims that Anthem receives is provided through online channels;   * The organization has provided a list of approved software vendors. Impact of Health Care Reform Managed care should be accompanied by high insurance and information processing standards and, therefore, the emphasis should be placed on Affordable Care Act that allows hospitals to introduce these changes (Fabreau & Kuehn, 2011); The network model is efficient for ensuring sufficient collaboration among health care professionals who should take care of the reform project accomplishment (Fabreau & Kuehn, 2011).
Comparative Analysis The two Massachusetts curriculum maps in English Language Arts/Literacy and Life Science have similar content, especially in assessment of the learners’ ability by testing their memory, creativity, and factual description of the content. Besides, the informal and formal assessments and scoring guide to be used in the lesson delivery are the same. The above instructional objectives in these curriculum maps summarize the Bloom’s hierarchy of cognitive learning (Bean, 2009). In correspondence, the respective lesson plans of each map adopt a practical, interactive and inclusive learning. These lesson plans encompass on the proximal development and content goal actualization for English and life science. The objectives of the maps are important in training learners to not only understand concepts in the syllabus, but also to orientate them to the basics of self expression, confidence, creativity, and qualitative analysis (Ertmer & Ottenbreit-Leftwich, 2010). In lesson planning, Zone of Proximal Development concept holds that a student acquires concepts first through social interaction with others, and then interpersonally where those concepts are internalized. The standard goal of these maps helps the teacher to position and categorize students in different groups. Basically, this goal is aligned towards relevancy and simplified understanding of the approaches the educator intends to use when imparting knowledge (Ertmer & Ottenbreit-Leftwich, 2010). Interestingly, since the two maps are drawn in Massachusetts, their content, sectional organization, and education standards are similar. However, the content goals defined in the English curriculum map are essentially intended for knowledge of the subject and not application as is the case in the life science map. Reflectively, the content of the topic in the life science lesson plan functions on the periphery of practicality and relevance in line with the primary objectives (Yasnitsky, 2011). The corresponding Lesson Plan The two lesson plans are systematically structured to maximize level of learner engagement. The lessons plans present clear, practical, and focused approach in delivering the lesson content through the STT format. In the two lesson plans corresponding to each curriculum map integrate flashcards, cue-response drill, and brainstorm strategies to teach the learners on proper mastery of the content. Through the whiteboard, the two lesson plans apply the Presentation-Practice-Production approach to ensure that the STT is maximized (Yasnitsky, 2011). Bloom outlined the hierarchy of cognitive objectives of learning; from simple to complex as knowledge (remembering information), comprehension (ability to acquire meaning from the information), application (ability to use the information), analysis (ability to brea
It is a significant issue for numerous medical establishments to improve their clinical operations. As for Blackwell Medical Center, this task is even more challenging since it has two lines of authority, including “the hospital line and the school of medicine line” (McAlearney, & Kovner, 2013, p. 270). The given case reflects this situation and introduces Dr. Bruce Percy, who is VP for the school of medicine operations and associate dean for operations at the medical center. He believes that the medical establishment faces some severe challenges. Thus, he should take specific efforts to facilitate a more meaningful relationship with both the chair and administrators to overcome these problems. To begin with, Dr. Percy should change his attitude toward time management. According to McAlearney and Kovner (2013), this professional spends an insignificant portion of his time on human resource activity. Such behavior is not useful because Dr. Percy lacks have enough time to establish a strong relationship with the specialists above. Thus, the recommendation for Bruce Percy is to allocate more time to communicating and cooperating with both the chair and administrators. Furthermore, Dr. Percy states that the present reporting system should be changed. He feels it wrong that none of the administrators reports to him, dealing with the chair (McAlearney, & Kovner, 2013). This fact eliminates close and timely connections between these specialists, which results in a worsened relationship. Rozgar (2019) stipulates that timely reporting is of significance when it comes to improving clinical operations. Thus, Dr. Percy should change the present reporting system to make the administrators cooperate more closely with him. If the new reporting method is implemented, Dr. Percy will have more possibilities to facilitate the relationship with these administrators. In addition to that, Bruce Percy argues that departmental administrators do not have appropriate skills that could result in the successful management of clinical operations. That is why it seems reasonable for Dr. Percy to organize specific courses and programs to improve the administrators’ skills and experience. When this step happens to work, and the administrators start gaining the required knowledge, it will inevitably contribute to a better relationship with the chair, their bosses. In this case, the chair will see that Dr. Percy’s initiative leads to positive consequences, which will create a productive working environment. Finally, Bruce Percy can introduce some changes to the administrators’ and their bosses’ roles within the organization. On the one hand, he mentions that the chair should serve as advocates. It means that these specialists should pay more attention to analyzing the actions and decisions of their subordinates. On the other hand, the departmental administrators’ primary responsibility is to perform their duties in a manner to avoid severe troubles for the medical center. Consequently, these changes should imply the revised compensation for the two groups of specialists. If Dr. Percy copes with this task, it will inevitably result in a better rel
Abstract An investigation of the Trackare information system for the provision of health care services was conducted to address the research objectives. A research study was conducted within the Sharjah hospital environment consisting of staff members with different qualifications and working for different departments. The objectives of the study included assessing the health care services provided on the system, technical analysis of the usability of the system, assessment of the interactive nature of the system components, and assessing the usability of the components. Both the qualitative and quantitative paradigms were employed in data collection with the administration of the questionnaire used to collect quantitative data that was statistically analyzed using SPSS software to determine the mean, kurtosis, Standard Deviation, and other statistical values. The results showed a high level of accessibility, efficiency, usability, and a highly interactive system. However, it was recommended that further research on other information systems should be conducted to compare them to determine the best system to adopt. Introduction In the recent past, many hospitals in the UAE have adopted and integrated information systems into their daily operations in the provision of health care services. One such situation is found in Sharjah hospital, which is a health care institution that uses the Tracker information system in the provision of health care services to its large customer base. Tracker is a unified information system configured to capture a wide range of data belonging to patients from different parts of the w
Why Confederate and Union soldiers fought The American civil war (1861-1865) was idealistic since the combatants were driven particularly by principles rather than comrade power. “A large number of those men in blue and gray were intensely aware of the issues at stake and passionately concerned about them.” [1] The war was as a result of the unrest between the federal government and eleven Southern states that wanted to split from the United States (Union). The main issue at hand was slavery, the rights of the states and conflicts over trade and tariffs. The North was against slavery and this intimidated the Southern economy since it was founded on slaves who labored in plantations. The victory of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican in 1860 saw secession of the South who claimed that they had a right to possess slaves. This saw creation of the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy in the South under the leadership of Jefferson Davis. The North became the Union under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln who was the president. The North was more populated and more economically stable due to growth in transport and industrial sectors as compared to the south. According to McPherson, “Confederates fought for independence, for their property and way of life, for their survival as a nation” [2] while the Yankees fought early in the war to preserve the Union “against the threat of `dissolution, anarchy, and ruin. [3] ‘” The confederacy wanted to secede from the United States which was for antislavery. Consequently, the Union’s nationalism took secession as an affirmation of treason. As a result, the civil war was initiated on 12 th April, 1861 at Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. when the Confederate attacked the U. S military [4] . Lincoln commanded the army to volunteer and seize the federal possession where further secessions were announced by the confederacy. This triggered the military forces from both sides to join the war where thirty thousand Union soldiers moved to Richmond, Virginia a confederate capital. However, they faced resistant from confederate troops where they moved to Washington D.C. This was a mark of defeat for the Union and five hundred thousand troops were recruited to the war as Lincoln declared Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, whose aim was to abolish slavery in the South during the war without any international intervention. The period was characterized by bloody warfare over four years where the confederacy defeat meant the end of slavery in every state in America. The Union became more powerful as the federal government, able to accomplish various tasks in the Reconstruction period. Union and Confederate soldiers’ view the issue of slavery Slavery was initially viewed as risky to republicans because of slave power. Wealthy whites who processed slaves took advantage of their political power over the government’s leadership, Supreme Court as well as the Congress which was intimidating to the occupants of the north. However, this changed over time as the soldiers
Introduction The concept of leadership and development has become significant in contemporary organizations. It is a long-term practice that organizations can only exist when there is a person responsible for leading the company. This role is usually completed when the leader can deliver the values of the organisation that they are elected to present. For leaders to accomplish this role, they must acquire skills that will enable them to serve the company well. A leader is seen as a person who can identify individual managerial skills that can be applied to achieve strategic ambitions besides handling personal development to achieve the organization’s ambitions. Proper leadership skills are important for any institution to ensure the promotion of aspects such as motivation and satisfaction in the organization. This paper provides an overview of President Barack Obama’s ambassador leadership style. It also compares this style with bureaucratic leadership. President Barack Obama and Ambassador Leadership This assignment focuses on the successful leadership of President Barack Obama. The American figure adopts an ambassador leadership style that has brought about a significant change in the United States. The history and current experiences of the leaders determine the approaches to the management of contemporary institutions (Kouzes & Posner, 2012). The ambassador leadership style requires one to be knowledgeable about various aspects in areas such as health, politics, education, communication, sports, and business among others. According to Sandling (2015), leadership looks more into the person’s capability. It is a function of knowing oneself and having that vision through proper communication, taking appropriate action when required, building trust with colleagues, and being able to win the confidence of individual work (Bennis & Thomas, 2006). How the Ambassador Style compares to Bureaucratic Leadership The preferred style in this essay is bureaucratic leadership. The ambassador leadershi
The heritage of the United States of America is founded predominantly upon a belief in God. This is evident in the ancient laws which clearly integrated a lot of religious beliefs especially in matters concerning morality. The country’s currency, the dollar, bears the religious inscription “In God we trust”. During the founding of the United States of America, the Catholic faith seemed to be the predominant religion in the country. This Christian faith was not necessarily imposed on anyone but was recognized as the true religion hence used as a basis for most of American moral law. Over the centuries numerous faith denominations have emerged, each convinced that theirs is the true religion. The ongoing truth and tolerance debate in America arose as a result of the emerging religions and faiths that all believed and claimed to have the truth. Edward Kennedy, a believer in the Christian faith, strongly advocated for tolerance especially amongst Christians. He began his popular speech on truth and tolerance by confessing his faith in God and his belief in Jesus Christ. He went on to admit that he did not presume that his religion and faith were not necessarily perfect. He acknowledged that irrespective of how much he believed in truth, no religion could claim a monopoly of it. He acknowledged that pluralism does not mean that all the religions are right, but it does mean that there are areas in which government should not decide what is wrong or right for the people to think or believe. In cases of sensitive issues such as abortion, Kennedy considered it transgression for any religion to require the government to legislate on what the citizens ought to do with such personal parts of their lives. This, to him, was an act of intolerance for other religions and beliefs. He however had nothing against spreading one’s faith except that it is to be done through an appeal to individuals’ consciences and not through coercion of the power of State. Therefore, tolerance does not require that religions and faith do not express their views but that no religion should impose its will on the State or on any governing body. In this way, the church and the State will be kept peacefully separate. The reasons for drawing this line included respect for the integrity of religion and the independent judgment of conscience. According to Edward Kennedy, an example of intolerance had been the election period in 1976. Some people hinted that Jimmy Carter ought not to be elected president of the United States of America because he was a born again Christian. This, to him, was unacceptable because it is wrong to judge a person’s fitness to govern based on their religion or whom they worshiped. This was a persuasive argument and made a lot of sense because every person had their own beliefs and values. Tolerance, therefore, would have the people not basing their judgment and credibility upon their religious beliefs. In conclusion, it is essential to respect the motives of those who readily and openly disagree with the Stat
The Five Forces Model determines the external competitive threats that act on the market environment of any particular industry (Porter, 1980). The Five Forces Analysis of the low cost airline industry in Europe takes the following form: Threat from New Entrants   * Factors influencing the ease of new entrants – (i) capital cost of entry, (ii) the scale economies, (iii) product and price differentiation, (iv) switching costs, (v) the expected retaliation from the existing player, (vi) legislative measures and (vii) access to the distribution channels (Hitt et al, 2005).   * In the European low cost airline industry there are high entry barriers; with substantial capital costs involved. Constant addition to the fleets and maintenance of existing aircrafts in a fit condition is essential for the airlines to maintain the flight schedule. Therefore, the intensity of this competitive force may be considered very low. Bargaining Power of Suppliers   * Bargaining power of suppliers increase (i) when suppliers’ goods are critical to buyers’ market place success; (ii) when the market is dominated by a few large companies and is more concentrated than the industry to which it sells; (iii) satisfactory substitute products are not available to industry firms (Hitt et al, 2005).   * Even though the number of suppliers is low, the demand for aircrafts is also relatively low. Boeing and Airbus are competing strongly for most orders of major aircrafts. However due to cyclic recessionary trends the major, airlines either cancel or delay their orders on these manufacturers. This factor makes the force very low.   * Shift in the strategy of airline industry to short-haul flights and low costs have enhanced the fortunes of other aircrafts manufacturers who make smaller and more efficient aircrafts and this aspect changes the force from very low to medium. Bargaining Powers of Buyers   * Bargaining power of the consumers increases: with the availability of more information though internet which acts as a shopping and distribution alternative for the consumers; individual buyers incur virtually no switching costs on their decision to purchase from one manufacturer rather than another.   * These realities are increasingly felt in the airline industry and hence they are made to change their strategies for sustaining their market share. There is very little differentiation in air travel and the switching costs are very low. This force operates very high on the European low cost airline industry. Threat from Substitute Products   * Substitute products present a strong threat to a firm when customers is exposed to lower switching costs and when the substitute product’s price is lower or its quality and performance capabilities are equal to or greater than those of the competing product. Differentiating a product along different dimensions that customers value such as price, quality, after sales service and location reduces a substitute’s attractiveness.   * As far as the airline is concerned the availability of substitute products is plenty and the travelers have at no cost switch the airline as there is no affinity or customer loyalty
Executive Summary This study recommends that Qantas outsource its heavy machinery services to Asia in order to reduce the company’s costs of operations. Also key in the success of the company is a focus on the development of the company’s strategies around four major areas of competency which are attraction of new customers, management of company fleet of planes, management of employees and management of finances. These findings have been developed through a comprehensive analysis of Qantas’s core business strengths and competencies together with an analysis of the Australian aviation industry. Preliminary findings identified that Qantas is heavily reliant on the development of the Australian economy as well as an increase of passenger demand. Additionally, the company’s performance is greatly boosted by the fact that it has developed good bilateral relationships with other leading airline market leaders. These competencies together with upcoming new opportunities in the aviation industry are set to see the company post increased growth and revenue. However, as this progress is expected, the company is bound to experience a number of legal and union barriers. These factors are further discussed in detail. Qantas Business Strategy and Corporate Mission Launched in 1920 as Queensland, Australia’s Qantas undertakes both local and international flights across the globe. The company boasts of being among the largest global airlines in the world; propelled by its prudent strategies as well as an upheaval of its mission statement of being the leading provider of global transport and logistic services in Australia and the world at large (Martin, 1997, p. 53). Qantas reports that the industry has just come out of an all time low in financial performance, although the aviation industry still remains challenged in light of increasing competition and volatility. With regards to these developments, the company’s latest annual report maintains its two-airline strategy to counter the industry’s unpredictable nature. Qantas is of the opinion that this strategy provides some sense of flexibility where it can ride through the different economic cycles of the aviation industry and leverage the various cycles existent in the market. In addition, the company upholds the opinion that the two-airline strategy will help it maintain a robust business strategy in coming years. The two-airline strategy incorporates the low fare Jetstar and the full service Qantas which the company hopes to sustain in the long run (with regards to the stiff competitio