Medical Care Evaluation of Hypothesis Testing Steps

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The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the steps of hypothesis testing.

Hypothesis testing is a central component in understanding and interpreting public health research. Research questions are applied through a testable hypothesis established before the data is collected. It provides the rationale for the study and guides the researcher in what tests to use and how to interpret the results.

Identify a peer-reviewed article from one of the data sources available on the “Data Resource Document.” You will need to visit the various websites listed on the document to search for a research article that is of interest to you. Include the link to the selected article in a 750-1,000 word summary that address the following as it relates to the article.

  1. What test statistic did the researchers use? What did the authors set as the significance level of the test statistic?
  2. What was the null hypothesis? What was the alternative hypothesis? Were these clearly stated in the article, or did you have to extrapolate based on the background in the article?
  3. Discuss potential bias that may have resulted from the study design and data collection that could have affected the validity of the test.
  4. Summarize the story told by the data used in this study as it applies to the larger population
  5. Comment on whether the authors used the interpretation approach discussed in the textbook, including (a) summarize why the study was done, (b) discuss the factual results, (c) explain what the results mean, and (d) make suggestions for future research.
  6. Please cite any and all references used

Organizational Behavior & Culture

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Question Description

 

Identify an organization related to health care in which you are interested.

Write a paper (1,000 to 1,250 words) that addresses the following:

  1. Define the selected organization’s behavior model and include a brief history of why that organizational behavior was chosen. If the Health care Organization lists the history on their webpage, cite the page and include some material from that source.
  2. Discuss how current attitudes and perceptions of leadership currently affect workplace communications through both formal and informal communication methods.
  3. What are two or three major challenges being faced by your selected healthcare organization?

Include two to three peer-reviewed scholarly sources and your textbook.

Breast Cancer Screening in Women

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The purpose of this Assignment is for you to design a method of communicating age appropriate screening guidelines to the appropriate population. This can either be a trifold brochure or a 10 slide PowerPoint presentation.

Directions

1. Select a screening test and the age appropriate population at risk.

2. Introduce the screening and why you selected it.

3. Outline the relevant group statistics related to the population as well as the impact of

the group on women’s health.

4. Discuss the issues impacting screening.

Quality Medical Care

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Unit 6 Discussion

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Discussion: Unit 6, Due Wednesday by 11:59 pm CT

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Read the following article and decide if the patient received quality care.

An example of the difficulty of making judgments about quality of care could be illustrated through the experience of a patient undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. A patient with significant coronary artery disease consults with a cardiac surgeon prior to surgery. The cardiac surgeon spends little time with the patient during the preoperative visit. She makes little effort to educate the patient about what will happen before, during, and after surgery. One week later, the surgery is performed without complications. The length of stay for the patient in the acute care hospital is eleven days, which is five days longer than the average length of stay for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery in that particular hospital. The total hospital costs for that patient are $10,000 more than for an average patient in that particular hospital. After adjusting the length of stay and cost for case complexity, the cost and length of stay is still much greater than for comparable cases in that hospital and region. The patient, however, survived the operation and had an uncomplicated hospital course and was free from postoperative complications. Three months later, the patient’s health is excellent, and he is able to enjoy tennis free from symptoms.

From a technical standpoint, the operation went flawlessly and the clinical outcome was excellent. The “art” of caring for the patient, however, was questionable, as the patient received little information about the care that he was going to receive before, during, and after surgery. The physician exhibited poor communication skills. And if utilization were considered a measure of quality, the prolonged length of stay and increased costs associated with the operation might be considered indicative of suboptimal quality of care.

Williams, S. J. & Torrens, P. R. Introduction to health services (5th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Publishers.

  • Now you decide. Did this patient receive excellent or poor quality medical care? Why?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

The post and responses are valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Revenue Cycle Workflow Scenarios

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Inherent in the Revenue Cycle workflows is the need to collaborate with other departments to ensure performance benchmarks are met and the ultimate goal of timely and accurate cash flow is attained. In this activity, you will identify which departments (2 or more departments) need to work together to resolve the situation presented in several scenarios.
To complete this assignment, do the following:

  1. Download the scenarios below.

    Revenue Cycle Workflow Scenarios

  2. Beneath each scenario on the downloaded “Revenue Cycle Workflow Scenario worksheet”, identify the departments/team players working together to resolve the issue stated in the scenario. Access the list of Revenue Cycle Departments/Services with the Description of Activities via the Module 1 Lesson Content “Common Revenue Cycle Activities” page.

    Thoroughly explain each department/team player’s role or action involved in resolving the stated issue in the scenario.
    Identify a minimum of two (2) departments or team players involved in the problem resolution.

Significance of Precision and Predictive Medicine in Oncology

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We rely on a method typically used in training of medical residents: “Learn one, do one, teach one.” Each student is expected to not only learn the concepts in the course, and do the assignments, but also teach a portion of the course. This active participation in teaching helps students learn the concepts in the course in more depth. The best way to learn a topic is to teach it. Students are expected to teach by preparing a brief video. They can teach about any aspect within the topic.

Topic: Precision & Predictive Medicine

you can read and learn more on this topic by clicking on this link and reading the “assigned reading”

http://openonlinecourses.com/ehr/PrecisionAndPredictiveMedicine.asp

After learning about the topic you are to teach by preparing a brief video. You can teach about any aspect within the topic. You can create a narrated powerpoint slides. There is no limit on how many slides are required, just enough to get the message across. I can attach an example of others students to give you a better idea on how it should look like.

Reform Competition And Patient Outcomes In The National Health Service

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One of the key economic principles is competition or choice. For this short paper assignment, define the terms “market concentration” and “market power” and describe how they are measured. What tools are used? How do these terms relate to the principle of competition?

Next, apply the concepts of market power, market concentration, and choice to the healthcare industry. How do you think these economic principles impact healthcare decision making and planning? Support your response with properly cited references from the assigned readings or other academic sources.

Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least two sources cited in APA format.

Herzing Comparison Of confidence Intervals To Test Difference Between Males and Females

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In this assignment, you will use the method of comparing confidence intervals to test for a significant difference between the resting heart rate of males and females. You have observed that the mean rates are not exactly the same but are they significantly different?

Steps

  1. Open your Unit 5 assignment and identify the means and confidence intervals you calculated for male-at-rest and female-at-rest.
  2. Use the 95% confidence intervals to determine if the resting male heart is the same as the resting female heart.
  3. Write the null hypothesis being tested and whether you reject the null hypothesis based on the comparison of confidence intervals. Refer to the RealizeIt lesson for information on using confidence intervals to test a hypothesis.

Evaluating Disease Control and Prevention In The Present Era

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Discussion Prompt

What are your thoughts on the fitness goals for Healthy People 2020? What are your thoughts on these goals and your patient population? Is exercise compliance easy for you to manage with your patients? Do you apply technology for exercise compliance? Do you use technology for stress management with your patients? What are stressors that you would identify for your patient population? Are there any complementary or alternative strategies implemented in your population? Do you have a practice that you find particularly useful?

Expectations

Initial Post:

  • Length: A minimum of 250 words, not including references
  • Citations: At least one high-level scholarly reference in APA from within the last 5 years

Pop Culture Infographic

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Unit 6 Assessment – Kinds of Pop Culture

  • Due Sunday by 11:59pm
  • Points 85
  • Submitting a text entry box or a file upload

Instructions

Develop: Infographic or Timeline

EVALUATION TITLE: KINDS OF POP CULTURE

As media grows and changes, we incorporate the new forms of communications into popular culture. However, the previous communication methods continue to be used as well.

Your assignment this week has two parts: First, you will create a timeline or infographic to address the following questions:

  1. Research and provide examples or comparisons that demonstrate these changes over time from each of the categories: Print, Radio/Music, Cinema, Television, and the Internet. Include images of each artifact.
  2. How have these various forms of communication have evolved since they were first introduced? (Give a “before” and “after”)