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I have 4 discussion posts please 175 words each please
Week 4 543( this is for me)
Much attention is given to the multigenerational clinician workforce. But what about the multigenerational administrative workforce? Are the challenges similar? 
What about interactions between multigenerational clinical and administrative workforces?
2nd 
Week 5
Why is having a strong organizational culture important?
What are some ways leaders can develop and manage organizational culture? How might this help with recruiting and retaining employees?
3rd
Week 6
What does succession planning entail and what are its essential steps?
Are there any disadvantages to using a nine-box grid for succession planning? Would you have any difficulty in categorizing anyone who reports or has reported to you into one of the boxes? If you never managed a team, think about employees you have worked with in the past and how you would categorize them.
Do you think most people frequently move from one box to another or do most people tend to stay in one box for long periods of their careers?
Week 4 
516
Resource: Ch. 18 to 19 of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.
Due Thursday
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Was Lia’s life ruined by cross-cultural misunderstandings? Explain your thoughts.

answers need to be supported with current evidence-based practice. Don’t include the entire case study in
the document, just your answers. However, you can summarize his case in 1-2 paragraphs if you want.

PowerPoint presentation with 12 slices and a script for presentation for me to share separately on zoom focusing the health promotion and disease prevention for veterans health and administration, presenting to primary care staff (PACT) from a medical and behavioral health care perspective. I will also provide a pdf PowerPoint example and a link to the video attached to this example to help with creating the assignment. 

Instructions
For this paper, choose an article from the news on any topic related to Health Information Technology or peer reviewed article from NLM or any other source.
The attached document provides some sources for the articles.
Make sure your paper meets the following guidelines:
The paper must have an introduction, body and a conclusion as well as title and references section.
The paper should be 1.5 – 2.5 pages long.
The paper must summarize the article in your own words, you may use quotes or paraphrasing sparingly as long as it is properly cited or you will loose points. Use the following website as a guide: https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/assignments/quotingsources/
Ensure you provide 1.5 – 2.5 paragraph reflection on the article you used in your paper, state your opinion on the subject, your views on benefits or negatives to healthcare and society.
Ensure you provide a reference section at the end of your paper which includes exact link(s) to the article you used for your paper.
Use APA style for your references. (Use Citation and Bibliography feature under References tab in Microsoft Office to help you, this is a tutorial explaining how to use this feature http://youtu.be/oYe5RUWW73A) Additional information can be found at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-a-bibliography-81b1ba4a-6d0b-4475-88ca-f150ed6f49a0 Make sure your paper is double spaced.
Use SafeAssign to check your citations and ensure you are not using any quotes without referencing the author.

Find 2 to 3 tools or resources available to health care leaders to help guide their efforts toward sustainable operations and explain the benefits of these tools or resources.

Assignment Overview
This assignment requires you to write a comprehensive essay that integrates your understanding of behavioral analysis across various fields as discussed in the lessons. You will analyze and discuss the application of behavioral analysis techniques in law enforcement, education, healthcare, and organizational management. Your essay should not only describe these applications but also critically assess their effectiveness and propose potential improvements based on current challenges.
Set of Deliverables
Essay (1,500 words maximum): Your essay should include:
An introduction to behavioral analysis and its relevance in different sectors.
A detailed analysis of how behavioral analysis is applied in each of the four areas: criminal justice, education, healthcare, and organizational management.
A discussion on the effectiveness of these applications and potential areas for improvement.
A conclusion summarizing key insights and recommendations for future applications of behavioral analysis.
References: Include a list of academic and credible sources that support your analysis and discussions.
Submission Instructions
Your essay should be typed, double-spaced, using a standard 12-point font and 1-inch margins.
Include your name, date, and course title at the top of the document.
Submit your assignment as a PDF file to ensure proper formatting is maintained.
Ensure your work is original and adequately paraphrased, with all sources properly cited.
This assignment will assess your ability to synthesize information across different domains of behavioral analysis, apply critical thinking to evaluate the effectiveness of these approaches, and demonstrate professional-level communication skills through your writing.

Interview
Interview an organizational leader or department manager who oversees staff in health care setting. The interview should be at least 30 minutes in length. To prepare for this interview, develop 10 questions that focus on organizational behavior that you will ask the leader.
Ask questions that help understand and define the person’s leadership and motivational approaches, and how these affect organizational behavior and culture. Consider academic and professional background, contributions to the community, problem-solving processes, mentoring activities, employee relations, position and role in the organization’s structure, etc.
Paper
Write 1,000-1,250-word paper. Refer to the questions and responses from your interview. Analyze your findings using the information on leadership styles and theories, and the positive and negative outcomes associated with various leadership approaches, presented in this course. Summarize the conclusions of your analysis in regard to the following:
Describe the leadership style, or styles (transformational, transactional, visionary, servant, etc.) communicated by the leader. Provide examples to support your explanation.
Define how motivation occurs in organizational behavior. Describe what motivational strategies used by the leader. What are the similarities and differences between your leadership style and other leadership styles?
Describe the successes and challenges that occurred as a result of the leader’s overall approach and how they related to the organization’s content and process theories of motivation, and how power can influence the senior leadership level.
Based upon the organizational mission and values, determine the most effective strategies the leader could implement in the future in order to improve, or continuing to improve, organizational and individual performance.
Include two to three peer-reviwed scholarly sources and your textbook.
Textbook: Borkowski, N., & Meese, K. A. (2020). Organizational behavior in health care (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13: 9781284183245

Identify the benchmarks and quality measures used to compare to the
office data for your proposal (Excel spreadsheet). Assess the
compatibility of the proposed data and examine potential issues related
to information quality (1–3 pages).
INTRODUCTION:
A key part of your proposal will be to identify benchmarks
and trends for the topic you have chosen for your documentation review.
Benchmarks can come from national or state quality standards or trends.
If your proposal is approved, you as the office manager will want to try
to answer this question: How does our office data compare to national
or state trends?
You need to identify your benchmarks before you can collect
and then compare the data. You decide what your benchmarks are. They
could be based on national averages, state averages, or quality
standards. For example, here is one quality standard: All patients with
chronic, stable coronary artery disease are on an antiplatelet therapy
or have supporting documentation as to why they cannot take an
antiplatelet therapy. For instance, they may have an allergy.
Another question to consider when establishing benchmarks is
this: Are you comparing apples to apples or apples to oranges? In
addition, if you are retrieving information from a national database or
data from an HIE, how do you know your office data is comparable to the
information you are retrieving? Consult your suggested resources for
answers to these questions.
For this second assessment, you are to:
Analyze statistical trends and assess quality measures relevant to your proposal.
Assess the compatibility of data drawn from multiple sources.
Determine the effects of health information quality on an HIE.
This assessment is completed in three steps:
Step One – Preparation: Locate data related to quality measures or trends relevant to your topic from specific websites.
Step Two – Data Collection: Create a data collection tracking spreadsheet and dashboard.
Step Three – Data Compatibility: Write a short paper on data compatibility and quality.
Please study this assessment’s scoring guide to better
understand the performance levels relating to each criterion on which
you will be evaluated.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Step One: Preparation
Locate data related to quality measures relevant to your topic from one or more of these websites:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.). https://www.ahrq.gov/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). https://www.cdc.gov/
The Joint Commission. (n.d.). https://www.jointcommission.org/
NCQA. (n.d.). https://www.ncqa.org/
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (n.d.). https://www.osha.gov/index.html
Any other site that contains national or state health care quality measures.
Step Two: Data Collection
Using the Data Collection Spreadsheet Guide [XLSX]
Download Data Collection Spreadsheet Guide [XLSX] as an example, ;create a spreadsheet containing three tabs: Dashboard Tracking, Data Collection, and Trending.
On the first tab, Dashboard Tracking, draw from the information you gathered in Step One as part of your preparation for this assessment:
Identify the specific benchmark data you will compare
with your office data. Remember it is up to you to establish your
benchmarks.
Organize or create a spreadsheet to display the totals,
percentages, averages, and so on of your office data and of the national
or state data you will be using for comparison. Note:
Your Office Data column will be blank because you are not collecting any
office data. This is only a proposal to do an information review of the
quality of care provided by the physician group. Data does, however,
need to appear in the Benchmark (national/state) data column.
Include at least one comparison graph of your choice on this tab.
On the second tab, Data Collection, draw from the information you gathered in Step One as part of your preparation for this assessment:
Create a form you will use to collect specific data from the patients’ records.
Include a row for each patient.
Provide a column for each data collection point (quality measure) you will be comparing.
Note: The information on this page is totaled, averaged, et cetera, with the results linked to the first tab.
To create your third tab, Trends, you will
need to do some additional research. Identify national benchmarks for
the condition you have chosen that could be compared to your office
data. For example, if the trend in your office is that you are seeing
more patients with asthma, but the national trend is decreasing, you
have discovered a discrepancy that needs to be investigated.
To perform your analysis:
Visit one or more of the following websites containing national data:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.). Healthcare cost and utilization project. https://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/#setup
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). CDC WONDER. https://wonder.cdc.gov/WelcomeT.html
Any other site that contains national or state health care data.
Locate and analyze statistical data relevant to the selected condition.
Examine trends:
What other meaningful trends exist? For
example, consider the number of new cases, increases or decreases of
cases within a specific age range or location, et cetera.
How do the national and state trends compare?
Is the national trend increasing or decreasing?
What is the percentage of cases who expire from the disease?
Identify the trending of one statistical result relating to the condition you selected over the last 5–10 years.
Create a line graph on the third tab of your spreadsheet, Trends, that illustrates the national and/or state trending of the disease you selected over the past 5–10 years.
Note: Remember you have not collected your office data yet for comparison purposes. You could add that data at a later time.
Step 3: Data Compatibility
Write a short section to add to the proposal you will
complete in Assessment 3. Be sure this section of your proposal includes
all of the following headings and your narrative addresses each of the
bullet points.
Introduction
Provide a brief 1–2 sentence, high-level summary explaining data compatibility.
Data Compatibility
Assess the compatibility of the data:
How can you ensure data from multiple sources is compatible?
How do you know the data you are using for comparison is compatible with your office data?
What challenges are associated with data
standardization? We do not want to compare apples with oranges. You want
to be sure data from multiple sources:
Represents the same condition.
Uses similar statistical analysis.
And so on.
Effects of Health Information Quality on the HIE
Explain the difference between an HIE and a national database.
Explain what problems can develop if facilities submit incomplete or inaccurate information to an HIE.
Explain what problems can develop if facilities submit incomplete or inaccurate information to a national database.
Explain how incomplete or inaccurate data may affect your proposal.
Conclusion
Briefly reinforce your paper’s main points.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Your assessment should meet the following requirements:
Excel spreadsheet: Your spreadsheet must contain three tabs, be organized, contain appropriate graphs, and have correct spelling.
Written communication: Your paper needs
to be clear and well organized, with correct spelling, grammar, and
syntax, to support orderly exposition of content.
Title page: Develop a descriptive title of approximately 5–15 words. It should stir interest yet maintain professional decorum.
References: Include a minimum of two citations of peer-reviewed sources in current APA format.
Length: 1–3 typed, double-spaced content pages, not including the title page and references page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
COMPETENCIES MEASURED
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and
scoring guide criteria:
Competency 4: Determine how a health information
exchange (HIE) or other external health care databases affect the
management of patient data, clinical knowledge, and population data.
Assess the compatibility of data from multiple sources.
Explain the effects of health information quality on an HIE.
Competency 5: Apply quality and change management concepts to health care information management.
Analyze statistical trends relevant to a selected condition.
Assess quality measures relevant to a selected condition.
Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly,
professional, respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of
others, and is consistent with the expectations for healthcare
professionals.
Write clearly, with correct spelling, grammar, and syntax, and good organization.
Apply proper APA formatting and style to citations and references.

When conducting research, it is possible to move in multiple directions rather than toward a specific focal point. These multiple directions create components of the research that do not align with one another. It is particularly a problem for novice researchers. For this final assessment, it will be critical to ensure that all parts of your submission: problem statement, purpose statement, research questions, and data collection or sampling are aligned. This review will help lead to a focused research plan, that is more likely to be successful at addressing the research question.
One important consideration is the validity and reliability of data and collection tools for a research plan. For reasons of expediency, researchers find a sample of a specific population, as it is not possible to research an entire population. In quantitative studies, statistical formulas are used to determine the number required from the sample to ensure validity of the study results. In qualitative studies, the simple rule of 12–20 participants is accepted based on the total population. They must meet the criteria outlined as specific for the study. The sample comprises individuals who can represent the total population. From the data gathered, the researcher can determine causation, correlation, or inference.
Remember, reliable data are data findings that can be repeated. In other words, the results are from the data collection are consistent across different samples and time periods. Valid data are data findings that are accurate and relevant.
The purpose of a research plan is to provide a brief overview of the key components of a planned research study. It helps to build quality into the research process. During this course, you have, step by step, developed an abbreviated research plan contributing to a process improvement focused on decreasing the incidence of a hospital-acquired condition (HAC) of your choice. As you have progressed the course, you may have improved your ideas and revised your writing based on new information and the expertise you have gained.
To complete this final assessment, combine relevant work from your previous assessments into one seamless research plan. Be sure to incorporate any useful feedback suggested by your instructor, and be sure to properly cite all resources used to support your plan.
For this assessment it is suggested that you build upon the work that you did in the Research Problem and Purpose Statements assessment, as well as the research question and methods assessment that fits the method you chose.
This assessment has four distinct parts:
Part 1: Problem Statement
Relevant Scoring Guide Criteria:
Explain a given problem statement in the context of a research plan.
Align the separate parts of a research plan into a unified whole.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with expectations for health care professionals.
For this section, present your revised and finalized problem statement based on your work in the Research Problem and Purpose Statements assessment.
Additionally, you will explain how the purpose statement is grounded within the context and evidence of your chosen hospital-acquired condition (HAC) and the health care setting that is being used as the basis for your research plan. Additionally, you should point out the ways in which the problem statement will help to establish the alignment of other parts of the research plan.
This section should be about one page in length.
Remember the checklist below when finalizing your problem statement:
Problem Statement Checklist
Identify the problem that led to the research.
Is it easy to determine?
Were there identifying words provided that justify the problem?
Was the rationale or justification of the problem clearly stated?
Do the words in the problem statement indicate the kind of study performed? Which words in particular?
Was the evidence for the problem provided in the literature?
Part 2: Purpose Statement
Relevant Scoring Guide Criteria:
Explain a given purpose statement in the context of a research plan.
Align the separate parts of a research plan into a unified whole.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with expectations for health care professionals.
For this section, present your revised and finalized purpose statement based on your work in the Research Problem and Purpose Statements assessment.
Additionally, you will explain how the purpose statement is grounded within the context and evidence of your chosen hospital-acquired condition (HAC) and the health care setting that is being used as the basis for your research plan. Additionally, you should point out the ways in which the purpose statement is aligned with you problem statement, as well as how it will help inform an aligned methodological choice for other parts of the research plan.
This section should be one to two pages in length. 
Remember to use the checklist below when finalizing your purpose statement:
Purpose Statement Checklist
Identify the purpose that led to the research study.
What does the study hope to accomplish? What are the desired outcomes?
Was the rationale or justification of the purpose clearly stated?
Do the words in the purpose statement indicate the kind of study performed? What words in particular?
Was the item cited as evidence for the purpose published within the last five years?
Part 3: Research Question
Relevant Scoring Guide Criteria:
Explain a given research question in the context of a research plan.
Align the separate parts of a research plan into a unified whole.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with expectations for health care professionals.
For this section, present your revised and finalized research question. This research question should be based on your work in either the Qualitative Research Questions and Methods or the Quantitative Research Questions and Methods assessment.
Additionally, you will explain how the research question is grounded within the context and evidence of your chosen hospital-acquired condition (HAC) and the health care setting that is being used as the basis for your research plan. Additionally, you should point out the ways in which the research question is aligned to the purpose of your research plan, as well as how answering it will help to address your research problem. You should also comment on the ways in which the research question helps to provide a guide to which data collection methods can be aligned.
This section should be one to two pages in length.
Depending on your chosen methodology, the checklists below could be useful:
Qualitative Research Question Checklist
Does the purpose statement fit logically with the problem statement? Are there similar words or does it seem to address a different topic?
Do the research questions align with the method and design of the study? For instance, are words like perception used that would automatically reject a quantitative study?
Do questions seek to describe responses to the variables described in the study?
Do the questions begin with the word why?
Do the questions focus on a single phenomenon?
Do the questions include exploratory verbs?
Is the language nondirectional?
Are the questions open ended?
Do the questions specify the participants and research site?
Quantitative Research Question Checklist
Does the purpose statement fit logically with the problem statement? Are there similar words or does it seem to address a different topic?
Based on the problem statement, do the research questions align with the method and design of the study? Do questions seek to describe responses to the variables described in the study?
Do the questions include words like compare, correlate, or other words that indicate a quantitative study?
Do the questions include identification of the independent and dependent variables?
Does the hypothesis fit with the research questions?
Do the questions and hypothesis identify the participants for the research study?
Do the questions and hypothesis specify the participants and the research site?
Part 4: Data Collection, Reliability, and Validity
Relevant Scoring Guide Criteria:
Explain a chosen data collection method in the context of a research plan.
Describe a contextually valid data collection method.
Explain contextual measurement reliability and validity.
Align the separate parts of a research plan into a unified whole.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others and is consistent with expectations for health care professionals.
For this section you will start by building upon the data collection methods, tools, and strategies from your work in either the Qualitative Research Questions and Methods or the Quantitative Research Questions and Methods assessment. Make sure you use the data collection considerations that match the methodology of your research question.
In this section you will describe the ways in which your data collection methods will be valid within the context of your chosen HAC and health care setting, as well as your choice of methodology. Additionally, you will explain how the measurements that your chosen collection methods will produce are reliable and valid. Lastly, you will comment on how the data collection methods are aligned in such a way that they will produce information that will help to answer the research question and create an opportweeky to address the research purpose and problem.

Assignment Content
Privacy and confidentiality are the key fundamental elements for building trust between a health care provider and the patient. When compromised or breached, the patient–provider relationship can suffer, making for potentially poor outcomes. In the Privacy and Confidentiality Report template, you will review a real-life scenario in which Ben Smithfield observes potential areas of concern where either privacy or security of protected health information (PHI), or both, may be breached. Managers are responsible for ensuring substantial compliance with not only the organization’s policies but also state and federal laws that outline the standards for privacy and security of a patient’s PHI to maintain trust and confidence and to avoid serious fines and penalties.
Assignments more than 4 days late will not be accepted. Unless an Incomplete grade has been granted. There is only one submission permitted. 
Complete the Privacy and Confidentiality Report Template.
Must use template. No PDF!!!!!!!
References must be in APA format. Highly recommend 2+ references, as they say more is better 🙂