Author: chris

The HGP

 

Bioinformatics is a subfield of medical informatics that deals with molecular biology. It is primarily used in genetics and genomics, specifically in DNA sequencing. Rapid developments in this area of science have led to an enormous amount of information that needs to be entered, organized, and mined for further analysis and sequencing. While the project was technically completed in 2003, analysis of the data is still going on and will continue well into the future.

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, create a 10- to 12-page report in a Microsoft Word document that answers the following questions:

• What, in your own words, is human genome project (HGP)? What are its goals? Why is HGP an important part of the evolution of bioinformatics?
• Which legal and ethical issue will you select from the HGP website for further discussion? Why do you believe that the issue you have selected is of high importance for discussion? What are the criticisms or concerns surrounding this particular issue?
• What response or solution does the HGP provide for the concerns and criticisms of the above issue? Do they identify any of their own concerns?
• What role do you think medical informatics professionals should play in addressing such ethical, legal, or social issues?
• What a
• What is personalized medicine? What are the different applications?
• re the legal and ethical considerations for personalized medicine, including HIPAA? What types of standards and interoperability issues must be addressed before adopting?
• What are some of the informatics issues that will need to be addressed in the next ten years?

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

HHS.gov. (n.d.). Health Information Privacy. Retrieved from http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/

Human Genome Project. (2012). Retrieved from http://oml.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml

Kunzli, M.,K,W.R.,& Ronald, E.R. (2012). Pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine, and patient-centric therapy: The pharmacist’s role in the genomic evolution. Pharmacy Prictice, 28(8), 15-19. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1268827125?accountid=87314

Fernandes, L. O’Connor, M., & Weaver, V. (2012). Big data, bigger outcomes. Journal of AHIMA, 83(10), 38-44. Retrieved from http://seraach.proquest.com/docview/1040414642?accountid=13931

WEEK 3 this is not due yet as per the instructions
Policies are constantly being reviewed and considered to help improve the federal, state, or local health care systems. Each one has the potential to affect each of us on a daily basis, so careful consideration must be given when policies are proposed. It is important to understand the process of how a topic eventually becomes a policy.

Choose a health care topic for which a policy might be formed.

*Note: be sure to look ahead and choose a policy topic that will be suitable for the second part of this assignment as well, due in Week Four.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on the complete process of how your chosen topic becomes a policy. In your paper, include the following information:
• State the objective of the policy.
• Define Formulation stage:
• Explain the process to formulate your policy and the involvement of stakeholders.
o Define Legislative stage:
o Explain the legislative body’s approval process needed to gain support (ie funding) for the policy and how stakeholders influence legislators’ decisions.
 Define Implementation stage:
 Identify the accountable parties and their roles in the various implementation stages of your policy.
Cite a minimum of five references.

Health Information Confidentiality

 

The HIPAA is designed to protect the privacy of individuals’ health information. The Health Information and Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, in part, to strengthen the HIPAA rule and notification requirements in the case of a breach.

But information collected by various health departments, like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) is typically “confidential,” not “anonymous.”

“Confidential” denotes identifiable information linking you to the subject matter, but which will not be disclosed.

“Anonymous” refers to the existing subject matter that cannot be linked back to you.

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about HIPAA and the HITECH Act to find out how they protect health information of individuals. Based on your research and understanding, provide answers to the following questions:

• What are some safeguards that you think could be put into place to reduce fear among individuals and groups who oppose identifiable health data collection?
• Do the benefits of confidential health data collection outweigh the risks? Why or why not?
• What, according to you, is the purpose of HITECH?
• What are the new notification requirements? Do you feel these are sufficient? Why or why not?
• What possible HIPAA violations could occur with portable PHI?
• What strategies should be put into place to make sure these violations do not occur?
• What are the requirements that a covered organization must take in order to be in compliance with HIPAA?

Using the Waters Bottling Companyin Module 1, continue to build the Marketing Plan Sections for the product you have selected/ invented/ created. Complete the following in MS Word: Be concise but complete in your analysis of each plan element. Your employer wants to know you have left nothing out in your analysis.

This assignment represents Section 2 of the Marketing Plan. Use the Marketing Plan guide to identify the sections of the Marketing Plan and the marketing elements contained therein. This assignment will focus on Section 2 – Marketing Research & Target marketing (Module 2).

Section 2 – Market Research & Targeting (Module 2)

• Market Research
  • Research Methods & Data Mining
  • Market Research Process
• Consumer Behavior
  • B2C vs. B2B
  • Consumer Decision Making Process
  • Factors Affecting B2C and B2B consumer behavior
• Market Segmentation
  • Market Segmentation Concepts
  • Segmentation Process
  • Segmentation Strategies
• Target Marketing

Relate all responses using the WBC scenario and the product you have selected to market in Module 1.

Create a 4- to 6-page Word document for your Marketing Plan sections. Apply a standard business writing style using the Market Planning Guide sections as your (headers/ sub heads/ bullets) to your work. Be sure to cite your work in the APA format.

Write, individually, a 350- to 700-word paper on a different situation, that could be considered crossing boundaries between client and caseworker and that could become an ethical violation.

Combine each team member’s paper into a single team paper.

Include an introduction and a conclusion or summary on your team’s paper on boundary issues, and have one team member submit the final assignment.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

Having read the “Transcending Net Neutrality: Ten Steps Toward an Open Internet” and “SOPA and PIPA What Went Wrong” papers, write the Net Neutrality paper.

 

• Write a 4 page APA formatted paper that includes references to at least 3 external research sites.

• Write a MAXIMUM of a FIVE page APA formatted paper that includes references to at least THREE external research sites.
• The paper will consist of ONE TITLE PAGE, TWO TO THREE CONTENT PAGES,and ONE REFERENCE PAGE. Include graphs – full-page graphics will not count towards the number of pages. (NOTE: Any pages above the maximum allowed will not be graded or reviewed.
• The paper is to reflect your opinions on the concepts and your experiences with content-based broadband throttling and your experiences with piracy protection (Yes, they are related.)
• Include research that supports your experiences.
• You all have experience with broadband speeds and piracy protection. Do you suspect your Internet speeds have been reduced at any time? Are you aware of any annoying piracy protections?
• What are your opinions on each?

A wise manager is one who keeps a check on costs and makes informed decisions based upon the understanding of these costs.

To prepare for this Discussion, “Shared Practice: The Impact of Sunk, Opportunity, and Accounting Costs,” refer to your Learning Resources for this week  and your professional experience. Then, select one of the following types of costs: sunk costs, opportunity costs, or accounting costs, and think about a scenario where this type of cost was important for informing decision making. Think about another scenario where this type of cost was important for furthering stakeholder agendas.

Post by Day 3, the following:

• Provide an explanation of a scenario of how the type of cost you have selected (sunk, opportunity, or accounting) has impacted an organizational decision.
• Provide an explanation of a scenario of how the type of cost you have selected (sunk, opportunity, or

Zimmerman, J. L. (2014). Accounting for decision making and control (8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

• Chapter 2, “The Nature of Costs” (pp. 22–54, 78–79)
  • P2-41, “Happy Feet” (p. 78–79)

    This chapter reviews costs and the decision making process as they relate to opportunity cost and other examples of cost including sunk costs. accounting) may be used to further stakeholder agendas.

This assignment isn’t long at all: it’s only 2-3 pages. This means that your summary and synopsis of each piece will be relatively brief. 

 

Literature Review

2-3 pages

5 sources (attached =use for sure the first two)

This expands on the background, discussing how thinking on the issue has changed over time. 

You could also include how the problems/issues/events have changed. 

Need to be looking as some major thinking on the subject, even if you argue that they are completely wrong! 

 

What is a Literature Review?

A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area.

It is both a summary of the article included and synthesis of it. You’ll also need to include an evaluation of the article with regards to your research question. 

It is a critical description o the literature relevant to a particular research question.

 

It should contain the works that you consulted in order to develop your research

It should provide justification/background for the research undertaken:

The LR will guide the reader to understand the contribution of your work by pointing out the gaps currently. 

It is not just a list of previous work. 

 

What should the LR answer?

What do we already know in the immediate area concerned?

What are the characteristics of the key concepts or the main factors or variables?

What are the relationships between these key concepts, factors or variables?

What are the complementary existing theories/approaches?

Where are the inconsistencies or other shortcomings in our knowledge which these works have not solved? 

Discussion 1

Many organizations struggle to keep up with the rising costs of providing employee benefits. HRM professionals must be well versed in ways to contain those costs.

Salaries and benefits are usually the most significant expenses that organizations in all sectors of the economy encounter. Executives look to human resource management professionals for advice and guidance on the full spectrum of benefits considerations. This is an area in which HR actions can be clearly seen as affecting the organization’s profit statement. Selecting a reasonably-priced benefits program that fits employees’ needs is considered a key indicator of the success of an organization’s human resource program.

For this discussion, describe what HRM professionals can do to address the rising costs of employee health care. Support your recommendations with examples from the unit readings.

Feel free to also use examples from your personal work experiences with organizational benefits programs.

 

Discussion 2

This unit introduced the Society of Human Resource Management Code of Ethics. The SHRM Code of Ethics is a rich source of ethical conduct designed to guide the HRM professional navigate the many complex issues that present themselves in the organization. The SHRM Code is not a perfect vehicle of justice or decision making. It is a valuable framework of reference for HRM professionals to guide their organizations and membership towards an environment of just treatment and fair consideration. For this discussion, describe why employers are increasingly adopting consumer-driven health plans. Address the following questions:

• What is the difference between fairness and justice?
• How can each be applied effectively and under what circumstances?

Each answer must be 3 paragraphs with 2 references..

Thank you

A man called the police and said that a body had fallen out of the sky and landed on his family car, which was parked in the driveway of his home. Initial canvassing of the area failed to locate any witnesses. The man who called the police was home with his family. They did not see the incident but reported hearing a loud thud and glass breaking.

You are the crime scene investigator. When you arrive at the scene, you find what you thought was a bizarre call is in fact true. You see the mangled body of a Caucasian man and a partially deployed parachute streaming in the mild breeze. You also note that the deceased’s reserve chute has not opened. Closer examination of the scene reveals that the deceased is wearing a leg bag containing about 20 lbs. of cocaine and U.S. currency totaling $28,000.00.

The victim had in his possession 2 state ID cards, one from California: Andrew Jackson, DOB 01-05-60, 1419 Petulia Drive, Santa Cruz, CA. The second ID is from Texas: Paul Smith, DOB 05-01-61, 268 Ridge Boulevard, Crawford, TX.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 4–6 pages:
  • In detail, explain the steps that you will take and the techniques that you will use to process from arrival until the scene is relinquished.
    • Prepare a comprehensive list of how the scene should be documented.
      • Create and include a crime scene sketch. Use your own neighborhood to fabricate any necessary details.
        • You may then draw and scan the sketch or use any software application of your choice.
    • Prepare a comprehensive list of at least 25 questions that need to be answered about the scene and the body.
    • Prepare a list of evidence that will be collected from the scene and from the body.
      • What methods or techniques will you use to collect and preserve the evidence? Explain.
    • Conduct a background investigation to develop logical leads, which would include an AFIS inquiry, applicable forensics analysis, and any other leads you determine to be appropriate.