20 questions fairly simple and I need them due before the end of today the file attached contains all the questions.

HCR 240 Week 2-CheckPoint – HIPAA and Information Technology

CheckPoint: HIPAA and Information Technology

• Resource: “Microsoft Rolls Out Personal Health Records”

• Respond to the following in 200 to 300 words: 

o What advantages could a standardized medical records database offer? 

o What HIPAA issues could arise? 

o Why do you believe technology in the medical records management industry is so far behind other industries? 

• Post your response.

Case Study:

You are part of a team at Murphy Stores, a major retailer, deciding whether to allocate $7 million of the company’s remaining (and limited) capital budget to either an investment in RFID technology to reduce merchandise theft from stores, or to invest in new energy-efficient store lighting to reduce operating costs and be better for the environment, or some combination of the two. For this assignment, you will prepare a business case for one of the projects. The two alternative investments focus on making financial improvements in two different aspects of Murphy Stores’ operations: decreasing “shrink” due to theft and saving on electricity costs. The case offers the opportunity to learn about retail industry operations as well as to make multiple full NPV discounted cash flow analyses in capital budgeting. All the information you need is within the case study, but you will be required to draw reasonable conclusion from the case, as not every detail is present. Please pay particular attention to the financial details provided, as they will be helpful in your analyses.

After determining the proposed project, just answer the following two parts:

1. Project Overview

This section describes high-level information about the project to include a description (high level scope), assumptions, and constraints.

2. Expected Benefits

This section should describe the anticipated outcome if the proposed project or initiative is implemented. It should include how the project will benefit the business and describe what the end state of the project should be.

500-600 words,double spaces.

Scenario:

You are the business manager of a fifteen-physician group practice in family medicine that at a recent strategic planning retreat agreed to open a satellite clinic on the periphery of its current market area in order to increase the number of families it serves. The clinic will be located in the area of somewhat older, rundown homes that seems to be undergoing slow but steady gentrification. The clinic initially will be staffed by three physicians and has a maximum capacity of ten doctors. One of your responsibilities under the strategic plan to create the clinic is to establish a modest program for keeping track of the factors and variables that might affect the success of the clinic. To get started, prepare a list of ten to fifteen financial and nonfinancial metrics that you propose to monitor, including the sources you will use to gather the necessary data. For each one of the metrics, indicate the directions in which they might change and the adjustments in the plan for the new clinic that would be necessary.

Create a PowerPoint presentation (15 slides including the Reference slide-include website links if used) that includes or addresses the following elements:

1  Ten to 15 financial and nonfinancial metrics.

2  Sources for gathering the necessary data.

3  The direction in which each metric may change and how it will impact the plans for the new clinic.

Solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines within the speaker notes of the PowerPoint presentation.

Ashford 5: – Week 4 – Discussion 1

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Stop   and Frisk

 As you learned in this week’s readings, many constitutional scholars consider the prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures as one of the most basic freedoms that the Bill of Rights clearly protects. This central freedom supports and protects other essential freedoms, like free speech, press, assembly, and religion. Recently, this core freedom has become a very controversial debate topic as large American cities, like New York City, have instituted police procedures described as “stop and frisk.” In these cities, when a police officer has reason to believe that a person is armed there is a set protocol for officers. Officers can make stops based on suspicious activities and frisk individuals for weapons. Courts have found this to be within the boundaries of the Fourth Amendment until just recently. At what point does a reasonable search become unreasonable? What is the role of probable cause in these efforts to provide safety to our citizens? When, during this process, could the police officer infringe on individual rights? Discuss why you support or do not support stop and frisk efforts by the police.
 

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.