6 research reports for each research report answer the following questions:

1. What were the main ideas and findings discussed in this article?

2. What importance might this research have for real life experiences? That is, how might you apply these ideas and findings to your life?

3. What questions do you have after reading the article? That is, what do you think they should research next to learn more about the topic?

Each research report must be 1 ½ to 2 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font, and 1-inch margins on all sides. For each research report, your answers to the questions should clearly demonstrate that you have read the article. Credit may not be awarded if your responses fail to show familiarity with the article or do not meet the guidelines. Do not plagiarize! That is, do not copy word-for-word or just change a few words from the article. Answer these questions in your own words.

The health care industry is constantly evolving. Its evolution is driven and affected by new and improved technologies. As technology is developed and improved upon, the health care industry can use it to improve patient experience. Patient experience can have an impact on several aspects of the health care industry, most importantly facility revenue.

Complete the Technology Used to Improve Patient Experience chart.

• Identify five technologies that can improve patient experience. You can choose from the examples below or research some of your own to use:
  • Communication methods
  • Patient records
    • Patient portals
• TelemedicineOnline medical care
  • Devices
• Patient care
• Describe the five technologies you identified.
• Explain how each selected technology improves patient experience.
• Include an artifact that represents each technology selected (e.g., an image, video, or article of the selected technology).

In this assignment, you will be required to correctly cite the resources you used. The Center for Writing Excellence has the Reference and Citation Generator, which can be used to ensure that you have correctly formatted citations. Remember that there is a guide linked to the homepage of the Reference and Citation Generator and under student materials in this course if you need assistance.

Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar resources.

The topic of this week is deductive reasoning. Accordingly, in this discussion your task is to create a deductively valid argument for your position (the same position that you defended in the Week One discussion).Prepare: To prepare to respond to this prompt, make sure to read carefully over the required portions of Chapter 3 and Chapter 4. View the deLaplante (2013) video What Is a Valid Argument? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. as well as the other required media for the week. For more guidance about how to construct a valid argument for a controversial position, review the Constructing a Valid Argument (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. video and the document How to Construct a Valid Deductive Argument . Based on the sources, create a deductively valid argument for the position you defended in the Week One discussion.Reflect: To make your argument deductively valid, you will need to make sure that there is no possible way that your premises could be true and your conclusion false. Your premises must lead logically to the truth of your conclusion. Make sure that your argument is sound, that is in addition to being valid, make sure that the premises are true as far as you can tell. If your argument is invalid or if it has a false premise, revise it until you get an argument that you can stand behind. Write: Identify the components and structure of your argument by presenting your deductively valid argument in standard form, and explain how your conclusion follows from your premises. Guided Response: Read the arguments presented by your classmates, and analyze the reasoning that they have presented. In particular, if you believe that their argument is invalid, explain a way in which it would be possible for the premises to be true and the conclusion false. If you believe that their argument has a false premise, explain why a reasonable person might take it to be false. Finally, see if you can help them to improve their argument. How can they alter their premises so that all of them are true? What might they change in order to make their argument valid?

Write a memo from the perspective of the Vice President for Human Resources of your employer.

Reminders:

1. All assignments *must* include relevant information for changes that will occur, or have occurred, in the insurance market, including the Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform), and citing evidence of trends and economic explanations for them to support your reasoning. This should include the vocabulary and concepts that we discuss in each class.
2. The five-page length for each memo uses 1 ½ spacing, Times Roman font, 12 pitch. Only text is counted in the 5 pages, all figures, charts, tables or other material are to be included in and referenced as Appendices.

Consumer Directed Health Plans, also known as High Deductible Health Plans.

Issues to address / questions to answer:

(1) Explain this “new” type of insurance product to the senior management team and relate it to the employees where you work.

(2) Why are these types of plans attracting such attention now?

(3) What are they intended to achieve and how?

(4) What are the risks of these plans – that is, what are their downside(s), are there possible unintended consequences?
(5) What are the available options to address the high deductibles? Which would work best (and why) and which would likely fail (and why)?

(6) Are there any services that you might / would exclude from the deductible? Why?

Post by Day 3

1. an explanation of how at least three individual factors (personality traits, attitudes/cognitions, intergroup contact, intergroup relations, and situational factors) impact perceived intergroup threat, according to Intergroup Threat Theory.

2. Next, suggest one consequence of intergroup threat that could occur as a result of the individual factors you previously highlighted.

3. Be sure in your replies, to explain how culture might impact perceived intergroup threat as well as the consequences of intergroup threat, being sure to include an example to demonstrate your logic.

Readings

• Course Text: Nelson, T. D. (Ed.). (2016). Handbook of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination (2^nd ed.) . New York, NY: Psychology Press.
• • Chapter 10, “Intergroup Threat Theory”

• Article: Cheung, R. Y .M., & Park, I. J. K. (2010). Anger suppression, interdependent self-construal, and depression among Asian American and European American college students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16(4), 517–525. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the MEDLINE with Full Text database.
• Article: Clark, A. E., & Kashima, Y. (2003). Stereotype maintenance in communication: How perceptions of stereotype sharedness contribute to the stereotype content of interpersonal communication. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55(Suppl.), 38. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
• Article: Conway, L. G., Schaller, M., Tweed, R. G., & Hallett, D. (2001). The complexity of thinking across cultures: Interactions between culture and situational context. Social Cognition, 19(3), 228–250. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycINFO database. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
• Article: Cuddy, A. J. C., Fiske, S. T., Kwan, V. S. Y., Glick, P., Demoulin, S., Leyens, J. P., Bonds, M. H.,…Ziegler, R. (2009). Stereotype content model across cultures: Towards universal similarities and some differences. British Journal of Social Psychology, 48(1), 1–33. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
• Article: Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (2010). Cultures and selves: A cycle of mutual constitution. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5(4), 420–430. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycINFO database.
• Article: Zebrowitz, L. A., Kikuchi, M., & Fellous, J. (2010). Facial resemblance to emotions: Group differences, impression effects, and race stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98(2), 175–189. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the PsycARTICLES database.