As a Health Informatics professional, your organization would like to adopt a new Electronic Health Record System, there are many vendors around, your supervisor asked you to survey a set of criteria to evaluate a candidate Electronic Health Record System Vendor.You read the following article (make sure to read this prior to posting).McDowell, S.W., Wahl, R., and Michelson, J. (2003). Herding cats: The Challenges of EMR vendor selection. Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 17(3), 63-71. Download McDowell, S.W., Wahl, R., and Michelson, J. (2003). Herding cats: The Challenges of EMR vendor selection. Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 17(3), 63-71.For the article, Herding cats, read and review the Appendix: Criteria for Evaluation of Electronic Medical Record System Vendors.For this discussion, you will be working in your project groups. This is meant to encourage discussion on health information technology selection criteria to include in your final project.Instructions:RANK the seven categories listed in the order of importance you would give them. Why/How did you choose #1? (maximum of 1 paragraph)

Read this article about the prevalence of drug testing (Links to an external site.)in the selection process. Then, answer the following questions:What are your preliminary thoughts about this topic and the article? Do you have any questions after reading it?Over the past several years, SHRM has reported an increase in the number of inquiries from HR professionals about how to address drug use, specifically marijuana, in the selection process. The article (and lots of data!) argues that by adopting zero-tolerance policies, organizations are losing out on recruiting top talent in states with legal medical and recreational marijuana policies. Others contend that it simply makes sense to include a drug screen to keep certain candidates out. When might it make sense to incorporate drug testing into the selection process?Drug testing is only one piece of a prescreen or initial application. To get you started for your team deliverable this week, what three other initial application and prescreen assessments do YOU think your team should consider? Be sure to explain why these assessments are important for your job specifically.

Topic #1: Medicare-Medicaid Prospective Payment Systems for InpatientsIn this Discussion, review the following concepts pertaining to Medicare-Medicaid prospective payment systems for inpatients: Federal legislations are demanding that healthcare costs be controlled. These demands have led to federal healthcare reimbursement reform.How do MS-DRGs encourage inpatient facilities to practice cost management?Is the MS-DRGs approach supported by the healthcare community or is it manipulated by the provider Topic #2: Ambulatory and other Medicare-Medicaid Reimbursement SystemsIn this Discussion, review the following concepts pertaining to ambulatory and other Medicare-Medicaid reimbursement systems: A resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) is a system of classifying health services based on the cost of furnishing physician services in different settings, the skill and training levels requiring to perform the services, and the time and risk involved.What is the control mechanism the government uses on Medicare payments to physicians and how is it applied?Are the conversion factors adequate to support the healthcare process?

I’m trying to learn for my Nursing class and I’m stuck. Can you help?

Instructions
Consider the following scenario: Jasmine is the Volunteer Coordinator for “Let’s Rise Above.” It is a non-profit organization that provides simulation experiences to inner city youth who want to go into the medical field after they complete high-school. Jasmine is managing 5 volunteers, all who have been teaching anatomy and physiology, phlebotomy techniques on fruit, and CPR courses for at least 2 years. All of the volunteers love the organization, but donations have decreased by 50% over the last fiscal year. Everyone is nervous that they will lose the building and operating space to teach these classes and stimulate interest in the medical field. Morale is low, along with supplies. Volunteers have had to turn away students and hold fewer courses. What steps do you believe that Jasmine should take to improve employee morale?
To complete this assignment, please complete the following:

Propose a clear plan for how Jasmine can increase morale.
Support your plan with references to specific leadership literature, theory, and techniques.

What does the future in real estate hold for you? If you still plan on going into real estate as a career, now is the time to come up with a plan. If you are not, then pretend you are or make a plan for investing in real estate.What is your timeline for taking your state exam? Do you have anymore classes to take? How will you study? When you pass, where will you hang your license and why? Will you need a reserve fund to support your expenses when you start or will you start part time? Will you be a listing agent, buyers agent or both? How much do you plan to make in income your first year? Is that net or gross? What expenses will you anticipate? How will you market your business? How will you prospect for business? Will you build a personal brand or work for a big name company? What will your specialty be?Think through your business plan and submit at least a 2-3 page business plan detailing all the elements of a business plan and your personal goals for your real estate business.For those of you planning on pursuing real estate as a career, the more you put into this assignment, the more you will get out of it.Good Luck!