Describe potential implications for health care administrators

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Research the health problem with the following question:

 

How does this health problem exemplify the “ determinants of health” ?

  • Brief description of the disease… What parts of the body or functions are affected by this condition? What are the symptoms or indications for diagnosis?
  • What treatments are deemed most effective for this condition?
  • What is the scope of this health problem nationally? What implications does it have on a societal level?
  • What are some potential implications for health care administrators? For instance, you may wish to consider reimbursement, coordination of health care services, clinical and nonclinical staffing needs, etc.With this in mind, write a 2 to 3-page paper in which you:
    • Summarize the findings of your research, addressing the questions listed above
    • Describe potential implications for health care administrators

    Note: Use at least four resources (including the Learning Resources) for your research. Include in-text citations and a reference list for all the resources you use.

discuss how the compliance law requirements and business drivers for the health care provider’s workstation domain might differ from the DoD’s workstation domain security compliance requirements.

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 From your computer workstation, create a new text document called Workstation Domain Lab #6.

 

2. Consider the following scenario:

 

You are a security consultant for an information systems security firm and have a new health care

 

provider client under HIPAA compliance. Your new client wants to know the requirements and

 

business drivers for securing the workstation domain in its health care environment. Your new client

 

requires compliance with HIPAA. Similarly, your firm has a U.S. government DoD client that also

 

wants you to perform a workstation domain compliance audit per DoD workstation hardening guidelines

 

and baseline requirements.

 

 

3. In your text document, discuss how the compliance law requirements and business drivers for the health care provider’s workstation domain might differ from the DoD’s workstation domain security compliance requirements.

 

 

4. Launch your Web browser and in the address box, type the Web address http://cve.mitre.org.Browse the

 

site, and then in your text document, identify the risks, threats, and vulnerabilities commonly found in

 

 

 

the workstation domain.

 

 

5. Change your Web address to http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/index.html. Review the Security Technical

 

 

 

Implementation Guides (STIGs) available and the proper implementation of security based on DoD’s

 

 

workstation/desktop hardening guidelines. In your text document, discuss three STIGs and the DoD’s

 

workstation/desktop hardening guidelines.

 

 

6. Change your Web address to http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/downloads/pdf/unclassified_Desktop

 

ApplicationsGeneral_V4R1_STIG.pdf. You will download the pdf document from the IASE/DISA website.

 

Review the Desktop Applications General Version 4, Release 1 document. In your text document,discuss

 

this document’s significant points. Then, review the following concepts from this overarching DoD

 

standards document for desktop hardening, and in your text document, discuss the significant points

 

of two of these topics:

 

 

 

a. Appropriate backup strategy does not exist

 

b. Public instant message clients are installed

 

c. Peer to Peer clients or utilities are installed

 

d. Execution Restricted File Type Properties

 

e. Open-restricted File Type Properties

 

 

7. Change your Web address to http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/os/index.html#. Review the Windows OS security

 

guidelines by clicking the +Windows tab toward the top of the page, clicking on Windows 7 and

 

Windows 2008, and then clicking on the Guidance Documents tabs. Determine which technical

 

controls are appropriate for Windows 7 and Windows 2008. Note these in your text document.

 

8. On the left side of the website, click the STIGs Master List (A to Z) link. Scroll down the list tolocate and

 

then download the following Windows OS security guideline documents/zip files:

 

a. Windows 7 STIG (you will see several Windows 7 STIG options; click the one with only a Version

 

 

 

number and a Release number after STIG)

 

 

b. Windows 2008 STIG (you will see a couple of Windows 2008 STIG options; click the one with only

 

a Version number and a Release number after STIG)

 

 

Once you’ve downloaded the Windows 7 STIG ZIP file to your desktop, double-click the ZIP file to extract

 

the Windows 7 STIG folder. Double-click the folder to open it, double-click the Windows 7 Manual

 

STIG ZIP file to extract the Windows 7 Manual STIG folder, double-click the folder to open it, and then

 

double-click the Windows 7 STIG Manual XML file to open it. Review some of the following concepts.

 

In your text document, list each of these and discuss a significant point about each:

 

 

 

a. Display Shutdown Button

 

b. Clear System Pagefile

 

c. Removable media devices

 

 

Hands-On Steps 45

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

d. Halt on Audit Failure

 

e. Security Configuration Tools

Next you will work with the Windows 2008 STIG ZIP file on your desktop. Double-click the ZIP file to

 

extract the Windows 2008 STIG folder. Double-click the folder to open it, double-click the Windows

 

2008 DC Manual STIG ZIP file to extract the Windows 2008 DC Manual STIG folder, double-click the

 

folder to open it, and then double-click the Windows 2008 DC STIG Manual XML file to open it. Review

 

 

 

some of the following concepts and vulnerabilities for configuring and hardening Windows 2008

 

 

Domain Controllers. In your text document, list each of these and discuss a significant point about

 

 

 

each:

 

a. System Recovery Backups

 

b. Caching of Logon Credentials

 

c. Dormant Accounts

 

d. Recycle Bin Configuration

 

e. Password Uniqueness

 

f. Printer Share Permissions

 

 

9. Change your Web address back to http://cve.mitre.org/. Review the National Cyber Security Division

 

 

 

of the U.S. Homeland Security Department’s CVE listing hosted by the Mitre Corporation. To access

 

 

the CVE listing, click CVE List in the left-hand column to reach the CVE List Main Page. In your text

 

document, discuss how workstation domain OS and application software vulnerabilities are housed

 

in the CVE listing. Next, click the National Vulnerability Database link on the CVE homepage or CVE List

 

Main Page. In your text document, discuss how vulnerabilities are housed in the National Vulnerability

 

Database. Discuss how this is both a security control tool and an attack tool used by hackers.

 

10. Write an executive summary to summarize the top workstation domain risks, threats, and vulnerabilities and include a description of the risk mitigation tactics you would perform to audit the

 

workstation domain for compliance. Use the U.S. DoD workstation hardening guidelines as your

 

example for a baseline definition for compliance.

 

 

11. Submit the text document to your instructor as a deliverable for this lab.

 

46 Lab #6 | Auditing the Workstation Domain for Compliance

Develop a list of at least three areas of responsibility that would be required of all health care compliance officers

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OK, you know your Green Tree Hospital got one important thing right – they designated you as their compliance officer. Not only that; but word about your early good work in compliance is spreading. In fact, your hospital executive has appointed you to a committee to establish a set of uniform guidelines for the position of a compliance officer in order to standardize the position and possibly create an educational program for compliance officers on a national level.

Develop a list of at least three areas of responsibility that would be required of all health care compliance officers. Before you write anything, supplement your reading in this area by conducting an Internet search on companies currently seeking compliance officers within the health care industry. (Websites like monster.com and careerbuilder.com are helpful.) Review the responsibilities and duties of at least three different positions.

Then, for each area, define what tasks would be involved with each area of responsibility. See the example below

Area Of Responsibility Associated Tasks
Administration 1. Organize files2. Determine job responsibilities

3. Develop schedules for regulatory visits

Submit your completed assignment to the drop box below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.

Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness

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Assessment Tools Analysis

 

Purpose of this assignment is to provide the student with the opportunity to examine assessment tools that evaluate on-physical measures. Applying Watson’s Theory of Human caring integrates the mind-body-spirit dimensions. Nurses should be knowledgeable in tools to expand the abilities of nurses to assess and evaluate clients in various stages and states of health, illness, stress and life.

 

  • Prepare and submit a 1,050 – 1,400 word, APA-formatted paper, which includes:
    • A selection of three assessment tools below
    • Using the Online Library, research the selected tools
    • Describe each tool and the population for which it might be useful. State data about tool such as cost, length, and ease in using tool, for what populations it is best designed, and validity of information gained
    • Describe how this tool could enhance the assessment phase of the nursing process and impact quality of health care delivered by the nurse
  • Apply these tools to the vulnerable population described in the Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness assignment of Week Two

Assessment Tools:

Adult Life Stress Measurement

Beck Depression Inventory

Calgary Family Assessment Model

Coping Resources Inventory for Stress

Daily Hassles Scale

Derogatis Stress Profile

Dysfunctional Attitude Scale

Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale

Family Hardiness Index

Feetham Family Functioning Survey

Hassles and Uplifts Inventory

Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HLPL-II)

Health Self-Determination Index (HSDI)

Health Self-Determination Index for Children (HSDI-C)

Index of Core Spiritual Experiences

Mini-Mental State Exam

Perceived Stress Scale

Schoolager’s Coping Strategies Inventory

Social Support Questionnaire

Spiritual Involvement & Beliefs Scale

Spiritual Perspective Scale

Spiritual Well-Being Scale

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

Stress Warning Signals Inventory

Ways of Coping Questionnaire

Well Being Picture Scale

 

 

 

Assessment Tools Analysis

 

Purpose of this assignment is to provide the student with the opportunity to examine assessment tools that evaluate on-physical measures. Applying Watson’s Theory of Human caring integrates the mind-body-spirit dimensions. Nurses should be knowledgeable in tools to expand the abilities of nurses to assess and evaluate clients in various stages and states of health, illness, stress and life.

 

  • Prepare and submit a 1,050 – 1,400 word, APA-formatted paper, which includes:
    • A selection of three assessment tools below
    • Using the Online Library, research the selected tools
    • Describe each tool and the population for which it might be useful. State data about tool such as cost, length, and ease in using tool, for what populations it is best designed, and validity of information gained
    • Describe how this tool could enhance the assessment phase of the nursing process and impact quality of health care delivered by the nurse
  • Apply these tools to the vulnerable population described in the Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness assignment of Week Two