Competition In Health Care

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Competition in Health Care

One of the trends marking the continuing transformation of the U.S. health care industry is the dramatic increase in the pace of competition.  The heightened competition is taking place among hospitals, among health plans, among physician groups, among drug companies, between physicians and hospitals, and between hospitals and health plans.

Prepare a three- to five-page paper that includes the following:

  • Description of the different forms of competition that take place in health care amongst the various types of health care organizations.
  • Evaluation of the benefits and pitfalls of competition in health care and suggest alternatives if competition were not the prime drivers of operations in the U.S. health care system.
  • Explanation of the essence of successful competition and the use of competitive intelligence.
  • Description of the influence competition has on the services offered by health care organizations and the choices patients have.

Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources that were published within the last five years. One source must be obtained from the Ashford Library and focus on competition health care.  All sources must be documented in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

What thalamic sub-region is responsible for organizing temporally coherent spiking activity among thalamic neurons? LGN?

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What thalamic sub-region is responsible for organizing temporally coherent spiking activity among thalamic neurons? LGN?

What brain region provides the source of depolarization to thalamic neurons that triggers a series of spindles or slow-waves within non-REM sleep?

 

Cortical EEG is a powerful tool used to define sleep/wake states, yet the primary driver of the changes in cortical EEG across sleep/wake states is the changes in properties of neurons in the thalamus.  Discuss the changes in membrane potential of thalamic neurons that accompany the waking state, non-REM stage 2 sleep, and non-REM stage 3/4 sleep.  Name two determinants of the change in membrane potential.  Discuss the action potential firing patterns associated with depolarization of thalamic neurons from these different resting membrane potentials.  (answer about ½ a page)

Assignment 2: Impression Management

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Assignment 2: Impression Management

Impression management is something that we all employ from time to time to achieve certain goals in our life. Sometimes we want to appear likable, other times we want to appear competent, and yet other times we desire to gain control or power over a situation, all of which can yield positive outcomes. Yet at other times we self-handicap in order to appear like we have not been incompetent or failed, which we often perceive as a positive outcome because we have protected the way others see us (or at least we feel we have).

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In what situation are you most likely to use impression management? What situation are you most likely not going to work to use impression management? What is the typical difference between these two situations?

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Provide an example of when you used impression management successfully. What was the outcome and why?

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Now provide an example in which you attempted to use impression management and it failed. Why did it fail, and what was that outcome?

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In this last situation would the outcome have felt better if you had used a self-handicapping strategy? What type of self-handicapping strategy could you have used? Finally, what are the dangers of turning to this kind of strategy on a regular basis?

Submit your response to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropboxby Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Your combined response should be at least two pages (500 words) long.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points
Discussed a situation in which impression management would most likely be used and a situation in which it would most likely not be used. Discussed the differences between these two situations. 20
Provided an example of when impression management successfully was used along with what the outcome was and why. 20
Provided an example of when impression management was used and it failed. Discussed why it failed and what the outcome was.

20
In the last situation discussed whether the outcome would have felt better if a self-handicapping strategy was used and what kind of strategy could have been used. Also discussed what the dangers of turning to this kind of strategy on a regular basis are. 20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

20

Total:

PSY400 Altruism In Society Campaign And Presentation/Altruism In Society Campaign Paper

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Learning Team

Altruism in Society Campaign and Presentation • Altruism in Society Campaign Paper (due Week Five) (One submission per team!)

o Identify a social issue (e.g., domestic violence, child abuse, homelessness, ethics in business, international human rights violations) as the basis for this assignment. Be sure to obtain instructor approval of your selected issue prior to beginning this project.

o Prepare at minimum a 1,750 word paper (no maximum) persuasive campaign for an intervention strategy that addresses your selected issue. In your campaign, be sure to include the following items:

? Discuss the nature and history of your selected issue.

? Examine the impact that the issue has on society.

? (My part) Select at least two elements of persuasion to be utilized in your campaign. Justify the use of these persuasive elements by connecting them to the various motivations of altruistic behavior as identified in social exchange theory. (APPROXIMATELY 300-400 WORDS)

ADD: 3 PP SLIDES WITH NOTES ON MY TOPIC

? Discuss the implications of your strategy in terms of intervention and prevention.

? In essence, the paper should address “Why should we care about this issue?” and “How can we get other people to care about this issue?” You need to advocate and use elements of social psychology to get others to care about this issue in your paper.

o Any assignment that has more than 15% of the paper quoted (properly or improperly) will be subject to a point deduction or discipline action in the case of intentional plagiarism. You may run your paper through the UoPX Plagiarism Detector to ensure compliance.

o The project leader will submit the final paper in his or her Assignments section by the deadline.

o Be sure that you view the rubric for a more thorough discussion of paper requirements.

As this is an upper division psychology class, the proper use of APA formatting will be required and will be a graded focus on all papers within this course. Please be sure to submit the certificate of originality in a SEPARATE file with every assignment. See course for more details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Altruism in Society Campaign Presentation (due Week Five)

o Have the project leader submit for the group a 10 to 12 slide (minimum) Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with presenter notes to the Assignments section.

o The presenter notes should not be the paper rehashed. It should be its own individual set of writings. It should speak with a present voice and be passionate. The paper should be formal, and the presentation should be informal.

o The presentation should get people to care about your topic and discuss theoretical models to get other people to care about your topic.

Learning Team

Altruism in Society Campaign and Presentation • Altruism in Society Campaign Paper (due Week Five) (One submission per team!)

o Identify a social issue (e.g., domestic violence, child abuse, homelessness, ethics in business, international human rights violations) as the basis for this assignment. Be sure to obtain instructor approval of your selected issue prior to beginning this project.

o Prepare at minimum a 1,750 word paper (no maximum) persuasive campaign for an intervention strategy that addresses your selected issue. In your campaign, be sure to include the following items:

 Discuss the nature and history of your selected issue.

 Examine the impact that the issue has on society.

 Select at least two elements of persuasion to be utilized in your campaign. Justify the use of these persuasive elements by connecting them to the various motivations of altruistic behavior as identified in social exchange theory.

 Discuss the implications of your strategy in terms of intervention and prevention.

 In essence, the paper should address “Why should we care about this issue?” and “How can we get other people to care about this issue?” You need to advocate and use elements of social psychology to get others to care about this issue in your paper.

o Any assignment that has more than 15% of the paper quoted (properly or improperly) will be subject to a point deduction or discipline action in the case of intentional plagiarism. You may run your paper through the UoPX Plagiarism Detector to ensure compliance.

o The project leader will submit the final paper in his or her Assignments section by the deadline.

o Be sure that you view the rubric for a more thorough discussion of paper requirements.

As this is an upper division psychology class, the proper use of APA formatting will be required and will be a graded focus on all papers within this course. Please be sure to submit the certificate of originality in a SEPARATE file with every assignment. See course for more details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Altruism in Society Campaign Presentation (due Week Five)

o Have the project leader submit for the group a 10 to 12 slide (minimum) Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with presenter notes to the Assignments section.

o The presenter notes should not be the paper rehashed. It should be its own individual set of writings. It should speak with a present voice and be passionate. The paper should be formal, and the presentation should be informal.

o The presentation should get people to care about your topic and discuss theoretical models to get other people to care about your topic.

o Be sure that you view the rubric for a more thorough discussion of PowerPoint requirements.