Determine how these groups could work collaboratively to effectively manage this emergency. Imagine a life threatening event or a natural disaster in your community such as a severe weather event, terrorist attack, or other type of public health emergency.

Medical Group Practices and Public Health”

Imagine a life threatening event or a natural disaster in your community such as a severe weather event, terrorist attack, or other type of public health emergency. Propose an overall strategy that medical providers and public health agencies should include in the response plan that combines the efforts of both groups. Determine how these groups could work collaboratively to effectively manage this emergency. Imagine a life threatening event or a natural disaster in your community such as a severe weather event, terrorist attack, or other type of public health emergency. Propose an overall strategy that medical providers and public health agencies should include in the response plan that combines the efforts of both groups. Determine how these groups could work collaboratively to effectively manage this emergency.

Medical Group Practices and Public Health

Medical Group Practices and Public Health”

Imagine a life threatening event or a natural disaster in your community such as a severe weather event, terrorist attack, or other type of public health emergency. Propose an overall strategy that medical providers and public health agencies should include in the response plan that combines the efforts of both groups. Determine how these groups could work collaboratively to effectively manage this emergency. Imagine a life threatening event or a natural disaster in your community such as a severe weather event, terrorist attack, or other type of public health emergency. Propose an overall strategy that medical providers and public health agencies should include in the response plan that combines the efforts of both groups. Determine how these groups could work collaboratively to effectively manage this emergency.

Reflect on the five qualities outlined by Rogers. How would addressing each of those areas improve the likelihood of success?

As a nurse, you can have a great impact on the success or failure of the adoption of EHRs. It is important for nurses to understand their role as change agents and the ways they can influence others when addressing the challenges of changing to a drastically different way of doing things. Everett Rogers, a pioneer in the field of the diffusion of innovations, identified five qualities that determine individual attitudes towards adopting new technology (2003). He theorized that individuals are concerned with:

1. Relative advantage: The individual adopting the new innovation must see how it will be an improvement over the old way of doing things. 2. Compatibility with existing values and practices: The adopter must understand how the new innovation aligns with current practices. 3. Simplicity: The adopter must believe he or she can easily master the new technology; the more difficult learning the new system appears, the greater the resistance that will occur. 4. Trialability: The adopter should have the opportunity to “play around’ with the new technology and explore its capabilities. 5. Observable results: The adopter must have evidence that the proposed innovation has been successful in other situations.

For this Assignment, you assume the role of a nurse facilitator in a small hospital in upstate New York. You have been part of a team preparing for the implementation of a new electronic health records system. Decisions as to the program that will be used have been finalized, and you are now tasked with preparing the nurses for the new system. There has been an undercurrent of resistance expressed by nurses, and you must respond to their concerns. You have a meeting scheduled with the nurses 1 week prior to the training on the new EHR system. Consider how you can use the five qualities outlined by Rogers (2003) to assist in preparing the nurses for the upcoming implementation.

To prepare:

1. Review the Learning Resources this week about successful implementations of EHRs. 2. Consider how you would present the new EHR system to the nurses to win their approval. 3. Reflect on the five qualities outlined by Rogers. How would addressing each of those areas improve the likelihood of success?

Write a 3- to 5-page paper which includes the following:

A. Using Rogers’ (2003) theory as a foundation, outline how you would approach the meeting with the nurses. Be specific as to the types of information or activities you could provide to address each area and include how you would respond to resistance. B. Analyze the role of nurses as change agents in facilitating the adoption of new technology.

Describe the background briefly, give an overview of the kinds of products and services the company provides and describe two current marketing strategies the company is using to attract more customers.

Introduction of the company (1a, 1b, 1c) – Describe the background briefly, give an overview of the kinds of products and services the company provides and describe two current marketing strategies the company is using to attract more customers.
Part 2 – New Product / Service for the Global Market in Future (650 words)
2a. R & D process – you may describe how is the company doing their research, what do they want to achieve in their R&D efforts, how much investment they are putting into that, where they are carrying out their experiments / testings, what results are they getting from their R&D, who is doing their R&D (is it their internal researchers or do they engage third-party researchers) and so on.
2b. Futuristic technology – You need to describe the features of the product and describe the technology involved. You can compare it with previous technology and explain how this technology is “futuristic” or different.
Extension of 2a. Two advantages of the new product /service (please take note that I’m shifting this portion after 2b) – in this section, you will focus on the advantages of the product for users/consumers.
2c. – research and write on one challenge the company is facing when developing the product. It could be any challenge in the R&D process, in production, in quality control, in sourcing for materials, in evaluating the features, etc. You can write about ANY challenge as long as it is related to the development of the new product.
2d. – cultural factors that affect consumer behaviours and their buying decisions – give examples of how the company has adapted to the foreign country’s culture (language, beliefs and values, social status, demographics/ age groups, buying power, perceived value of goods, etc)
Part 3 – Contributing to the Environment (600 words)
3a. two reasons why protecting the earth is important for this company – you may prove how much environmental damage this company could possibly cause if they did not protect the environment. You could also talk about how customers are more environmentally-conscious and demand for eco-friendly products these days.
3b. Research on how the company is attempting to reduce pollution (what type of pollution and how). Also describe ways they are protecting the health of their customers with relations to their product / service.
3c. What natural resources are they currently using? How can they reduce and what alternative resources can they use? Alternative resources may be renewable energy sources or biodegradable materials for their products.
3d. 3Rs – Based on your research, write about the ways the company is already doing the 3Rs. If you cannot find information on that, you can suggest how this company can do the 3Rs and back up with research on how that would contribute to saving the environment.
Part 4 – Conclusion
4a. A short write up on the highlights of your research in part 2 and 3.
4b. Describe how this company will benefit from having this new product. For instance, how will the futuristic technology attract more customers / increase the company’s market share / help create brand awareness?