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CIO or Clinical Informaticist

 
Potential Interview Questions for the CIO or Clinical Informaticist
attached is a list of potential questions for your CIO interview. Select 5 or 6 questions from this list for your interview. Select questions that interest you and are pertinent to the position of the person you are interviewing.
Role of the Individual You Are Interviewing
· What are the three most important responsibilities of your position?
· What are your day-to-day responsibilities?
· What challenges do you face in meeting your responsibilities?
· What do you feel are essential skills and qualities that a CIO must possess?
· What preparation and degrees does an individual need to be successful in your position?
· How did you decide to focus on a career in IT?
· How long have you been in your position and have the priorities of the position changed over time?
· What area interests you most: application, data or infrastructure ?
· What are the most important projects that you and your team are planning or working on now?
· How do you keep your staff current when technology is constantly changing?
· How do you motivate your staff in meeting the IT priorities?
Technology/Decision making/Implementation
· How does the strategic plan for IT fit into the organization’s overall strategic plan? Was IT involved in developing the organization’s strategic plan?
· What are your top three priority projects?
· How do you measure the value of IT performance in the system?
· What are your biggest challenges in moving toward a completely electronic record?
· How close is the organization to becoming a fully electronic clinical environment?
· What are your plans for future enhancements of current systems or implementation of new systems?
· What are the top three obstacles/hurdles in implementing a new technology in your institution?
· What approach do you take when implementing a new technology? Do you implement system-wide or in pilot areas?
· What unexpected issues have you encountered when implementing a new system?
· They say hindsight is 20/20…. is there anything you would have executed differently or not at all?
· How do you maintain an EHR over time? What needs to be accomplished during a “down time”?
Financial
· What percentage of the organization’s budget is dedicated for IT, what does it include (equipment, training), and is it sufficient?
· What percentage of your current IT spending is for maintenance versus growth and transformation activities?
· How do you go about making cost decisions related to technology?
· How large is your staff? How are they trained?
· Has the current economy had an effect on your department?
· Is your organization participating in Meaningful Use and why or why not? (Hospitals and ambulatory practices only)
· Will your organization be able to meet the Meaningful Use 2015 requirements?
Safety/Security
· What measures are taken to keep patient information safe, secure and intact? Who is responsible for this task?
· Have you seen an increase in requests for electronic evidence in recent years?
· How is disaster planning accomplished?
· What are the biggest security threats and HIPAA breaches you face and how do you handle them?
· How do you deactivate an employee’s access?
· How do you track unauthorized users?
· How do you dispose of outdated equipment?
Patient Focus
· Do your patients have electronic access to their medical records?
· From your perspective, what impact does an electronic health record have on patient care?
· Will technology be used for patient education?
· Will social media be used to reach out to patients? What is the appropriate use of social media in relation to healthcare?
Clinician Involvement in IT
· What is the role of the nursing administrator and frontline nurses in creating and implementing new technologies?
· How do you include clinicians, i.e. nurses, physicians and others, when making decisions about changes or upgrades to your current system?
· What expanded opportunities do you personally see for nursing in technology?
· How do you maintain contact and communication with clinical department heads?
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“The Whole Truth” Ch. 6 Case study

3 page case study

“The Whole Truth” Ch. 6 Case study – Page 233
 
 
**Your paper should have 2-3 (full) pages of content, not including the required cover sheet, a reference page (for citations regarding the organization and course concepts), and an appendix page (for tables and figures, if necessary). An introduction and conclusion should be included.  Spacing should be 1 and ½.
TEXTBOOKS:
Griffin, R and Moorhead G. (2017). Organizational Behavior – Managing People and Organizations, (12th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Ritti, R and Levy, S (2009). The Ropes to Skip and the Ropes to Know: Studies in Organizational Theory and Behavior. (8th ed.). Wiley.* ISBN-13: 978-0470169674
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Data communications systems

Research
Data communications systems that can be use in airports, such as Cisco’s IP Communication.
Assignment
Prepare a 1 to 2-page paper that discusses how this type of system can be used to and the benefits to the entity that has the system installed.
• 500-word minimum, not including Reference or Cover Page
• Current APA format
• Double Spaced
• Minimum of 2 references (e.g., scholarly, peer-reviewed, from reputable sources), in the Reference section at the end of the paper.

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competitive market analysis

Purpose of Assignment
Students will develop cost curves on which firm behavior is based and will utilize these cost curves to determine the behavior of their chosen organization in the market served. Using the concept of comparative advantage, students analyze trade opportunities and use the model of supply and demand to explain factors that could affect demand, supply and prices. Students will determine various factors that could affect their organization’s total revenue and will recommend actions the firm could use to maximize their profit and their presence in the market served.
Assignment Steps
Scenario: You have been given the responsibility of working with your organization’s CEO to do a competitive market analysis of the potential success of one of their existing products.
Research an organization and a product produced by that organization in which an analysis can be conducted.
Write a 1,750-word analysis of the current market conditions facing your product, making sure you address the following topics:

  • Define the type of market in which your selected product will compete, along with an analysis of competitors and customers.
  • Analyze any comparative advantages and international trade opportunities.
  • Explain the factors that will affect demand, supply, and prices of that product.
  • Examine factors that will affect Total Revenue, including but not limited to:
    • Price elasticity of demand
    • Factors that influence productivity
    • Various measures of costs, including opportunity costs
    • Externalities and government public policy and their effect on marginal revenue and marginal cost
  • Recommend how your organization can maximize their profit-making potential and increase their presence within the market served by the product.

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources from the University Library.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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internet and network security

internet and network security

You are a security specialist and have been asked to provide a presentation to the CSU Medical Center. Your audience consists of medical receptionists, doctors, and finance personnel. Summarize the concepts of the threat triad and C-I-A triad on how patient information is handled by the different jobs within the medical facility. Hint: Does the receptionist need billing information, or the finance department need patient prognosis, or do doctors need patient addresses? Explain who needs what information and how C-I-A helps protect that information.
Your completed PowerPoint presentation should be 8 to 10 slides in length. This does not include your title and reference slides. Use bullet points for your text, add additional information in your notes section of the slides, and include a minimum of four graphics or pictures. Include at least two sources in your assignment. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and be cited per APA guidelines. Make sure you format your presentation according to
APA style
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Organized Crime Groups and Politics

Organized Crime Groups and Politics
In most nations is a common knowledge that criminal organization usually thrive well due to their connection with the politic of those nations. In most occasions, the organized crimes usually, control the elections and favor certain politician by either supporting their campaigns or just having a lead on them so that they are able to benefit after the election through getting an allocation of procurement contracts or public works as well as reducing law enforcement on their side. Most of the organized crime groups be it in the United States of America or in other countries usually use pre-electoral violence to achieve two major objectives; one is to use the violence to disrupt the parties that are against the organized crime group and secondly to affect the behavior of the elected politicians once they are in office (Woodiwiss, 2001).
In the USA and in other nation organized crime comes in many ways but the mafia is the most organized group that has been seen in many other countries. Though the mafia has got their root in Italy it is one of the groups that benefited from the political association. In America and in the other nation this groups get themselves into politic through preelection violence as well as financing the politician during the campaign, They practically make deal with the politician who is getting into office so that after the election they are to be rewarded through loyalty as well as having them favored by the laws that are made. In most of the nation most, the laws usually turn a blind eye to this organized crimes groups since they have a personal investment in our political leaders. This has led to so much political corruption in the United States as well as other countries (Alesina, Piccolo, & Pinotti, 2016).
In the United States there is a strong association between organized crime and the United State’s politicians since time immemorial there have been activities that indicate a relationship between organized crime groups and the American politician especially the mafia. This has led to several legislations but still, not all is done away with.
Most of the politician gets influence by the organized crimes group since the groups offer them a lot of money for campaigns, the groups protect their illicit businesses and at the same time the groups offer them protection from their rivals and opponent and this makes them indebted (Woodiwiss, 2001).
Conducting the research on how organised crimes affect the politician will help in identifying the best mean of dealing with the organized crimes groups since we will have a better understand on how the relationship works.
References
Alesina, A., Piccolo, S., & Pinotti, P. (2016). Organized crime, violence, and politics (No. w22093). National Bureau of Economic Research.
Woodiwiss, M. (2001). Organized crime and American power: A history. University of Toronto Press.
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