Discuss the usefulness of telehealth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Provide two examples of monitoring a patient and the reasons that telehealth reduces the cost of care and increases patient access to care.

Assume you are the information systems manager at a community clinic in the Kingdom that currently is completely paper-based. The clinic is planning to implement an EHR system. List two semi-structured interview questions that you would ask a physician or registered nurse as part of your preparation for the transition. Explain and justify why the selected questions are necessary.

Answer the following questions in paragraph format. Please make sure you provide detail answers.
1. How can government contracts help small business?

2. Compare methods to secure government contracts. Explain what methods should be used in what cases.

3. Why does government supports small businesses seeking to pursue government business?

4. Compare the standards procurement methods used in federal acquisition.

5. What are the consequences of the “commercial item” definition?

6. How can prime contractor protect his business when working with subcontractor? How can subcontractor develop business when working with a prime contractor? Is it possible to find the balance of interests?

7. Compare commercial proposal budgets with government programs one.

8. How do government contracts ensure ethics are being upheld?

Topic: Sexual assault is more likely to be perpetrated by someone known to the victim rather than a stranger

BRIEF OUTLINE
Your final paper should be the cumulative result of the efforts made throughout the semester to design a research project. Use the prior assignments and feedback to develop your final paper. Your Final Paper should be 8-12 pages long, and it should include all of the following elements:
1. Title page –
2. Abstract
• 150-200 words,
• highlight the importance of the topic,
• state research question(s) and proposed methodology
3. Introduction Section
• define the problem
• pose your research question
4. Literature Review Section –
• Review previous studies that speak to the question at hand
• identify strengths and weaknesses
5. Hypothetical Methods Section –
• Discuss your population/sampling techniques
• Discuss how you plan on measuring your IV and DV
6. Conclusion Section
• Why this research would be useful
• How might this research affect policy or practice in the field of criminology/criminal justice

Your paper should contain at least 10 citations from high quality external sources. A high quality source is one coming from peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly books, and governmental records or reports.

Discuss the benefits and consequences of infant daycare. This should be at least a 2 page (3 at most), double spaced paper (in APA format). You must use at least 2 outside research articles/sources to support your discussion.

Items to discuss:

1. What are the benefits of infant daycare? Are there benefits? Look at what current research says.

2. What could be some negative consequences of infant daycare? Are there any? Look at what current research says.

3. In addition, you may incorporate personal experiences, or ones of friends/family.

Frank Mills is a 94-year-old widower who has been in your practice for many years. He is a retired army colonel, businessman, and college teacher with many awards and mementos on his walls in his continuing care retirement home. He requires daily support from the aides and nursing staff. He has cerebrovascular disease (CVD), hyperlipidemia, prostate cancer, glaucoma, and recurring deep venous thrombophlebitis (DVT). His diffuse degenerative lumbar arthritis with spinal stenosis has progressed and contributed to chronic back ache, leg weakness, gait instability with several recent falls, and bladder atony requiring an indwelling bladder catheter. His CVD is diffuse, with a history of transient ischemic attacks, scattered small deep lacunar infarcts, and white matter disease on magnetic resonance imaging. The CVD contributes to his gait slowness and instability. He receives bicalutamide (Casodex) and leuprolide (Lupron) treatments from an oncologist, and his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has been low. He has not had a recurrence of his DVT or new transient ischemic attacks in the last couple years while on warfarin. His international normalized ratio is kept at around 2.0 and he has not suffered significant bleeds. For years his hyperlipidemia has been controlled with atorvastatin. His sight is declining significantly in spite of frequent ophthalmology consultations and adjustments of his glaucoma management. His mild chronic memory deficit has been more evident in recent months.

The nursing director notifies you that Mr. Mills is not eating as well as usual, and has lost about 5 lbs in 60 days. The fitness center director reports that he is not the usual enthusiastic exercise participant he had previously been.

1. Would you consider Mr. Mills to be frail, and if so, why?
2. List significant possible contributors to Mr. Mills’s functional and physiologic decline.
3. List key components of your multilevel plan of action to address this decline.

Mr. Mills requires careful broad-focused attention to his growing weakness, weight loss, and functional decline. His bladder catheter places him at risk for an occult bladder infection, which must be investigated. The status of his prostate cancer must be reviewed. Untoward effects of his medications on his appetite and well-being should be considered. The effectiveness of pain management, particularly the low back pain, must be reviewed. His ability to feed himself and swallow safely should be explored. His mood, never before a problem in his active life full of high achievements, should be assessed. With his declining gait and mental status, the possibility that a fall has led to an occult subdural bleed, particularly with his warfarin treatment, should be entertained. These issues are all addressed over the course of the following month, as is a thorough review of possible emerging new issues, but no new problems are unearthed. However, a mental status exam shows a significant decline from the previous year’s score, consistent with his growing need for the supportive services.

1. You are to meet with Mr. Mills and his daughter to summarize the findings of your investigation. What will be the major themes you will address?
2. What suggested care plan changes will you bring up?
3. What other team members do you need to collaborate with for the best outcomes for Mr. Mills?

The summary paper is an opportunity for the student to demonstrate how new knowledge has been learned throughout the course. This is not the normal type of summary paper, nor is it a rehash of what was covered in discussions or an outline of the readings. You are to write a summary paper of no less than seven (7) pages single-spaced and not exceeding twelve (12) single-spaced pages. Be sure to use 1 inch margins and Times New Roman or Arial font. The paper should follow Kolb’s Model of Experiential Learning. You must demonstrate that you have grasped the key concepts covered in the course and that you are able to use them and communicate them in a functional way. Due to the nature of the paper, the beginning stages of researching and writing should be postponed until at least Week 3 of the course since the paper requires an integration of all content covered in the course. A partial sample of completed Kolb’s Model papers will be provided in Moodle. The summary paper is due on the final examination date assigned by the institution on the examination schedule.
Kolb’s Model of Experiential Learning involves a four-step process:
The first step begins with the student’s concrete experience. Concrete experience (CE) includes things like reading, consulting with others, personal research or talking with other students after the course.
The second step, Reflective Observation (RO) happens as the individual “steps back” from the experience, observes it, thinks about it and reflects. Reflection may involve noticing similarities or differences, patterns or results of certain actions.
Step three, based upon the individual’s observations and reflections, the individual makes a generalization or formulates a principle, Abstract Concepts (AC) about what was observed.
Afterward the individual applies this principle or generalization Active Experimentation (AE), step four, to see if it holds true. This process leads to new concrete experience and the process begins all over again. The individual makes new observations and reflections; based on them, formulates or refines the principle and again applies this new knowledge.
Format for Writing the Summary Paper
The outline that follows illustrates the structure to be used in writing the summary paper. The paper must be computer typewritten and follow proper report writing format utilizing APA style.
I. II.
Title Page Introduction
Body of Summary Paper
A. 1st situation – Transition Paragraph
1. Concrete Experience (CE)
2. Reflective Observation (RO) 3. Abstract Concepts (AC)
4. Active Experimentation (AE)
B. 2nd situation – Transition Paragraph 1. Concrete Experience (CE)
2. Reflective Observation (RO)
3. Abstract Concepts (AC)
4. Active Experimentation (AE)
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III. IV .
C. 3rd situation – Transition Paragraph 1. Concrete Experience (CE)
2. Reflective Observation (RO)
3. Abstract Concepts (AC)
4. Active Experimentation (AE) Conclusion of Summary Paper References
Be sure to bold each heading. To help you in writing your summary paper, it may be helpful for you to ask yourself questions in each category of the model. Some of these questions include, but are not limited to the following examples:
Concrete Experience
1. What did I do in this course? When? For how long? Why?
2. How many other students were involved? What did I do to make the ideas clear? 3. What techniques, methods, processes or procedures did I use? Why?
4. What were my goals and objectives? How did they influence my approach?
5. What resources did I use or have available?
Reflective Observation
1. What were my thought processes? What were the considerations, decisions, justifications, and rationale? What relationships have I noticed?
2. What did I notice? Trends? Patterns? Differences? Similarities?
3. What was important, significant, different, and unique?
4. What worked and what did not work? 5. What can I say in retrospect?
Abstract Concepts
1. What ideas, insights have I had? Can I look at my learning experience form a broad perspective and make generalizations from it?
2. What hypotheses, rules, laws, theories, principles have I formed to explain why this is, why this happens, why this works, or does not work, why this is the same or different, why this trend pattern or relationship exists
3. Is this explanation or theory appropriate for more than one situation?
4. Would this also be true or relevant for the other persons in other situations? How can this be applied?
Active Experimentation
1. Would my knowledge be useful in other situations? How?
2. Based on this knowledge, what have I done, or what would I do?
3. Can I make predictions based on my knowledge?
4. Have I tested my ideas, concepts, or those of others that I have learned? If not, can I guess what would happen? Why?
5. How does my knowledge relevant or significant? Late papers will not be accepted except where prior permission was given by the professor due to extenuating circumstances.

Write and submit a 1 page response to the following:
Describe the Lakota people’s notion of Wakan Tanka.

1.)How does this notion compare to your own understanding of God or gods?

2.) News Report on a Native American Casino in Minnesota

Then, answer the following question to check your understanding:

Do you think that the use this tribe is making of its casino revenue is prudent? Why or why not?

This assignment is a critical evaluation of research conducted by others; it is not an opinion piece. You will need to synthesize what you have learned so far this semester (study designs, interpretation of relative risk, odds ratios, data tables, etc), information learned from other classes in your course of study (history, geography, psychology, sociology), and apply critical analysis to a journal article. At a minimum, I would recommend 10 hours of effort to receive an adequate grade. A’s for this assignment range from four to eight pages of Word document on average (depending on how succinct your writing is) before being pasted into the assessment. Be detailed, be thorough; if you paste directly from the article, you will receive a 0 for the question. This single assignment is worth 100 points and translates to 12.5% of your final grade. Both assignments combined therefore are worth 25% of your final grade and are weighted in the gradebook accordingly.

I suggest you do this assignment in a word processing document beforehand. If you highlight your selected text and press and hold the CTRL button and then the C button, it will copy. You then place the cursor in the answer box in BB. Press and hold the CTRL button and then the V button and it will copy your selected text into the answer box. Save as you go.

This article critique assessment will be completed in Blackboard. It will consist of individual questions (how you see online test questions) composed of short answer and essay blocks. The following questions are provided so that you may prepare in advance. These are the exact questions you will be asked to answer:

Reference for the Article (2 points)
1. Short answer, (APA format, 5th edition or newer; it is understood you will not be able to italicize)

Section: How did the researchers collect their data? (60 points total)
2. What was/were the objective(s) of the study? (4 points)
— paragraph; be specific and thorough

3. Why was the study conducted? (6 points) – one to two paragraphs; be specific and thorough
Why/how is this study different? What did the researchers do that is new? Why?

4. What was the primary exposure(s) of interest? (4 points)
– short answer, < 160 characters

5. What were the primary outcome(s) of interest? (4 points)
– short answer, < 160 characters

6. What type of study is this? What is the definition of this kind of study? (4 points)
– short answer and a definition; be specific.

7. Describe the source of this study population. (4 points) –paragraph; be specific and thorough
Where/how did the researchers find the study participants?

8. Describe the selection process for this study population. (6 points) – one to two paragraphs
How did researchers obtain their final study/sample population? What was the process?

9. Describe the sample size for this study. (2 points) – numerical value

10. Describe and define the types of selection bias both present and potentially present in this study. (10 points) – several bulleted paragraphs; use your text and the YES Observational Studies and Bias lab exercise to discuss the five specific types of selection bias.
Be thorough and specific and discuss the five types of selection bias possible, even if the researchers did not address them. This is where you will apply critical analysis to bias.

11. Describe and define the types of information bias present and potentially present in this study. (10 points) – several bulleted paragraphs; Use your text and the YES Observational Studies and Bias lab exercise to discuss the four specific types of information bias.
— Be thorough, specific, and discuss the four types of selection bias possible, even if the researchers did not address them. This is where you will apply critical analysis to bias.

12. List/describe confounding variables researchers controlled for in the study. What did the researchers fail to control for? (6 points) – several paragraphs or one long well-structured essay
If you do not understand confounding, go research it. What did the researchers control for? What did they fail to control for that are of concern in relation to their conclusions (think outside the box here, think about the population under study: country, culture, socio-economic status, etc.)?

Section: Analysis of Data (5 points total)
13. During the statistical analysis, what measures of association were used? (5 points)
–short answer, < 160 characters
What statistical measures did the researchers use? Be specific and thorough

Section: Interpretation of Data (33 points)
14. Give the major results, both text and from tables. (5 points) – bullet points or paragraphs
You must show evidence that you have critically evaluated the researchers’ results
Do not cut and paste or you will receive a zero for this question

15. How was the interpretation affected by selection bias, information bias, and confounding?
(10 points) – three paragraphs
You identified the types of bias in this article earlier. How did these biases influence the researchers’ interpretation of the results and the conclusions? How did uncontrolled confounders alter the study results and conclusions?

16. How could the interpretation of study results be affected by misclassification? (5 points)
— one to two paragraphs
What is misclassification? How does it occur? How could misclassification occur in this study and how does that affect or potentially affect the study conclusions?

17. What were the limitations of the study? Were adequately addressed? Why or why not?
(4 points) – one to two paragraphs
What did the researchers report as limitations to their study? What did they compare their study to?

18. Are the conclusions justified by the findings? Why or why not? (4 points)
— one to two paragraphs

19. Does this study have external validity? Who can the study be generalized to? (5 points) –one to two paragraphs; be specific and thorough

Obesity rates in the US have reached epidemic proportions

This assignment requires a comprehensive application of the elements of critical reasoning that we are studying in this course. The main objective is for you to follow the systematic critical reasoning process to thoroughly document all relevant information in analyzing and making an argument.

1.Briefly define the claim and its counter argument.
2. Who are some of the people and sources making the claim?
3. What are the interested parties for this claim?
4. What types of information has been transmitted about this claim?
5. Does the claim conflict with your personal observations and background information?
6. What rhetoric and fallacies are used with respect to this claim?
7. Are there any scientific findings about this claim?
8. What are the best ways to assess the probabilities of this claim?
9. What are your conclusions about your claim?