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According to the video by Simon Sinek, “Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe”, people do remarkable things because their leaders ..

Describing the HCO’s audit and compliance program to a new board member, you want to mention that it…

You are staffing a PIT studying cardiology lab costs, and one member asks if the accounting department can estimate the cost of the individual processes the lab performs. “Good idea,” you reply. “Our accounting people use activity-based costing (ABC). Even if they can only allocate cost to aggregates of similar tests, the estimates will help the PIT…”

As a fellow in a high-performing HCO, you often take time for coffee with the house officers and younger nurses. One of them comments, “Our electronic health record (EHR) is a pain. It’s too slow, too complicated.” When you reply, “Really?,” she says, “It’s hard to find critical parts of the history. I was looking for patient advocate and advance directives yesterday, and it took forever.” Which of the following should start your reply?

Reviewing the scorecards of the clinical support services (CSS) you manage, you know they have several opportunities to increase appropriate demand. Which of the following would you not recommend as a way to increase volume and cut unit cost?

As CEO, you’re concerned with some of the results on the accounting/finance (A/F) scorecard. The cost and quality scores are excellent, but A/F worker satisfaction is low, and customer (both patients and other HCO units) satisfaction is worse. You’ve arranged a meeting with the CFO. What is key the “takeaway” you want convey?

You’re staffing a PIT that is evaluating improvements to a work process. An outside vendor proposes to provide the process, meeting your quality and service specifications for a unit cost that is lower than the activity-based costing (ABC) unit cost of doing it in house. The vendor is fully qualified; there’s no reason to think it would not produce effectively on a contract at that price. A member of the PIT says, “I guess that settles it. We should accept the vendor’s proposal.” You say:

After discussing Koch’s Priority Pyramid as a tool for centering language, communication, and cognition, you are now introducing communication modality options to Caroline’s family. In the chart below, list three key defining characteristics for each communication modality that would be important for the family to understand (12 points total).Instructions:Use the table as a guide for your response (you may copy and paste the table into your answer).   Communication Modality Characteristics   1. Signed Exact English     2. Cued Speech     3. Simultaneous -Communication  4.ASL     

As a part of your overall AR plan, what should be the overall “goal” of speech reading?

Consider this person’s audiogram:  Audiogram(1).gif Using the CORE assessment model, where would you categorize the information obtained from this audiogram?