Merlin Needs a Magcian

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Case Study – Merlin Needs a Magician

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Case Study – Merlin Needs a Magician

Directions:

 

  1. Read the following case study: Merlin Metalworks
  2. Think about the facts of the case and answer the following questions:
    • For each of the four situations noted, what organizational concepts apply? Identify the concept, explain the related problem, and identify how it influenced decisions in this case.
    • As an adviser to President Ashley Korenblat, how would you resolve each problem?
  3. Use a Word document to formulate your answers. Submit your document as an rtf file using the Assignment link.

 

Grading:

 

This assignment is worth 20 points toward your course grade. I will grade all of your case study assignments on the basis of how well you fulfill the assigned questions, how well you show that you understand the chapter terms and ideas, and when possible, your consideration of additional perspectives. Refer to the following table to understand how your case study assignment will be graded:

 

Required Response

  • Completed all tasks, answered all questions
  • Wrote substantive responses of 1 or 2 paragraphs (6 – 8 sentences) for each question
 12 points

Use of Terms and Ideas Learned; Consideration of different perspectives

  • Used terms and ideas from readings correctly to clarify, explain, or support an argument
  • When possible, used additional sources to discuss other perspectives related to issue
  • When possible, used knowledge from personal experience to further support statements
 8 points

 

for professor 2013 only

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Introduction to Criminology

Strategy Paper

Instructions

 

Politicians want to show that they have made progress in addressing certain problems while in office, and the crime problem is no exception. The president of the United States has appointed you to lead a crime task force. Your mission is to design a strategy to address two crime problems:

 

the most difficult crime problem to address

the easiest crime problem to address

The president wants to show his effectiveness by solving at least one crime problem, hence, his interest in solving the easiest crime problem. The president believes that this will increase perceptions of his success in office. At the same time, the president recognizes that the most difficult crime problems to solve are often the most serious, and wants to communicate his commitment to trying to address these problems as well, hence, his interest in developing a plan to deal with the most difficult crime problem, a plan that the president can describe to the American people as part of an ongoing effort.

 

You will write a report in which you present your recommendations to the president. Consult your textbook index for a list of crime types, (chapters 52-70). Think about the information on the different crimes and select one crime that you believe is the most difficult to address and one crime that you believe is the easiest. Your report should consist of the following elements:

 

Introduction (Introduce the topic and mission of the report.)

 

Crime #1 (Describe the characteristics of the crime you believe to be the most difficult to address: prevalence, trends, costs, etc. Be specific in presenting information on this crime.)

 

Plan to Address Crime #1 (Describe the plan you are presenting to the president to address this particular crime problem. Again, be specific in describing the steps that will be taken (who will do what, for how long, with what resources).

 

Crime #2 (Describe the characteristics of the crime you believe to be the easiest to address: prevalence, trends, costs, etc. Be specific in presenting information on this crime.)

 

Plan to Address Crime #2 (Describe the plan you are presenting to the president to address this particular crime problem. Again, be specific in describing the steps that will be taken (who will do what, for how long, with what resources).

 

Conclusion (Summarize what you have presented in the body of the report.)

 

The sources you use for this assignment should include the textbook, and two peer-reviewed journal articles from Project 1. Significant amounts of information from the peer-reviewed journal articles and textbook sources from Project 1 should be incorporated into your paper.

 

In addition to presenting information from your sources, demonstrate your critical thinking skills in applying the course material and the information from the peer-reviewed journal articles to your plans to address the two crimes you selected.

 

Format Requirements

 

Each of the above elements should be preceded by a subtitle (Introduction, Crime #1, Plan to Address Crime #1, etc.). This makes it easy for the reader to keep track of where he or she is in the report.

 

· Paper should be a minimum of 1,000 words or about four pages

 

· Double space

 

· 12 pt. font

 

· 1” margins

 

· Use APA citations for all sources

 

· Include APA reference page (not included in word count)

 

Note: Use the automatic word count feature in your word processor to make sure that you meet the minimum 1,000-word requirement.

Creating a Flowchart

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Application: Creating a Flowchart

Workflow analysis aims to determine workflow patterns that maximize the effective use of resources and minimize activities that do not add value. There are a variety of tools that can be used to analyze the workflow of processes and clarify potential avenues for eliminating waste. Flowcharts are a basic and commonly used workflow analysis method that can help highlight areas in need of streamlining.

In this Assignment, you select a common event that occurs regularly in your organization and create a flowchart representing the workflow. You analyze the process you have diagrammed and propose changes for improvement.

To prepare:

·         Identify a common, simple event that frequently occurs in your organization that you would like to evaluate.

·         Consider how you would design a flowchart to represent the current workflow.

·         Consider what metrics you would use to determine the effectiveness of the current workflow and identify areas of waste.

To complete:

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

·         Create a simple flowchart of the activity you selected. (Review the Sample Workflow of Answering a Telephone in an Office document found in this week’s Learning Resources for an example.)

·         Next, in your paper:

o    Explain the process you have diagrammed.

o    For each step or decision point in the process, identify the following:

§  Who does this step? (It can be several people.)

§  What technology is used?

§  What policies and rules are involved in determining how, when, why, or where the step is executed?

§  What information is needed for the execution of this step?

o    Describe the metric that is currently used to measure the soundness of the workflow. Is it effective?

o    Describe any areas where improvements could occur and propose changes that could bring about these improvements in the workflow.

o    Summarize why it is important to be aware of the flow of an activity.

   Remember to include a cover page, introduction, and summary for your paper.

*Please follow the outline on the first uploaded file. Thank you.

*Reminder: Please use article/references/citation between the period of 2011-2016. Use APA format. Thank you.

 

Readings

·         McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2012). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge(Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.

o    Chapter 16, “Nursing Informatics: Improving Workflow and Meaningful Use”

This chapter reviews the reasons for conducting workflow analysis and design. The author explains specific workflow analysis and redesign techniques.

   Huser, V., Rasmussen, L. V., Oberg, R., & Starren, J. B. (2011). Implementation of workflow engine technology to deliver basic clinical decision support functionality. BMC Medical Research Methodology,11(1), 43–61. 

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. 

In this article, the authors describe an implementation of workflow engine technology to support clinical decision making. The article describes some of the pitfalls of implementation, along with successful and future elements.

   Koppel, R., & Kreda, D. A. (2010). Healthcare IT usability and suitability for clinical needs: Challenges of design, workflow, and contractual relations. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 157, 7–14. 

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. 

This article points to many health information technology designs and workflow decisions that limit their value and usage. The authors also examine the structure of the conceptual relationships between HIT vendors and the clinical facilities that purchase HIT.

   U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.b). Workflow assessment for health IT toolkit.  Retrieved, June 18, 2012, fromhttp://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/community/health_it_tools_and_resources/919/workflow_assessment_for_health_it_toolkit/27865

This article supplies a toolkit on the planning, design, implementation, and use of health information technology. The sections of the website provide a definition of workflow, examples of workflow tools, related anecdotes, and research.

   Document: Sample Workflow of Answering a Telephone in an Office (Word document)

Note: You will use this document to complete this week’s Assignment.

Media

·         Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012f). System design and workflow. Baltimore, MD: Author. 

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes.

This video provides an overview of how workflow modeling can be used in a health care setting to target areas for revising current practices and procedures. The video also shows how technology and informatics can be used to improve workflow efficiency and increase the quality of care.

Accessible player –Downloads–Download Video w/CCDownload AudioDownload Transcript

Week 7 discussion Addressing Barriers to Effective Communication

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Addressing Barriers to Effective Communication

From moment to moment, a nurse leader’s day involves communication—with patients, families, colleagues, supervisors, and so on.

Think of a particular day you spent working in a health care environment, and consider three or four distinct points in time. For each point of time, consider the following: With whom did you interact? Which forms of communication did you use? What issues were communicated about—did they seem to be light-hearted or sensitive? Straightforward or complicated? How would you describe the pace of the interactions and your work?

As you consider these questions, it becomes clear that communication can be quite complex, with many layers of meaning that shape the experience for everyone involved. How could this awareness help you to understand instances of ineffective communication when they arise?

To prepare:

·        Review the information in Chapter 19 of the course text, as well as the assigned articles.

·        Reflect on an incident involving ineffective communication within your organization or another health care setting. Consider this incident through the lens of the communication process outlined in Figure 19.1 of the course text (p. 439).

·        What barriers contributed to this incident? What other challenges may have influenced this situation?

·        Using the information presented in the other Learning Resources, consider what could have been done to prevent or address the ineffective communication. Why do you think the use of these strategies would have resulted in better outcome(s)?

On the Week 7 Discussion Board, post 3 

1.      a summary of an incident involving ineffective communication.

2.      Describe communication barriers and other challenges that contributed to the incident.

3.      Propose one or more strategies that could have been employed to promote a better outcome.

4.      Be sure to refer to elements of the communication process.

 

 Course readings

Readings

·        Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

o   Review Chapter 19, “Organizational, Interpersonal, and Group Communication”

·        Gifu, D., Dima, I. C., & Teodorescu, M. (2014). New communication approaches vs. traditional communication. International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, (20), 46-55. 
Retrieved from Walden Library Databases.

The study highlights some communication instances of actual approach of human society evolution in contrast with traditional communication.

·        Johansson, C., Miller, V. D., Hamrin, S. (2014) Conceptualizing communicative leadership: A framework for analyzing and developing leaders’ communication competence, Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 19 (2), 147 – 165. 
Retrieved from Walden Library Databases.

Excerpt from Abstract: Four central communicative behaviors of leaders (i.e. structuring, facilitating, relating, and representing), eight principles of communicative leadership, and a tentative definition are presented. A communicative leader is defined as someone who engages employees in dialogue, actively shares and seeks feedback, practices participative decision making, and is perceived as open and involved.

·        Manojlovich, M., Harrod, M., Holtz, B., Hofer, T., Kuhn, L., & Krein, S. L. (2015). The Use of Multiple Qualitative Methods to Characterize Communication Events Between Physicians and Nurses. Health communication, 30(1), 61-69. 
Retrieved from Walden Library Databases.

The purpose of this study was to develop a methodology for identifying and characterizing communication events between physicians and nurses to better understand communication patterns on general medical–surgical units. 

·        Seyranian, V. (2014). Social Identity Framing communication strategies for mobilizing social change. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(3), 468-486. 
Retrieved from Walden Library Databases.

Except from Abstract: Social identity framing delineates a set of communication tactics that leaders may use to harness follower support for a vision of social change.  Results showed that participants exposed to inclusive language were more likely to indicate that renewable energy was in-group normative; intend to engage in collective action to bring renewable energy to campus; experience positive emotions and confidence about change; and to view the leader more positively. The combination of inclusive language and positive social identity increased ratings of leader charisma.

·        Van Keer, R. V., Deschepper, R. D., Huyghens, L. H., Distelmans, W. D., & Bilsen, J. B. (2014). Dealing with cultural diversity during the process of communication and decision-making in the ICU: a literature review. Critical Care, 18(Suppl 1), P24. doi:10.1186/cc13214 
Retrieved from Walden Library Databases.

Excerpt from Abstract: The aim of this study is to review the experiences of the involved actors, namely the care providers, the patients and their family members, with cultural diversity during the process of communication and decision-making in the ICU.

 

 

 

Rates in the Health Industry

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Instructions:

 

Select two entities (such as two hospitals or two countries). Using credible published data, identify the crude death rate, infant mortality rate and the incidence rate from an infectious disease that is common to both entities. Using these data, compare and contrast the entities and predict the health of its population.

 

Requirements:

 

●This paper should have at least one full page, not including the title page or references.

 

 

●This paper must follow APA formatting and citation guidelines, including: ○ Title page and Reference page

 

○ Essay should be double-spaced

 

○ Use Times New Roman font, size 12

 

 

 

●All references should come from credible sources.

 

●Include a highly developed viewpoint.

 

●Organize your paper with subheadings.

 

●Free of grammar and spelling errors.

 

 

Creating a Flowchart

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Application: Creating a Flowchart

Workflow analysis aims to determine workflow patterns that maximize the effective use of resources and minimize activities that do not add value. There are a variety of tools that can be used to analyze the workflow of processes and clarify potential avenues for eliminating waste. Flowcharts are a basic and commonly used workflow analysis method that can help highlight areas in need of streamlining.

In this Assignment, you select a common event that occurs regularly in your organization and create a flowchart representing the workflow. You analyze the process you have diagrammed and propose changes for improvement.

To prepare:

·         Identify a common, simple event that frequently occurs in your organization that you would like to evaluate.

·         Consider how you would design a flowchart to represent the current workflow.

·         Consider what metrics you would use to determine the effectiveness of the current workflow and identify areas of waste.

To complete:

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

·         Create a simple flowchart of the activity you selected. (Review the Sample Workflow of Answering a Telephone in an Office document found in this week’s Learning Resources for an example.)

·         Next, in your paper:

o    Explain the process you have diagrammed.

o    For each step or decision point in the process, identify the following:

§  Who does this step? (It can be several people.)

§  What technology is used?

§  What policies and rules are involved in determining how, when, why, or where the step is executed?

§  What information is needed for the execution of this step?

o    Describe the metric that is currently used to measure the soundness of the workflow. Is it effective?

o    Describe any areas where improvements could occur and propose changes that could bring about these improvements in the workflow.

o    Summarize why it is important to be aware of the flow of an activity.

   Remember to include a cover page, introduction, and summary for your paper.

 

Readings

·         McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2012). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge(Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.

o    Chapter 16, “Nursing Informatics: Improving Workflow and Meaningful Use”

This chapter reviews the reasons for conducting workflow analysis and design. The author explains specific workflow analysis and redesign techniques.

   Huser, V., Rasmussen, L. V., Oberg, R., & Starren, J. B. (2011). Implementation of workflow engine technology to deliver basic clinical decision support functionality. BMC Medical Research Methodology,11(1), 43–61. 
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. 

In this article, the authors describe an implementation of workflow engine technology to support clinical decision making. The article describes some of the pitfalls of implementation, along with successful and future elements.

   Koppel, R., & Kreda, D. A. (2010). Healthcare IT usability and suitability for clinical needs: Challenges of design, workflow, and contractual relations. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 157, 7–14. 
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. 

This article points to many health information technology designs and workflow decisions that limit their value and usage. The authors also examine the structure of the conceptual relationships between HIT vendors and the clinical facilities that purchase HIT.

   U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.b). Workflow assessment for health IT toolkit.  Retrieved, June 18, 2012, fromhttp://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/community/health_it_tools_and_resources/919/workflow_assessment_for_health_it_toolkit/27865

This article supplies a toolkit on the planning, design, implementation, and use of health information technology. The sections of the website provide a definition of workflow, examples of workflow tools, related anecdotes, and research.

   Document: Sample Workflow of Answering a Telephone in an Office (Word document)
Note: You will use this document to complete this week’s Assignment.

Media

·         Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012f). System design and workflow. Baltimore, MD: Author. 

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes.

This video provides an overview of how workflow modeling can be used in a health care setting to target areas for revising current practices and procedures. The video also shows how technology and informatics can be used to improve workflow efficiency and increase the quality of care.

Accessible player 

 

 

Pharmacology homework

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Pharmacotherapy for Neurological Disorders

Neurological disorders, such as headaches, seizure disorders, sleep disorders, depression, and dementia can present several complications for patients of all ages. These disorders affect patients physically and emotionally, impacting judgment, school and/or job performance, and relationships with family and friends. Since these disorders may have drastic effects on patients’ lives, it is important for advanced practice nurses to effectively manage patient care. With patient factors and medical history in mind, it is the advanced practice nurse’s responsibility to manage the diagnosis, treatment, and education of patients with neurological disorders.

To prepare:

  • Review this week’s media presentation on pharmacology for the nervous system.
  • Select one of the following neurological disorders: headaches, seizure disorders, sleep disorders, depression, or dementia. Consider the types of drugs that would be prescribed to patients to treat symptoms associated with this disorder.
  • Select one of the following factors: genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, or behavior. Reflect on how this factor might impact the effects of prescribed drugs, as well as any measures you might take to help reduce negative side effects.

Post on or before Day 3 a description of the neurological disorder you selected including types of drugs that would be prescribed to patients to treat associated symptoms. Then, explain how the factor you selected might impact the effects of prescribed drugs, as well as any measures you might take to help reduce negative side effects.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.

Respond on or before Day 6 to at least two of your colleagues on two different days who selected a different neurological disorder than you did. Provide recommendations for alternative drug treatments and patient education strategies for treatment and management.

no plagarism

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Barriers to Effective Communication

 

We face challenging barriers to effective communication in the healthcare field. As our world becomes smaller, we are in constant contact with patients, colleagues, or consumers from culturally diverse backgrounds and we need to develop our skills to improve effective communication.

 

Using the South University Online Library, search the following articles:

 

The Role of Nursing in Bridging the Gap between Managers and Physicians in HospitalsImproving Communication in the Health Care Setting

 

Based on your research, answer the questions below writing at least five sentences per question in a Microsoft Word document. You need to think of a communication with a healthcare professional colleague to answer the following questions:

 

What barriers to effective communication could occur with a health care professional colleague who is culturally diverse? How can these barriers affect patient outcome when effective communication is essential?What assumptions can you make about a healthcare professional colleague you do not know well? How can these assumptions impact your communication if your customs are different from your healthcare professional colleague’s customs and you do not understand their customs completely?How can you overcome language barriers or make assumptions not based on facts to increase team unity and motivation? How important is it for you to take responsibility and improve your cultural competence?

 

Now you need to think of a communication with a patient or a consumer and answer the following questions:

 

What specific language barriers can result when you communicate with a patient or a consumer who speaks limited English? How can you gather information or educate when language barriers are present?How do you adjust to conflicting values or traditions from patients in a specific religion or culture? For example, patients who are Jehovah’s Witness religion may refuse blood products or other religions may not eat pork. How do you adjust dietary restrictions communicating in a collaborative manner with the dietary department?What are the benefits of a healthcare organization to provide cultural awareness and training for each employee to better understand and accept others? Does your current or past organization provide cultural awareness training? If not, what will be your recommendation to your management team?Select one culture other than your own and describe how this culture may deal with death and mourning.

 

Support your responses with examples.

 

Cite any sources in APA format.

 

References:

 

Kaissi, A. (2008). The role of nursing in bridging the gap between managers and

           physicians in hospitals. The Health Care Manager, 27(2), 113–117.

 

Ponte, C. D. (2011). Improving communication in the health care setting. American

           Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 68(8), 666–667.

 

Facilities Layout

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LOG 302

Module 4 – Case

Facilities Layout

Case Assignment

Warehouses of the Future

Read the Required articles as specified in the Background Page.

Then answer the questions below in a 3-4 page paper:

1.    What are the major design issues that should be considered in building a warehouse and/or distribution center that will accommodate future trends in logistics?

2.    Discuss why it is important to consider the location of the warehouse network in the design of warehousing and distribution center facilities?

3.    Are the changes Kroger implemented in its grocery distribution system compatible with design layouts that attempt to optimize technological convergence, material flow, and automation? (Explain)

Submit your assignment for grading by the end of this module.

Assignment Expectations

Demonstrating an understanding of the roles of technology, location, and facility layout play in supporting an effective logistics management effort is the major expectation for the fourth module case study assignment. It is expected that the paper demonstrate critical thinking skills, depth of understanding of key concepts, and logic in evaluating, synthesizing, and integrating recent innovations in automation and information technology when applied to the optimal design and layout of facilities.

 

 

 

 

 

Module 4 – Background   (CASE)

Facilities Layout

The following information will give you a good overview of the importance facility layout and design play in contemporary warehousing and distribution centers.

Use the following process to find and review the articles below in ProQuest:

Required Materials

Harrington, Lisa, (2007 May) Designing the Perfect Warehouse, Inboundlogistics.com, retreived May 4, 2012. NOTE this is a direct link to the article on the Internet.

Abstract:

Designing the perfect warehouse is an area where even angels can fear to tread. The devil is in managing myriad details, complicated by the fact that a design made in heaven is never the same for any two facilities-even within the same organization. While the process is exhaustively detail-laden, fortunately it can be broken down into two phases – location and design – and managed by a team hand-picked to address pertinent issues. Here’s a sinfully in-depth look.

Bob Trebilcock, (2008, Jan) The Multi-Modal Warehouse, Modern Materials Handling (Warehousing Management Edition) Boston: Vol. 63, Iss. 1, pg 40, 1 pgs.

Abstract:

Anyone who’s bought a cell phone lately understands the idea of convergence. Where we once made calls on a phone, listened to tunes on a portable disc player, snapped pictures with a camera, and surfed the Web on a laptop, we can now do it all on one device. Something similar is beginning to happen in the warehouse and DC. Bar codes no longer rule the day. End users now have a variety of technologies to choose from to execute the processes managed by a warehouse management system (WMS), including voice, RFID and camera-based imaging. For the most part, different devices and software interfaces are required to manage these technologies. But ADC technologies are beginning to converge onto one multi-modal device that can handle them all. Just as importantly, the next generation of WMS is being written to include core functionality to manage those technologies without middleware.

David Drickhamer, (2006, Feb) Changing Venue, Material Handling Management, Cleveland Vol. 61, Iss.2; pg 40, 3 pgs

Abstract:

For Denver-based ProLogis, a provider of distribution facilities and services that added 17 million-sq-ft of industrial space through the first nine months of last year, the average size of a new building six or seven years ago was around 150,000 sq ft. Today the average building size is 375,000 sq ft. The average clear height used to be around 28 ft. Now the average height ranges from 32 to 36 ft. Other new facility design trends include more parking for trailers, more dock doors, improved sprinkler systems, and better lighting and floors. As more manufacturing has moved overseas, companies are importing more products into ports on the east and west coasts. They need larger facilities to handle high volumes of product coming in by the container load. As the working height of facilities increases, flat floors become more important for rack stability and the accurate and safe operation of very-narrow-aisle configuration as well as for automated storage and retrieval systems. Market forces are expanding the four walls (and the ceiling) of new warehouses and distribution centers.

Chua, Sophia, (2007, Feb.) Warehousing: It’s All in the Design, Manufacturers Monthly, Sydney, pg. 60.

Abstract:

If companies don’t get these located properly from the start, they will have a less optimal warehouse (Andrew Newby).

Trebilcock, Bob (2009, May) Kroger Changes the Game, Modern Materials Handling (Warehousing Management Edition), Boston: Vol. 64, Iss. 5; pg 16.

Abstract:

For some leading grocers, those days are history. The same industry that led the way in the adoption of warehouse management and labor management systems, wireless bar code scanning and voice technology is now adopting automated materials handling in a big way. The Kroger Co is one of those industry leaders. About eight years ago, it began working with a systems integrator to create a new design to automate its grocery distribution centers. The end result was a system that can receive and putaway full pallets, then break them down and rebuild them into store-ready mixed pallets according to how they will be put away on the shelves in a store aisle. It all happens with almost no human intervention. In all, Kroger processes about 110,000 cases per day with a peak capacity of 160,000 cases in the first facility built with the new design in Arizona. The grocery industry, however, is incredibly competitive, operating on razor-thin margins. Any reductions in operating costs in warehousing, order fulfillment and transportation go right to the bottom line. For that reason, Kroger set out to re-engineer the way it distributes product to its stores, creating a distribution system for the 21st century.

Optional (Non-Required) Materials

While I am not requiring the following, I believe you will find them interesting and relevant to the case study and SLP assignments:

Anonymous, (2008, Mar. 24) Innovative Warehouse Design Concept Implemented by Wisconsin Generator Manufacturer, US Fed News Service, Including US State News, Washington

Abstract:

An innovative, alternative warehouse-design concept developed by a University of Arkansas researcher and his colleague at Auburn University has been implemented by a Wisconsin generator manufacturer. In its newly designed warehouse in Whitewater, Wis., Generac Power Systems built a non-traditional aisle and rack system based on concepts created by Russell Meller, professor of industrial engineering, and Kevin Gue, engineering professor at Auburn.’

Graham, D. D., (2003 September). Warehouse of the future. Aftermarket Business, Cleveland, Vol 113, Iss. 9, pg. 50

Abstract:

While lower priced RFID tags will significantly affect warehouse operation in the near future, [John Pulling] foresees a more phased introduction of RFID than some of the proponents of this technology. “The management of inbound and outbound inventory will be positively affected by the wider use of RFID because, with RFID tags, products identify themselves,” he says. “Not only will this make accounting for inventory much easier, it will substantially reduce operator error (in shipping and receiving)…

Cutler, Thomas R. (2007, Dec) Dynamic Warehousing, World Trade, Troy: Vol. 20, Iss. 12, pg. 63, 3pgs.

Abstract:

In today’s economy, distribution centers need to be more dynamic to meet the ever changing demands of the global economy. They must constantly re-invent themselves, whether it is simply expanding an existing footprint, adding new operational processes such as value added services, or finding better ways to fulfill orders quicker. The ability of a warehouse to be dynamic depends on the configurability and scalability of the warehouse control systems. Some solutions offer that the key to the optimization of material flow by warehouse automation is tracking key performance indicators such as the current and anticipated workloads at workstations in order to make key material routing decisions; inbound and outbound order tasks to make key material release decisions. Ultimately, finding methodologies and technology tools to implement powerful and accessible frameworks to reduce inventory levels, increase productivity, and process flow are most critical. A demand driven supply chain is best characterized by a cost-effective digital supply replenishment network.

 

 

nurs 6051 Week 6 discussion question

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Successful Implementation of Electronic Health Information Technology

Since the inception of the HITECH Act, health organizations have faced increased pressure to update their health information technology (HIT) resources. As discussed last week, many believe that the increased use of electronic health records and the quick and efficient communication afforded by HIT can lead to improved quality of patient care. Yet there are significant costs associated with implementing such systems. What can organizations do to ensure that the correct system is selected and that the system will be appropriate for those required to use it? Who should be involved in those decisions?

This week introduces the systems development life cycle and discusses how it can guide an organization through the complexities of adopting a new HIT system. In this Discussion, you are asked to consider the role of nurses in the SDLC process.

To prepare:

·        Review the steps of the systems development life cycle.

·        Think about your own organization, or one with which you are familiar, and the steps the organization goes through when purchasing and implementing a new HIT system.

·        Consider what a nurse could contribute to decisions made at each stage when planning for new health information technology. What might be the consequences of not involving nurses?

·        Reflect on your own experiences with your organization selecting and implementing new technology. As an end user, do you feel you had any input in the selection or and planning of the new HIT system?

Post on or before Day

1.      an analysis of the ramifications of an organization not involving nurses in each stage of the systems development life cycle (Feasibility, Analysis, Design, Implement, Test, & Maintain) when purchasing and implementing a new HIT system.

2.      Give specific examples of potential issues at each stage and how the inclusion of nurses could help avoid such issues.

3.      Use 2 course resources as references and 1 additional scholarly reference

 

Course Resources

·        McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2012). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.

o   Chapter 12, “Systems Development Life Cycle: NI and Organizational Decision Making”

This chapter explains the systems development life cycle and explores various methods of applying it. The chapter also examines the importance of interoperability in implementing HITECH.

o   Chapter 13, “Administrative Information Systems”

This chapter provides an overview of agency-based health information systems. The text also details how administrators can use core business systems in their practice.

·        Boswell, R. A. (2011). A physician group’s movement toward electronic health records: A case study using the transtheoretical model for organizational change. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 63(2), 138–148. 

·        Hsiao, J., Chang, H., & Chen, R. (2011).A study of factors affecting acceptance of hospital information systems: A nursing perspective. Journal of Nursing Research, 19(2), 150–160.

·        Kelley, T. F., Brandon, D. H., & Docherty, S. L. (2011). Electronic nursing documentation as a strategy to improve quality of patient care. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 43(2), 154–162. 

·        Nurse leaders discuss the nurse’s role in driving technology decisions. (2010). Virginia Nurses Today, 18(1), 8–9..

·        Page, D. (2011). Turning nurses into health IT superusers. Hospitals & Health Networks, 85(4), 27–28. 

·        Swab, J., & Ciotti, V. (2010). What to consider when purchasing an EHR system. hfm(Healthcare Financial Management), 64(5), 38–41.