AustStab Technical Note No.1 May 2002 Lime stabilisation practice 1 Introduction Lime stabilisation of materials is one of the oldest forms of stabilisation and sometimes the least understood. The stabilisation of clay subgrades using quicklime has a long and successful history in many urban and rural regions of Australia‚ and is cost effective and a necessary requirement for Municipalities and State Road Authorities seeking long-life roads to minimise future maintenance costs.
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Quality Improvement As advanced practice nurses (APNs)‚ understanding quality improvement is an important competency that must be grasped. There are several health illnesses that need to have quality improvement initiatives placed. One such illness is hypertension (HTN)‚ or high blood pressure. Early identification and treatment of hypertension using a hypertension algorithm is the selected quality improvement initiative. HTN is a highly prevalent illness that affects an estimated 70 million people
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this project is to identify areas of improvement at the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center’s Comprehensive Breast Care Center (CBCC) on managed quality workflow. The CBCC ultimately aspires to provide breast care patients with reduced procedure times‚ and transparent cohesive patient location. This project will display an overview of the process; the communication difficulties‚ challenges faced with morale‚ and provided recommendations for improvement. The information collected resulted
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Memphis‚ Tennessee. An Express Transport and Logistics company‚ Federal Express was joining a domestic market dominated by the US Postal Service and UPS (United Parcel Service). Fred Smith understood for the company to prosper‚ he had to embrace technology and use it strategically to improve his business. Smith understood the importance of information in his industry‚ his vision being: "information on a package is as important as the package itself." FedEx instantly broke the mould by bucking the
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Part A The quality Improvement Plan is initiated once a problem has been identified. All the facts must be gathered about the situation‚ and a decision must be made about which clinical areas will be monitored. Also‚ care outcomes and customer feedback should be taken into consideration. Quality improvement uses data and the process that must be chosen should be one that can be measured to monitor the quality improvement. For a good performance equation‚ there must be a good statement chosen for
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the area of law This four step process refers to liabilities of an agent. The case involves an agent called Tim Jones who represents an anonymous seller of chocolate products. Tim arranges a contract with ABC Foods Pty Ltd for the supply of chocolates to the various shops of ABC. Tim fails to notify his principle of the contract hence the supply of chocolates is never produced. ABC is trying to sue Tim for non-performance under the terms of the contract. This process will advise Tim of his position
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As CEO of Gunn’s Medical center I would use all the data collected to implement a plan to have continuous improvement in patient satisfaction. The necessity for quality and safety improvement initiatives permeates health care (Hughes‚ 2008). Quality health care is defined as “the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge. Patient satisfaction is not a clearly defined concept
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title: The need for humans in the delivery of services in the evolving hospitality industry Hand-out date: 9th April 2014 Hand-in date: 30th April 2014 Place: Moodle and Reception. Grade %: 50% Assignment overview: To write an academic and speech report‚ encouraging student creativity. Overall aim: The student is to consider how he/she would imagine the evolving role of humans in the service delivery process in the hospitality industry based on historical research‚ contemporary
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some staff that also working in the property‚ the effects that influence the staff‚ the customer and the management itself‚ then consider few points of recommendation and conclusion about the issue. There is always a major issues in a hospitality industry‚ because in a property such as hotel or resort‚ there are a huge range of department such as housekeeping‚ food and beverages and front office‚ each department has their own function to aim and achieve a same goal which is maintain the brand standard
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Practice and Translational Research‚ July-September‚ 2010) In 1999‚ The Joint Commission together with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)‚ focused on potential safety areas for hospitals that were Joint Commission Accredited. On July 1‚ 2002‚ data for several core measure improvement projects were set including the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP). For specific procedures‚ surgical site infections will be included in the CMS’s denial of payment for hospital-acquired
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