actually get the disease they are trying to prevent because of what is in the vaccine. However‚ the most debate comes from whether or not the government should have vaccines be mandatory. The government has required vaccines in public schools for almost 170 years now‚ starting with the smallpox vaccine being mandatory in the 1850’s. This has caused
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MODIFIED MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY APPROACH TO MEASURE PRODUCTIVITY OF OPERATIONS by Balbinder S. Deo (2004) Compiled By: Saurabh Deewan(078) Shivani M. Gupta(082) Siddhi Agarwal(110) Introduction • • • Motto of an Organization: How can the desired quality product be produced for the least cost? This fundamental question tightly links the productivity of operations to cost of operations which is “Productivity is the inverse of cost”‚ if the relationship is described in a formal logic Managers
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Improving Healthcare Quality Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify aspects of quality improvement in healthcare. This research is conducted by examining and reviewing various literature regarding the definition and makeup of quality healthcare‚ need for improvements in healthcare‚ various quality measures or indicators and weighing the cost of improving healthcare quality. Defining Healthcare Quality Before any discussion can take place regarding improving healthcare
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J.‚ & Bonomi‚ A. (2001‚ November). Improving Chronic Illness Care: Translating Evidence Into Action. Retrieved November 13‚ 2012‚ from Health Affairs: http://content.healthaffairs.org Weisman‚ P. C. (n.d.). Nursing Practice Models: Research on Patient Outcomes. Retrieved October 28‚ 2012‚ from National Institue of Nursing Research: www.ninr.nih.gov Yong‚ P.‚ Saunders‚ R.‚ & Olsen‚ L. A. (2010). The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes. Retrieved October 28‚ 2012‚ from
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approach is towards identifying the losses and eliminating them. Total productive maintenance‚ shortly termed as TPM‚ provides means to achieve and maintain high levels of productivity. TPM is based on zero loss concept‚ viz. zero accidents‚ zero defects and zero breakdowns‚ which render equipment “effective”. TPM focuses on improving the Planned Loading Time. The gap (losses) between 100% and actual efficiency can be categorized into 3 categories: - Availability - Performance - Yield (Quality
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The need for oncologic services continues to rise as the numbers of individuals diagnosed with cancer increases. As services increase‚ the need to improve outpatient oncology clinic efficiency is imperative as clinic workflows are becoming disordered and patients are experiencing excessive wait times and decreased satisfaction levels. As the challenges rise to maximize clinical efficiency‚ increasing efforts to balance the capacity and scheduling constraints to improve efficiency with a focus on
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Mandatory Overtime Many hospitals are understaffed and make their nurses work overtime. Employers try to save money by having their employees work overtime rather than hiring more people. However‚ having nurses work overtime is an ethical issue. It affects the lives of the patients and the nurses. Mandatory Overtime as an Ethical Issue Mandatory overtime is important in nursing because it affects the care we are giving to our clients. In recent studies it has shown that long work hours can lead
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Improving English Language Teaching in Thailand An importance of English language cannot be denied by anyone as English language is considered as an international language. It also affects people worldwide in many aspects such as education‚ trading‚ medicine and technology. According to‚ Thailand does not use English as an official language‚ so most of Thai people have to study English from their school since they were young. Even though‚ we have been studying English for a long time‚ the skill
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determine and distribute the work load evenly between Jack and Ruth to ensure that all the work is being accomplished for the benefit of DMD Medical Supplies. Overtime hours will greatly decline if not even seize altogether. Lastly‚ we must implement mandatory timed breaks in order to eliminate the dilemma of employees taking longer‚ shorter‚ too few or too many breaks. I will make myself accountable to check on employees during their break times to ensure that they are giving themselves a break and for
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AN ACTION RESEARCH REPORT IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ORAL PROFICIENCY THROUGH ASSOCIATED WORD LIST AND MIND MAPPING INTRODUCTION Background Speaking is a communication skill that enables a person to verbalise thoughts and ideas. It is one of the four skills that our students should be able to acquire after years of learning English in primary and secondary schools. In some schools‚ speaking would not be a problem as it has become their medium of communication. For other
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