Informatics Specialty Area and Interoperability Grand Canyon University: HIM-515 Foundations and Concepts of Healthcare Informatics June 20‚ 2012 Informatics Specialty Area and Interoperability As the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) progress nationwide‚ the concepts of interoperability and health information exchange (HIE) must be discussed. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (2005‚ p. 2) define interoperability as “the ability of health information
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Case Problem: Specialty Toys Specialty Toys‚ Inc.‚ sells a variety of new and innovative children’s toys. Management learned that the preholiday season is the best time to introduce a new toy‚ because many families use this time to look for new ideas for December holiday gifts. When Specialty discovers a new toy with good market potential‚ it chooses an October market entry date. In order to get toys in its stores by October‚ Specialty places one-time orders with its manufacturers in June or July
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Medical Specialties Several specialties exist within the field of medicine. I have chosen 8 specialties to describe. These specialties are: neurology‚ cardiology‚ orthopedics‚ ophthalmology‚ gastroenterology‚ urology‚ dermatology‚ and gynecology. Neurologists work with the nervous system. A neurologist studies any disorder that has to do with the nervous system. Neurologists treat patients for a variety of symptoms; patients can be seen for something as minor as lower back pain to something serious
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Bayonne Packaging Inc.‚ Bayonne Packaging is a specialty packaging converter which is the production of customized‚ complex-design packaging. They are genuinely used for promotional materials‚ software‚ luxury beverages‚ and gift food and candy. Bayonne Packaging Company which provides all the necessary services from design assistance through final package delivery is located in New Jersey‚ USA and is worth 43 million dollars. Currently‚ the company’s capacity isn’t matching its demand requirements
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Importance of Product Packaging in Marketing Whether you’re getting ready to create packaging for a product you’re selling or you’re considering changing the packaging of an existing product‚ you may be wondering if the appearance of a product’s package is important. Many product providers may think that the product and its performance is more important than what the packaging looks like‚ but the product packaging can play a role in the success or failure of the sales of the product. The purpose
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imagine‚ if one day‚ you can no longer find any plastic packaging‚ what would your life be? Say‚ when you bought a chunk of fresh meat‚ normally placed in a polythene plate with a layer of food wrap‚ the plastic packaging of which disappeared now‚ what could you do to take it away hygienically? Or when you bought some toilet cleaners‚ how could you bring it home in order not to harm your hands without a plastic bottle provided? Plastic packaging is everywhere that one can never avoid in our daily
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The Power of Packaging Alice Louw & Michelle Kimber The Customer Equity Company* In recent years packaging has developed well beyond its original function as merely a means of product protection and now plays a key marketing role in developing on shelf appeal‚ providing product information and establishing brand image and awareness. As packaging’s role in the marketing mix gains momentum‚ so research into this arena becomes increasingly important. Given the potential for packaging to successfully
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Manufacturers are currently competing with each other to produce a form of green packaging.Packaging is an important part of marketing these days‚but much of it is a threat to the environment.There are two reasons for this.The production of such packaging uses up a great deal of energy and cartons‚wrappers‚etc are often difficult to dispose of when they become waste material. People in most countries have become aware of the damage which modern living is doing to the environment‚and many of them
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Food Science Food Packaging—Roles‚ Materials‚ and Environmental Issues KENNETH MARSH‚ PH.D.‚ AND BETTY BUGUSU‚ PH.D. The Institute of Food Technologists has issued this Scientific Status Summary to update readers on food packaging and its impact on the environment. Keywords: food packaging‚ food processing A dvances in food processing and food packaging play a primary role in keeping the U.S. food supply among the safest in the world. Simply stated‚ packaging maintains the benefits
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5-55 1 (a). Overhead rate: $10 per direct-labor dollar 2. New product cost: $11.06 per pound of Jamaican coffee Gourmet Specialty Coffee Company (GSCC) is a distributor and processor of different blends of coffee. The company buys coffee beans from around the world and roasts‚ blends‚ and packages them for resale. GSCC currently has 12 different coffees that it offers to gourmet shops in one-pound bags. The major cost is raw materials; however‚ there is a substantial amount of manufacturing
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