the use of informatics as its fifth and final core competency for healthcare providers. The utilization of informatics has become the main stream approach for nursing care today. This fifth core competency is directly intertwined with the four previous competencies that have been outlined by the IOM. Patient centered care is the first of the core competencies. Utilizing informatics can assist nurses in providing patient centered care by decreasing the amount of time spent on documentation and searching
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this report‚ our group will take a closer look at catastrophe insurance. We will begin with defining catastrophic risks in the general context and then proceed to disclosing the trends and pricing model of catastrophe insurance‚ and finally examine other related products in the catastrophe insurance market. To ensure that our report is more focused‚ we will limit our analysis to natural catastrophic risks and insurance in Asia‚ using 2011 Thai flood case as an illustration. 2. Thai Flood (2011)
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TRICARE Health Plans is the replacement for CHAMPUS which was the provider of health care services for military dependents. TRICARE not only replaced CHAMPUS but its purpose was also to facilitate members with access to better health care. Unfortunately‚ TRICARE has gone through many changes and upheavals since its inception in 1997. First‚ they began by dividing the company into regions. Each member was placed into a region based on where the military member was stationed. If the member was stationed
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PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Risk Assurance group organizes around industries to share the latest research and points of view on emerging industry trends‚ develop industry-specific performance benchmarks based upon global best practices‚ and share methodologies and approaches in complex areas such as financial instruments and tax provisioning. In addition‚ our network is available to collaborate on accounting or technical issues unique to a particular industry‚ especially when interpretive guidance is needed
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Regulations (FAR) – Cost Sharing Contract -type of cost-reimbursement contract -government pays a pre-negotiated percentage (60/40‚ 50/50) of the allowable costs to the contractor -commercial items not allowable -no fee 16.303 Cost-Sharing Contracts (a) Description. A cost-sharing contract is a cost-reimbursement contract in which the contractor receives no fee and is reimbursed only for an agreed-upon portion of its allowable costs. (b) Application. A cost-sharing contract may be
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There are specific differences between direct finance and indirect finance. There are six main functions of financial intermediaries and they are: * Size transformation can only be made by financial intermediaries‚ savers/depositors are prepared to lend smaller amounts of money than the amounts required by borrowers. Banks perform the size transformation function exploiting economies of scale associated with the lending/borrowing function. * Maturity transformation which is that savers generally
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Catastrophic Predictions Katherine Allibone Everest College ENC1102 January 4‚ 2013 Catastrophic Predictions The most recent predictions were observed on the date December 21‚ 2012; for which the Mayan calendar ran out. Other prediction statements involved the earth being centered in the middle of the Milky Way and the planets becoming lined in such a manner that would affect the earth’s polarity. There have been a countless amount of catastrophic disaster predictions foretold for
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One of the SKUs has the following characteristics. Demand (D) = 20‚000 units/year Ordering cost (S) = $40/order Holding cost (H) = $2/unit/year Lead time (L) = 2weeks Cycle-service level = 95% Demand is normally distributed with a standard deviation of weekly demand of 100 units. Current on-hand inventory is 1.040 units with no scheduled receipts and no backorders. 1. Calculate the item’s EOQ. What is the average time‚ in weeks between orders? EOQ = (2DS)/H EOQ = (2*20000*40)/2 EOQ = 800000
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The Transaction Cost Advantage of Guanxi-Based Business Practices Stephen S. Standifird R. Scott Marshall The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical explanation of the perpetuation of China’s guanxi-based business practices. As a complement to the social embeddedness- and resource-based explanations‚ we seek to demonstrate the perseverance and relevance of guanxi in terms of the transaction cost advantages it offers. Specifically‚ we argue that guanxi-based business practices offer certain
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Eligibility Rules The Red Cross Green County Housing Program Eligibility Requirements To qualify for the program‚ a person must be the head of a household with at least one child and temporarily homeless due to: 1) Unsafe/unsanitary living conditions 2) Natural disaster (fire‚ flood‚ etc.) 3) Lack of financial resources 4) Lack of utilities 5) Eviction 6) Displaced by the city HACLA (Housing Authority of Los Angeles) To be eligible for the program‚ individuals or families must: 1) Be referred
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