• While many companies are hiring chief compliance or chief ethical officers, other companies are lumping ethical concerns under the umbrella of the chief financial officer, because the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires the CFO to abide by a set of ethical standards. 

1. Do you believe that the CFO is the right person to protect a company’s ethical standards? 
2. Why or why not? 
3. Who else in a company would be better positioned to protect its ethical standards? 

  

Topic: AHRQ Study Examines Effectiveness of Measures To Control Blood Sugar

write a 1,000-1,250 word paper that looks at a gap that exists between research findings and the implementation of those findings in practice. Include the following:

1. Discuss the practice.

2. Assess to what extent the practice is being implemented.

3. Evaluate the barriers to implementation into practice.

4. Propose ways to overcome the barriers.

5. Discuss the resources available on the selected site to inform translation.

1. Choose at least 5-10 activities that you would like to plan for you project. Map these activities out on the Gantt Chart.
2. Estimate the length of time needed to complete each planned activity.
3. Write at least one paragraph that states how you may show the “actual” time spent on each activity. *All dates and time projections are fictional.

• All dates have to be before June 17th

Remember, you have been named the Administrative Director at  Happy Medical Center (HMC) and will be presenting your PPT to the Board of Directors at HMC for approval. HMC is restructuring to meet the current needs of their consumers. 

There are several roles in a health care organization. Often, interdisciplinary teams are created to brainstorm or make important decisions. The key is to develop a team that will interact with one another effectively and being diverse views to the forefront. 

Part 1: 

We have discussed several types of departments/roles in health care organization, (e.g., inpatient, outpatient, clinical, non-clinical, etc.)  For your Module 4 assignment you are to create an interdisciplinary team of 5 or 6 six individuals that will discuss and development an action plan for the restructuring of HMC. In 5 or 6 additional slides, you are to explain to the board the following: 

1. Explain the importance of interdisciplinary teams
2. Identify 5 or 6 individuals (titles of roles) and corresponding departments (i.e. Title: Inpatient Admission Director; Department: Inpatient) that you recommend to be a part of an interdisciplinary team to assist with the restructuring of HMC. 
3. Justify why these select individuals will be beneficial part of the team. 

Part 2: 

To conclude your PPT to the board of directors, you are to develop a new Vision and Mission of HMC. Your Vision and Mission should support or be interrelated with the selected 5 (five) of the pillars of success from Module 3.

At this point (with the continuation of slides from Module 1, 2, and 3 assignments), your total presentation should be at least 20-25 slides (not including the title and reference slide). Speaker notes are required.

Assignment Expectations

Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to support your responses.

1. Limit your response to a maximum of 25 slides (not including the title or reference slides).
2. Support your assignment with peer-reviewed articles, with at least 1-2 references. Use the following source for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals: http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php.

 Explain in detail using a minimum of 100 words how the principles of ethics can assist in finding a middle ground on the topics of abortion and cloning? 

 Books Required Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues for the 21st Century 3rd Edition Author: Morrison, E.E. & Furlong, B. ISBN: 978-1449665357 Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, (2014)