...Nextgen for Airports Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract Rarely in the world of academia does a student get to write a paper on something they are actually interested in. That is exactly what has happened in my case this term. From my days in the United States Air Force I’ve been fascinated by aircraft, aircraft technology, and how the daily operations of the worlds flights are coordinated. Nextgen is the future of aircraft travel technology, and this paper will explain its past, present, and future. What is Nextgen? NextGen stands for Next Generation Air Transportation System. NextGen is a transformative change in the way aircraft flight is managed, and the operations of how we fly. NextGen enhances safety, reduces delays, saves fuel and reduces aviation’s adverse environmental impact. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been in the process of intergrating new and existing technologies for many years now. This is a comprehensive effort to conduct the largest aircraft travel transformation in the history of flight. This transformation includes integrating satellites navigation and super advanced digital communications. Airports and aircraft in the National Airspace System will be connected to NextGen’s advanced infrastructure and will continually share real-time information to provide a better travel experience. (FAA.gov, 2012) NextGen’s astonishing transformation includes six core transformational programs: Collaborative Air Traffic Management...
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...NextGen Healthcare has accumulated over 20 years’ experience with some of the industry’s leading ambulatory clients. NextGen was designed to allow physicians and medical staff to do what they do best when it comes to using a great software. The program is designed to control all patient care from a dashboard, allowing you to access everything in the click of a button. From the dashboard you have minute access to each icon, these icons are the Ambulatory HER, Practice Management, Patient Portal, Share and the Dashboard itself. You are able to optimize outcomes with the six essentials of collaborative care, these are Care Management, Risk Stratifications, Patient Engagement, Referral Management, Data Sharing and Analytics. Under the patient portal, you able to “see a 360-degree view of your patients’ chronic problems, allergies, medications, referrals, the patient risk summary, and a blend of clinical and financial data”, this giving you everything you need in one full screen. (NextGen Healthcare) With patient portals is also always the providers to send alerts to their patients at any time to keep them updated. NextGen was one of the first venders to become ONC HIT 2014 Edition certified, with Ambulatory EHR numbers more than 85,000 providers, over 4,400 clients, and more than 25 specialties. You will also have a team behind you to help you in any way you may need them. This team consists of the CEO, CMO, CIO, Administrators, a full Care Team, and an IT Manager. NextGen...
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...Integration of NextGen Technologies Into The National Airspace System By A Research Paper Submitted to the Extended Campus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Professional Aeronautics Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Extended Campus Dyess Resident Center February 20, 2010 ABSTRACT Researcher: Title: Integration of NextGen Technologies Into The National Airspace System Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Degree: Professional Aeronautics Year: 2010 Despite the turn in the economy business and leisure travel along with commercial air cargo has remained constant and continues to grow, the only problem is that the National Airspace System (NAS) has not. The NAS in the United States is at capacity that has led to the ongoing problem of delays in departures and arrivals and to mention the safety concern for overcrowded skies and airports. The overhaul of the NAS was over due and with the abundance of technologies available NextGen technologies will ensure that the United States not only has an airspace system that is safe but also is one that is sustainable. The National Airspace System (NAS) as we know it is at capacity and without a plan for upgrade in the near future; this was found out when a study was conducted on the NAS and its capabilities in 2001. The NAS without upgrade or overhaul would continue to operate itself into the ground. With take off and arrival delays continuing to...
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...Approaching ILS in NextGen Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract Currently the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the aviation industry are working towards a revolutionary revitalization of how air traffic will be controlled in National Airspace System (NAS) in the future. The goal of the effort behind the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is to provide for safer and more efficient operations in the NAS. The backbone of this modernization will rely on celestial based systems such as the Global Position System (GPS) to provide the primary source of all navigation information during all phases of flight from taxiing, take-off, enroute, approach, and landing. It is the final two phases of flight, approach and landing, that require the greatest level of precision and continuity, and which will witness the largest change; the eventual elimination of the Instrument Landing System (ILS). Today, ILS offers the most accurate method of safely guiding pilots into a landing in low to almost no visibility conditions. NextGen plans for the elimination of this system in favor of a combination of GPS and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), and eventually ILS would not even be available for redundancy purposes. For such a critical phase of flight not only is an ILS currently the most accurate system, it should also be available for the foreseeable future to mitigate the lapses in the available GPS and INS technologies. Keywords: Instrument...
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...Running head: DOD COSTS OF NOT PREPARING FOR NEXTGEN 1 The potential costs to the DoD of not preparing for the NextGen NAS overhaul: lessons learned from RVSM Casey Richardson Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Author Note The author, Casey Richardson, is a US Air Force Major and F16 test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base, California. He has more than 2000 flight hours in high performance aircraft including the T-38A/C, F-15E, and various models of the F-16. He is a graduate of USAF Test Pilot School and post-graduate student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. DOD COSTS OF NOT PREPARING FOR NEXTGEN Abstract In order to facilitate a significant overhaul of the civilian National Airspace System (NAS), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has partnered with many federal agencies, such as the departments of Transportation (DOT), Defense (DoD), Homeland Security (DHS), 2 and Commerce (DOC) and the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) through a consolidated Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) that was established by Congress in 2003 in the VISION 100 – Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (JPDO, 2012). The JPDO has proposed replacing the old NAS structure of primarily ground-based navigation with robust satellite-enabled air traffic procedures and to supplement ground-based air traffic controller workload with advanced datalink and trajectory-based operations algorithms for de-conflicting aircraft on the ground and in the air....
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...NextGen Air Transportation System Christopher Pratt Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Author Note This paper was prepared for ASCI 202 - Introduction to Aeronautical Science, taught by Michael Prince Abstract The Next Generation Air Transportation System, or commonly known as NextGen, will significantly update the national air transportation system. The NextGen system when fully brought online will help better manage the increasingly crowded skies, reduce operating costs, and more importantly, enhance safety. The enhancements to the national air transportations system will consist of 4 elements in addition to GPS. These are ADS-B, NextGen Enabled Weather, NextGen Data Communications, National Airspace Voice Switch. The overall goal of NextGen is to manage our increasingly crowded national airspace with more efficiency, safety, and provide a positive environmental impact while reducing costs. NextGen Air Transportation System The demand for air travel has increase significantly over the last few of decades since deregulation. That demand shows no sign of slowing down despite rising fuel costs and economic uncertainty in the U.S. and Europe (Karp, 2012). Gregory Karp (2012) of the Chicago Tribune stated that the airline industry, which traditionally has run in boom-and-bust cycles, has a good chance to be profitable over the next 20 years as demand for air travel grows worldwide. Price (2007) reports that...
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...NextGen Health Information Exchange DeVry University HSM 330 January 08, 2014 Professor Dr. Eric Oestmann Introduction NextGen is a user-friendly health information exchange product that offers solutions to the interoperations of medical facilities. They offer a system that is customizable to a specific facility type or specialty, and have even been called, “…one of the leading providers of information technology (IT) solutions…” (Michelle Rovner 2012). I have used this system in a few different medical clinics that I have worked in and I can vouch that it is a good system. The Current Uses of Technology In The Management of Healthcare Information. Technology is no longer frivolous benefit in the healthcare setting it is now a necessity. The many tools that technology gives in the healthcare setting are allowing the space saving capabilities of using laptops in exam rooms, documentation via templating, scheduling, referrals, billing, e-prescriptions, electronic documents, patient portals, and electronic imaging. With the implementation of a health information exchange (HIE), it increases the accuracy, safety, and speed in which a provider can give excellent care to patients. The Need for Implementation and Integration of Electronic Information Systems In a Healthcare Setting. All healthcare facilities need to provide medical professionals the most advanced technology that is available for their staff to use to assure more efficient patient care. NextGen allows providers...
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...1. Executive Summary NextGen Fitness will serve North Philadelphia area school age children, helping them to become more productive, while lowering their overall health risk with innovative wellness programs and strategies. Our business is based on two simple facts: 1. Healthy school age children are more productive than chronically ill and overweight children. 2. It costs less to prevent injuries or illnesses than to treat them after they occur. At NextGen Fitness, we tie learning ability and productivity directly to the health care issue. We believe that traditional approaches to the current fitness and health care crisis are misdirected or nonexistent in most urban neighborhoods. These traditional efforts are what we call reactive--that is, they minimally address fitness levels then when illness or injury occurs, public assistance and basic health aide is provided as both solution and treatment. Our approach, which emphasizes prevention and good health promotion, is much more proactive. By helping school age youth change their behavior patterns and choose more healthy and active lifestyles, NextGen will lower parent’s health care expenditures and subsidies provided by healthcare organizations, while raising academic productivity. Health care expenditures will decrease due to reduced medical insurance premiums, reduced risk of obesity, reduced physical injuries and removal from prescription drugs that currently address these issues. 2. Situational Analysis ...
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...discussion about who in the organization would be the go-to person, who can answer questions about servers, disaster recovery plans, interfaces, etc (Matthews, 2013). It would be important to find a vendor who can design a customized training program based on the individual needs of the organization. There should be plenty of time for proper training and it should not be rushed, this will cause more confusion and reluctance to learn the program. It would also be valuable to find a vendor that will deliver the initial training program but also have an ongoing training schedule when new upgrades are released. An area to take into account would also be training new-hires to the system. NextGen Healthcare offers classroom and web-based instruction to provide training for the NextGen Ambulatory EHR software (NextGen Healthcare, 2013). NextGen’s website states “Our multiple training options support different schedules and needs. Physicians and staff can attend courses at one of our four state-of-the-art facilities, take self-paced online eLearning, and train virtually by WebEx.” Paragon is an EHR system from McKesson and provides training via on-site, webinars, self-study guides, and web-based training (McKesson, 2013). They also provide product readiness assessments and training plans prior to implementation. McKesson (2013), states that...
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...process c) Increase communication between healthcare staff, and with the patient d) Be cost effective, not only in the purchase price but also the price of training and implementation. NextGen Electronic Health Record System Dating back to 2001 when NextGen first started as an electronic health record system, it has been striving, and evolving, to become the best electronic health record system around. Jordan Barrish reports (2014) that as of 2014 NextGen EHR only has about 4,000 clients. That would not be even close to being the biggest EHR provider, or system. However, they do report that they have interoperability between third party systems and Health Information Exchanges (HIE) (NextGen HIE 2015). NextGen does have some great support tools for medical providers and patients alike. For the office, they have a practice management system that can increase productivity, and incoming revenue. A few more examples is that they offer automated health quality reporting, physician quality report system, preventative and disease management services for all patients, meaningful use, and ICD-10. Lastly, they are fully certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technologies (CCHIT)( Corporate Fact Sheet 2015). As for pricing, NextGen offers a...
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...CIS500 Information Systems for Decision-Making Term Paper - Information Technology Strategic Plan April 12, 2015 1. Write an introductory statement of the company including but not limited to the type of the company, the location, the industry in which it competes, and the organizational vision and mission that encompasses the nature of the company. Being the largest not-for-profit Catholic healthcare system serving the Delaware Valley, Mercy Health System is part of Trinity Health and sponsored by Catholic Health Ministries. Their mission is to serve in the spirit of the Gospel, which means serving the entire community with compassion and healing presence while addressing the diverse factors that impact the health needs of the whole person. Even though they treat people from all walks of life, they have a special concern for the poor and disadvantaged. The goal of Mercy Health System is to be recognized as the leader in improving the health of the community and everyone they serve. Currently, they employ approximately 6,500 caring, highly skilled personnel who are focused on creating positive patient-care. Mercy Health System is a diverse, integrated system that embodies: Four Hospitals acute care hospitals: | Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital | A 213-bed teaching hospital in Delaware County and Southwest Philadelphia | | Mercy Philadelphia Hospital | A 268-bed community teaching hospital serving the needs of West and Southwest Philadelphia communities | |...
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...the feature that lets you test and check if there is a connection circuit. If such is not found it won’t turn the power on so that you can protect your ballast. What can we say about the Nanolux 1000w? Nanolux Dimmable Digital 1000W Grow Light Ballast This one is considered as the best designed and most innovative ballast grow light technology. With this technology hydroponic experts and marijuana growers actually save around 30% on their energy costs. The Nanolux 1000 can protect against short circuit, lamp failures and overheating. Its compact size, cool design and matte finish make it one hell of a badass ballast that a marijuana grower can mount on his/her grow room wall. And last, but not least, the C.A.P. NextGen 1000 C.A.P. NextGen Digital 1000w Ballast – 90/260 volt This rascal is like the new kid on the block. A newly release technology that doesn’t even look like your typical ballast...
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...Types Of Overseas Missions There are several types of missions, and they can be broadly categorised as: Trade Or Business Missions * Usually organised with a specific itinerary and purpose. * Itinerary is usually packed with market briefings, networking events, visits to specific businesses and Government agencies. * Trade or business missions give you a more in-depth perspective on a specific market or specific industry in that market. You will also have opportunities to meet Government officials and businessmen. Trade Fairs And Exhibitions * Singapore companies, sometimes with the Government, attend trade fairs and exhibitions overseas together. * If organised by the Government, you will attend the fair as part of the "Singapore Pavilion". For instance, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore brings together local food manufacturers and distributors to SIAL in France - one of the largest food and beverage exhibitions in the world. * Trade fairs and exhibitions provide good opportunities to find distributors, agents and consumers. They are more sales and marketing-driven. back to top Government-Led Missions * Various Government agencies take the lead in organising overseas missions for their industries. * For some of these missions, you may qualify for Government incentives, e.g. grants or double tax deduction, that help defray costs. * Government-led missions are ideal for SMEs who may not have the resources to venture abroad...
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...Activity 8.5 - Discussion: International Aviation I. Answer at least one of the following discussion questions in the respective thread of the Module 8 - International Aviation Discussion Board forum. * Topic 1 – NextGen and Unmanned Air Vehicles Describe the advantages of NextGen Technology and why it is important that it be implemented in our National Airspace. * Topic 2 - Treaties Discuss one of the primary Conventions, Protocols, or Treaties that affect international aviation today. * Topic 3 - ICAO Explain the purposes and accomplishments of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). II. Read and comment on the answers posted by your classmates. You are only required to answer one of the two discussion questions, but please do read the thoughts of your classmates on both topics and engage one another in lively discussions. The ICAO The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was a result of the Chicago Convention becoming officially in 1947. The mission statement of the ICAO was to its aims and objectives are to develop the principles and techniques of international aviation and to foster the planning and development of international air transport, to as to meet the needs of the international civil aviation community. The ICAO has different purposes: 1) Safe and orderly growth of civil aviation 2) Aircraft design and operation for peaceful services 3) Development of airports, airways, and air navigation facilities for...
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...airplane terminals. As FAA travels through the move of "air traffic" from radar-based to satellite-based, controllers and pilots will have the benefit of progressively modern innovation. While radars oblige air ship to fly over their physical areas on the ground, satellite-innovation will permit controllers to guide airplane in more straightforward courses through the country's airspace. Basically, every controller in the United States will have the capacity to see the careful position of each air ship flying in our airspace, regardless of where in the nation they work. (www.faa.gov, n.d.) Improvement of air traffic control system in the United States This will enhance ATC efficiency, upgrading limit and wellbeing. The objective of NextGen is to give new capacities that make air transportation more secure and more solid while enhancing the limit of the NAS and lessening flight's sway on the earth. The...
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