...Sample Leadership Roles and Responsibilities for Quality Improvement: VTE Prevention This is a multifunctional document that leaders can use to negotiate and coordinate their individual responsibilities and make sure that all of the essential activities are covered. It can be used by the BOD, CEO, CMO, chief quality officer (CQO), C-Suite champion (CSC), and physician champion (PC) as a starting point for discussion. It is provided in a native file format (MS Word) so that it can also serve as a template for the final, approved version of leadership accountabilities. Board of Directors (BOD, or Board)—can include whole Board or just its Quality Committee • Approves a blood-clot prevention initiative as a high priority • Sets performance standards and benchmarks for blood-clot prevention • Approves the format, frequency, and level of detail expected for the quality reports the Board receives • Appropriates specific funds for clinic\al quality improvement activities • Formally reviews and discusses venous thromboembolism (VTE, or blood clots) performance data and seeks explanations for rates that fail to meet standards and benchmarks • Establishes and revises priorities for improving patient safety and clinical quality of care • Assures structure is clearly delineated for: a) obtaining stakeholder input; and b) approving materials for improving clinical quality and patient safety (e.g., policies, protocols, standing/pre-printed order sets, patient education/staff...
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...OUTLINE BERGARAC SYSTEMS THE CHALLENGE OF BACKWARD INTEGRATION Bergerac Systems is a manufacturer of diagnostic instruments used in veterinary practices that has been growing constantly although is small in the market. Led by CEO Ian Wyckoff. This case is based in getting the result by performing qualitative and quantitave analysis of “make vs. buy” decision considering expected production capacities, market forecast and the source of effective strategies. The company introduced the OmniVue chemistry analyzer that allows veterinarians to run a wide range of blood chemistry tests on their patients (animals) in the office instead of sending them outside the laboratories. This method produces highly stable results using a proprietary cartridge for holding the blood specimen during the analysis, veterinarians mark this process easy to operate which make the work more efficient. The CEO is concerned about uncertain delivery from the cartridge suppliers which have resulted in deficits and stock-outs. The firm entrust on two extern suppliers for the plastic components of the cartridges. To address the supply chain problems, the CEO considers acquiring one of the suppliers, GenieTech, while the director of planning proposes to build the required capabilities within the company's existing manufacturing facilities. The Sales of these single-use cartridges represent an important part of the revenue stream for the product line. Make – decision: Make the plastic pieces at Bergerac´s...
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...IRC. The setup of this organization is to help those who need disaster relief assistance. The ARC has helped with the World Wars and numerous other wars that the U.S was in. They provide relief to over 70,000 disasters each year. However, within the last decade they have been widely criticized for their response to two major disasters in the US as well as erratic leadership position moves causing concern that the organizational focus is lost. In addition, their control problems extended into the mismanagement of funds and ARC is made up of 500,000 volunteers and 35,000 employees, and at the top there is a 12-20 member governing board of directors. Over the last ten years, there has been numerous individuals in the CEO role because their predecessors were released for misconduct. The organization is further tarnished for the large severance packages that are handed to the dismissed executives. Critics have observed that leadership focus for a good chunk of two years went into searching for the right leadership rather than management of goals and infrastructure. The lack of control extended out to blood donation program where there was a lack of communication with the blood testing facilities. The disasters of Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 were two of the biggest events where relief and assistance were needed. Both instances resulted in a delayed and apparent apathetic response from the ARC. In addition to the disasters themselves, the funding raised to help this relief effort were...
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...me and my family. The American Red Cross of America is the type of organization that produces products to support disaster relief, supporting the military families, health and safety training and education, blood drives for lifesaving blood and international services. The majority of their employers are volunteers that have been involved with the Red Cross because of the help they received during a disaster or life-changing event in their family. Their customers are the American people during times of disaster such as tornado, flood, fire or earthquake victims. Their customers are also, internationally whenever disaster strikes. So the treatment of them both, such always is fair and impartial. The American Red Cross manufactures their product through corporate and foundation funding, community partners, individual major donors and a national celebrity cabinet. The way they utilize their product is by teaching their employers and customers how to prepare their home and family, school and workplace. It will also educate on the different types of emergencies and where to get the tools and resources to better equip for these emergencies. A few problems that are facing the not-for-profit organization that I have chosen are the FDA fining the American Red Cross for blood safety lapses, financial issues cutting into the Red Cross and they now have their eighth president in ten...
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...Hemophure, which are blood substitutes designed to perform the function of carrying oxygen to different parts of the body as usually done by the blood. Oxyglobin, intended for animal use was FDA approved and was ready for commercial use whereas Hemopure, intended for human blood transfusion was two years away from FDA approval. Problem Statement The CEO of Biopure Corporation, Carl Rausch must make a decision on whether to launch the FDA approved Oxyglobin prior to Hemophure or wait until Hemophure gets a FDA approval which is estimated to take two years. Solution It is suggested that Biopure Corporation do not wait for Hemophure to get FDA approval and go with launching Oxyglobin as the company will have many benefits by launching Oxyglobin upfront. Framework SWOT Analysis: Strength • Improve Biopure’s financial status • Gain market experience Weakness • Acceptance for human blood substitute • Market launch of Hemophure depends on FDA approval Opportunity • Market share generation and positive brand equity • Set market dominance • Good distribution network Threats • Both the products have same production process • Competitors with better production facility may establish distribution channel The Company can implement the following to achieve huge benefits out of the launch of Oxyglobin. Business Strategy: The Company can start selling Oxyglobin at an initial price of $150 per unit to the intensive care practice at the veterinary blood market and have its...
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...Workshop Summary: Recruiting Blood Donors – Successful Practices An FDA sponsored workshop held on the NIH campus July 6 & 7, 2000 This two-day workshop was designed for information gathering and sharing. On Thursday we heard concise reports on the theory and practice of recruiting blood donors from successful recruiters. The presenters represented a diverse group of blood centers, both in terms of location and number of collections. On Friday all the attendees had a chance to participate in two of five facilitated discussions on relevant topics: advertising; education; donor retention / satisfaction; incentives; and the top ten actions to recruit and retain donors. Summary slides from the Friday discussion sessions are available at http://www.fda.gov/cber/summaries.htm. There was apparent consensus on many key points: * Successful programs are multifaceted, drawing on expertise in customer relations, advertising, public relation and, marketing. Such programs exhibit a culture of innovation and hard work. * The most successful programs have all staff members encouraging and thanking donors. * Donor recognition is an important component of a successful program. Recognition does not mean providing incentives or gifts to donors. Recognition means acknowledging donors altruistic contribution at each donation, with special recognition at milestones of their donation career such as a public thank-you for multi-gallon donors at a celebration dinner...
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...The purpose of this memorandum is to educate the community on the ethical issues that should be taken into consideration when buying a diamond or additional precious jewelry. In today times, the issue of diamonds obtained from questionable sources has come up in the public, in the movies, and among top executives at Tiffany & Company. Members of several action groups question the ethics of obtaining diamonds from sources that are enmeshed in bloody conflict. As we take a look at the market, when most women are buying or receiving a diamond, probably do not give much thought to where the stone came from. Furthermore, whenever a man purchases a ring for his lady, how often does he think to ask the jeweler where the stone originated? In recent years, there has been a large movement to pressure jewelers, such as Tiffany & Co. to be more socially responsible in ensuring that their diamonds are not blood diamonds. The major issue that Tiffany & Co. faces in regards to these so-called blood diamonds would be classified as an issue of social responsibility. Tiffany & Co. admits openly that it has a responsibility to society to keep from supporting the atrocities that are committed by such groups as the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), who are from Sierra Leone, who act in conflict-stricken countries around the world, who uses the diamond trade to fund their wars, often terrorizing the innocent populations of their own countries. Tiffany & Co. could now use Thorne et. al.’s “Framework...
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...Great Lakes. Describe how Great Lakes will be affected by each of these external factors. The Analysis of the Social/demographic- The primary consumers of the products produced by Great Lakes—especially lead additives—comes from developing/third world countries. Although the case study does not specifically comment on the demographics of these countries or the social status of their people, it is presumed that it affected everyone especially in large populated areas, once the negative effects on lead were discovered. These dynamics, complemented by the fact that most cars in developing countries did not have catalytic converters clearly indicates that social/demographic factors did not adversely Great Lakes. And the numbers appear to bear this out: as of 1996, leaded gasoline comprised 93...
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...1344493 IN COLLABORATION WITH ROYAL DOCKS BUSINESS SCHOOL BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance (Year 3) FE 3025 Issues and Controversies in Accounting Assignment Semester B/2014 Student: Nguyen Hoang Duc Student number: 1344493 Lecturer/Tutor: Mr. Le Van Lien Date of submission: April 28 2014 1 1344493 Contents 1. 2. 3. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Body ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................ 9 Reference .................................................................................................................................................... 11 2 1344493 1. Introduction Corporate Governance has become a fundamental problem for each corporation recently. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers – the fourth largest investment bank in US and the largest bankruptcy in US history has started the US financial crisis and spread all over the world. Since then, the corporate governance failures have exposed massively and Barclays is one of the obvious examples with Libor manipulation scandal in June 2012. The Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, Andrew Tyrie MP...
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...“information is the life blood of modern organizations” (Opara, 2003). Without “information”, organizations would most likely collapse as information is required to run the day-to-day doings of a business. Olowu states that “information entails data, facts, imaginations, ideas, opinions and cultural values in a variety of media which includes print, audio-visual materials and electronic processes” (Olowu, 2004). This shows how information flows within and between cultural groups. This represents an important part of “alternative conceptualization” (Nissen, 2002), which focuses on transaction (e.g. data to information, information to knowledge). This means data is necessary to produce information which, in turn, is necessary for creating knowledge that is conveyed (e.g. via paper, network, speech and observable action). And C.C. Aguolu feels that information is “the message of human experience” (Aguolu, 2002); rather, what is basically a stimulus assumes a response in the receiver, and possesses a response itself. This message can be made in any medium, in any language or in any subject. Some psychologists have even described the flow of information as a “basic” human need, while philosophers go on to say that the flow of information is a right of the people which enables them to participate effectively in society, thus enhancing education, knowledge and the basic learning process. This flow of information allows people to make decisions on issues that affect them. This “basic human need”...
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...Background Dexcom is a medical device company based out of San Diego that uses innovative technology to improve the quality of life for diabetics across the globe. Dexcom is transforming diabetes management by providing superior continuous glucose (CGM) technology to help patients, and healthcare professionals better manage diabetes. Dexcom was founded in 1999, and went public in 2005. Kevin Sayer is the current CEO, and is on the board of directors with eleven others majority of whom have significant experience in the diabetes industry. Products 1. Dexcom G4 Platinum. Brought to market in 2012 G4 PLATINUM set a new standard for commercially available CGMs, making the Dexcom G4 PLATINUM the most-advanced CGM system available. Previously the diabetic had to prick their finger for blood every 2-3 hours to monitor their blood sugar, however this product enabled the user to only have to prick their finger twice a day morning, and night. 2. Dexcom G5 (CGM) System. Brought to market in 2015 the Dexcom G5 is the...
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...Case Study Bruce Wayne is a 36-Year old man, who lives in Gotham City and is a billionaire. He was orphaned at the age of 10, when his parents were murdered in cold blood. He has son (Damien Wayne) who lives with his mother and grandfather on a small island that they own and is unaware of his existence. Bruce is the owner and CEO of Wayne enterprises, who are a leading light in applied science. Mr Wayne has been a recluse for the past 8 years (Living with close friend, godfather and butler, Alfred Pennyworth) following a tragic car accident with the love of his life, Rachel Dawes who tragically lost her life. He has not been outside his home premises for those 8 years. When he’s finally prepared to move on with his life, he makes a hospital appointment to get a check-up. Whilst taking the blood, the nurse seemed to be short with Bruce as she took the blood form his arm violently by just stabbing the needle in his arm and moving his limbs rather roughly when checking his joints. Later, after the X-rays have been developed and looked over, the doctor seemed to show an attitude to Bruce. They doctor says under his breath “ turns out billionaires aren’t indestructible”, after telling Bruce that he has no cartilage in his shoulders, elbows and knees and that the tissue lining his kidney has eradicated with very little of it left. He is also told that the tissue lining his skull is deeply scarred. The doctor also laughs at the fact that Bruce has told him he has been a recluse for...
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...as a symbol that certain performance standards of quality have been reached. A three-year accreditation cycle is standard for all member health care organizations. A two-year accreditation cycle is standard for laboratories. The Joint Commission provides the organization’s accreditation decision, the date the organization was awarded accreditation, but it does not provide the organization’s findings public. There are four Joint Commission focus areas for Nightingale and they are: Information Management, Medication Management, Communication, and Infection Control. This paper will focus on the area of communication for Nightingale. The way information is exchanged and delivered between individuals, departments, or organizations is the process of communication. There are three standards when it comes to communication. The first standard is UP.01.01.01: Conduct a pre-procedure verification process. The rationale for this standard is to make sure that...
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...same, we can state that the potential market size for Oxyglobin is $638.550.000. The main segments in the veterinary market are “Primary Care” and “Emergency Care”. The veterinary practices are approximately 15,000, 95% of which are Primary Care and 5% Emergency Care. Furthermore, the average of transfused blood units in each Primary and Emergency practice is 17 and 150, respectively. The potential market size is based on roughly 4,257,000 blood units. In the case, it is specified that only 354,750 units are actually transfused in particular cases deemed critical. Thanks to its innovative benefits, Oxyglobin is able to break through the barrier and reach the potential units which correspond to the revenue shown above. However, we must point out that the price to compute the expected revenue is open to variations. In fact, Oxyglobin can be priced up to $200 per unit considering that a survey shows that a high percentage of pet owners are willing to be fully aware of all alternatives available for treating their pets. *** In order to analyze Hemopure market size, firstly, we have to identify the potential segments of the human blood market. Excluding 2,700 blood units not transfused due to rejection or expiration, the total amount of RBCs transfused is 11,300 units. However, other 3,100 units must be deduced because they are transferred to chronic...
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...EpiPen is an injection containing epinephrine, this chemical narrows the blood vessel and open airways in the lungs. The effects of this injection can reverse severe low blood pressure, wheezing, hives, severe skin itching, and many different symptoms of an allergic reaction. They also use epinephrine to treat exercise induced anaphylaxis. Mylan offers the first authorized generic for EpiPen Auto injector at half of the wholesale acquisition cost . But as of 2016 , Mylan's EpiPen became the center of attention for scrutiny . Their prices increased by nearly 500 percent over the past seven years. American consumers are definitely not strangers to increased prices on drugs , but based on a few steep price hikes by the Mylan company and their decision to raise the price on EpiPen it caused an outrage. Mylan was at the center of criticism over rising drug prices. EpiPen is basically used by several parents of young children that suffer from food...
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