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183: Determining Costs of Information Requests
Determine the cost of processing requests for information by using the following data.

Types of RequestsAverage Time to Respond to Request
In-person requests: Someone appears in the Patient Data Services/HIM Department and requests to review or receive copies of the record.15 minutes
Requests received by mail or by fax8 minutes
Requests received by telephone5 minutes

One full-time equivalent (FTE) (2080 hours) is assigned to this function. The salary for this position is $29,000 a year.
1.What is the unit cost of the time to respond to requests for information?
2.What other data should be factored into this cost to obtain a unit cost for this function?
3.Given the following mix of types of requests, approximately how many requests could be answered per year (e.g., 50% mail/fax, 25% telephone, and 25% in person)?
Critical Thinking
Remember that there are considerations that the health information management (HIM) director should take into account when measuring coder productivity:
Do coders perform other tasks such as charge capture, data abstracting, documentation review, and so on?
Do coders find missing records?
Do coders answer the phone?
Are records sent to coders in the correct order?
Is severity of illness taken into account when determining productivity?

After completing this activity, you will be able to describe the research methods commonly used to study human development, citing the strengths and limitations of each.In a Word doc, compose a 500 word essay describing the longitudinal, cross sectional and sequential designs used in lifespan development research, citing the strengths and limitations of each. Then explain the similarities and differences of systematic observation, self reports, the clinical method, and ethnography as described in the text. APA format, in text citations

Annotated Bibliography for wealth disparity
Introductory Paragraph to Topic: Refer to the Final Argumentative Essay guidelines for your topic selection. Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words, which clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.
Thesis statement: Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week Five Final Argumentative Essay. A thesis statement should be a declarative statement that makes one point in 25 words or less. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.
Annotated Bibliography: Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read. For each annotation, you need to summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue. Your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long (150 words or more) and fully address the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic. The annotated bibliography must include no less than five scholarly sources that will be used to support the major points of the Final Argumentative Essay. Critical thinking skills need to be demonstrated by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.

The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography Assignment

For the assignment, you will use 2 Data Analytics spreadsheet, linked in the Resources. There are two parts to this assignment.

Time for some exploring: You are a data analyst tasked to provide analysis of the data provided by the data warehouse team. You decide to use two unsupervised methods: clustering ( k-means) and association analysis (market basket analysis). This analysis will help the marketing team to group each widget into three or four different levels of products at different pricing. The market basket analysis will help operations and sales teams understand which products tend to be purchased together for potential opportunities to maximize shelf space or up-sell during the time of purchase.

Part 1 ( k-means) of the assignment: Use the k-means algorithm with either Microsoft Excel or SAS on the data contained on the worksheet titled \”K.\” Suppose the centers of each cluster are C, F, I, and L. Run the k-means algorithm for one epoch. What was the outcome of your experiment? Describe the clusters created with the experiment? What belongs to which cluster and what are the centers of the new clusters themselves?

Part 2 (basket analysis) of the assignment: You will work with the worksheet titled \”Basket.\” Run experiments using with either Microsoft Excel or SAS, and run an association algorithm to obtain a number of combinations (itemsets) based off the data within the worksheet. Perform your analysis on the output of your association algorithm. What are the most common itemsets? What is the number of items within the top five itemsets? What is the average value of the top five itemsets? What is the total value of the tickets that contain items in the top five itemsets? What can a business analyst do with this information? Why is this information interesting? Is this information useful to solving a business problem?

Paper: (3 to 6 pages for the body section, excluding cover page & references pag). Use APA (6th edition) style and format; include your analysis and answers to the exercises in parts 1 and 2 above, with a minimum of five references; and cover the following topics:

1 Explain how and why developing and running experiments using cluster and association algorithms can help organizations solve business problems and improve data and information accuracy.
2 Explain why you selected and used the analytical software tool for your experiments and how the tool is useful for data analytics.
3 Demonstrate how analytical and statistical methods, processes, and tools are used to help decision makers make better decisions.
4 Demonstrate how analytical and statistical tools are used to aggregate data into information and knowledge with analysis and experimentation.

Assignment Requirements

APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
Length of paper: 3-5 pages, excluding the references page & cover page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

The Discussion Board (DB) is part of the core of online learning. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires the active participation of students and the instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Every student is expected to create an original response to the open-ended DB question as well as engage in dialogue by responding to posts created by others throughout the week. At the end of each unit, DB participation will be assessed based on both level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion.At a minimum, each student will be expected to post an original and thoughtful response to the DB question and contribute to the weekly dialogue by responding to at least two other posts from students. The first contribution must be posted before midnight (Central Time) on Wednesday of each week. Two additional responses are required after Wednesday of each week. Students are highly encouraged to engage on the Discussion Board early and often, as that is the primary way the university tracks class attendance and participation.If you are planning to use a repurposed or reused assignment, please let your instructor know about it. If an instructor is not made aware of work being repurposed or reused, an instructor will treat the assignment as a plagiarized task and may post an F grade until proof of originality is provided. Click for more information.The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow students to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the DB question. Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB will be accepted after the end of each unit.Complete the following for this assignment:Click if you need to watch a tutorial on submitting Discussion Boards. 

Due Week 8 and worth 275 pointsThis assignment will give you the opportunity to choose a case study, and then write about the ethical implications and the impact of the events that are described. Each case study includes a set of questions that you should answer. You can choose either Case Study 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct, or Case Study 8.4: Have Gun Will Travel. You will be graded on the following criteria:Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Click  to view the grading rubric. Choose one (1) of the following case studies for Assignment 2:Located on page 342 of your textbook Located on page 312 of your textbook

Review the case study and the weekly readings. Use the case study and provide specific information about \”the company\” in your response.Prepare a  for the company\’s CISO which presents a strategy for communicating a new \”social media\” policy to field office employees and managers. This policy will restrict the freedoms that field offices have previously had with respect to establishing and managing their own \”branded\” social media accounts for marketing and communications about the services offered at each field office.Consider whether or not your strategy should include:Please remember it’s a discussion board, after I post them, I will later require four additional replies to other students post. It could be like 4 to 6 sentences.

As a way of experiencing the Humanities beyond your classroom, computer, and textbook, you are asked to do a certain type of “cultural activity” that fits well with our course and then report on your experience.   Your instructor will require you to propose an activity and get instructor approval before you do it and report on it (students should look for any instructions in that respect). Every effort should be made to ensure that this is a hands-on experience (not a virtual one), that this activity fits the HUM 112 class well, and that the activity is of sufficient quality for this university course. The two (2) key types of activities are a museum visit or a performance. : This must not be a report on the same activity (and certainly not the same report) as done for another class, like HUM 111. For instance, one might go to the same museum as done for HUM 111, but this HUM 112 report will focus on entirely different works and displays. : Submit your cultural activity choice to the instructor for approval before the end of Week 5 (earlier is even better). Look for guidance from the instructor for how or where to make your proposal. You may also seek advice from your instructor (provide your town / state or zip code) for a good activity in your general area. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: