online discussions of Dr. Talinn Phillips' ENG 308J course at Ohio University
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Post for 4/6
Think of a change that you would like to see made at your school or workplace. Using the five problem-solution steps given in Coleman & Funk 7, outline a proposal that argues for making the change.
My intention is not to judge but to propose a possible solution for the misuse of the Ohio Direction Card. My solution to this proposed problem is stricter law enforcement on those caught cheating the system. I would also like to see more limitations set on what can be purchased. 1. Misuse of the Ohio Direction Card 2. Huge problem a. Some people do not legitimately need the program but it is being abused 3. Solutions a. A proposed solution for better limitations set on what can and cannot be purchased with food stamps is allowing only nutritious food to be bought. b. My second proposed solution for the misuse of food stamps would be a stricter background check for those applying for this aid. c. In order to receive the Ohio Direction Card a recipient must make an appointment to apply in person. A person must then bring to the interview, certain papers in order to become eligible. 4. Pros and cons of solutions a. Good fake identifications b. Retailers would have to mark all their shelves to let customers know what they could and could not buy with their food stamps c. Checkout clerks would also have to be informed on what was acceptable for those customers using the food stamps. 5. The most probable solution would be that all need to apply in person and give legitimate identification.
The problem I would like to address is that of our School’s subpar health care services. The solutions I propose are slightly radical, but are rooted in sense, and offer vast benefits over the drawbacks.
1.Poor Ohio University Health services 2. Regular Problem a. Many people do not even have access to health care let alone inefficient services. b. Health Center is understaffed and too slow c. Health Center often misdiagnosis patients d. Health center underfunded 3. Solutions a. Move the Hudson health center to Baker: Baker would finally have a use for the majority of students (other than an escalator) allowing for consolidation and saving. b. Professors are “Doctors”: allow anyone with a doctorate to act as a MD and diagnose patients. Need less pay than actual MD’s, and will still have the same percentages of right diagnosis. Also will allow Professors to earn extra wages and stay involved with students. c. Open Pharmacy: Get rid of all the doctors, secede to form a city-state, and adopt an open pharmacy policy, any pill for anyone who can pay for it. The school would make countless amounts of money, and would never be low on funds again. Also cure rate would go up since the amount of reported sicknesses would plummet. 4. Pros and Cons a. Pros: huge savings on Baker and health Center, Health Center can expand, Hudson becomes class rooms, Health center closer to dorms and uptown. Cons: Sick people in Baker, hard to move equipment, escalators more crowded b. Pros: Savings, Extra training for Professors, student-teacher relation improvement Cons: No medical training, c. Pros: Easy access to medications, student happiness skyrockets, no federal control, Increase in cure rate Cons: Loss of military protection, Hardships of establishing a new republic, predicted heavy casualties in the battle for sovereignty, plummet in reported cases of sickness 5. The most likely solution of any of these is moving the health center to baker. Which, if we also allow private practices to open and rent space could really save this school a lot.
The problem I would like to address is the issue of limited use of meal plans for students that have them. Other universities throughout the state can use their meal plans at other places other than dining halls, such as restaurants around campus, while Ohio University students can only use their's at dining halls and Baker, but only if they have a Flex account. It would be problematic, however, because dong this would need a restructure of the dining plan completely. 1. Limited use Meal Plan 2. Inconvenient and Unfair a. Students can easily get tired of the food served in dining halls. b. Dining halls are not always open. c. Some meal plans are only allowed to be used to certain dining hall hours. d. Other Universities get to use meal plan at regular restaurants. e. Most students are dissatisfied with their meal plans and it uses. 3. Solutions a. Extend hours open for dining halls. b. Make the food served at the dining halls different, rather than having the same food almost everyday. c. Make the meal plans available to be used uptowns at restaurants, such as Wendy’s, Chipotle, Jimmy Johns, or other local restaurants. d. Make the meal plan options more uniform with less difference so that they become a standardized thing for virtually every student. 4. Pros and Cons a. Pros: Variety in students who have meal plans diet. b. Pros: Help support a declining local economy of Athens. c. Pros: Students aren’t limited to dining hall hours. d. Pros: Could provide more money to the University. e. Cons: Dining Services would have to restructure Meal Plans all together. f. Cons: The University itself may lose money. g. Cons: Students may have to pay more for new dining plans. 5. The best solution would be for the University to organize a committee to at least investigate a solution to both sides of the argument. Businesses around Athens would be glad to get more support from the University since they are so closely rely on each other anyway.
With the growth of paperless systems in health care, a problem lies in the compatibility between different systems. If a doctor’s office uses “system a” and the hospital uses “system b”, the two cannot communicate with one another in the event of a patient referral; or for other reasons. In an event such as this, the office referred to would have to enter the chart from a paper copy. These procedure cost time and money, since someone would have to input the information into their own system and then is responsible for destroying the paper copy. Another issue can be upgrading to a different system. I propose that the patient charts can be accessed in a universal format, while having a variety of systems to choose from. This can boost company competition to provide the best integration and support, such as Microsoft office and Mac iWork. 1. The Problem: Care providers are switching from file charts to paperless systems, because of incompatibility, time is wasted when a patient is referred from another office that uses a different paperless system. 2. Problem Explained: This is a problem because an office worker would have to receive the papers from the referring office and input the patient data into the system themselves when the employee can be working on another important aspect of an office such as billing. a. Practicality of Today’s Method: There also might be a problem during the input of dates, type of surgery, or missing information. b. Compatibility: The idea of a paperless system is crippled because of the need to make a paper copy for another doctor’s office that doesn’t use the same system or isn’t paperless to begin with. 3. Solutions: a. A universal file system any health care provider can access. A patient chart is a collection of documents such as .pdf and .doc which are all saved under a specific patient name acting as a folder. The system can then be used for reminders and setting up billing, appointments, and virtually every aspect of patient care. b. A change to “cloud computing”, this would mean that all patient chart systems would be off site and accessed through a browser or software. This could be managed by government, private companies, or institutions with a set of rules and regulations in place. c. To obtain a chart of a patient that is either new or a referral to a different hospital or clinic a verification would have to be made to be given a access to their file, such as biometric security which can utilize fingerprints, eye, or facial features to approve. Other methods can include social security numbers or a scan on a drivers license. These means of security are already used on computers, cell phones, and existing systems. 4. Pros and Cons: a. The system would make transitioning doctors’ offices efficient, since the family medical history, insurance, and other important documents are already accessible. b. The main argument is security since someone can potentially hack into a system and steal information such as social security. c. Another issue is a company’s willingness to make such a profitable area more accessible for those who might be using a competitor’s product. d. A more universal system can be life saving; an ER doctor can treat a new patient with fewer mistakes with access to all of the patient’s background to find important information such as current medical condition and allergies. e. Some people just don’t like the idea of a system that contains all your information which is essentially accessible from anywhere. 5. The most realistic solution is to continue to use the system in place until a change is made. Time and cost are important in office management; changing a system requires purchasing another system and equipment, educating your employees, and inputting all the existing data whether paperless or paper into another system.
I am addressing a problem that continues to turn up where I work at Templeton Blackburn Memorial Auditorium. People continuously call off work the day they are supposed to work despite warnings not to do so. I propose that a new practice is implemented that has a stricter code that provides more time for Memorial Auditorium to find replacements for people who want to drop a shift.
1)THE PROBLEM: Un-approved schedule changes and shift cancelations the day of a shift. 2)WHY IT IS A PROBLEM? a.Students call in hours before they are supposed to work and say they can’t come in and management can’t find anyone else on such short notice b.Students who do come to work when scheduled have to do more work and stay longer to get it all done c.Despite warnings, students continue to call off work a day in advance 3)SOLUTIONS a.Change the work website so students cannot call off work the day-of but if they need to call off, do so three days in advance so a replacement can be found. b.Inform employees that they may call off the day of a shift but only for emergencies. c.Inform employees that they will be let go upon the third time a cancelation occurs the day of a shift. 4) PROS & CONS a.PRO: Managers will be have adequate time to find people to work shifts. b.PRO: Students who do come to work will not be forced to work twice as hard and stay late to get all the work done. c.PRO: Students will be help to a higher standard that will reflect well on Memorial Auditorium. d. CON: Students may be less likely to call off work when they need to, even for emergencies. e. CON: Students may feel under pressure and feel that because of the stricter scheduling procedures, they want to work at another facility where their scheduling conflicts won’t be a problem. 5) REALISTIC SOLUTION The solution that should be adopted because it would be easiest for all employees involved, would be to simply institute a policy that does not allow students to call off work the same day of a shift unless for emergencies. This will give management time to find replacements. Stricter warnings (the three strike, you’re fired warning) will also accompany this policy to ensure that it is followed. This will make sure that Memorial Auditorium runs more smoothly and there are always enough people on staff.
My intention is not to judge but to propose a possible solution for the misuse of the Ohio Direction Card. My solution to this proposed problem is stricter law enforcement on those caught cheating the system. I would also like to see more limitations set on what can be purchased.
ReplyDelete1. Misuse of the Ohio Direction Card
2. Huge problem
a. Some people do not legitimately need the program but it is being abused
3. Solutions
a. A proposed solution for better limitations set on what can and cannot be purchased with food stamps is allowing only nutritious food to be bought.
b. My second proposed solution for the misuse of food stamps would be a stricter background check for those applying for this aid.
c. In order to receive the Ohio Direction Card a recipient must make an appointment to apply in person. A person must then bring to the interview, certain papers in order to become eligible.
4. Pros and cons of solutions
a. Good fake identifications
b. Retailers would have to mark all their shelves to let customers know what they could and could not buy with their food stamps
c. Checkout clerks would also have to be informed on what was acceptable for those customers using the food stamps.
5. The most probable solution would be that all need to apply in person and give legitimate identification.
The problem I would like to address is that of our School’s subpar health care services. The solutions I propose are slightly radical, but are rooted in sense, and offer vast benefits over the drawbacks.
ReplyDelete1.Poor Ohio University Health services
2. Regular Problem
a. Many people do not even have access to health care let alone inefficient services.
b. Health Center is understaffed and too slow
c. Health Center often misdiagnosis patients
d. Health center underfunded
3. Solutions
a. Move the Hudson health center to Baker: Baker would finally have a use for the majority of students (other than an escalator) allowing for consolidation and saving.
b. Professors are “Doctors”: allow anyone with a doctorate to act as a MD and diagnose patients. Need less pay than actual MD’s, and will still have the same percentages of right diagnosis. Also will allow Professors to earn extra wages and stay involved with students.
c. Open Pharmacy: Get rid of all the doctors, secede to form a city-state, and adopt an open pharmacy policy, any pill for anyone who can pay for it. The school would make countless amounts of money, and would never be low on funds again. Also cure rate would go up since the amount of reported sicknesses would plummet.
4. Pros and Cons
a. Pros: huge savings on Baker and health Center, Health Center can expand, Hudson becomes class rooms, Health center closer to dorms and uptown.
Cons: Sick people in Baker, hard to move equipment, escalators more crowded
b. Pros: Savings, Extra training for Professors, student-teacher relation improvement
Cons: No medical training,
c. Pros: Easy access to medications, student happiness skyrockets, no federal control, Increase in cure rate
Cons: Loss of military protection, Hardships of establishing a new republic, predicted heavy casualties in the battle for sovereignty, plummet in reported cases of sickness
5. The most likely solution of any of these is moving the health center to baker. Which, if we also allow private practices to open and rent space could really save this school a lot.
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ReplyDeleteThe problem I would like to address is the issue of limited use of meal plans for students that have them. Other universities throughout the state can use their meal plans at other places other than dining halls, such as restaurants around campus, while Ohio University students can only use their's at dining halls and Baker, but only if they have a Flex account. It would be problematic, however, because dong this would need a restructure of the dining plan completely.
ReplyDelete1. Limited use Meal Plan
2. Inconvenient and Unfair
a. Students can easily get tired of the food served in dining halls.
b. Dining halls are not always open.
c. Some meal plans are only allowed to be used to certain dining hall hours.
d. Other Universities get to use meal plan at regular restaurants.
e. Most students are dissatisfied with their meal plans and it uses.
3. Solutions
a. Extend hours open for dining halls.
b. Make the food served at the dining halls different, rather than having the same food almost everyday.
c. Make the meal plans available to be used uptowns at restaurants, such as Wendy’s, Chipotle, Jimmy Johns, or other local restaurants.
d. Make the meal plan options more uniform with less difference so that they become a standardized thing for virtually every student.
4. Pros and Cons
a. Pros: Variety in students who have meal plans diet.
b. Pros: Help support a declining local economy of Athens.
c. Pros: Students aren’t limited to dining hall hours.
d. Pros: Could provide more money to the University.
e. Cons: Dining Services would have to restructure Meal Plans all together.
f. Cons: The University itself may lose money.
g. Cons: Students may have to pay more for new dining plans.
5. The best solution would be for the University to organize a committee to at least investigate a solution to both sides of the argument. Businesses around Athens would be glad to get more support from the University since they are so closely rely on each other anyway.
With the growth of paperless systems in health care, a problem lies in the compatibility between different systems. If a doctor’s office uses “system a” and the hospital uses “system b”, the two cannot communicate with one another in the event of a patient referral; or for other reasons. In an event such as this, the office referred to would have to enter the chart from a paper copy. These procedure cost time and money, since someone would have to input the information into their own system and then is responsible for destroying the paper copy. Another issue can be upgrading to a different system. I propose that the patient charts can be accessed in a universal format, while having a variety of systems to choose from. This can boost company competition to provide the best integration and support, such as Microsoft office and Mac iWork.
ReplyDelete1. The Problem: Care providers are switching from file charts to paperless systems, because of incompatibility, time is wasted when a patient is referred from another office that uses a different paperless system.
2. Problem Explained: This is a problem because an office worker would have to receive the papers from the referring office and input the patient data into the system themselves when the employee can be working on another important aspect of an office such as billing.
a. Practicality of Today’s Method: There also might be a problem during the input of dates, type of surgery, or missing information.
b. Compatibility: The idea of a paperless system is crippled because of the need to make a paper copy for another doctor’s office that doesn’t use the same system or isn’t paperless to begin with.
3. Solutions:
a. A universal file system any health care provider can access. A patient chart is a collection of documents such as .pdf and .doc which are all saved under a specific patient name acting as a folder. The system can then be used for reminders and setting up billing, appointments, and virtually every aspect of patient care.
b. A change to “cloud computing”, this would mean that all patient chart systems would be off site and accessed through a browser or software. This could be managed by government, private companies, or institutions with a set of rules and regulations in place.
c. To obtain a chart of a patient that is either new or a referral to a different hospital or clinic a verification would have to be made to be given a access to their file, such as biometric security which can utilize fingerprints, eye, or facial features to approve. Other methods can include social security numbers or a scan on a drivers license. These means of security are already used on computers, cell phones, and existing systems.
4. Pros and Cons:
a. The system would make transitioning doctors’ offices efficient, since the family medical history, insurance, and other important documents are already accessible.
b. The main argument is security since someone can potentially hack into a system and steal information such as social security.
c. Another issue is a company’s willingness to make such a profitable area more accessible for those who might be using a competitor’s product.
d. A more universal system can be life saving; an ER doctor can treat a new patient with fewer mistakes with access to all of the patient’s background to find important information such as current medical condition and allergies.
e. Some people just don’t like the idea of a system that contains all your information which is essentially accessible from anywhere.
5. The most realistic solution is to continue to use the system in place until a change is made. Time and cost are important in office management; changing a system requires purchasing another system and equipment, educating your employees, and inputting all the existing data whether paperless or paper into another system.
I am addressing a problem that continues to turn up where I work at Templeton Blackburn Memorial Auditorium. People continuously call off work the day they are supposed to work despite warnings not to do so. I propose that a new practice is implemented that has a stricter code that provides more time for Memorial Auditorium to find replacements for people who want to drop a shift.
ReplyDelete1)THE PROBLEM: Un-approved schedule changes and shift cancelations the day of a shift.
2)WHY IT IS A PROBLEM?
a.Students call in hours before they are supposed to work and say they can’t come in and management can’t find anyone else on such short notice
b.Students who do come to work when scheduled have to do more work and stay longer to get it all done
c.Despite warnings, students continue to call off work a day in advance
3)SOLUTIONS
a.Change the work website so students cannot call off work the day-of but if they need to call off, do so three days in advance so a replacement can be found.
b.Inform employees that they may call off the day of a shift but only for emergencies.
c.Inform employees that they will be let go upon the third time a cancelation occurs the day of a shift.
4) PROS & CONS
a.PRO: Managers will be have adequate time to find people to work shifts.
b.PRO: Students who do come to work will not be forced to work twice as hard and stay late to get all the work done.
c.PRO: Students will be help to a higher standard that will reflect well on Memorial Auditorium.
d. CON: Students may be less likely to call off work when they need to, even for emergencies.
e. CON: Students may feel under pressure and feel that because of the stricter scheduling procedures, they want to work at another facility where their scheduling conflicts won’t be a problem.
5) REALISTIC SOLUTION
The solution that should be adopted because it would be easiest for all employees involved, would be to simply institute a policy that does not allow students to call off work the same day of a shift unless for emergencies. This will give management time to find replacements. Stricter warnings (the three strike, you’re fired warning) will also accompany this policy to ensure that it is followed. This will make sure that Memorial Auditorium runs more smoothly and there are always enough people on staff.
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