Compare the CMS standards with the guidelines proposed by one other organization. Based on this comparison, would you recommend that a health care setting adopt this organization’s guidelines as supplementary to CMS’s? Why or why not?

For this week’s Discussion, you examined guidelines proposed by organizations involved in health care quality and patient safety.Whereas many of the guidelines addressed in the Discussion may be considered optional or supplementary, CMS standards (core measures) set a precedent for health care organizations throughout the United States. The “Hospital Compare” Web site presents information on quality captured for the Centers […]

Ethics in public organizations, are there higher standards in public verses private organizations?

Topic: Ethics in public organizations, are there higher standards in public verses private organizations? Some believe that it is okay for private organizations to cut corners and even provide questionable information to its customers if it keeps the prices down and does not hurt too many people. You may agree with this or not but given a variety of news […]

Do Biometric authentication standards exist or not?

Biometric authentication standards – do they exist or not?… are they enforced …are they strong enough to instill confidence in Biometric Authentication mechanisms? Discuss and articulate your opinion backed up by research. Ensure you scrutinize literature and internet to identify what NIST and ISO are doing in this respect. Some links that may be of interest: http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/biometric_standards.cfm http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/ansi_standard.cfm

Identify 15 of what you consider the highest priority standards that likely apply to this operation to include the code number for the standard and describe a hazard demonstrating why the standard applies (e.g. Industrial Ventilation, 1910.94. The company has a paint booth that controls paint and solvent vapors).

Case Scenario For this application case scenario, you will be given background information about a small corporation named Bubba’s Materials Handling. After reviewing this information, you will provide answers to questions based on the following scenario: Background: OSHA Standards and Bubba’s Materials Handling, Inc. Bubba’s Materials Handling is a mall corporation that employs between 38 and 55 employees throughout any […]