Review of Homeland Security Issues and Policies A review of the 2003-Rand report reveals that a key issue that faced Homeland Security was lack of adequate resources at all levels of the government. This issue mandated the proper allocation and prioritization of the resources allocated by the federal government to responders at state and local levels with an aim of fostering a more lasting relationship […]

Susto, a culture-bound syndrome discussed by Wen-Shing (2006), resonates with me in several ways. The work Susto has been described by Wen-Shing (2006) to originate from Spain and it means fright. Susto, as described in the article is based on the belief that each and every human is in possession of a soul. The article goes further to explain that in certain experiences, which are […]

Tonsillectomy is a procedure I am sure, you would not like your child to undergo based on several reasons. Firstly, the tool that is used to perform the procedure today was introduced in 1828 and remained in operation for a gruesome 80 years. Modern patients have been saved from the tonsil guillotine, which wreaked havoc on the throats of many, most of them children. Unfortunately, […]

Improving Quality of Patient Care to Reduce Patient Falls and Eliminate Medication Errors A healthcare organization has a need to improve its patient safety levels that are negatively affected by patient falls that happen almost every month, as well as, medication errors. The model that the hospital has been using to address the two issues is investigating and reporting incidents for mitigation purposes. However, the […]

Religious liberty is guaranteed in the First Amendment. Jahn (2017) observes that the First Amendment allows American citizens to observe their religious practices without government interference. As such, the First Amendment bars the government from endorsing a specific religion and this concept brings an important dimension to observance of religion in public schools. By putting the First Amendment into perspective, authorities in public schools are […]

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation was designed to ensure that schools were held accountable for the way students learned and achieved. Virtually, the NCLB requires that the percentage of students scoring at proficient levels on state standardized assessment must increase every year; otherwise, the state will withdraw funding. In fact, most Title I schools face sanctions if the students do not score within […]

Introduction Most healthcare facilities have invested in efforts to enhance provision of improved healthcare services for the patients such as healthcare information system. The systems have allowed the development of electronic health records and yielding large amounts of medical data in heterogenous formats such as structured, semi-structured, unstructured, discrete, and continuous. Data analytics entails the integration of different types and formats of data, data quality […]

The telecommunication industry in the United States is huge and incorporates several industries including providers of fixed lines, wireless lines, and internet providers, as well as, the manufacturers of telecommunication equipment. The focus of this paper will be on players in the wireless lines industry. The industry has experienced impressive growth from the advent of mobile phones, and has continued to grow exponentially since the […]

This discussion post analyzes Ovans (2015) and Osterwalder (2013) and their perspectives on the business model. Further, we will introduce and fuse the concept of Porter’s five forces with the business model concept. Ovans (2015) recognized that a business model is an intricate and important aspect of any business, but a hard concept to explain. In attempting to describe it, he mentioned that it is […]

What Reasonable Marketing Entails Marketing is an important business function, which has the potential to improve sales and revenues, desirably even in saturated markets. To achieve its goals, the performance of marketing needs to be measured to improve decision-making. There are several marketing metrics (including return on investment and likeability) that can enable business leaders to select effective marketing tools. These metrics can help business […]