Friday, November 16, 2012

FLAMINGO FRIDAY - WEDDING CAKE TOPPERS!

Happy Friday y'all! I'm so excited to spend the weekend with family and friends, dinner out tonight and tomorrow night (ahh, no cooking) and the Zac Brown Band concert on Sunday!! A busy weekend but a fun one :)
Today's flamingos come from Becky Kazana on Etsy - how about these??!






Are they not the cutest cake toppers you've ever seen?! You can check them out here?and browse all her other celebration goodies :)?

Source: http://shorelychic.blogspot.com/2012/11/flamingo-friday-wedding-cake-topper.html

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Hospital Partnership; Claiming Lincoln; Springsteen Bio; Sports Talk: Today on Byline

Here is the rundown for today's edition of Byline:

At the top - Analysis of the new health care partnership announced this week between the University of Louisville and Kentucky One Health. WFPL's Devin Katayama speaks with Dr. David Dunn, U of L vice president for health affairs.

13:30 - As the new Lincoln movie opens nationwide this weekend, WFPL's Joseph Lord compares the 16th president?s legacies in Kentucky and Illinois.

17:00 - WFPL's Rick Howlett has a conversation with Peter Ames Carlin, author of a new biography of Bruce Springsteen.

27:20 - Sports news with WDRB reporter Eric Crawford and Lexington Herald-Leader reporter Mark Story.? We get the latest on UK and UofL football and basketball, and the search for a new football coach at UK.

36:30 - In the weekly arts segment, WFPL's arts and humanities reporter Erin Keane talks with actress Jessica Wortham, who plays the role of the mother in Actor?s Theatre production of A Christmas Story.

Source: http://wfpl.org/post/hospital-partnership-claiming-lincoln-springsteen-bio-sports-talk-today-byline

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What is the difference between Sociology, Anthropology , and ...

Asked: What is the difference between Sociology, Anthropology , and Political Science? What should i major

I understand :

Sociology: study society in groups

Anthropology: study origin or culture and evolution

Political Science: Study governments

Psychology: studies the human brain and behavior development

However, once I graduate what jobs will I obtain?All of these majors seem to cross-over issues and topics, and are very similar especially anthropology and sociology.

I don't like "digs" or archeology finding fossils?? so should i still study anthropology?
However, I do like studying culture and origin of people.

I do not want to deal with people one on one with mental health. (psychology)
However I do like understanding the mind and how people THINK.

Answers:

Answered:
you should major in political science to show the world how much of a dictator the "US GOV" is

=)

Answered:
It isn't people like you who hate obamacare.It's these giant multinational corporations like Walmart who have grown accustomed to exploiting cheap labor who don't want obamacare.They see human beings as tools, no more deserving of respect than a wrench or a hammer.

Answered:
Laying off or not is your choice.It might be harder to get and retain quality employees, however, if you no longer offer a healthcare benefit package.If your people are so happy that, healthcare or not, they are willing to continue on at your business, you've got a good company and should be proud.

Answered:
Exactly how many lies can you repeat from FOX FAKE "News"?

Answered:
Yeah right, that money will go directly to employee raises, give us a break!!

Answered:
You can avoid any fines by switching your employees over to independent contractor status. This will also exempt them from a number of labor law protections, and save you money in taxesas well

Answered:
It won't.The idiots posting that stuff on here have fallen for the fear-mongering and lies of the right-wing noise machine.They hate Obama so much that they don't take time to find out what the bill actually does and what the lies are.Most of them don't even realize that Obamacare won't be fully implemented until 2013, raising the question of how these employers are forced to lay off employees NOW.

It's just the latest excuse that greedy employers use?as they have since the beginning of time?to cheat the workers and enrich themselves.

Answered:
As a small business owner, you should be educated on the new law. It doesn't affect you because you have less than 50 employees. I have a hard time believing you own a small business if you didn't know this

Answered:
you will be FORCED to give Healthcare to employees and if not, you'll be fined 3,000 for each employee. FACT

Source: http://www.chickenpox-shingles-virus.com/what-is-the-difference-between-sociology-anthropology-and-political-science-what-should-i-major/

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Home*School*Home: Good stuff.

My son is going to get to come home for Thanksgiving.? That's exciting.? I can't wait to see him.? August 24 has been a long time, although we've kept in touch on Facebook and stuff, it's not the same and it really hasn't been enough.? We need to get the video chats regularly scheduled and possibly we might need to go someplace with faster internet.? This is definitely something we need to make sure and do.? The kids have always been extraordinarily close and I don't want that to end or have their relationships strained by distance.? If oldest gets a car which he is thinking about doing, then he should be able to come home more often.? I really hope so. ?

He also got his grade reports and he got a 3.3 grade point average.? I'm very happy with that.? He needed to keep at least 2.0 to keep his scholarship and 3.0 to keep his good student discount on the car insurance.? So yay.?

This is very good because really we have been some pretty relaxed homeschoolers and he was kind of a difficult student for a while, but he's grown up now and doing well.? :-)

Source: http://homeschoolhome.blogspot.com/2012/11/good-stuff.html

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Chamique Holdsclaw, WNBA Legend, Reportedly Fires Gun at Ex-Girlfriend

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/11/chamique-holdsclaw-wnba-legend-reportedly-fires-gun-at-ex-girlfr/

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[Elevated] 10-2012 Manhattan/Brooklyn Rental Report ...

Posted by Jonathan Miller - Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 8:44 AM

Last month we created and published a new report on the Manhattan rental market for 10-2012. ?This is part of an evolving market report series I?ve been writing for Douglas Elliman since 1994.

MANHATTAN

  • Falling vacancy rates continue to drive rental price indicators higher despite more consumers moving to the purchase market in response to record low mortgage rates.
  • Rents up year-over-year: median +1.6%, rent psf +3.2%, average +5.4%.
  • 4% of listings had a landlord concession, averaging 1 month free rent, compared to 25% of listings 2 years ago.
  • Vacancy rate fell to 2% from 2.32% year-over-year. East Side had largest decline.
  • Overall new rental activity increased 1.2% but slipped for studio/1-bedrooms as falling mortgage rates pulled consumers into purchase market.
  • Luxury and Super-Luxury median rents up 5.1% and 14.9% year-over-year.
  • Doorman prices continue to rise, outpacing non-doorman price gains.

BROOKLYN
[North, Northwest Regions]

  • Tight credit conditions continue to keep rents at elevated levels.
  • Rental prices were mixed, but rental price per square foot was $34.72, the highest level for October in more than four years.
  • New rentals surged 23.2% over last year?s levels as landlords continue to press rents higher causing more ?churn.?
  • Luxury market rent per square foot increase of 10.9% more than doubled the 5.2% gain of the overall market.
  • 2-Bedrooms showed largest median sales price gain at 12.8% YOY.

Here?s an excerpt from the report:

MANHATTAN ?The Manhattan vacancy rate fell to 2% from 2.32% in the same period last year. Consistent with this decline, rentals with landlord concessions had single-digit market share; approximately 4% of all new rentals had some form of concession, compared to 25% two years ago?

BROOKLYN ?There were 23.2% more new rentals in October than there were a year ago, as high rent levels caused more ?churn? in the marketplace. The jump in listing discount and days on market also reflected landlords tending to push for rent increases at the time of lease renewals?.

You can build your own custom data tables on the Manhattan rental market using quarterly data ? our new monthly format will be available online shortly and we will be phasing in monthly charts to our rental chart gallery soon.



The Elliman Report: 10-2012 Manhattan Rentals [Miller Samuel]
The Elliman Report: 10-2012 Manhattan Rentals [Prudential Douglas Elliman]





Source: http://www.millersamuel.com/blog/elevated-10-2012-manhattanbrooklyn-rental-report/27190

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Community Health Needs Assessment: Beyond Compliance ...

Written by Steven B. Reed, Senior Manager, Blue Consulting Services?| November 13, 2012

Tags: Blue Consulting Services | Steven B. Reed

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision and announcement on June 29th validated the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The high court's decision confirms the requirement that most non-profit hospitals must complete a comprehensive community health needs assessment every three years. Those hospitals that are required by law to complete a CHNA ? but don't ? will face a $50,000 fine every year they are not in compliance with the law. This legal requirement with its financial enforcement penalty is reason enough to get going; however, there are other valuable and compelling business reasons ? beyond regulatory compliance ? for any hospital to incorporate the CHNA process into its regular planning cycle.

Steven B. ReedThis article outlines how the CHNA process can be integrated as a foundational component into the key business functions of strategic planning and marketing, by incorporating it into the hospital's regular planning cycle. The CHNA process can be the driving mechanism for a community hospital to elevate its position in the community as the leading healthcare organization concerned with promoting the overall health status of its community. A hospital can leverage the CHNA process to foster collaboration with other health service providers and organizations in the community for purposes of promoting communication, working relationships, referral and coordination of care, thus enhancing the continuum of healthcare at all levels. Moreover, a hospital strategically engaged in the CHNA process can also enhance its image, reputation and position in the market with key stakeholders and the community at large.

The planning cycle

Every hospital should have some type of recurring planning process cycle to create strategic and other operating plans, which are then implemented. A strategic plan provides many critical components an organization needs, including strategic direction; clarity and commitment towards its mission and values; an implementation plan that breaks major strategic initiatives into a detailed work plan; and a process for reporting and accountability. Given the dynamic healthcare environment, a hospital should complete a comprehensive strategic planning process every three years ? the same timeframe required for a CHNA.

Strategic marketing
Over the past decade or so, the marketing function has gained acceptance and support in the healthcare field with a growing recognition of its critical business application for hospitals. Some of the critical marketing functions for hospital leadership to utilize include:

  • Patient satisfaction
  • Pricing strategy
  • Patient access
  • Service locations
  • Patient origin and market share
  • Corporate communication
  • Advertising
  • Promotion
  • Sales
  • Public relations

Marketing intelligence

A foundational component to the marketing function is marketing intelligence, which includes having a good understanding of the hospital's service area, its demographics, consumer needs, buyer behavior, referral patterns, service availability, competitive dynamics, changes and trends.

Planning cycle integration of key business functions
As stated, there are a number of overlapping components to the comprehensive strategic planning process, the marketing function (including gathering marketing intelligence) and the CHNA process. The remainder of this article outlines these major overlapping components and how they can be seamlessly integrated into a hospital's planning cycle.

Mission, vision and values
These directional strategies set the overall framework and direction in which an organization will operate: why the organization exists, what its purpose is, what it stands for and what it wants to be in the future. The CHNA process is designed to identify unmet healthcare needs in the community and what action the hospital plans to take to address those unmet needs. It is imperative that a hospital stays true to its mission and values as it moves forward to achieve its strategic vision and meet community needs. Alignment with the directional strategies and the CHNA process is therefore essential.

Defining the hospital's service area
The physical and psychological characteristics of a market change over time as competitors enter and exit the market and other external forces create a dynamic service area. Defining the hospital's current and potential service area is important for strategic planning and marketing purposes, as well as defining needs and service availability for the CHNA process.

Service area analysis
Once a hospital's service area is defined, a major component for strategic planning, marketing and the CHNA process is a comprehensive analysis of the service area: its demographics, population health status, characteristics and other changes and trends that have implications for a variety of strategic, service and business functions.

Competitive analysis
Another major component for strategic planning, marketing and the CHNA process is an assessment of the health service providers, organizations and services offered and available in the market, along with known or anticipated changes, including possible new entrants. ?

Key informant interviews
This is a major qualitative component for capturing marketing intelligence, but it also has significant value and importance for strategic planning and the CHNA process. Input from a broad cross-section of stakeholders is necessary to gain an in-depth understanding of the marketplace, its stakeholders and other dynamics.

Collaboration with other health service organizations
Most communities have numerous health service providers, as well as other organizations and agencies that play a critical role in the overall delivery of healthcare services. Work with these organizations to support and equip consumers and at-risk populations with the resources and services they need, many of which are instrumental in promoting health and health status.

Employee input and feedback
Assessing employee satisfaction using periodic surveys has been a common practice in hospitals for decades. However, going a step further has a valuable role in strategic planning, marketing and the CHNA process. Hospitals can use employee feedback to gain insight and understanding about the hospital and its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, along with intelligence about patients, families, physicians and the local marketplace.

Strategic initiatives and action plan steps
In lieu of having multiple action plans for strategic planning, marketing and the CHNA implementation strategy, management can create one plan that can be more efficiently developed, communicated, implemented and reported on periodically. Moreover, eliminating work plan fragmentation by organizing one comprehensive action plan creates an opportunity for leadership to heighten accountability for execution, thereby enhancing its potential for success. This may be the most compelling reason of all for a hospital to create a collaborative and participatory process every three years that integrates the key business functions for strategic planning, marketing and the CHNA process.

Hospitals that currently don't have a three-year strategic planning cycle and process in place should consider developing one which incorporates the strategic planning, marketing and CHNA process. Below is an example of an integrated planning cycle and timeline with major steps outlined on a quarterly basis in year one. This example assumes the hospital has a calendar fiscal year.

Year 1

1st Quarter:
  1. Identify the strategic planning committee responsible for directing and overseeing strategic planning, marketing and CHNA processes and activities.
  2. Identify and secure the services of an outside consultant, if needed, to assist in facilitating the planning process and activities.
  3. Re-affirm the hospital's mission and values, and develop the vision using a three-year planning horizon.
  4. Define the hospital's service area.

2nd Quarter:

  1. Complete the service area analysis.
  2. Complete the competitive analysis.
  3. Conduct key informant interviews.
  4. Conduct employee meetings.
  5. Draft key findings and strategic factors.

3rd Quarter:
  1. Meet with local health service agencies for purposes of dialogue and collaboration.
  2. Develop a draft of possible strategic initiatives, marketing initiatives and CHNA implementation strategies.
  3. Develop a combined draft action plan for implementing strategic initiatives, marketing initiatives and CHNA implementation strategies.
  4. Thoroughly review and discuss key findings, strategic factors and the draft action with the Strategic Planning Committee.
  5. Incorporate input and feedback from the strategic planning committee into the action plan.

4th Quarter:
  1. Make a formal board presentation and get approval for the strategic plan, marketing plan, CHNA report and the comprehensive action plan.
  2. Implement the combined action plan, providing a monthly or quarterly status report to the board and throughout the organization.
  3. Provide appropriate corporate communication with the community regarding hospital plans and actions.

Year 2

Conduct a formal review and evaluation of the comprehensive action plan, progress made and modifications to be made, and report to the strategic planning committee, then internally and externally as appropriate.

Year 3

Conduct a formal review and evaluation of the action plan, progress made and modifications to be made, and report to the strategic planning committee, then internally and externally as appropriate. Discuss plans for embarking on a comprehensive strategic planning process and organize a process for the subsequent year.

Steven B. Reed is a senior manager with Blue Consulting. He has over 23 years of experience in hospital administration in proprietary hospital systems and not-for-profit community hospitals. His leadership and consulting experience includes tertiary care and teaching hospitals, single specialty hospitals and critical access facilities. During Mr. Reed's hospital administrative career, he held senior executive positions as CEO, as well as executive vice president & COO of a two-hospital group, regional referral center.

More Articles on Community Health Needs Assessments:

Community Health Needs Assessment: 5 Phases to Compliance
10 Reasons to Combine Your Community Health Needs Assessment and Medical Staff Development Plan

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