Put some time
and effort to the response, at least 100 words 5-7 sentences for each response.
Post 1: (James)
Traveling through a patient’s bloodstream
would pose many risks to those in the submarine. One of these threats would be
the neutrophils that show up first and in great numbers. To typical pathogens,
these leukocytes can become overwhelming and can destroy weak invaders. As a
highly advanced submarine, it would be startling to encounter them, but we
would not have a large problem. Our biggest threat would be the monocytes.
Macrophages floating through the bloodstream would easily be able to consume
our vessel with one motion. We wouldn’t have to worry about the killer T cells
since we would not be in the patient for long enough. But if we have to go in a
second time, we would quickly become a casualty as the memory cells have
already made antibodies against us.
The
attack by the monocytes was fast and vicious. The attacker was large and
appeared to have no granules. All else we could see was the embodiment of
endocytosis as it attempted to gobble us up. We hastily evaded its attacks and
continued on our way to the brain.
Other than
defensive cells, the immune system would stop us from reaching the brain by
antibodies and a system called the blood-brain barrier. To evade the
antibodies, the outside of our vessel would be completely smooth as to prevent
the antibodies from latching on to us. To get through the blood-brain barrier
we would shrink ourselves down to an even more minute scale to slip through the
astrocytes and capillaries.
Post
2: (Jackie)
I believe the blood cell that would
pose the greatest threat would be the lymphocytes cell. It is composed of the
B-cell, T-cell, and natural killer cell. The B-cell destroys foreign pathogens
by creating antibodies and binding to the pathogens. The T-cell is
stimulated by antigens, it kills virus-infected cells, and it also
acts to control immune reactions. When a cell has become infected or
cancerous it loses its signal that it shouldn’t be killed, therefore the
natural killer cell will attack to kill that cell. Because of all of these
functions of the lymphocyte cell as soon as it detected the miniaturized
submarine, detect it as a foreign object, it will attack.
Another problem to overcome would be the blood
clot itself. The clotting is done by the coagulation of the blood which means
the clot would be a sticky substance making it very tricky for a miniaturized
submarine not to get stuck to it. You also asked how us ladies would feel being
the only woman onboard. I think it would mean extra pressure to prove that as a
woman I have the same ability to solve, the strength for whatever may arise can
be level-headed, not let fear cloud my judgment.
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Post
3: (Mary)
1.) For this discussion, I selected the
company (that honestly needs more of a present in our state of Florida) known
as Whole Foods Market
2.) https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/viewer?action=view&cik…#
3.) I am
interested in this company because I purchase my food from places like Whole
Foods, Sprouts and Nutrition S’Mart for vegetarian/vegan food — it is
difficult to acquire a wide variety of plant-based food that ACTUALLY tastes
good (Publix seems to only carry Morningstar which is a rubbish line of vegan
food).
4.) $ in
millions
2017:
$322/$1,355 = 0.237 or 0.24
2016:
$351/$1,341 = 0.26
5.) This is
actually a shocking reveal for me because I have heard that veganism is the
fastest growing trend worldwide and I would expect Whole Foods to then gain
more customers with the appeal of vegan food… but perhaps Sprouts, a somewhat
smaller company, is gaining in on the competition?
Post
4: (Mark)
James Hallsted Module 7
Discussion.
1. Publix
2. https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/viewer?action=view&cik…
3. I am interested in Publix because I work for
them.
4. Cash Ratio = ( Cash + Cash
equivalents) / Total current liabilities.
= $579,925,000 /
1,754,706,000
= .33
5. What I learned is that
this is not a bad cash ratio. The company listed $1,876,519,000 in
Inventories which is a higher performing asset than cash. It also listed
$915,579,000 in short term investments. This too, although not a cash
equivalent, is still fairly liquid and is a strong performing asset category
that will generate more profits than cash. The company is not holding too
much cash, but rather is investing in areas which will have a higher rate of
return than cash.
Post
5: (Sandra)
The U.S. Healthcare system, as described in our readings, has much
to be desired. Its strengths appear limited and its weaknesses many,
given its high cost of $9,255 per person and that approximately 16% of
Americans were uninsured in 2014. (Niles, 2016) The implementation of the
Affordable Care Act in 2010 was intended to lower cost and provide greater
insurance coverage and access to healthcare for all Americans. However,
the U.S. Congress repealed the insurance mandate in 2017 and the impact on
insurance cost is unknown. Cost containment continues to be the most significant
problem with U.S. Healthcare. When compared to other developed countries,
the U.S. spends the most, 17.5% of GDP, yet has a higher disease, infant
mortality, and obesity rates, as well as lower life expectancy (Niles, 2016,
pp. 58, 62).
A recent study published in JAMA (Papanicolas, 2018) highlighted
that while the United States spends approximately twice as much as other
high-income countries on medical care, utilization rates were largely like
those in other nations. This suggests that the high-cost drivers were
administrative costs in the U.S. system rather than the system being wasteful
or over-utilized. A strength of the U.S. system is its ability to drive
admirative costs down and innovate. Federal government initiatives to
contain cost and reward performance are having a positive impact on lowering
cost and increasing access to care. Best practices are being shared among
providers. Delivery mechanisms are changing as technology is implemented
and companies merge or find new ways to provide preventive health education and
care. Electronic health information exchanges allow for easier integrated
patient care. Hospital systems are implementing outreach programs to
educate their local populations about the dangers of obesity, smoking, proper
nutrition and exercise. While not perfect, the U.S. healthcare system
does provide patients with high-quality care.
References
Niles, J. (2016). Basics of
the U.S. Health Care System. (3rd, Ed.) Burlington, MA: Jones &
Bartlett Learning.
Papanicolas, I. W. (2018,
March). Health Care Spending in the United States and Other High-Income
Countries. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1024-1036.
Post
6: (Jennifer)
There is no doubt that our healthcare system
in the United States needs improving. After reading chapters one through three
of Basics of the U.S. Health Care System, I gained greater
insight on the pros and cons of our country’s system. Such as anything, there’s
always ways to improve. I will say, the wiliness to improve, is one of our
country’s strengths. Unfortunately, wanting to fix something is not enough and
that’s one of our downfalls; our government has a diverse amount of people whom
may have to be in accordance with the bill in order to pass it. Most often than
not, we’ll see politicians being supported by companies who are against certain
laws and these politicians will vote for or against. It’s a conflict of
interest but it most certainly occurs.
To begin, we’ll start off with a few strengths of our health system. As stated
by Niles (2016), the U.S. finished year 2015 with a rate of 9.1% uninsured
under 65 years old, which is an all-time low for the United States (p. 1920).
According to Niles (2016), most of the uninsured rate is due to the Affordable
Care Act. It is said that the rate is expected to decline to 23 million by 2023
which is great. This indicates that insurance will be more affordable to folks
and in addition there will hopefully continue to be services to Medicaid for
low income families who need it, and Medicare for those over age 65. A lower
uninsured rate also mean healthier families nationwide (p. 1955). Another great
strength is our ability to make jobs. It is estimated that 10 million jobs will
be part of the United States between the years, 2014 to 2024 as indicated by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (p. 1921).
The problem areas of our healthcare system will be complex. There are quite a
few that stood out while reading in the textbook and one that stood out while
reading “Rural Hospitals Innovate to Meet New Health Care Challenges” by Rita
Pyrillis. In the text, I learned that the United States is one of the only
first world countries whom doesn’t offer universal healthcare to its citizens.
In countries such as United Kingdom, healthcare is free to the citizens (p.
1957). Healthcare expenditures are estimated to be aprozimately 17.5 percent of
the GDP. The U.S. is spending so much money on its healthcare and according to
the Niles, we still rank low in healthcare than in countries who spend less
than ours (p.1955). Lastly, according to Pyrillis (2015), rural hospitals are
having a difficult time staying in business. Rural hospitals are necessary for
those who don’t have access to the main hospitals in case of an emergency.
Since the hospitals don’t have much business, they are having to close some
down since doctors aren’t attracted to the area and the pain is much lower than
in urban neighborhoods.
Identifying
issues is the first step, raising awareness is a major help when wanting to
change systems.
Niles, N. J. (2018). Basics of the U.S. health care system (3rd
ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Pyrillis, R. (2015, January 13). Rural
Hospitals Innovate to Meet New Health Care Challenges. Retrieved March 14,
2018, from https://www.hhnmag.com/articles/3756-rural-hospita…
Post 7: (Professor James) (please respond a Special
response to the professor, like thanks for his service and his patient of
learning. You know good things)
Hello and welcome to the class. My name is
Mr. James William. I hold an MBA in Healthcare Management from Liberty
University and a baccalaureate degree in Organizational Leadership from St.
Petersburg College. I am currently the Student Support Manager at St.
Petersburg College’s Allstate Center, but prior to that I spent 11 years
working in the health care industry in various roles from Paramedic to
Operations Manager for a military troop medical center. I served in the US Army
as a Healthcare Specialist (Combat Medic) where I earned my Combat Medic Badge
amongst other recognitions.
I am currently
working on my second graduate degree. Hopefully, by this time next year, I will
have completed a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
I am
originally from Texas and am still a big time University of Texas Longhorns
fan. I also enjoy my Tampa Bay teams and attend Rays and Lightning games
frequently.
I look forward
to meeting each of you throughout this course!
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