. Quick Clinic (QC) operates clinics throughout the country that are staffed by nursepractitioners and physician assistants. They provide primarily family health services(e.g., screening for strep throat, joint sprains, etc.). QC currently operates two clinicsin a town. The clinics receive patients with an interarrival time of 15 minutes and10 minutes, respectively. QC plans to close one of the clinics; it hopes that totaldemand from the town remains the same even though it will have only oneremaining clinic. If this occurs, what is the interarrival time (in minutes) for theremaining clinic?

CASE BACKGROUNDMGMT Hospital Inc is a private concern that recently opened its doors to the public in the suburbs amidst heavy traffic. There are hardly any quiet nights. Sirens are a constant feature. However, once inside, there is just the hustle and bustle of hospital staff going back and forth. A hospitalreadmission is when a patient who is discharged from the hospital, is re-admitted again within a certain period of time. Hospital readmission rates for certain conditions are now considered an indicator of hospital quality, and also affect the cost of care adversely. For this reason, Centers forMedicare & Medicaid Services established the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) which aims to improve quality of care for patients and reduce health care spending by applying payment penalties to hospitals that have more than expected readmission rates for certain conditions. Although diabetes is not yet included in the penalty measures, the program is regularly adding new…

Look up 2 or 3 electronic health care resources. Examples include websites, mobile applications, or multimedia resources used by health care consumers for their medical needs. 1. Describe the websites, mobile applications, or multimedia resources you researched. 2. Describe how health care providers use these resources to enhance their products and services. 3. Explain the implications of using these resources in the health care industry. What are the implications for the consumer?

Telehealth and mHealth Telehealth has been in use since the 1950s. It is the original mHealth service, consisting of a traditional provider/patient encounter using audio and video connections over a distance. Telehealth could be as simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone or as sophisticated as doing robotic surgery between facilities at different ends of the globe. Read the following case study and answer the related questions to explore the importance of telehealth and mHealth. Read the case below and answer the questions to the right. Mr. Burton was admitted to the largest teaching facility in the city due to a pain in his stomach for the last two weeks. The hospital is well known for the specialists who practice there. Mr. Burton's attending physician, Dr. Mason, examined him but was unable to determine what was causing the pain. Dr. Mason wanted to ask Dr. Pullin, a specialist in gastrointestinal disorders, to consult on the case. Dr. Pullin is…