Blueprint For Change Research Articles

Integrating Philosophy Into the Entrepreneurship Curriculum: Using Stoicism as a Practical Guide for Entrepreneurship Students

Management education, and by extension, entrepreneurship education, is most effective when the ideas taught in the classroom are relevant to the workplace. The need to carefully examine business school curricula was presented in the 2013 book by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, Disrupt or be Disrupted: A Blueprint for Change in Management Education. One way for entrepreneurship programs to remain relevant is to keep up with current ideas and actions of practitioners. This paper examines Stoic philosophy, which is currently popular with many entrepreneurs and business leaders. The author argues that educators may want to integrate Stoic philosophy into the entrepreneurship curriculum.

Call to action: Blueprint for change in acute and critical care nursing

Herein, we propose a blueprint for action to completely measure and recognize the care provided by acute and critical care nurses to be incorporated into policy that shapes and supports practice. We address the nature of nurses’ work by identifying nine practice domains, hospital practice environment assumptions, and expected outcomes. Nurses’ work, as a cross-system process, needs to be included in hospital-based core measures to fully reflect nurses’ impact on patient care. We call for a balanced measurement portfolio focused on patient/family-, unit-, and systems-level outcomes. We focus on what nurses do and what patients and their families can expect rather than only on the elimination of select adverse events. We provide a way forward to allow measure development and implementation with incentives for their use. This approach to making nurses’ contributions and impact on outcomes visible will enhance acute and critical care nursing practice and benefit patients and their families.

Mindfulness, masculinity and liturgy: a conversation between Bill Paterson and Léon Van Ommen

ABSTRACT Bill Paterson and Léon Van Ommen were participants in an online conference in 2021 entitled, Responding to the Sacred: Liturgy and Gender in Conversation. These two papers encapsulate something of the dialogue that took place between Paterson and Van Ommen on that occasion. Whilst many people may now be more aware of how women and girls are implicated in liturgical language liturgy, reflecting patriarchal attitudes, Paterson and Van Ommen took on the task of discussing the implications of such gendered language for men. Paterson reflects on the ways in which the carefully structured practices of mindfulness reflect a purpose not unlike that of the Church’s liturgy in seeking to provide a ‘blue-print for change’. In response, as a teacher and author of work on Church liturgy – especially as this impacts on marginalised groups -Van Ommen highlights ways in which his approach to the liturgy both conforms with and differs from Paterson’s practices.

Financing Care for CYSHCN in the Next Decade: Reducing Burden, Advancing Equity, and Transforming Systems

Blueprint for Change: Guiding Principles for a System of Services for CYSHCN and Their Families (Blueprint for Change), presented by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration, outlines principles and strategies that can be implemented at the federal and state levels and by health systems, health care providers, payors, and advocacy organizations to achieve a strong system of care for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). The vision for the financing of services outlined in the Blueprint for Change: Guiding Principles for a System of Services for CYSHCN and their Families is one in which health care and other related services are accessible, affordable, comprehensive, continuous, and prioritize the wellbeing of CYSHCN and their families. There are several barriers caused or exacerbated by health care financing policies and structures that pose significant challenges for families of CYSHCN, including finding appropriate and knowledgeable provider care teams, ensuring adequate and continuous coverage for services, and ensuring benefit adequacy. Racial disparities and societal risks all exacerbate these challenges. This article outlines recommendations for improving financing for CYSHCN, including potential innovations to address barriers, such as state Medicaid expansion for CYSHCN, greater transparency in medical necessity processes and determinations, and adequate reimbursement and funding. Financing innovations must use both current and new measures to assess value and provide evidence for iterative improvements. These recommendations will require a coordinated approach among federal and state agencies, the public sector, the provider community, and the families of CYSHCN.

A Blueprint for Change: Guiding Principles for a System of Services for Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs and Their Families.

Children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and their families continue to face challenges in accessing health care and other services in an integrated, family-centered, evidence-informed, culturally responsive system. More than 12 million, or almost 86%, of CYSHCN ages 1-17 years do not have access to a well-functioning system of services. Further, the inequities experienced by CYSHCN and their families, particularly those in under-resourced communities, highlight the critical need to address social determinants of health and our nation's approach to delivering health care. To advance the system and prioritize well-being and optimal health for CYSHCN, the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau, with input from diverse stakeholders, developed a set of core principles and actionable strategies for the field. This article presents principles and strategies in the Blueprint for Change: Guiding Principles for a System of Services for CYSHCN and Their Families (Blueprint for Change), which acknowledges the comprehensive needs of CYSHCN, a changing health care system, and the disparities experienced by many CYSHCN. Four critical areas drive the Blueprint for Change: health equity, family and child well-being and quality of life, access to services, and financing of services. Although discussed separately, these critical areas are inherently interconnected and intend to move the field forward at the community, state, and federal levels. Addressing these critical areas requires a concerted, holistic, and integrated approach that will help us achieve the goal that CYSHCN enjoy a full life from childhood through adulthood and thrive in a system that supports their families and their social, health, and emotional needs, ensuring their dignity, autonomy, independence, and active participation in their communities.

Abstract 306: Guideline-based Strategies for Improving Control of High Blood Pressure: The 2019 Acc/Aha Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With High Blood Pressure

Despite a 27% reduction in all-cause mortality from targeting a systolic blood pressure of &lt 120 mm Hg, as compared with &lt 140 mm Hg, existing quality measures from the NCQA for controlling HBP (for hypertensive adults 18-59 years of age whose blood pressure was &lt 140/90 mm Hg) have not changed substantially over the past several years for a variety of insured populations, including commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Fee for Service and Medicare Advantage. Re-examining both the targets and processes of managing HBP are thus warranted to help support the use of the latest evidence in optimizing the quality of care and outcomes for patients with HBP. The recently published 2019 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults with High Blood Pressure are designed to promote improvements in diagnosis and control of high blood pressure, including a new emphasis on “structural” quality measures that focus on a comprehensive system of care as outlined in the 2017 2017 ACC/AHA guideline for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults. The purpose of this presentation will be to provide a detailed overview of this new measure set as a “Blueprint for Change” necessary to overcome current health system inertia and ensure the achievement of better quality of care for people with High Blood Pressure.

Smashing the stigma in mental health – a strategic blueprint for change

The oil and gas industry is known for its strong commitment to safety which often focuses on process safety, physical safety and behaviour, with little attention to mental health. Mental health is a growing issue. It impacts decision making, increases the likelihood of human error which can result in the loss of lives and environmental destruction. If not addressed properly, it can cause excessive stress, anxiety, depression, trauma or even suicide. Mental health is one of the biggest risks to the oil and gas industry today. Research shows that one in five workers suffer from a mental health issue at some point in time during their lives. Experts believe these statistics are higher for workers in the oil and gas industry due to the nature of the work – long working hours, isolation, being away from friends and family, feeling under high pressure to avoid mistakes due to the potentially devastating consequences and being a male dominated industry. Investment in mental health is currently often limited to Employee Assist Programs, RUOK days or wellbeing initiatives. What is needed is a total strategic and integrated approach which organisations can customise to their specific needs, distinct from a series of individual initiatives. By learning from leading practices, other industries and extending experience from building effective safety cultures within the oil and gas industry to mental health, a total strategic approach is presented which will enable organisations build their own customised blueprint and smash the stigma surrounding mental health.

The future of health systems to 2030: a roadmap for global progress and sustainability.

Most research on health systems examines contemporary problems within one, or at most a few, countries. Breaking with this tradition, we present a series of case studies in a book written by key policymakers, scholars and experts, looking at health systems and their projected successes to 2030. Healthcare Systems: Future Predictions for Global Care includes chapters on 52 individual countries and five regions, covering a total of 152 countries. Synthesised, two key contributions are made in this compendium. First, five trends shaping the future healthcare landscape are analysed: sustainable health systems; the genomics revolution; emerging technologies; global demographics dynamics; and new models of care. Second, nine main themes arise from the chapters: integration of healthcare services; financing, economics and insurance; patient-based care and empowering the patient; universal healthcare; technology and information technology; aging populations; preventative care; accreditation, standards, and policy; and human development, education and training. These five trends and nine themes can be used as a blueprint for change. They can help strengthen the efforts of stakeholders interested in reform, ranging from international bodies such as the World Health Organization, the International Society for Quality in Health Care and the World Bank, through to national bodies such as health departments, quality and safety agencies, non-government organisations (NGO) and other groups with an interest in improving healthcare delivery systems. This compendium offers more than a glimpse into the future of healthcare-it provides a roadmap to help shape thinking about the next generation of caring systems, extrapolated over the next 15 years.

Pharmacogenomics competencies in pharmacy practice: A blueprint for change

The emerging use of genomic data to inform medication therapy populates the medical literature and provides evidence for guidelines in the prescribing information for many medications. Despite the availability of pharmacogenomic studies, few pharmacists feel competent to use these new data in patient care. The first pharmacogenomics competency statement for pharmacists was published in 2002. In 2011, the Pharmacogenomics Special Interest Group of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy led a process to update this competency statement with the use of a consensus-based method that incorporated input from multiple key professional pharmacy organizations to reflect growth in genomic science as well as the need for pharmacist application of genomic data. Given the rapidly evolving science, educational needs, and practice models in this area, a standardized competency-based approach to pharmacist education and training in pharmacogenomics is needed to equip pharmacists for leadership roles as essential members of health care teams that implement clinical utilization strategies for genomic data.

Disrupt or Be Disrupted, A Blueprint for Change in Management Education, ouvrage collectif, Jossey-Bass editor (2013), Graduate Management Admission Council

Disrupt or Be Disrupted, A Blueprint for Change in Management Education, ouvrage collectif, Jossey-Bass editor (2013), Graduate Management Admission Council

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There is no doubt that primary care is changing: demand is rising and funding for all NHS services is under pressure. Existing models of care are not delivering the services people need.

Disrupt or Be Disrupted: A Blueprint for Change in Management EducationDisrupt or Be Disrupted: A Blueprint for Change in Management Education, edited by HoltomBrooks and DierdorffErich. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, 413 pages, hard cover.

Academy of Management Learning & EducationVol. 14, No. 1 Books & Resource ReviewsDisrupt or Be Disrupted: A Blueprint for Change in Management EducationGianpiero PetriglieriGianpiero PetriglieriINSEAD.Published Online:10 Dec 2014https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2014.0396AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsDownload CitationsAdd to favoritesTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail View articleREFERENCES Augier M. , March J. G. 2011. The roots, rituals, and rhetorics of change: North American business schools after the Second World War. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books. Google Scholar Certo S. C. , Certo S. T. 2009. Modern management: Concepts and skills (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Google Scholar Ghoshal S. 2005. Bad management theories are destroying good management practice. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 4: 75–91.Link , Google Scholar Gordon R. A. , Howell J. E. 1959. Higher education for business. New York: Columbia University Press. Google Scholar Khurana R. 2007. From higher aims to hired hands: The social transformation of American business schools and the unfulfilled promise of management as a profession. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Google Scholar Mintzberg H. 2004. Managers, not MBAs: A hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler. Google Scholar Petriglieri G. , Petriglieri J. L. 2010. Identity workspaces: The case of business schools. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 9: 44–60.Link , Google Scholar Pfeffer J. , Fong C. T. 2002. The end of business schools? Less success than meets the eye. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 1: 78–95.Link , Google Scholar Porter L. W. , McKibbin L. E. 1988. Management education and development: Drift or thrust into the 21st century. New York: McGraw-Hill. Google Scholar U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. 2013. Digest of Education Statistics, 2012 (NCES 2014–015). Retreived from http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=37. Google ScholarFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Vol. 14, No. 1 Permissions Metrics Downloaded 5 times in the past 12 months History Published online 10 December 2014 Published in print 1 March 2015 Information© Academy of Management Learning & EducationPDF download

Legal Writing -- What's Next? Real-World, Persuasion Pedagogy from Day One -- It's Not What You Offer; It's What You Require -- (Part II in a Three-Part Series)

Part I of this three-part series set forth a blueprint for change. In this essay, we get more specific and propose a three-year legal writing curriculum that is designed to mirror the actual practice of law, from start to finish, and provide alternative paths for students who prefer to focus on transactional drafting or alternative dispute resolution. In so doing, we include: (1) required courses for each of the six semesters of law school; (2) a discussion of the practical skills that students will acquire in each course; (3) electives that students may take to complement their required courses; and (4) suggestions for textbooks and other materials. In our view, law students should not just learn to "think like lawyers," but also to "do what lawyers do." They should graduate with knowledge of how law is practiced, and not merely how it is acquired. This essay continues that quest.

Practices Changes in the Child Protection System to Address the Needs of Parents With Cognitive Disabilities

Parents with cognitive disabilities are over-represented in the child protection system. However, this system is not well prepared for working with them. Biases against their parenting, the need for accommodations, staff training, and cross systems barriers must be addressed. This article argues for changes to ensure parents are more effectively served and that staff and contract providers are better equipped. Specific changes are discussed in assessment and intervention practices. They will require human capacity building and organizational restructuring. Although behavioral approaches will be emphasized, recent research suggests cognitive behavioral cognitive approaches must also be integrated into a blueprint for change.

Advocating for an End to Reparative Therapy: Methodological Grounding and Blueprint for Change

Despite the ethical and methodological concerns surrounding reparative therapy (RT) (also known as conversion therapy), a 2011 journal published a study claiming that lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons can “change” their sexual orientation. While much has been written about the deleterious effects of RT it continues to be researched and practiced, and, therefore, continues to cause harm. This article reviews methodological and ethical problems of RT and factors associated with it, and suggests steps to decrease and eventually end its practice as an aspect of social work's mission, which is to protect vulnerable populations, including lesbians and gay men.

The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Don't Work—and a Blueprint for Change

Journal Article The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Don't Work—and a Blueprint for Change Get access The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Don't Work—and a Blueprint for Change by Richard J Gelles. Charlottesville, VA, Left Coast Press, 2012. 151 pp. Paper, $22.95. Robert P. Stoker Robert P. Stoker The George Washington University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 128, Issue 1, Spring 2013, Pages 204–205, https://doi.org/10.1002/polq.12028 Published: 29 April 2013

Using Clinical Education to Innovate the Law Curriculum and Address an Unmet Legal Need: A Hong Kong Perspective

The Redmond-Roper Report on Legal Education and Training in Hong Kong, published in 2001, identified problems with the quality of legal education in Hong Kong. Chief amongst those was a shortage of law graduates with the legal skills, sensitivity and ethical understanding necessary to address the diverse legal needs of the local community.In a blueprint for change in Hong Kong’s legal education system, the Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong was established. One key innovation since the law faculty’s inception has been the creation of the “Refugee Assistance Clinic”. In partnership with pioneers in community legal services, the faculty offers law students the opportunity to assist asylum seekers in securing legal representation. Inspired by clinical projects around the world, this programme encourages students to see legal practice as socially situated, to reflect on the nature of the lawyer’s relationship with a client and to evaluate ethical conduct in a practical context.The purpose of this paper will be to set out the early phases of this initiative in bringing students actively into the community and delivering the change to legal education required by Redmond-Roper. It will show how the Refugee Assistance Clinic has furthered the goals of Redmond-Roper and helped to address the unmet legal needs of refugees in Hong Kong.

Drivers for renewal and reform of contemporary nursing curricula: A blueprint for change

The creation of a curriculum blueprint appropriate to the development of a professional nurse who is practice-ready for the current and future context of health service delivery must take account of the extant context as well as an unpredictable and sometimes ambiguous future. The curriculum renewal process itself ought to challenge existing long held ideals, practices, and sacred cows within the health and higher education sectors. There is much to consider and importantly curriculum developers need to be mindful of reform within the health sector and health workforce education, as well as the concomitant vision and requirements of the nursing profession. Curriculum must develop more than discipline knowledge and skills: it must provide an infrastructure for generic abilities both social and intellectual in order to better prepare students for the registered nurse role. This paper discusses a number of forces that are essential to consider in curriculum development in undergraduate nursing education.

Drivers for renewal and reform of contemporary nursing curricula: A blueprint for change

Drivers for renewal and reform of contemporary nursing curricula: A blueprint for change

U.S.—North Korean Relations: Classifications Based on Policy Decisions and Their Effect on the Korean Peninsula

IntroductionThe relationship between the United States and North Korea is wavering between confrontation and communication, depending on the choices made by President Obama and Kim Jong Il. To have a realistic outlook upon the situation, it would be of significant value to categorize the relationship and to determine the South Korean government's countermeasures based on these categories.President Obama has already made public his stance over the two Koreas. For South Korea, he has revealed his plan to develop the U.S.-South Korea relationship into one of companionship, based on alliance. In his electoral manifesto, The Blueprint for Change, he expressed his will to construct a new form of companionship that would go beyond a mutual alliance, summit conferences, and the Six-Party Talks. Instead of emphasizing bilateral relations, he chose to maintain a strong connection with multiple allies such as Japan, Australia, and Korea.President Obama has also established his stance1 upon the U.S. relationship with North Korea. In the spring of 2009, relations between North Korea and the United States seemed to be cold. However, by the end of the year, there had been some improvements, and the relationship now seems to have warmed. In the long run, it is likely that President Obama will attempt direct talks with Kim Jong Il, and so we can predict some improvement in the bilateral relations between the United States and North Korea. During the Clinton administration, while the Democrats were in office, North Korea felt unsatisfied due to the fact that there were insufficient improvements in relations. These situations have created the basis for the virtuous circle of dialogue between Kim and President Obama.In the process of improving relations, it is likely that President Obama will promote smart diplomacy by alleviating the remaining sanctions, admitting North Korea into a U.S.-led global society, and recognizing North Korea as a normal state. North Korea seems to anticipate this as well.Throughout this process, President Obama may move towards declaring the end of the Korean War and the beginnings of negotiation for a peace treaty. In the end, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) may reach a mutual agreement on the issue of normalization during President Obama's term.However, in the short run, President Obama is unlikely to be able to find an easy solution to the North Korean nuclear problem. North Korea is pressuring the United States with its Edge-of-Cliff policy, and is constantly intensifying the pressure.Also, the North Korean nuclear problem can be resolved only if there are changes in North Korea's stance, not those of South Korea or the United States. It is difficult to envisage a peaceful, complete settlement to the North Korean nuclear problem without North Korea's decision-making and participation. A complete settlement of the problem may even have to be delayed until after normalization between the DPRK and the United States.North Korea chose nuclear weapons as the most inexpensive method of ensuring national security. The United States has decided that it is dangerous for North Korea, the base of tyranny, to possess nuclear power and has urged North Korea to abandon it.2There are many factors in determining peace in the Korean Peninsula, but there are none as definitive as the confrontation and communication between North Korea and the United States. This does not mean that other elements, such as the role of South Korea and China, are unimportant, and these elements will be taken into consideration. Nevertheless, in this paper, the relationship between North Korea and United States will be considered as the most important factor in our analysis.If the two possibilities of communication and confrontation between North Korea and United States are mixed and the relation categorized, then four types concerning the future of the Korean Peninsula can be extracted. …