discuss the role of the EFSA in comparison to National Food Agencies like the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, the UK Food Standards Agency or other national agencies.

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Food Regulatory Affairs
NOITE / This Question for Final Exam, please answer three questions and write 5 pages,1375 words for each, Also don’t make any plagiarism for all it
QUESTION 1
“Consumers want more and more nutritional information about the foods they purchase but are left confused by the compulsory nutritional information that is provided on food labels’
-Critically analyse this statement in relation to EP and Council Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of Food Information to Consumers and the Nutrition & Health Claims Regulation.
1375 word
QUESTION 2
‘The Official Controls Regulation 882/2004 as part of the’ food hygiene package’ radically changed the dynamic of EU Food Law – no longer can Member States do as they wish since the European Commission is very much involved in decisions made about food safety matters in a food emergency’
-Critically analyse this statement with regard to EU Regulations 882/2004 & 854/2004 and the role of the European Food & Veterinary Office (FVO). 1375 word
QUESTION 3
‘The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provides the EU with detailed & comprehensive scientific risk assessments on food. In that way it plays a crucial role in the risk analysis model’
-Do you agree with this statement and discuss the role of the EFSA in comparison to National Food Agencies like the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, the UK Food Standards Agency or other national agencies.
1375 word

What is the role of Telemedicine in your community and how do you access it?

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Assignment 1: Discussion Assignment
The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered.
To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use outside sources. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Complete your participation for this assignment.
Quality in Healthcare at the National Level
Quality is a serious initiative in healthcare at the national level. Hospitals, providers, insurance companies, and government-sponsored agencies are now faced with meeting quality initiatives. Compliance with these initiatives means more revenue and better patient quality and provider care.
Select any area in your city, community, county, or region, and assume the patient in this week’s case study is in this area. Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research and answer the following:
• Does your community have the required medical resources to handle the patient’s problem?
• How would the patient’s care be handled in your community? Identify the nearest hospital to the area you have chosen that treats the problem. Trace the patient’s course to this hospital.
• List the healthcare professionals and facilities that would be encountered on the way.
• Compare any two insurance plans and choose the one that would offer the most to the patient.
• Discuss the essential quality-of-care issues involved in this case. What is the role of Telemedicine in your community and how do you access it? How does it affect the quality of care?

Which of the core quality management tools will you use to analyze the problem?

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Assignment 1: Discussion Question
You are the hospital safety officer. A unit nurse has sent an incident report to you about a patient fall. The patient, an 80-year-old man recovering from pneumonia, fell and broke his hip while getting up to go to the restroom.
As the safety officer you know that a broken hip often leads to death in the elderly. Falls are a preventable cause of patient death and can lead to a lawsuit against a hospital. You notify the hospital quality manager that according to your analysis 40 percent of the patient falls in the previous year occurred during the night shift.
There are eight adult units and two pediatric units in the hospital. Incidents of patient falls in a pediatric unit are rare. However, patient falls in the adult units are more frequent.
There are three eight-hour shifts in 24 hours. Last year, there were 80 falls. It is June, and already this calendar year there have been 44 falls.
You are concerned about the potential for a patient death, the potential for a lawsuit, and the hospital accreditation status.
Which of the core quality management tools will you use to analyze the problem?
Explain why you would use the tools you chose.
Is there other data you want as you work on this problem?
Why do you require other data?

Determine the supporting factors that would aid in the reduction of healthcare cost in your organization without reducing quality of care for the patients.

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Due Week 6 and worth 200 points
Assume that you are a Quality Officer who is responsible for one of the state’s largest healthcare organizations. You have been told that the quality of patient care has decreased, and you have been assigned a project that is geared toward increasing quality of care for the patients. Your Chief Executive Officer has requested a six page summary of your recommended initiatives.
Note: You may create and /or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a 6 page paper in which you:
1. Analyze three (3) quality initiatives for your organization.
2. Determine the supporting factors that would aid in the reduction of healthcare cost in your organization without reducing quality of care for the patients.
3. Differentiate between quality in a free market healthcare system and in single payer government system with three (3) examples for each.
4. Specify three (3) common law quality initiatives that are still found in 21st century healthcare organizations.
5. Defend your position on the importance of healthcare quality for your organization. Provide support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position.