Although crowdsourcing has been successfully applied in many fields in the past decades, challenges still exist especially in task/workflow design and quality assessment. We take a deeper look at crowdsourcing classification tasks, and explore how task and workflow design can impact the answer quality. Our research is intended to use large knowledge base and citizen science projects as examples and investigate the workflow design considerations and its impact on worker performance as well as overall quality outcome based on statistical, probabilistic, or machine learning models for quality answer prediction, such that optimal workflow design principles can be recommended and applied in other citizen science projects or other human-computer …show more content…
However, challenges still remain no matter it is via volunteered activities (cite{Lease2011,Newman2012}) or paid-microtask platforms (cite{Kittur2013a,Demartini2015,Bernaschina2015}). Some of the most important challenges include: task and workflow design, and quality assessment. As cite{Kittur2013a} point out, though there are some initial research in complex workflow, we have little knowledge of the broader design space of workflow and it is impossible to simply aggregate multiple independent judgements for complex tasks which may have dependencies between microtasks. Task and workflow design (cite{little2010turkit,Kittur2011,demartini2012zencrowd}) are crucial in ensuring question is properly understood, mitigating the chance of spam and keeping user engaged. They are essential to obtain high quality and quantity of answers. Quality assessment on the fly
Falls are a major cause of injury and death in the frail older population with Alzheimer’s disease. Residents in the long-term care settings experience falls for many reasons and are likely to endure injuries more than those in other settings. Preventing falls in this setting posed significant challenge, many have cognitive problems, aged related changes, chronic medical conditions, medication effects, and physical limitations requiring dedicated interdisciplinary efforts (Vance, 2011).
With response to the online job posting on Trillium Gift of Life Network website, I am applying for the position of Quality Analyst at Trillium Gift of Life at 522 University Avenue as suggested by Nisha De Silva; the current Quality Analyst – Organ in the Quality department. I have graduated in the stream of Nursing and hold a previous degree with a Specialization in Anthropology, both from the University of Toronto.
The modern day health care system is currently faced with a wide array of challenges, such as the aging of the population and the intensified need for medical care, the rapidly evolving technologies and the increasing costs of the medical act.
Knowing that we have completed a good job and creating healthy relationships with clients is important for us. We understand that despite the assistance provided; some situations would create triggers and thus the desire of help may be neglected, everyone needs help sometimes.
Crowdsourcing is the collaborative effort to solve a problem, and it values differences, unpredictable exploration, and direct collaboration with people who are affected by the issue being explored (64-65). Due to the phenomenon of attention blindness humans are able to perceive or calculate only a small part of everything that goes around them, especially when their entire focus in on one specific task which causes them to predict few results and force a solution thus limiting their likelihood of success. For example, hundreds of newsfeeds and links are browsed by students and employees for
According to Merriam Webster (2014), "Provision is: the act or process of supplying or providing something." Every company provides a provision or has a mission statement that their company stand by, which shows what services that company, will commit to delivering to their clients. We as professionals and them as businesses have an obligation to deliver direct services effectively to help clients adapt socially and effectively in society. It is the companies' responsibility to provide clients with
To truly understand the success or failure of a program, evaluations must be done. There are several ways to evaluate a program. For instance, a survey could be given to each client after they discharge from the program or checking on the offender two months after they discharge is a way to evaluate the outcome. Also, a stop to look at the direction the program is headed is a way to evaluate. If the program is starting to go in the opposite direction of the goals and objectives, then it would be time to revamp the program and get a fresh start. “Process/implementation evaluation determines whether program activities have been implemented as intended. (cdc.gov).” This shows that goals and objectives hold a significant function in designing a
The easy flow of our job makes it easier to accomplish a task at a faster past. The concept of workflow as explained by McGonigle & Mastrian (2015) is a sequence of events that proceed from one step to the other. However, one of the advantages of the EHR is to reduce, the amount of time spent in doing a task to finish at a shorter time. This is very important for the technology to have good workflows that will be saved for the patient (McGonigle & Mastrian 2015).Three concepts that can help my present organization are the flowchart, Finalize workflow, assess workflow.
Dave Koch became Executive Director of Inter-Faith Food Shuttle less than two years ago. Since he joining the organization Koch has promoted Performance Management and Sustainability Strategies. Utilizing skills learned in his Masters of Public Administration program and gained through educational and for-profit organizations, he is positioning IFFS to be a leader in nonprofit management practices. In our conversation with Koch, he shared that program evaluations are performed infrequently and when they are performed, focus on outputs more than outcomes.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced plans to link 30% of Medicare reimbursements to the quality of provider services by the end of 2016 and 50% by the end of 2018. The ultimate goal is to move the healthcare system toward quality-based payment, rather than quantity. However, this transition comes with its own set of challenges.
From the top to the bottom, everyone is responsible to maintain safety throughout health care organizations. This is one of the fundamental reasons for having these six goals in an attempt to improve the quality in patient care (Finkleman, 2012). We must work consistently and collaboratively adhere to these goals in order to achieve quality improvement. Also, health care professionals need to understand the rationale for applying these concepts into their scope of practice. According to our lesson this week, (Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2016) “Quality Improvement is about inspiring change.” It is never easy to implement change because you are always going to face obstacles.
After the interview with my nurse manager, I came up with the PICO question which states: “Does the computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system reduce the number of medication errors compared to the common paper system being used today?” This question is important and I selected it because the population that the Belvoir Community hospital serves includes army officers of all ages both active and retired including their spouses and children. This group includes two sub groups of highly vulnerable persons which include the very young and the very old, who have a high-risk effect for medication errors because the potential adverse drug event is three times greater than an adult hospitalized patient (Levine et al., 2001). CPOE is not a panacea, but it does represent an effective tool for bringing real-time, evidence-based decision support to physicians. Nurses are the last defense level of protection against medication errors, and are solely responsible for the dispensing, administering, and monitoring of medications. In healthcare, computers can be used to help facilitate clear and accurate communication between health care professionals. When using a CPOE system it allows physicians to type in prescriptions right into the device or computer which significantly lessens any mistakes that can occur when
Results-based monitoring and evaluation is a set of concepts associated with performance management or results based management (RBM) strategy, which evolved in 1990’s. During that period, many countries introduced extensive management reforms in responding social, political and economic pressures that were triggered by the factors of globalisation, budget deficits, structural adjustments and competitiveness (Binnendijk, 2000). Central feature to most of those reforms has been an emphasis on ‘performance improvement’ and ‘achievement of targeted/expected results’ which were the core features of RBM. RBM has been used by many development agencies, governments, and donor agencies in delivering development interventions and has become an emerging trend in contemporary development practice.
Discuss this product or service in terms of its current target market demographics using U.S. Census Data.
iConsultant is committed to implementing appropriate quality management systems and processes to enable the delivery of the highest practicable quality products and services. Dyson Limited engaged iConsultant to strategize a total quality transformation for the company to overcome its current quality challenges and hone its competitiveness in the world market.