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Impact on work
Critical illness can have a huge impact on a person's life, and physical and emotional recovery can take a long time. Many people return home from hospital extremely weak and it can take several months before they feel strong enough to do normal daily activities. During this time, if they'd been employed before they went into hospital, they will be unable to work until they are better.
Most people who've had a critical illness and spent some time in ICU find it takes them longer than they expect to recover and gain enough strength and confidence to return to work. Some of them will need rehabilitation before they can return to work. Others who have been in intensive care after surgery and other kinds of elective treatment may be well enough to return to work after 4-6 months. Here people talk about the impact of their illness or injuries on work.
The people we talked to explained how important work was to them for many reasons - not only financial. One man said he needed to work to get 'some normality' back into his life after a year of 'hospitals and doctors'. A woman said that, even though work made her feel anxious, it also spurred her on and gave her something to aim for.
Planned admissions to ICU
People who are admitted to the intensive care unit after planned surgery can usually prepare themselves and arrange to take time off work, though recovery time can vary from a few months to a year and depends on such things as age, previous health and how ill they'd been. Some people said that they got back to work gradually, at the start working a few hours per day and building up to the number of hours they'd done before their illness. A few had returned to full-time work after six months but needed to take a few hours off each week for physiotherapy. For most, going back to work was a sign that they were 'back to normal' and many said that colleagues had been supportive and understanding.
- Age at interview:
- 43
- Sex:
- Male
- Background:
- Occupation: social worker. Marital status: married. Number of children: 3. Ethnic background: Welsh.
So you were at home, how long did you spend at home before you felt right I'm fit enough to go back to work and...?
Well there is a period where they say that you should not go to work for three months after the op, which I adhered to. But I felt, well what I did basically was I could have, the last month if I was paid fully forever, I could have lived like that. I'd go to the mountains, with the dog, during the morning, get home, pick the children up from school and get the tea ready for my wife when she came home from work. But unfortunately we got to pay the bills, so I had to come back to work but... No, I was good. I was still getting on, going to talk with my GP, the cardiac nurse came to see me twice and said well I don't need to see you again actually, you're doing remarkably well.
Emergency admissions to ICU
People who were admitted to ICU because of an emergency usually spent longer in hospital than those who'd been admitted after planned surgery, were usually weaker and needed considerably more time to recover. For many people going back to work was an important step - some dreaded the prospect but others knew they needed to return. Several people described how surprised they were to find themselves still too tired physically and drained emotionally to cope with their old working environment. The pace of work made many people anxious about going back.
- Age at interview:
- 40
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Occupation: housing officer. Marital status: married. Number of children: 2. Ethnic background: White British.
I think they will want me to, I think they'll be wanting, trying to getting me to do something but, I know they're gonna be quite concerned about coming out [to see me at home] because the last time anyone seen me from work I was in Intensive Care. So although I've like communicated with them on the phone and I've written to different people, they're gonna be like not know what to really expect. Maybe when they see me they're gonna be thinking, there's nothing wrong with her, she can go back now. I think maybe a coupla days might -
Yeah, is there anything you could do at home or it's not that kind of work?
No. It's mainly visiting people and being out and stuff so. It's a lot of, it's a lot of getting round, I work as a Housing Officer for a Housing Trust. And so it's a lot of like going to people's houses, or go in flats and up and down the stairs and stuff. So you're out, in out of your car, like twenty visits a day. I just don't think I could do that right now.
Sounds like quite a lot?
It's quite physical and it's about being on the ball as well 'cause you're dealing with people who, you're not seeing anyone for anything happy or good or for them to say this is great. They all want to moan about something. So they all want you to sort something out, so it's quite stressful in that way, but I wanna be back, I just don't wanna rush back.
Some people who were about to return to work had mixed feelings. They wanted to be strong enough to return to work and their routine but were fearful and anxious that they might not be able to cope. A woman with a young daughter said she discussed her concerns about returning to work with her GP. Another described how she now found her old job too physically demanding for her.
Some people were discharged from hospital but needed to have surgery at a later date. They had given up work and planned to return when they were well enough to work without needing long periods of sick leave.
- Age at interview:
- 35
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Occupation: TV producer, on maternity leave at time of interview. Marital status: married. Number of children: 2. Ethnic background: White British.
And all the time I'd been working part-time before I got ill and I was signed off sick for well, until Christmas because it took me that long to kind of get strong enough. But my GP was very supportive in saying, "You know you're not well enough to go back to work until you're well enough to kind of manage at home. You know you're not getting well enough to go back to work and not be able to look after your daughter." So he was really supportive in kind of prioritising that first. And then by the time Christmas came I actually decided, you know, I probably would have been strong enough to go back to work and work was very supportive about saying you know you can come back a day a week and we'll build it up from there but there was a redundancy offer on the table. And I actually decided that I needed just to kind of spend some time with my daughter and spend a good chunk of time being well with her rather than being ill with her. So I didn't go back.
Many said they found phasing their return to work had worked well. They'd started with working a few hours a day and built up to full-time. One woman said that being critically ill made her realise that she was getting older and she had to try harder to keep up with her younger colleagues. One man said that he did light manual work when he first went back to work until he was strong enough to do more physically. He said he returned to work before the doctor advised him to because he felt bored at home.
- Age at interview:
- 55
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Occupation: bank officer. Marital status: married. Number of children: 3. Ethnic background: White British.
The forms of ageism that you come up again is endemic at work as well. So you kind of, you think, you're always, in my job there are very few people of my age group, there are very few. If I count them, out of 200 odd, I can count them on one hand. Because you need to be pretty quick-witted, work quickly, everything, it's a high level of stress. Everything has to be accurate, precise, obviously because it's banking, can't afford to make mistakes. And there's a lot of pressure in answering the calls and so on and so forth. So it's a high-stress environment. Working at night doesn't help because you have the sleep deprivation. And I really seriously wondered whether I'd be able to function again.
And it was also, because I work with younger people, you're always having to make certain that you are as good, as fast, as quick and as responsive, as quickly as they are. And I didn't feel that I was. And I really wondered whether I'd be able ever, seriously ever to get back to that again. And I really lost huge confidence.
Many people described how colleagues supported them while they'd been ill. One man said his partner received phone calls from colleagues every day while he was in ICU, offering best wishes and support. Others said they'd received cards and letters. People particularly valued colleagues and bosses who understood how ill they'd been and appreciated that there would be times when they tried their best at work despite not feeling 'a hundred percent'.
Some bosses were fantastic and very understanding. Other people found that bosses had been supportive at first but became a bit less patient as time went on. Several noted that work colleagues in general were completely unprepared for how long it would take them to recover.
- Age at interview:
- 58
- Sex:
- Male
- Background:
- Occupation: manager. Marital status: married. Number of children: 5. Ethnic background: White British.
I went to see my GP. Fortunately my company had been in touch with my GP and my GP had spoken to the company secretary and they were in agreement that going back part-time for this amount of time would be acceptable though I think they had a time limit set on me. That was probably by the board of directors. Anyway, I saw the doctor and said that I'd reached my maximum, four hours a day. She suggested that I done four hours a day for a couple or three weeks and then try to go up to the five which I did and yes she was right. Within two weeks I got used to the four and I was ready for the five-hour day. So I did, I went to the five-hour day and the company secretary and the MD said they wanted to see me just an update and how I was coping etc. but I think I had, I'd had about three or four meetings with them during my period of re-education.
And I went in and saw the MD and the company secretary. The MD had said to me that if my six months of sickness was up on the last Saturday and I think this was about a Wednesday I was seeing them, and what he was going to do was look at my annual salary and equate it to an hourly rate and then pay me for the hours I was there. And this I found very obnoxious. I thought they had my interest at heart. I'd done 43 years for this company and here they were talking of cutting my money and making me suffer. There was also the fact that I didn't need this. There were so many things happening in my life, so many things happening different in my life, trying to adjust to work. Trying to remember people's names and things of this nature, I did not want this added worry.
But I took on board what he said and I think, I know definitely the following Monday was the first time I went back on 8 hours. I done 8 hours and I never looked back. I went on to do a 39-hour week. I am now doing probably a 44/45-hour week. He obviously regretted what he'd said because the company secretary approached me and said, if I could maintain a 30-hour week they wouldn't dock my money. Well to my mind I wasn't far off it. I was doing a five-hour day. That equates to 25 hours a week. I was only five hours lacking and I did do work part of my lunch hour so I was only a couple of hours short of what they demanded. To my mind it was unnecessary. It was added hassle I didn't need but, looking back, it was a challenge. And I always rose to a challenge and they didn't beat me. I beat them. It was probably one of the best things to happen in my life in reflection because it encouraged me to try and get a grip of more of my life as it was.
Some people talked about the longer-term effects their illness had had on their personality and daily life (see 'Attitudes to life during and after recovery'). Several said they were now more assertive at work, others said they were calmer and more 'laid back'. Others were looking for new jobs or a change in career, some wanting 'to give something back', having re-evaluated their lives and priorities. One man said he used to push himself too much at work but felt he now knew when it was time to take a break. One woman was admitted to the ICU in which she was a nurse. Once she was well enough to return to work, she and her colleagues decided to make changes to the way they ran the unit. Many people also said they were extremely grateful to relatives who'd taken time off work while they'd been ill (see 'Impact on family').
- Age at interview:
- 41
- Sex:
- Female
- Background:
- Occupation: nurse. Marital status: married. Number of children: 1. Ethnic background: White British.
So everybody learnt something and we decided that we couldn't not do anything about it, that we would have to make some changes as a unit. And it was simple things that I could tell them, it was things like you don't have any conception of time. It could be day, it could be night, it could be the middle of the afternoon, as a patient you don't know, because the lights are on all night, the lights are on all day. There's activity all night and there's activity all day. So I didn't, half the time I didn't know what time it was, so there were clocks placed everywhere where patients could see them.
Even down to things like bin lids, when people put their foot on the pedal of the bin and the bin crashes down and you're just dropping off to sleep and, you know, you already think you're in a strange environment, that you've been abducted like by aliens and then this thing comes crashing down. So they changed all the bins so that the bin lids came down very slowly and they didn't crash. We did a booklet for patients who were going to be part of the follow-up clinic, which describes the things that they would go through, about the nightmares, about the pains and the aches, and loss of appetite and loss of concentration, all those kind of things. So myself and the follow-up nurse, we did a booklet for patients, the follow-up team has since been further developed.
The other thing that we changed was we've decided that, I found it quite hard going from the Intensive Care Unit to the ward, so they decided to step patients level of care down, so that some of the monitoring would be reduced gradually before patients went to the ward so that it wouldn't be such a shock to go from one extreme to another.
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In support of their #Drive2N2 campaign, which encourages teen driver safety in an age of mobile phones and social media, State Farm worked with Brandmovers on a refresh of their long-running "Celebrate My Drive" campaign. The campaign, targeting high schools across the US, encourages schools to think about ways to promote safe driving by high school students through a video competition, with the winning schools receiving $100,000 grants and a concert by Echosmith!
How it Works
Brandmovers developed a promotional microsite allowing each accredited high school in the US to upload a video outlining what they would do to encourage teen driver safety if they were the winner of the $100,000 grant from State Farm. Our judging panel selected the top 20 video submissions from each category (large schools, small schools), and we invited the public to vote.
The Results
The winning schools in each category won the grant, as well as a concert from Echosmith at their school.

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Intimacy with God is not some wishy washy, fairy tale. Intimacy with God must be deep, must be filled with the Spirit. This starts when we find restedness in God.
Three Key Perspectives:
- The deepest cry of the soul is for rest.
- The deepest longing of the soul is for purpose.
- The greatest need of the soul is for re-alignment.
This is the fundamental principle: Our resting in God is accomplished by re-aligning to God. You cannot be in the presence of God and not be aligned to His will, to His purpose and to His calling for your life. In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus says "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
The secret of restedness is not in relaxing, realting or reflecting. . . the secret is in re-aligning ourselves with the will of God. Jesus gave us the perfect example: He died for us to show us that it is possible to do the Father's will. He gave up His life for us that we may understand what alignment with the Father means. . . and this means to surrender and to entrust our lives to the Father's great plan for us.
As we close our series with Rev Edmond Chan, the most important question is being asked of us — am I willing to entrust to God all of our heart, our life. . . and in all our ways acknowledge Him as Lord of our lives. Are we willing to surrender and commit to Him our treasures, our time and our talents? What is God calling you to do?
"Lord, I come before you today a sinner. I acknowledge that I need You in my life as I accept your gift of salvation. I entrust to you Lord my life — my treasures, my time and my talents. I surrender them to you Lord in all humility and submission and I ask that You instill in my heart a desire to know you better, a determination to align my life to Your will and a passion to understand Your word. I ask Lord that you fill my heart with a longing to be constantly in Your presence. To find rest in You alone and to share Your yoke. Walk with me Father as I continue to journey in this life and find fulfillment in Your purpose and as I offer my life to You to give You honor and glory. All these in Jesus' name."


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The 31 year old was found in his room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver, Canada.
Cory has only just come out of rehab, yet it is still unaware of whether this is a drugs-related death. An autopsy will be conducted tomorrow (Monday) to determine the cause of death (I shall keep you posted with updates), but it is said that no foul play is involved.
Monteith, who played the character of Finn Hudson in the hit TV show Glee, was dating co-star Lea Michele.
Hundreds of tributed have been piling in on Twitter from fans, friends and celebrities. Monteith's co-star Mark Salling responded to the news this morning with a simple but heartbreaking "no".
The news spread over Twitter this morning and currently several hashtags are trending worldwide:
I myself was awoken this morning by a text from a friend alerting me of the news. I most definitely did not believe it at first and it has taken until now, having read about 40 news articles for it to actually settle in.
A lot of you will be thinking "why are you so upset over this? You didn't even know him". Well to you people I say this:
When you are a dedicated member of a fandom (the Glee fandom naming their members Gleeks) you do tend to form an emotional attachment to characters and actors. Whether you view this as weird or not, a part of something you love is now missing. Glee will never be the same without Cory in it. Waking up this morning to find that a vital part of one of your most favourite things is missing is really hard. A lot of people are going through the same thing this morning, some such as family, friends and co-stars of Cory will obviously be considerably more upset. The Glee fandom will now, and forever will be, missing one of its most important links. Cory will not be forgotten. Many fandoms around the world have come together this morning in support of Gleeks and the family are friends of Cory. Many have started a trend on Twitter called #MentionYourIdolToTellThemYouLoveThem after many Gleeks have posted images such as these:
My thoughts go out to Lea Michele who has to deal with everything. After writing and rewriting something regarding her, I found a Twitter image which explains it all perfectly.
Glee is currently up for a Teen Choice Award, so please do go vote for them by clicking HERE in memory of Cory.
Now all that is left to say is that my thoughts really do go out to his family, friends and especially to Lea. They have to unshakable support of the fandom, and of everyone.
RIP Cory Monteith x


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Well, I don't want to bore you with my reasons of returning to Stardoll's King of Media. I'd rather talk about how fabulous I am, but I think I'll do that another day. See you guys on the 'flip' side!
Before you go, it seems like these bitches want to give me some competition? Who wins this hair flipping war? Hayden Panettiere, Nicki Minaj or New York?


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Robin van Persie puts aside old loyalties to give United lift
Manchester United 1 Arsenal 0
If, as Arsène Wenger had suggested, Robin van Persie is still "an Arsenal man", he has a strange way of showing it. He celebrated his match-winning goal yesterday with the gusto of a man desperate not only to kick-start Manchester United's Barclays Premier League title challenge but also to bring the Arsenal bandwagon to a shuddering halt.
By the end of a tumultuous afternoon at Old Trafford, Van Persie and United were celebrating the most satisfying, most uplifting victory of David Moyes's tenure to date. It was far from their most fluent performance, but it was a triumph of will, embodied by the contrasting figures of Phil Jones and Wayne Rooney, and it took them to within five points of Arsenal in this most unpredictable…


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This seafood salad sandwich recipe is easily adapted to whatever type of seafood you have in your cupboard -
Here I am using smoked salmon, but you could use canned mackerel which I find really tasty - and it's high in Omega 3s which will satisfy your portion of oily fish per week.
This seafood salad club sandwich makes a great lunch snack - it's probably not a good idea to take to work, as it could be a bit messy to eat!
You can toast the bread if you like - it can make the sandwich a bit more stable.
It's a triple decker sandwich - lovely :-)
Seafood Salad Sandwich
12 slices bread - I like to use brown, but it's up to you
4 slices smoked salmon or
2 cans (125g) mackerel
lettuce leaves
tomato - thinly sliced
cucumber - thinly sliced
Prepare all your filling ingredients so you can assemble the sandwiches quickly.
If you're using canned fish, then mash and season it to your taste - a squeeze of lemon is nice too.
Lay out four slices of bread, butter them and divide the mackerel evenly between them.
Top with cucumber and spread the underside of the next slice of bread with mayonnaise and then lay it on top of the cucumber.
Top with tomato and lettuce - spread mayo on the underside of the bread again and put the last slice on top.
These quantities will make 4 triple decker sandwiches - it can be a good idea to spike them with cocktail sticks to hold them together.
Give out plenty of napkins or paper towels when you serve them - they can be quite messy to eat and people are better off with some paper to catch the bits then eat them with their fingers.
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Beautiful triple decker seafood salad sandwich recipe - just right for a lunch or picnic. Spike toothpicks in to stop them falling over.
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Warren Steven, senior director of product and operations for Golden Nugget, discusses how striking a balance between high quality user experience and engaging content has led to the brand establishing an unassailable lead in New Jersey's online gaming market.
Revenue from regulated gambling in the Czech Republic fell 21.3% in 2018 to CZK31.3bn (£1.1bn/€1.2bn/$1.4bn), with the decline down to a lower contribution from slot machines.
Inspired Entertainment has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the Gaming Technology Group (GTG) arm of Novomatic UK. The supplier will pay $120m (£94.4m/€106.0m) to acquire the assets.
UK-based games studio Blueprint Gaming has appointed Andy Mace, formerly head of casino at Bet365, as its new director of accounts.
Spain's online gambling market enjoyed a strong first quarter, with February in particular a standout, driven by the strong performance of the sports betting vertical.
A trio of international gaming operators have entered the race to secure online gambling licences in Argentina's capital province of Buenos Aires. There are now 10 companies competing to secure one of seven operating licences.
Marking the first anniversary of the RP iGaming Index's launch, Regulus Partners' Paul Leyland looks at the factors that have led to gaming stocks largely underperforming over the past 12 months, and what needs to be done to make them a worthwhile investment. Stride Gaming is the stock in focus.
The Gambling Commission has joined forces with partners in Wales to develop a new national strategy, with the aim of reducing gambling-related harms in the country.
Greek gaming operator OPAP has reported a year-on-year increase in revenue and profit for the first quarter, primarily due to ongoing growth within its video lottery terminals and KINO lottery businesses.
Finnish gambling monopoly Veikkaus will significantly expand the range of content it offers online through a new supply deal with International Game Technology (IGT).
Gross gambling yield for the UK's online gaming sector climbed 2.9% to £5.6bn in the 12 months to September 2018, despite the wider gambling market seeing a decline during the period.
Having explored the need for an overhaul of the look and feel of the UK's licensed betting offices, the second part of the feature looks at the technology that could help shape the sector's sports-led future.
The B2 maximum stake cut to £2 has led to a lot of gloom about retail betting in the UK. But the enforced changes to the sector could be offset if bookmakers invest in making shops more welcoming
William Hill has reported a 2% increase in revenue for the first 17 weeks of the year, despite suffering a like-for-like drop in revenue for its online arm and a decline in its retail business.
In the second part of iGB's roundtable with slot studios in the early stage of their fight for market share, we discuss M&A, innovation and content aggregation
GambleAware has confirmed it will invest an additional £3.9m (€4.5m/$5.0m) to help fund the expansion of the National Gambling Treatment Service through GamCare and its network of partners across Great Britain.
Following iGB's roundtable with the studios looking to take on the market leaders, we speak to some of the newcomers to find out why they have decided to enter one of the most competitive verticals in igaming
Gambling revenue in Latvia increased 15.3% year-on-year in the first quarter, with national regulator the Lotteries and Gambling Supervisory Inspection (IAUI) reporting growth across all key verticals.
Inspired Entertainment has reported a 10.1% decline in revenue for the first quarter of 2019, the result of a dip in the performance of its server-based gaming (SBG) division.
Australian gaming machines and content provider Ainsworth Game Technology has warned that it is likely to miss financial targets for the second half of its 2019 financial year, with its current performance failing to meet expectations.


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Jobless claims improve unexpectedly
Ordinarily, initial unemployment claims are released on Thursday mornings, but with Thanksgiving coming tomorrow, we received some good news a day early.
The number of new applications for unemployment benefits fell by 10,000 to 316,000 in the week ended Nov. 23, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's the lowest level since the last week of September, though claims are often volatile during the holiday season and harder to decipher as an indicator of labor-market trends. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected claims to rise to 330,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis. The average of new claims over the past month, a more reliable gauge than the volatile weekly number, declined by 7,500 to 331,750, the lowest level in nearly two months.
To reiterate the point I make every Thursday morning, it's worth remembering that week-to-week results can vary widely, and it's best not to read too much significance into any one report.
In terms of metrics, when jobless claims fall below the 400,000 threshold, it's considered evidence of an improving jobs landscape, and when the number drops below 370,000, it suggests jobs are being created rather quickly. At this point, despite the recent spike, we've been below 340,000 in 13 of the last 20 weeks.
Above you'll find the chart showing weekly, initial unemployment claims going back to the beginning of 2007. (Remember, unlike the monthly jobs chart, a lower number is good news.) For context, I've added an arrow to show the point at which President Obama's Recovery Act began spending money.


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"Diversity of Experience" in Denmark
An Econ and Psych Double Major Finds a Program that Meets his Educational Needs
On a sunny fall day in Copenhagen, Denmark, Bryce Lew '19 meets his Ancient Art and Archaeology class at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek art museum. Eight students follow their instructor Thyge Bro into a room filled with Greek statuary.
Bro gathers his students around a kouros, a statue of a boy. "Be inquisitive. Be curious," Bro says. The students, including Lew and Lauren MacKenzie '19, stand in a semi-circle and gaze at the statue. Bro encourages them to look at it from different angles — one of the benefits of seeing sculpture in person."What's notable?" Bro asks. The students offer various answers — the headband, the almond-shaped eyes, the symmetry.
Lew admits that the class has "been a little bit of a struggle" because of the course's emphasis on history and art. "Something that was completely out of my comfort zone," he says with a grin. "It's been such a rewarding experience because I've been able to learn about ancient history with actual artifacts that are right here with us in the museum."
Studying Something New While Off-campus
During his first two years at Grinnell, Lew immersed himself in economics and psychology. So when he searched for a study abroad program, he "wanted to try something a little bit different. I'm someone who believes that diversity of experience is crucial to learning."
He also wanted to study in Europe. And although he studied Spanish for 12 years, he hasn't (yet) taken any Spanish at Grinnell, so he wanted a program in English.
The DIS Copenhagen program met his criteria. He also found a range of courses he couldn't take at Grinnell, such as business and marketing.
So at the beginning of his third year as a Grinnell student, Lew hopped on a plane in Los Angeles and flew to Copenhagen.
Initially he enrolled in a boatload of business classes. To help balance out the business content, Lew decided also to take Ancient Art and Archaeology.
"I thought this would be a perfect opportunity because we're literally going to museums and examining different art," Lew says.
Another challenging class is Danish Language and Culture. Despite his many years of Spanish, Lew says, "Danish is hard." The language has three vowels that are unfamiliar to native English speakers.
Suzanne da Cunha Bang, a Danish instructor for DIS, wants to change the attitude that language is hard. When students try small talk in Danish, she says, Danes react differently. "Language opens up extra doors," she says.
Interacting with Danes
Although Lew is not doing a Homestay, he did join the Visiting Host Program in which he was matched with a local family. "I go to their house for dinner every other week. We sometimes go on excursions on the weekends," he says. Those have included a visit to the Viking Museum and biking around Copenhagen together. "They definitely go out of their way to help us really immerse ourselves in Copenhagen." He enjoys having the connections with Danes.
Another way he's interacting with Danes is by getting to know entrepreneurs. He chose to live with a group of several other American students in the Young Entrepreneurs Living & Learning Community. "It basically tries to connect you with start-ups in Copenhagen to understand what it's like to be a start-up in Copenhagen and how to get a business off the ground," Lew says.
Expanding Skills Learned at Grinnell
One of the courses that attracted Lew to the DIS Copenhagen program is the Digital Media in Marketing Project, a class that provides hands-on experience. DIS students made two commercials for the American Pie Company in Copenhagen.
"It was interesting going through that experience of working in a group of people that I had never met before," Lew says, "but coming up with an idea and executing it and editing it. It was a really good experience."
The previous year he'd taken a multimedia storytelling class at Grinnell with Jennifer Shook, assistant professor of English. "I was actually pulling skills that I had gained from my class with Professor Shook. I got a lot of video editing experience there, but taking it to the stage where I'm working with a client to create a video for them was really beneficial."
Lew has been able to do nearly everything he hoped to while studying abroad — travel, learn, explore. "I'm super appreciative of being able to double major and study abroad and get as many experiences as possible."
Bryce Lew '19 is double majoring in economics and psychology. He's from Pasadena, Calif.


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* Extra measures seen needed elsewhere to hit deficit target
* Hollande juggling fiscal rigour with growth imperative
(Releads with business and economist reaction)
By Mark John
PARIS, Oct 4 (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande's Socialist government will likely ease tax hikes on small businesses in the 2013 budget after a chorus of complaints by French entrepreneurs, officials said on Thursday.
The climb-down comes less than a week after it unveiled 30 billion euros ($38.7 billion) of savings for 2013. It added to speculation that France will need a supplementary budget next year to stick to a deficit target of 3 percent of output vital to its credibility with euro zone partners and markets.
At issue is a 2-billion-euro increase in capital gains taxes on equity sales which business leaders argue will penalise entrepreneurs who sell their business, thus discouraging them from getting it off the ground in the first place.
"We will probably have to change it," Moscovici told France Inter radio of the measure, due to involve a closer alignment of taxes on capital gains with existing levies on income.
"If certain measures are badly calibrated, it must be possible to have a dialogue on that," he said of talks with business lobby groups on possible amendments set for later on Thursday.
Currently, entrepreneurs who sell their business pay capital gains at a rate of 19 percent. However, under the 2013 budget, most would now have to pay a rate of at least 45 percent, a new rate imposed on any income over 150,000 euros.
The retreat followed a high-profile Internet and media campaign by a group of entrepreneurs calling themselves "Les Pigeons" - French slang for "suckers" - arguing that the 2013 budget was skewed against the small business sector.
"We don't want to give the impression that we want to punish the Pigeons," a source in Hollande's office told Reuters. "We'll find a solution ... the Pigeons should return to their nest."
French business argues it is already struggling to compete with German and other rivals because of the high labour charges and other taxes needed to finance a public spending bill which amounts to 56 percent of the overall economy.
Hollande must show France has the fiscal rigour required to help the euro zone exit a three-year sovereign debt crisis even as tries to keep election promises to tackle unemployment - already over 10 percent and due to rise with a spate of industrial lay-offs.
The budget envisaged 10 billion euros of savings thanks to a freeze in public spending, 10 billion euros of additional revenues from tax hikes on business and the remainder from increased charges on individuals, particularly the rich.
That was meant to spare the bulk of households from any extra tax burden, so preserving the consumer demand on which Hollande is banking to prevent a slide into all-out recession and maintain next year's modest 0.8 percent growth forecast.
But, highlighting the tight margin for manoeuvre in the euro zone's second-biggest economy, the budget triggered an immediate riposte from employers arguing that it would stymie the corporate investment needed to create jobs and growth.
Pierre Gattaz, head of France's Group of Industrial Federations, welcomed the government's readiness to ease the tax hikes on asset gains.
"It would be a major sign of intelligence and economic pragmatism," he told Reuters at Paris' international auto show.
Axa chief economist Axa Chaney said it was a good sign that Hollande's government was ready to listen to the business lobby but noted it would have to claw in revenues or savings elsewhere in the budget to stick to its deficit target.
"I do think they will stick to the three percent target - they have to - but what I expect is a mini-budget some time next spring," Chaney said.
It is not yet clear how much revenue will be lost if the government waters down the measure.
Fleur Pellerin, minister for innovation and small business, told RMC radio one possible option was to offer tax breaks for any entrepreneur either looking to re-invest over 80 percent of any capital gains.
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(from The Incidental Economist)
This is simply the best! Cheerful, energetic presentation of lots of things that are going right!
|(from Nancy LeTourneau - "2013 Most Memorable Moments")
|(Rembrandt, Adoration of the Shepherds)
On Saturday, Ross Douthat (a writer with whom I rarely agree) put up a splendid column in the New York Times titled "Ideas from a Manger". I will quote from it at length:
PAUSE for a moment, in the last leg of your holiday shopping, to glance at one of the manger scenes you pass along the way. Cast your eyes across the shepherds and animals, the infant and the kings. Then try to see the scene this way: not just as a pious set-piece, but as a complete world picture — intimate, miniature and comprehensive.
Because that's what the Christmas story really is — an entire worldview in a compact narrative, a depiction of how human beings relate to the universe and to one another. It's about the vertical link between God and man — the angels, the star, the creator stooping to enter his creation. But it's also about the horizontal relationships of society, because it locates transcendence in the ordinary, the commonplace, the low.
Many Americans still take everything: They accept the New Testament as factual, believe God came in the flesh, and endorse the creeds that explain how and why that happened. And then alongside traditional Christians, there are observant Jews and Muslims who believe the same God revealed himself directly in some other historical and binding form.
But this biblical world picture is increasingly losing market share to what you might call the spiritual world picture, which keeps the theological outlines suggested by the manger scene — the divine is active in human affairs, every person is precious in God's sight — but doesn't sweat the details.
Then, finally, there's the secular world picture, relatively rare among the general public but dominant within the intelligentsia. This worldview keeps the horizontal message of the Christmas story but eliminates the vertical entirely. The stars and angels disappear: There is no God, no miracles, no incarnation. But the egalitarian message — the common person as the center of creation's drama — remains intact, and with it the doctrines of liberty, fraternity and human rights.
|(from http://obamacaresignups.net)
Accelerating progress. If you go to obamacaresignups.net, you can click back to prior forecasts, so you can get a sense of the acceleration factor. With 43.4% of the time between October 1 and March 31 elapsed, some states (with their own Exchanges and reporting systems) are just behind, right on, or ahead of pace for private insurance enrollments:
My forecast has been: 5MM private, 7.5MM Medicaid. If the current pace continues, I could be low on both.
So what enrollment numbers would be generally acceptable to a broad range of the media? My guess is that any number below the 7MM private enrollment CBO forecast will be flagged as a miss by many in the media; though it's possible a "big win" in the Medicaid number would offset the miss narrative for all but the most conservative media. 9MM was the original Medicaid target, but that included all states: the 25 states not accepting the Medicaid expansion accounted for about half that forecast. So if Medicaid hits 8MM, which it might, that might offset a private forecast miss. Minimum private enrollment needed to record ACA a success in most major media? My guess: 5MM. And I think we'll hit that.
And how about the possibility of a premium "death spiral", caused by too few "young invincibles" signing up? This is the core conservative argument as to why Obamacare will "collapse of its own weight": the ACA, according to this argument, is based on a faulty model - the mandate penalties are too low to compel performance by the young, so they will not sign up and the program will eventually break down. The "death spiral" argument is, I am certain, groundless:
And finally, what about the employer-sponsored insurance market? Any chance of a wholesale dumping of people into the Exchanges to avoid ACA-related problems? The Right is pushing this meme big time, saying we will see this as we approach the July 1 date when the delayed employer mandate kicks in. My response: Quite simply, it won't happen. Providing quality benefits is too important to employers to just give it up.
The ACA is reaching solid ground. It will not be derailed. Will the strengths of the program emerge before the November, 2014 elections? They might, and they might not. To some extent it will depend on how effectively Democratic candidates present the evidence. By 2016, I am confident the benefits of this bill will be understood and this will contribute to what I am certain will be a Republican shellacking.
|(Obama and Clinton just post-Benghazi)
|(from Gerald Seib at The Wall Street Journal)
Gerald Seib put these numbers up in his column this morning at the WSJ. He dug into the cross tabs from the most recent WSJ/NBC poll. True, this is just a one shot/one moment in time look, but the differences between the men and women is remarkable.
Much better marks for Obama among women. Pro-gun control. Pro-minimum wage increase. Eager for Dems to retake control of the House. More supportive of the ACA. Angry at Republicans for the shutdown. Wow!
What might move men in a positive direction?
It's possible they all could happen. If so, the GOP will lose the House.
|(from theobamadiary.com)
Ron Fournier is out with another sweeping hit on President Obama at The National Journal titled "This is the End of the Presidency", where he compares Obama's evolving second term to Bush II's. I will let Andrew Sullivan at The Dish do the rebuttal for me. Listen to Sullivan at his hard-hitting best:
|(Obama's Cairo Speech, January, 2009)
We have looked at some key characteristics of the integral leader:
Today I want to add one more quality of the integral leader - the ability to plant "seeds of possibility" and the patience to wait for what may emerge.
That's what Obama did in Cairo, in January 2009: he planted "seeds of possibility" that are beginning to grow and bear fruit. Let me give some highlights, which will include other "seed planting" fruit growing; in other words, Obama planted seeds in many places, not only in Cairo:
In some ways, Obama's work in the international domain doesn't fit quite as neatly into the Deep Currents, Surface Storms metaphor and analysis. But key elements are there. And for certain, the media is essentially blind to the deep currents beyond our borders. They are endlessly distracted by our distractions. I will close this piece by saying I feel the world is becoming a safer place: the big, powerful countries are less and less likely to go to war with each other; and weapons of mass destruction have a reasonable to good chance of being curbed in the coming year.
One more note from the past and pointer towards a possible future: have you noticed that the Global War on Terror is over - we have specific adversaries but no existential threat; and what would you say if Israel and the Palestinians made peace before 2016?
Hopeful - that's the stance I am taking in the world. And much of the source of it for me is the extraordinary integral leadership our President is offering us. Bravo, Sir. And our gratitude.
|(frpm http://obamacaresignups.net)
I'll stick with my December 2 forecast:
Can't wait until April, when we will know these numbers. We'll also have a better feel for the numbers of folks who feel they ended up losers. For example, if 5.0 million policies get cancelled, how many of that number, at the end of the day, feel they were, in some way, ripped off? I'm guessing only 20%, still a lot of people, but way less than 12.5 million.
Also want to know how many under 35s' will have signed up for private insurance, and whether folks are saying the pool appears balanced. I'm pretty confident it will be.
By April, millions upon millions of Americans will know Obamacare is here to stay! The Right won't acknowledge it. But the next job for Progressives will not be to bad mouth the Right; rather it will be the important job of making the big case for the cost curve being bent, and how this solidifies the country's fiscal sustainability.
|(CBO Monthly Budget Report)
The above chart presents some great news: combined Medicare/Medicaid spending for the first two months of F2014 (October-November) is down 2% from F2013 levels. This continues the trend pointed to in this chart from the Council of Economic Advisers' recent report on how the ACA is helping to moderate healthcare costs.
Medicare and Medicaid costs are flatlining. As the chart above shows, costs per capita are flat for Medicare and down for Medicaid since 2010, when the ACA was launched. In point of fact, on a gross basis (overall year to year spending comparisons), they are flat as well, meaning that the cost slowdown thus far has been able to absorb the demographic increase in enrollees, due to the retiring of the Baby Boomers, without increasing spending. The October-November F2014 numbers above show this trend is continuing.
|(from healthcare.gov)
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Don't you
know yet?
It's your light
that lights the world.
This idea is very hard for those of us raised in the West. The sin/sinner idea is hard to shake. But Jesus did say:
"If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light."
Matthew 6 (22)
and He said:
"Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid."
Matthew 5 (14)
Am I that tree in full flower under the stars?
|(from @3ChicsPolitico)
Today, outside Mandela's home. As @3ChicsPolitico says, the fruits of his labor.
|(from theobamadiary.com)
This knocks me over. Strong. Clear. Fully grounded. Inspiring. Full of Light. Generative.
If these are qualities you admire and are touched by, be sure to visit theobamadiary.com every day! TOD's site reminds me of a favorite quote, from a book I read 50 years ago:
"The lover of beauty finds it everywhere around him. The vein of gold in the basest of ores. And he takes the collector's joy in finding the fragmentary masterpiece that is commonly passed by."
Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar
TOD is a lover of beauty. And she has deeply enriched my life by finding a great many fragmentary masterpieces I would never have found or seen.
|(from http://acasignups.net)
The pace is picking up!
|(from Council of Economic Advisers Analysis of ACA)
Conservatives attack Obamacare for creating a large group of injured parties - those people whose policies are being cancelled; who are being told they have to buy an ACA-approved Essential Benefits policy (even though they don't personally need all the benefits offered); and who have to pay more than before, so they can be counted as part of a large and balanced risk pool that will benefit the sick and the elderly. Many hurt; few helped - this seems to be the argument.
What few realize is that the cost curve-bending effects of the ACA is having a dramatic effect on two programs (Medicare and Medicaid) that benefit 100 million Americans, a much larger group than the 5 million or so who may be losing their current policies.
The above chart shows how the Medicare/Medicaid spending projection line has moved down and to the right in the last three years. The above graph lines were put together by the CBO in their four most recent 10 year budget forecasts. The "gap" between the August 2010 and the May 2013 lines represents reductions in estimates of what the Medicare/Medicaid programs will cost going forward. The next chart (CBO/Doug Elmendorf ACA Cost Control Presentation) shows the magnitude of the savings.
|(from Council of Economic Advisers Report)
I'm a real bear about healthcare costs. I read whatever I can find. You will find me blogging about this repeatedly. Why am I so obsessed? Quite simply: almost no one gets the full implications of what's happening. Here's a Tuesday New York Times article that talks about the cost slowdown and how it will lower ACA's total cost; but the explanation for the slowdown is primarily the impact of the recession, slowing down demand for medical services. And the article quotes a conservative source saying there is no cost slowdown, and talk of such is just another piece of the Administration's misinformation campaign.
So I was really happy when the Council of Economic Advisers put out the above report, doing a thorough presentation of the academic research on the healthcare cost slowdown, showing that one group (The Kaiser Family Foundation) argues that the recession is the primary cause; but other researchers have concluded that structural factors are at play, representing a possible seismic shift in how healthcare is delivered, moving from payment only for quantity of service, to more payment for quality delivered (see particularly CBO Working Paper, August, 2013).
|(from CBO Enrollment Forecast)
The above chart is the "holy grail" CBO forecast for Obamacare. Key points:
Points to highlight:
So what's your guess? Here's mine:
Considering the horrible start, not too bad. Am convinced there will be a big surge at the end that will be handled mostly well by the website's front end and pretty well by the backend (the part that links to the insurance companies). The system will be seen to be working, to be self-correcting, and most experts will be predicting a smooth open enrollment, when October 2014 comes around. Further: employers will not be planning a wholesale dumping of employees into the Exchanges for 2015 and 2015 premiums will be coming in with only small increases over 2014.
If this is the picture next summer, what will the GOP argument be? Mostly unchanged. They will focus on whatever problems are present; they will argue that employers will begin dumping next year, and that premiums will surely start skyrocketing soon, etc.
Will the public begin to see the true picture? I think so, but I'm not sure. It's possible the MSM will start holding the GOP accountable for making predictions that don't pan out, but I won't count on it.
The sleeper might be healthcare costs overall. If they stay moderate for another full year, and more research analysis points to the ACA as a key factor in the cost slowdown, this could tip the analysis towards a conclusion that the ACA is a strong net plus, and that GOP resistance has been political, not based on sound policy estimates. If this is the tenor of the public conversation, the House will be in play.
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ARM Refinance
For Short Term Planning, an ARM Refinance Could be Your Lady Luck
Variables, variables, and more variables. Life is all about adapting to change, right? Well, ARM (adjustable rate mortgage) is definitely one that can take you through a series of up and down rates. However, timing is everything. It's like being on the golf course and knowing the right moment to take your 9 iron and catching the slight breeze to help you formulate your swing. You want to ease the ball right into the hole with all of the control of the world. Get into a rhythm of being focused but still loose to adapt to what the wind or the course throws at you. That's the type of tenacity you need to have in an ARM refinance.
What is ARM refinance?
ARM refinance allows homeowners to acquire a lower or higher mortgage rate for a specific period of time. Instead of having a steady rate throughout the mortgage term, you have options to take a lower or higher rate depending on the overall market. For some homeowners, they can really take advantage of the lower rate. Others that don't plan carefully could get stuck paying higher rates and dig themselves in a deep pile of, well you know. It's wise to have a safety net because the market is so volatile, you don't want to crash land on a deserted island that's surrounded by sharks. If you're smart, you can play the game like a World Series Poker player.
How to become eligible for an ARM Refinance
One of the first things you need to look at is your credit score. Remember, an ARM can get a bit topsy-turvy even if you do it short term because you have no idea what rates will be thrown at you. Lenders want to know your stability and how well you are at making your payments on time. A credit score of 740 and up will put some assurance in lenders to trust your request to refinance under an ARM. Certain lenders will accept an equity level of 5% in the home but try to increase the number from 10 to 20%. That will certainly give you more security in case of harder times ahead.
Advantages of an ARM Refinance
Sometimes, having ARM refinance is like playing Roulette – your not sure what the odds are going to be. However, if you are quite keen to market changes – you can parlay this into a favorable outcome. If you were planning to sell in a short period of time, those lower rates will easily save you a ton of money. The great thing about a reset is it stays there locked for a certain period. Once the loan is set then there's no way it will breach the cap until a couple of resets down the line. However, you should always be ready for the worst case scenario. Let's say your income has increased and you get the higher rate. The plus side is that you can pay off a lot of your interest and take the higher mortgage monthly. This will lower the length of your mortgage term; save yourself some money down the line. Always have a level of financial security because the market dictates your mortgage rates. You don't want to get into a situation where you're hyperventilating in the corner.
Seek out multiple lenders
There's no perfect situation in any type of refinance. However, the advice of a number of lenders will show you what's the best option for your taste. Weigh your options and find out what's within your range and what will prevent you from falling into a hole. Finding a middle ground is what you need to keep you from drowning in the waters of high tide as you surf the market for the most optimal rates.


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Saturday, November 9, 2019 (8am-4pm)
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Bring the whole family for a FREE day of activities and help us give back to the community! The Y is open to the community to enjoy fitness, group exercise classes, swimming, Senior/Teen Center activities, and MORE!
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Tanu Will Be Blame Pragya! Kumkum Bhagya 3rd August 2016 Episode Written Updates :- As per the latest crux of the TV series Kumkum Bhagya is all set to showcase a huge romantic melodrama to showcase in which it seems like that the love birds Pragya(Sriti Jha) and Abhi (Shabbir Ahluwalia) are all set to reunite finally but it seems like fate has been planned something different for Abhigya.
Kumkum Bhagya Episode Written Updates
Now the Tanu's fake pregnancy drama and truth have been coming out so we can expect now she will be throw out from the Mehra house but something change is going to happen on the show now. Let's focus on the climax of the show.
After getting to know that Pragya has told everything to Abhi, that actually Tanu and Aaliya got the team up and made a plan to kill her. They removed the brakes from her car. But accidentally Abhi sat in that car. Purab informed him that the car has been damaged but it was too late, unfortunately.
In the upcoming tonight episode of the TV series Kumkum Bhagya Abhi will call Pragya for the last time and thank her for coming in his life. He will say that they might not be able to meet her again but he is happy that now Fuggi is back in his life.
His car will suddenly meet with an accident and Pragya will be shocked to hear Abhi's screams and noise of accident from the site. Now Pragya and Purab will rush to the accident site.
They will shocked to see that Abhi injured badly so Pragya will be seen shattered but she will did prayers which will bring him back to his life but he will suffering from the memory loss. Pragya will be happy to see that Abhi is now recovered after surgery but now Abhi will be fail to recognise her.
Instead he will be hugs Tanu in front of Pragya which will shatter her once again. Actually Abhi is now just can remembers his young life, his affair with Tanu, his family and his concerts.
So now he will back to his bachelor life now he has forgotten completely that he is now married to Pragya. He now considers him a bachelor rock star. Stay tuned for more updates on the show.


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If you're a member of the military or you've returned from military service, Regis also has great tuition options to help you build on the skills you learned during your service. What will I learn in Regis' Master of Science in Health Informatics program? Our M.S. in Health Informatics program is designed for current health care professionals looking to expand your knowledge of systems planning and implementation, workflow design, security management and electronic health information management. Beyond IT, the program also includes project management, leadership development and ethics all taught from a health care perspective. Printable Fact Sheet: To download a printable fact sheet with details about required classes, admissions requirements, and start dates, visit our fact sheet library. Please note: The best source for the most current information is an admissions counselor. Is Regis' HI program accredited? Regis University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission. What class formats are available? At Regis, we understand the challenges of working full time while pursuing your degree. Our flexible, online format is designed to help you succeed. Each class runs for eight weeks, so you can make rapid progress toward your degree and complete it within 24 months. When do Regis' HI classes start? Courses are offered in eight-week formats that begin three times per year: January May August Meet our Health Informatics faculty Judit Olah, Ph.D Associate Professor, Health Informatics Kelly Miller, MA, RHIA, CPHIMS, Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator of Health Information Management Career Opportunities What careers can I get with a Master's degree in HI? Many current health care practitioners or IT professionals interested in health care positions pursue an advanced degree in health informatics. Careers typically build off previous health or IT careers and can include informatics specialists, clinical analysts, and informatics managers. Many go on to advanced roles as directors, leading teams of other professionals. Career opportunities for HI professionals extend beyond hospitals. Many work for insurance companies, accounting firms, government agencies, in academia and pharmaceutical firms. Career support from Regis The Center for Career and Professional Development at Regis provides you with the resources, training and advice to help you establish and meet your career goals. That means we'll help you choose an academic major, explore and find a new career path, or create the tools for a successful job search that will promote your career. To learn more, visit our Center for Career and Professional Development page. What salary can I expect with a degree in HI? Salaries in the HI field depend upon your years of experience, previous education, responsibilities, geographic location and employer. As an example, here are the median salaries* for three different job levels as reported by payscale.com: Clinical Informatics Specialist - $70,016 Clinical Informatics Manager - $91,653 Nursing Informatics Director - $101,206 *- Salary information based on data from spring 2016. Program Requirements Required Courses (24 credit hours) MSHI 600 Information Systems Concepts 3SH MSHI 625 Workflow and Change Management in Adoption of Health IT 3SH MSHI 635 Design and Selection of IT Systems in Health Care 3SH MSHI 645 Management of e-HIM and Information Governance ** 3SH MSHI 650 Health Care Informatics and Information Management in Health Care Setting** 3SH MSIA 672 Managing a Secure Enterprise 3SH MSHI 675 Healthcare Performance Evaluation 3SH MSHI680 Capstone: Applied Research Project 3SH Choose One Track: Electives - Information Technology Track (12 credit hours) MSCC 697 IT Research Methods 3SH MSCI 680 IT Project Management** 3SH MSCI 600 Strategic Information Technology* 3SH MSCI 615 Business Process Engineering* 3SH MSCI 630 Knowledge Management* 3SH * Take two or three of these courses Electives - Health Care Services Track (12 credit hours) HSA 660 Methods of Inquiry and Research 3SH HSA 658 Project Management in the Health Care Sector** 3SH HSA 672 Managing Patient Safety and Organizational Risk* 3SH MSCI 610 Ethics in Technology* 3SH MSCI 630 Knowledge Management* 3SH *Take two or three of these courses Specialization in Data Science (12 credit hours) MSDS 600 Introduction to Data Science 3SH MSDS 650 Data Analytics 3SH MSDS 660 Statistical Methods and Experimental Design 3SH MSDS 670 Data Visualization 3SH Total Degree Requirements = 36 credit hours **Students progressing from Regis University's HIM/HCA undergrad programs may use these courses to fulfill graduate requirements. Please note that recent course requirement updates may not be reflected in the list above. For further information contact the Office of Admissions at 303.458.4344. To download a printable fact sheet with program details, click here. How to Apply Take the next step in your Regis experience. Apply Now! Detailed admissions criteria and FAQs are listed below. ADMISSIONS CRITERIA - ELIGIBILITY A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university. Minimum undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. (Note: Applicants with a GPA below 3.0 will be considered on an individual basis). Healthcare experience or an understanding of the healthcare delivery systems is recommended. If English is not your native/first language, you must meet the following language proficiency requirement: TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) – Internet-based: Minimum score of 82 (24 Writing, 20 Speaking, 22 Reading, 16 Listening) on the TOEFL. TOEFL – Computer-based: Minimum score of 213 Regis University's TOEFL code is 4656. Applications for the HI program are evaluated on a rolling admission basis. An application is reviewed and an enrollment decision is made once all required application materials are submitted. ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS You are encouraged to submit all required application materials at once, with the exception of official transcripts. Complete the online application. Request official transcripts to be sent directly to Regis University from all post-secondary educational institutions attended. Transcripts must be official. Official transcripts can be mailed or sent electronically. Regis accepts electronic transcripts from the following services: Scrip-Safe, Docufide, Avow Systems. Submit electronic transcripts to firstname.lastname@example.com Submit mailed transcripts to: Regis University Office of Admissions 3333 Regis Blvd. A-12 Denver, CO 80221-1099 Submit a current resume. Admission Essay (instructions to upload your completed essay are included in the online application) Direct all written materials and inquiries to: Regis University Office of Admissions, Mail-Code A-12 3333 Regis Blvd Denver, CO 80221-1099 Contact: 303.458.4344 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com All documents submitted during the application process become the property of Regis University. FAQS Will this degree qualify me to sit for the RHIA? The Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) licensure is not included in the MS-HI program. If you currently have a bachelor degree in any area, we encourage you to apply for the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Health Information Management (www.regis.edu/himct). Completion of this certificate will qualify you to sit for the RHIA licensure examination. When does the program begin? The MS-HI program begins in Spring (January), Summer (May), and Fall (August) semesters. Please refer to the academic calendar for specific start dates in these semesters. You are encouraged to submit your application materials as soon as they are completed Tuition Visit our Cost of Tuition page to see the tuition and fee schedule for the M.S. in Health Informatics program.