Recent Articles

• Feds may step in as airlines, travel groups battle over state subsidies

  Ryan Clark Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Domestic airlines have been waging a war with travel groups and Middle East airlines over the latter's use of state-funded subsidies, bringing into the question the free-market equality promoted by the Open Skies agreements. At issue is whether the United Arab Emirates and Qatar should be allowed to provide funding to their countries' airlines. These subsidies cover revenue losses as the airlines expand rapidly across the globe and offer low fares to travelers.

• 10 tests to assess influence

  Randall Craig Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Influencers can recommend you — or they can hurt you. They can bring your name to a completely new audience and provide unique insights because of their relationships. Developing strong relationships with them is important — but how do you know who they are? And more particularly, how might you assess the power of their influence?

• What CMS envisions for physician quality reporting programs

  Christina Thielst Healthcare Administration

  ​Whether we like it or not, data-driven and value-based decision making is here to stay, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been one of the drivers of this change in healthcare. The new ​CMS Physician Quality Reporting Programs Strategic Vision will help them to evolve, making better use of data collected and adding value for their stakeholders.

• Senate bill may provide big boost to competency education

  Brian Stack Education

  In a news release to its members last month, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) announced that it has been assisting in the reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The bill is moving forward from committee to the full Senate as the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (ECAA), a bill last updated as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in 2001.

• 1966: A glimpse into Panorama’s past

  Pablo Deferrari Transportation Technology & Automotive

  It had been ages since I looked at any old issues of Panorama, but a lapse in time is a good thing; a greater appreciation of the content tends to happen with maturity. Something else occurred; I came away with a new found respect for our club’s rich history. This tends to happen when digging down to the roots, a deeper connection is felt because you “get it;” something quite difficult to do when the train was hopped in the middle or toward the back. What was club like back then? And Panorama, what was that like, how was it put together? How many pages? What sorts of topics did editors write about? These are the kinds of questions that flashed in my head the moment I opened the cover page of the January 1966 Panorama.

• Future implications of the increase in middle-aged hip replacements

  Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  More than 300,000 total hip replacements are performed in the U.S. each year, and that number is expected to increase to 500,000 by the year 2030. The number of THRs nearly doubled among middle-aged patients from 2002-2011, primarily because of the increasing middle-aged U.S. population. This continued growth in hip replacement surgeries in patients age 45 to 64, an increase in revision surgeries for this population as they age, and a nearly 30 percent decline in the number of surgeons who perform THRs could all have significant implications for future healthcare costs.

• Setting goals the S.M.A.R.T.E.R. way

  D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Since the early 1980s, management consultants have used an acronym, S.M.A.R.T., to guide people through effective, objective goal-setting. That easy acronym is still one of the most popular frameworks for performance management in the workplace — or in any other goal-setting for that matter. Over time, this acronym has been tweaked and expanded. One variation is to make goals S.M.A.R.T.E.R., which indicates that goal-setting is an ongoing, continuous improvement process.

• My child struggles with writing: Why typical evaluations don’t do…

  Howard Margolis Education

  Typical writing evaluations are often inadequate. Knowing this may help you convince school or private evaluators that your child needs a different kind of writing evaluation, one that might use but doesn't depend on standardized tests to compare him or her to other children. Instead, outside of standardized testing, it directly examines what he or she can and can't do well and tries to identify external barriers to progress. There are several important written requests you may need to send the school. If you're faced with resistance, there are possible actions to lessen or eliminate it.

• Compostable high-barrier packaging material highlights processing advances

  Don Rosato Engineering

  Plastic barrier packaging technology is driven by safety, convenience and quality. Growing demand for convenience foods and "ready meals" created by busier lifestyles and increased disposable income are reflected in high growth in food packaging. Food-purchasing decisions are based on taste and appearance, as well as convenience, making excellent barrier quality to maintain product freshness vital in food packaging. No. 1 with the public is food safety, and active or barrier packaging that can help prevent spoilage or contamination is in strong demand.

• How to avoid health system staff turnover and employee poaching

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  ​Staffing shortages and turnover problems have become two of healthcare's biggest problems. Not only is finding quality talent a problem, keeping it is, causing concerns for hiring managers and recruiters in the current healthcare economy. Experts offer a few tips for retaining staff.

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