Recent Articles
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Should hospitals compete in the health insurance market?
Dr. Jonathan Kaplan Medical & Allied HealthcareI believe in capitalism, and I believe that a company shouldn't be ashamed of trying to make a profit. After all, staying in business is the name of the game. But when it comes to your healthcare, there is some unwritten rule (or maybe it is written in the form of the Hippocratic Oath) that entities involved in healthcare should care about your well-being in addition to caring about making money.
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My child struggles with writing: How can we discover the cause?
Howard Margolis EducationParents of struggling writers worry about their children's struggle. They see their children's tears. They hear their protests. They feel their pain. And generally, they ask three questions.
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If you like vintage Porsches, try these 2 road trips
Skip Kuhn Transportation Technology & AutomotiveSpring is upon us, and what better way to start the good weather season than with a road trip? Road trips are special, of course, in that they exist to accomplish one of three basic goals: see something, do something or get (buy) something.
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2015 Hill Country Rallye: The perfect Porsche weekend
Mike Vriesenga Recreation & LeisureFrom March 26-29, drivers brought their vintage air-cooled Porsches from as far away as California and Mexico to Kerrville, Texas, for the 2015 Hill Country Rallye (HCR). Spring weather, beautiful cars, challenging roads and great fellowship came together to form the perfect Porsche weekend.
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NPE 2015 end-use regulatory impact review: Food labeling/packaging
Don Rosato EngineeringThe National Plastics Exposition (NPE) recently took place March 23-27 in Orlando, Florida. Let's go behind the scenes and take a look from a plastics engineering standpoint at some of the regulatory impacts in key plastics end-uses and related technologies.
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Tourism development: Lessons learned from Hong Kong
Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementLast week, the Chinese government announced a new restriction toward the residents of Shenzhen on their travels to their border city of Hong Kong. Under the new rules, Shenzhen residents are only allowed to make one trip per week to Hong Kong. Those residents holding a multiple-entry permit may still travel to Hong Kong as often as they want until the permit expires.
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A new era in teaching: The rise of personalized learning
Brian Stack EducationLast week, I had a great conversation with one of my teachers who had recently started incorporating the flipped classroom model into her classroom. We talked about how her role as a teacher looks different today than it did just a few years ago.
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Innovative technology drives barrier packaging trends
Don Rosato EngineeringDespite being costly, plastic barrier packaging has established itself in the food and beverage sector because it can prevent oxygenation and thus degradation of contents. It is being used to increase shelf life, protect flavor profiles and maintain food appearance without adding preservatives.
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Doctors: We need to delay ICD-10 again
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThis whole ICD-10 delay thing continues to bear some fruit, and there's still quite a bit of steam behind the effort. With rumors swirling that congressional leaders are finally ready to take action this year, many providers may not be sharing the joy, nor are they looking to celebrate.
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New technique may help speed up heart attack diagnosis
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareAcute myocardial infarction (MI) is a common cause of death and disability in the United States and around the world. Each year, about 735,000 Americans suffer an MI — 525,000 are a first heart attack and 210,000 are a second MI. Prompt treatment depends on early diagnosis, and both are critical to patient survival.