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4 ways to make content marketing more successful
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingContent marketing has been gaining traction for years. It's one of the best and most effective ways to find, connect and convert potential customers. Plus, leads from content marketing are 13 percent cheaper.
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When it comes to SCA, subtle signs mean more than you think
Brian Duffield Medical & Allied HealthcareIt's widely reported that approximately 50 percent of the time, the first symptom of a person's heart issues is sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and/or death. I'm sure my case would have been reported as such when I had my own SCA in May 2006 when I was 40. However, six months prior I was having some subtle symptoms that, in hindsight, were telltale signs of my pending fate with an automated external defibrillator (AED).
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Extreme sports or extremely stupid? Risk‑takers place burden on medical…
Mark Huber Medical & Allied HealthcareIs it an extreme sport or just extremely stupid? That's the question I had after a recent PR blurb from the Los Angeles County Sheriff caught my eye. Rescues performed by the department's volunteer search-and-rescue teams, often with the assistance of Air Rescue 5, increased 20 percent in 2014 from the previous year. The department attributed most of this increase to "social media and the posting of extreme videos, showing hikers performing high-risk outdoor adventures."
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Most prefer to die at home, so why do so many die in nursing homes?
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied HealthcareIn spite of the major therapeutic advances for all kinds of diseases, poor survival rates remain an obstacle. Therefore, a large portion of terminal patients are destined to eventually die from their diseases. It has been reported that more than half of the population prefer to be cared for and die at home if they have the choice. However, in the real world, less than one-third of the deaths occur at homes.
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Help! A hospital bought my referral sources
Jarod Carter Healthcare AdministrationIf you browse all the different private practice forums out there (or receive all the emails I do from practice owners), it is clear there is a great deal of uncertainty and fear about how the Affordable Care Act, ACOs and other changing components of the healthcare system will affect private physical therapy practices.
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Technology can make the cash flow for material suppliers
Nate Budde Construction & Building MaterialsMaterial suppliers are in a difficult place in the construction payment landscape. Compliance with lien and bond claim requirements in order to gain the protection of security is difficult and full of challenges, and the financial risk is high. Because material suppliers are at the bottom of the payment chain in the vast majority of construction projects, there are many potential places for money to get stuck.
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Make your customers happier by upselling and cross-selling
Anne Rose Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementUpselling and cross-selling have negative connotations to many travel professionals, because they misunderstand those terms and their underlying rationale. Travel agents have told me, "I'm more ethical than that. I wouldn't dream of pushing them into something they don't want just so I can make more money." And therein lies the misconception.
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What autism may teach us about brain cancer
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. Recent research has used ASD to look at devastating diseases such as brain cancer.
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The secret to secured entries at schools
Charlie Howell EducationSchools across the nation are reacting to the public outcry to do something in the name of security to protect students and teachers from violence. Many schools look at the concept of a secured entry — a holding vestibule for unauthorized persons until they are vetted and authorized to enter — as the big answer.
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Leadership: Taking a stand
Thomas Parker Civil & GovernmentOver the years, I have experienced working with wonderful and fantastic leaders. I have also worked for some horrible, self-centered supervisors and managers. Notice, I did not refer to the latter group as leaders. These few certainly are not, nor will ever be, leaders. In fact, these self-centered individuals are toxic.