Recent Articles
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10 ways to apply social tools for an improved patient experience
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationThe pressures and drivers to reduce costs, improve quality, emphasize prevention and increase access are making social media and the underlying technologies more attractive to healthcare leaders. They can be effective and efficient tools for the delivery of communications to targeted individuals and/or populations.
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The nurse speaks: Making our voices heard
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareWhen there's a major public health crisis, doctors are generally the experts sought out by the media to provide commentary on television, radio and other venues of mainstream media. This is how it has always been, and it will continue to be this way without a major shift in nurses' self-awareness and media-savvy assertiveness.
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Millennial Jews are making kosher cool again
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageInstead of turning away from kosher like their parents, young Jewish Americans are intent on including it in their lives. A study conducted by Pew Research Center in 2013 showed that nearly a quarter of millennial Jews in the U.S. are keeping kosher in their home, which is twice as much as their baby boomer parents did.
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Conflict and compromise: Politics and policy inside the Beltway
Lauren Swan Civil & GovernmentThe first general session on Monday at the American Industrial Hygiene Association's 2014 Fall Conference began with a presentation by Ron Elving, a senior editor and on-air analyst for NPR in Washington, D.C.
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Suppliers, manufacturers prepare for low‑GWP future in Europe
Andrew Gaved ManufacturingThe big Chillventa show in Nuremberg, Germany, earlier this month is a meeting place for the European cooling industry. Alongside the wealth of innovation that is on display, there is always good debate. Shows such as these are a rare chance to get the senior management from suppliers in one building.
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Twitter aims to spread its wings with new Fabric platform
Ross Lancaster Science & TechnologySome of the biggest brands in tech started out as a single website with a single purpose. Google was once hardly ubiquitous in mobile, cloud services and advertising. Yahoo also started as a search engine before becoming a content giant. Facebook was limited to only college students in the Boston area shortly after it began.
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Human trafficking: Local law enforcement awareness
Mark Bond Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityIncidents of human trafficking have occurred in all 50 states, but it can be a difficult crime for local law enforcement to recognize. It is often misidentified during the initial law enforcement encounter as a possible prostitution problem, domestic argument, workplace altercation, etc.
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Should you follow The Container Store’s lead on employee pay?
Danielle Manley RetailRetail workers have received significant media attention lately with protesters demanding higher wages, the federal government discussing an increased minimum wage and the changes in benefits for full- and part-time employees.
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How ERs are preparing for Ebola in the US
Stephanie McKenzie Medical & Allied HealthcareRight now, there are only four hospital emergency rooms in America with the appropriate biohazard containment units to take care of Ebola patients. That is a rather small number when the possibility of an Ebola outbreak in the United States and North America as a whole is considered.
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Media hype: Have you jumped on the bandwagon?
Jessica Taylor CommunicationsMass media is a substantial power in modern culture, especially in America. We live in a mediated culture — where news both reflects and creates the culture. Our society is continuously bombarded with messages from a multitude of sources promoting not only products, but moods, attitudes and a sense of what is and isn't important in the world.