Recent Articles
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Vertically challenged: The rooftop helipad debate
Mark Huber Transportation Technology & AutomotiveRooftop helipads have always been controversial. The debate was triggered anew in March in Seattle, when a television news copter plunged from its elevated pad into the street, killing its crew and sending a river of lit Jet-A fuel flowing down the pavement, burning motorists.
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The day that hospital-based pharmacy died
Greg L. Alston PharmaceuticalSomewhere between 1980 and now, the practice of hospital pharmacy was severely crippled and mortally wounded. Clearly hospitals still employ pharmacists, and pharmacists in hospitals do good work. But the pharmacy department as a thriving business unit was delivered a fatal blow when the reimbursement for pharmacy services was converted to the diagnosis-related group (DRG) method of payment.
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7 mistakes to avoid when choosing your business advisors — Part I
David B. Mandell and Jason M. O'Dell Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIn our many years as professionals, we have seen many medical practice clients make mistakes when choosing and working with their business advisors. From this experience, we have created a list of seven pitfalls to avoid, and we will describe the first four in this article and the last three in part two of the article.
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7 mistakes to avoid when choosing your practice’s advisors — Part…
David B. Mandell, JD, MBA, and Jason M. O'Dell, MS, CWM Healthcare AdministrationIn our many years as professionals, we have seen many medical practice clients make mistakes when choosing and working with their business advisors. From this experience, we have created a list of seven pitfalls to avoid, and we will describe the first four in this article and the last three in part two of the article.
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Fast-food wars spill over into mornings
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageWith Taco Bell, McDonald's, Chick-fil-A and others, Americans now have more fast-food choices in breakfast than they ever had before. Taco Bell's campaign with the two-dozen guys named Ronald McDonald who declared that they loved Taco Bell's new breakfast choices took the industry and consumers by storm.
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Using goals to motivate clients
Lisa Dunklin Sports & FitnessMotivation is a tricky thing, tied up tightly among emotions, goals and perceived worth and may not even be known. How can a personal trainer best motivate to achieve repeated success?
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Optimizing your business posts on Facebook
Andrea Fischetti MarketingMany of us know that having an active presence on social media is critical for our brands and businesses to remain competitive and relevant. It is equally as important to stay current on what it means to be relevant.
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Data centers offer huge potential for cooling industry
Andrew Gaved ManufacturingThe data center sector offers a fantastic challenge for the cooling industry. On the one hand, it is a rapidly-growing sector that has an intense demand for cooling solutions. One oft-quoted estimate by Oracle in 2012 suggests that the volume of data being generated could grow at 40 percent a year to reach 45 zetabyes by 2020.
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5 ways to make your show attendees smarter
Trace Cohen Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementKnowledge is power. We all know this phrase, but many do not know how to utilize it — especially at a trade show where it is important to know all that is going on around you. So here are five ways you can help support all of your exhibitors while making everyone else smarter in the process.
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10 negative employee behaviors that undermine success
Greg L. Alston Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAs managers, we expect the best behavior from each member of our team all the time. But in the real world of business, how do you know when someone is damaging the success of your enterprise? How do you know when to cut someone some slack or terminate their employment?