Recent Articles
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The price of the ICD-10 delay
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationAs the debate took place over whether the transfer to the ICD-10 code set should be delayed or go on as scheduled, one statistic was often repeated: a one-year delay would cost the healthcare system between $1 billion and $6.6 billion. So where did the numbers originate and on what are they based?
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F-gas set to change the face of cooling in Europe, the world
Andrew Gaved ManufacturingThe Council of the European Union formally adopted the text of the revised F-Gas Regulation this week. This marks the last remaining legal hurdle for the new regulations, and once the translation work is done for all European Union member states, it will pass into EU law, taking effect Jan. 1, 2015.
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How fleet tracking can help solve fleet management challenges
Regan Billie Distribution & WarehousingMany different types of businesses rely on fleets in order to get their product or service to their customer. For businesses that are dependent on their fleet, managing these vehicles can become one of the most costly challenges.
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3 tips for using Facebook hashtags
Andrea Fischetti MarketingHashtags have been on Facebook for nearly a year now, so it is important to understand the right way to use them. But before you can use them for your business, you should know how they work.
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Digital storytelling for cognitive processing in ELLs
Beth Crumpler EducationTelling stories accesses the cultural background and prior knowledge of English language learners (ELLs) and helps them learn to tell a narrative with which they self-identify.
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3 ways crowdsourcing content can increase engagement and reach
Trace Cohen Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementConferences and expos generally last a few days and then you have to wait a year for the next one. During that moment in time, thousands of exhibitors, attendees, media and professionals flock to one location to all meet each other to do business and find out what's new in the industry.
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Destination weddings gaining in popularity
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementWhat could be more romantic than a perfect setting for the most important event in your life? The idea definitely has merits because we can see the rising demand of destination weddings every day.
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10 steps forward-thinking associations are taking
Maria Huntley Association ManagementAssociations have the opportunity to thrive in a changing environment — if they are willing to change. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a majority of the work force will be represented by Generation Y by 2015. That is just next year, folks. Here are the 10 steps I have seen forward-thinking associations take.
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How paper can help point-of-care diagnostics
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied HealthcareNoncommunicable diseases or chronic diseases have been reported to be responsible for 36 million deaths per year. The majority of NCD deaths have been reported in low- and middle-income countries.
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Does your business suffer from PMS?
Greg L. Alston RetailNo, I am not talking about the condition that women encounter once a month. What I am talking about is the devastatingly destructive force created by a series of bad assumptions known as the parallactic myth syndrome (PMS).