Recent Articles
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Using traditional and social media together
Robin Carver MarketingThere are pros and cons to either medium, but when used together, social and traditional media can provide a great advantage to your business. Here are two examples in which using both media together can help facilitate activities businesses use and make them more productive. In the first example, we see what happens when traditional media advertising is employed and how it can be improved by using social media support. And in the second, we look at a how Domino's Pizza used traditional and social media for customer service and feedback.
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The importance of Internet safety for students
Bambi Majumdar EducationIs the boogeyman out there on the Internet? What do children need to know about the danger of Internet usage so they can take advantage of progress without succumbing to its pitfalls? The technology revolution has completely opened up our world and changed the way we learn, sift through and absorb information. But progress does not come without pains. For every new development, a price is attached.
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Latest automation techniques in immunohematology testing
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied HealthcareAutomated analyzers have been used in many clinical laboratories since their discovery in mid-1950s. They have many advantages that include improved quality of preanalytical steps, reduced error rates and reduced individual exposure to biohazardous materials. Newer techniques such as column agglutination, solid-phase red cell adherence assay and erythrocyte-magnetized technology are being adapted in immunohematology.
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Is BlueLine Connect the future of law enforcement collaboration?
Liz Murphy Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityDavid Riker, president and chief operating officer of Bratton Technologies, kept hearing one thing from all levels of law enforcement: "Our biggest issue is that we can’t find each other. We don’t have the tools we need to collaborate." To address this, the Bratton Technologies team recently unveiled a new professional network exclusively for law enforcement: BlueLine Connect.
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From uninsured to covered: PAs at the forefront of the ACA
Maria Frisch Medical & Allied HealthcareIn September, the U.S. Census reported rates of uninsured during 2012. A reported 15.4 percent (48 million) of people were uninsured, down from 15.7 percent in 2011. Medicare covered 15.7 percent of the population in 2012, compared with 15.2 percent in 2011. Since 1999, the proportion of people insured through private insurance has declined, while the proportion of those insured through public insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, state programs, etc.) has risen, from 24.2 to 32.6. This has added significant burden to an already over-extended government.
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3 important things to know when choosing a telemonitoring provider
Irina Gorovaya Healthcare AdministrationTelehealth encompasses a broad spectrum of technology focused on various aspects of patient care. Telemedicine allows for a real-time patient-physician interaction, while telemonitoring allows for a distant collection of vital patient data that includes blood pressure, pulse oxymetry, heart rate, weight and blood glucose.
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Disaster preparation: Helpful tips for businesses and facility managers
Joy Burgess Facilities & GroundsA recent survey sponsored by the American Red Cross and FedEx showed that approximately 70 percent of small businesses do not expect to experience a disaster, and half of those surveyed do not have an emergency response plan in place. Surviving any kind disaster requires preparation, but many businesses and facility managers fail to put an emergency plan in place.
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PCA Escape 2013 provides thrills in LA
Jason Zammit Recreation & LeisureWelcome to Escape to LA 2013. The plan for our group for the day was for some exciting mountain driving through Los Angeles Crest Highway, visiting Mount Wilson Observatory and talking everything Porsche with like-minded new friends.
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Will the 960 kill the GT2?
Conner Golden Transportation Technology & AutomotiveEver since Matthias Müller quietly confirmed the planned production of a sub-918 Ferrari-fighting supercar — dubbed the Porsche 960 — the enthusiast blogs have been erupting with excitement and publishing poorly rendered mock-ups as to what the mystery supercar might look like. Performance is expected to come in underneath the 918 Spyder, but still capable of trouncing its rivals from McLaren and Ferrari.
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Last act: Final days of a rural hospital
Mark Huber Healthcare AdministrationIt was the final, ignominious insult. Our little, local rural hospital had been abandoned, snapped up online for $50,000 at auction by an enterprising scrapper, a scavenger of discarded structures. Most of the good stuff already had been cleaned out of the 38,000 square-foot structure. Over the last 20 years scenes like this one, particularly in rural America, have played out frequently. Small country hospitals are going away. By 2020 as many as one-third of U.S. hospitals may be gone, predict healthcare futurists David Houle and Jonathan Fleece.