Recent Articles
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How are police departments making spring break safer?
Danielle Manley Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityDid you know that 60 percent of students have a run-in with police during spring break travel? With so many spring breakers dealing with police officers, departments need to prepare their officers and enact appropriate regulations to mitigate dangerous situations and increase safety. The main issues with the law during spring break include violence, underage drinking and driving under the influence. These facts are not surprising, but they show what areas police departments need to focus on.
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Fitness and physical form unite dancers, athletes
Bob Kowalski Sports & FitnessStrength, agility and muscle control are attributes of successful dancers, but those elements refer to athletes as well. The two pursuits have much in common, although sometimes that is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated. To those trained in dance, the similarities can be profound. In the previous article in this series, MultiBriefs explored the common ground between the two disciplines.
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Nurse practitioner hospitalists in the 21st century
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareNot long ago, nurse practitioners seemed mostly to be employed in physician offices, community and university health centers, and so-called "minute clinics." In the midst of a growing shortage of primary care physicians, there is much in the news these days about NPs moving even more deeply into primary care. Concurrently, the growing presence of APRNs in the acute care setting is raising eyebrows among physicians and providing patients with more opportunities to receive hospital-based care from highly qualified nurse practitioners.
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Modern tech leads to hotel hack in Austria
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementTechnology is often a synonym for progress. Yet, when it leads to crime, we may find it easy to revert to simpler, pre-tech methods. Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt, a 111-year-old hotel in Austria, has had a harrowing time thanks to cybercrime. Hackers targeted the hotel and breached its keycard system, making it impossible for some hotel employees and guests to use the rooms until a ransom amount of more than $1,600 was paid.
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The latest Pinterest features you’ve missed
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingWith Snapchat's IPO coming up and Facebook rolling out a new feature nearly every day, Pinterest doesn’t get much attention. But big things have been happening at Pinterest. It's likely your business, especially if you’re in e-commerce, should be spending a bit more time and attention on Pinterest than you do. If that's the case, here are the latest Pinterest features that you may have missed.
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Your ‘jaws of life’ can build up or tear down
Sam DiGiovanna Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityAs chief officers, when was the last time you went to the engine or the truck and looked at the equipment and power tools on them — the Jaws of Life, the hydraulic spreaders, the generators, the chainsaws?
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How often are patient symptoms left off EHRs?
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationNot everything patients tell their physicians may be making its way into their electronic health records. According to a recent study of eye clinic patients in JAMA Ophthalmology, researchers found "inconsistencies between patient self-report on an eye symptom questionnaire (ESQ) and documentation in the EMR." Issues such as blurry vision, pain and discomfort often did not match what was supposed to have been in the patients' records. In fact, most of the practice's patients said that information they presented to the clinic did not get reported in their file.
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Lawmakers working to silence regulations on suppressors
John McAdams Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityAs predicted in November, the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, combined with the fact that Republicans continue to control both houses of Congress, means that we're likely to see some pro-Second Amendment legislation passed at the federal level. So far, lawmakers have put their money where their mouths are.
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Urban challenge: How cities are making the most of Big Data
Lucy Wallwork Civil & GovernmentData has been described as the "new oil" powering our economies. It is also increasingly powering our cities. A handful of U.S. cities are starting to reap the dividends of using data to help their cities flourish, replacing filing cabinets with complex data infrastructure. In the third article in this "urban challenges" series, let's look at some of the early pioneers and how we can expect data to influence the future of cities.
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Preparing students for critical thinking: Challenges and strategies
Sheilamary Koch Education"Critical thinking is not a set of skills that can be deployed at any time, in any context. It is a type of thought that even 3-year-olds can engage in — and even trained scientists can fail in" — Dan Willingham, psychology professor at the University of Virginia.