Recent Articles
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Improving the board experience
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementMeetings of the board can be dreaded or difficult to endure. Listening to reports, watching individuals promote personal agendas, and enduring a lack of focus on outcomes and bad behavior leaves some board members wondering if it's worth their time. It is no wonder it's difficult to get a quorum.
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Accelerating healing for patients with dementia or delirium
Terry Lynam Healthcare AdministrationA new approach to geriatric inpatient care has improved outcomes and recognition scores at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center. While people age 65 and older account for 46 percent of LIJ's hospital days, the facility's patient floors weren't optimized for geriatric patients with dementia or delirium. This situation complicated delivery of care and helping patients to achieve functional dependence.
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Always prepared and always trained
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationEveryone who works in a hospital has endured the on-board training to insure they can safely work at the facility. There is the fire safety, disaster safety and mass casualty, to name a few. And annual updates need to be performed each year to insure every employee knows what to do in an actual emergency. But, like most, they never believe a true emergency will happen to them — until it does.
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Maximizing your performance under stress
Mike Ox Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityIf you have a desire to be more prepared or to shoot better, there's a good chance you would love to know how to perform better in extreme stress. It could be reacting to a family member having a life-threatening emergency, responding to a natural or manmade disaster, stopping a lethal force threat or everyday life challenges.
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Pharmacies fight back against escalating drug costs
Dr. Abimbola Farinde PharmaceuticalThe topic of formulary selection and the impact it can have on consumers has been in the spotlight for some time. One of the more notable reasons for this attention is the pricing of these drugs and the lack of proper control that exists to regulate the escalating prices.
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The need for greater diversity in the teaching workforce
Bambi Majumdar EducationU.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. recently urged parents to help encourage and bring about more diversity in the teaching workforce in order to keep up with the growing student diversity in K-12 schools. King received a lot of flak after his speech despite the student-teacher ratios that support his stance.
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Sudden cardiac arrest: 10 years later
Brian Duffield Medical & Allied HealthcareI had my SCA on May 23, 2006. Like everyone else on the planet who has had an SCA and survived, it came as a huge surprise — especially at the age of 40. After the initial shock and disbelief, I endeavored to get closer to the SCA space. I've done talks around the country and have been employed in the automated external defibrillator (AED) space since 2011.
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Business buzzwords: Don’t let a competitor ‘Xerox’ your…
Paul Zukowski Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhen your product's name becomes a buzzword that is part of everyday business language, that's a good thing, right? Free publicity? A household name? Or does overuse of a made-up word like "Xerox" or "Google" mean that the trademark's value is lessened or lost completely?
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How CIOs can find and use competitive intelligence
Galen M. Metz Science & TechnologyIn my previous article on how the Food Network's "Chopped" program is like being a CIO, I mentioned the mystery ingredients CIOs must navigate: time pressure, resources, adaptability, use of evaluation criteria, and threat of being chopped. But what if a chef prepares an excellent dish, and his competitor prepares a better one? CIOs face that threat as well.
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Online reviews: What can hotel managers do to make them more helpful?
Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementToday, the power of online reviews on consumers' purchasing decisions can no longer be ignored. There is plenty of empirical evidence to support the positive relationship between online review ratings and a business's bottom line.