Recent Articles
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What you should do when new equipment arrives
Frank R. Myers Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThere are few feelings in a firefighter's career better than when you get new equipment either issued to you or to your truck, or get a brand new apparatus for your station. Right away, become familiar with the operation and function for the new gear/equipment. It is absolutely necessary to know every button, horn, whistle. In other words, you get to know it intimately. When you arrive at the scene of an emergency, it does not look good in the public's eyes if you are fumbling around trying to figure out how to get it to work.
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What the Every Student Succeeds Act means for teacher evaluations
Cait Harrison EducationFor decades, the system for evaluating K-12 teachers has relied primarily on two things: observation and test scores. But under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), that could be changing. The new law will allow districts to use other kinds of evaluation measures including coaching and mentoring, said Anne Udall, executive vice president of program strategy at New Teacher Center (NTC), a nonprofit that aims to improve teacher effectiveness.
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Nurse leaders: Manifesting a vision
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationThe 21st-century healthcare and nursing ecosystems are complex, consistently impacted by the shifting sands of economics, politics and other factors. Nurse leaders cannot afford to remain complacent in this climate, and they need their employers' support to manifest their visions in times that call for frequent change and innovation.
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4 business lessons I learned on vacation
Hope Barton Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementGoing on vacation is generally regarded as a break from work and the business realm — a time to reset and recharge. However, getting out of your comfort zone by doing something fun and exciting with your time off can also be a learning opportunity. Being exposed to new places and people is always educational, but those providing the services throughout your trip can teach a thing or two about business as well.
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Getting care to where the patients will be
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationWayne Gretzky famously said his success came from "skating to where the puck will be." The recent InTouch Health Innovation Forum was an exploration of the telehealth ecosystem, and it highlighted a number of healthcare organizations that are creating strategies to deliver care to where the patients will be.
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Report: Use of feeding tubes in nursing homes declining
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareA recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates a drastic reduction in the use of feeding tubes in nursing homes in the United States. The report utilized data from the federally mandated Minimum Data Set reporting for nursing homes. Criteria for review were that the patient was admitted to the nursing home with a diagnosis of advanced Alzheimer's disease or advanced dementia and had no feeding tube in place at the time of admission.
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Stop telling suspects to show their hands
Eric Lamberson Law Enforcement, Defense & Security"Let me see your hands!" or some variation of this phrase is one of the most frequently repeated commands in law enforcement. Although police officers have been yelling it for years, it may not always be the best approach.
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Free-standing EDs on the rise, but do they target wealthy patients?
Chelsea Adams Healthcare AdministrationThe number of free-standing emergency departments that offer quick access to emergency care has exploded across the country. With the increase in these types of facilities, another trend has emerged: Free-standing EDs are being built in zip codes where people have a higher annual income and private insurance.
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Medical schools attempting to curb physician burnout, opioid epidemic
Lonny Alfred Medical & Allied HealthcareThe numbers don't lie. Cases of opioid addiction and overdoses have been on the upward bound in the last decade. Just as alarming, more than half of practicing physicians today display signs of burnout, and those rates don't look to be declining any time soon.
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Buyer beware: Faulty cables may ruin your new smartphone
Ross Lancaster Science & TechnologyIt's the day after you've bought a brand-new smartphone, and you're about to embark on an important business trip full of important meetings and presentations. As you arrive at your gate, you find an electrical outlet to give your phone one last charge before boarding. You scramble to find the charger in your briefcase before having the sinking feeling that you left it on the counter at home.