Recent Articles

• Working to minimize drug diversion

  Dr. Abimbola Farinde Pharmaceutical

  The issue of drug diversion — the illegal theft of controlled drugs — continues to increase at an alarming rate across the U.S. A complex and multifaceted problem, drug diversion must be addressed before it reaches epic proportions. The current dilemma for healthcare officials is how to implement the right practices across a wide variety of locations for many years to come.

• What happens when success is your only option

  Michelle LaBrosse Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  When you run a small business — as small as even just yourself — does failure ever really occur? I hear often in the media about this or that business being "too big to fail," but isn't "too small to fail" more realistic? I ask this question of myself, more rhetorically than anything. I've been running a small business in one form or another for almost 30 years now. Yes, I've stopped offering some services and stopped making some products. At one point, I took a job with a paycheck — but even then I still had a small business going on the side.

• The steady rise of nurse practitioners in primary care

  Joan Spitrey Healthcare Administration

  ​Jan. 31 was the last day for uninsured Americans to sign up for healthcare insurance under the Affordable Care Act to avoid tax penalties. According to preliminary early reports, more than 12.7 million Americans have signed up for coverage in 2016.

• Boutique fuels and America’s gas supply

  Lucy Wallwork Natural Resources

  In this new ear of cheap fuel, resistance to the EPA's "boutique fuel" requirements — which stipulate a unique recipe for fuel sold in a particular state — has quieted. The regulators can breathe a sigh of relief for now. But what are these "boutique fuel" requirements? What is their purpose? And are they more hassle than they are worth?

• A helicopter noise standoff in Los Angeles

  Mark Huber Transportation Technology & Automotive

  The subject of helicopter noise in the Los Angeles Basin is an emotional topic for those on both sides of the issue, but events over the last year threaten to send it on a collision course with reality. First, a little background.

• 5 hot travel trends for 2016

  Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  ​If you are planning your travel calendar for 2016, here are some interesting points to note. Travel is going to be easier with more apps to ease the way. Of course, that will not come as a surprise for most of us. We can also expect a lot more convergence in the industry as a whole with travel agents and hotels gearing up for partnerships. ​With Uber and Airbnb leading the way, this too is a definite reality for the near future.

• How to develop and implement a preliminary notice policy

  Nate Budde Construction & Building Materials

  ​The construction industry runs on credit. As such, most credit departments (and some smaller financial teams) have credit policies that guide when to extend, and how to collect, credit. A preliminary notice policy sits within your credit policy, describing how to incorporate and protect mechanics lien rights. Specifically, this type of policy details when and how to secure debts using preliminary notices (sometimes called notices to owner or pre-liens), and it expresses your team's philosophy toward lien rights.

• Which HVAC method costs more — Proactive or reactive?

  John Haley Facilities & Grounds

  ​As a national HVAC provider, we are constantly working with our clients to help them take a look at their entire portfolio and develop plans and programs to help reduce the annual operating expenses.

• Study shows connection between life purpose and risk of death

  Dorothy L. Tengler Mental Healthcare

  We all have a need to find purpose in life. Some people find a way to express their purposes in their jobs, while others seek opportunities outside their daily work. Our purpose in life may be something grand and complicated, or it may be as simple as dispensing love and kindness wherever we go. Just as we eat healthy foods and exercise to take care of our bodies, seeking a meaningful life of purpose nourishes the spirit and, as contemporary research shows, improves our emotional and physical health as well.

• Keep your best people happy with these unique pay strategies

  Mel Kleiman Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  In the midst of an ever-tightening labor market, employee retention is a hot topic once again. Here are three ideas about how you can boost employee morale and retention with just a few tweaks to your existing pay policies. Let's face it, those policies were probably written years ago and have nothing to do with today's economics or workforce realities anyway.

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