Recent Articles
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Your relationship with work: Reinventing yourself
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementFor many people, their relationship with their job is like a marriage. They make a thoughtful decision and once it is made, they are in for good or bad. This characteristic is common in older generations, but it is also popping up among younger generations who feel they can and should be the change they want to see.
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Securing electronic health records on mobile devices
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationHealthcare providers are breaking free from the nursing station and using mobile devices to receive, store, process and transmit patient clinical information from where they happen to be located, when the need presents itself. Sometimes, this is in a cafe over lunch with colleagues or while waiting for their child's baseball game to begin on a Saturday morning.
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10 skill sets to look for in your next executive director
William D. Pawlucy Association ManagementLosing your executive director is not only possible but will happen sometime in the future. To be ready for succession, the board should know what skill sets and characteristics they value in an executive director.
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Study: Organ transplant recipients more likely to die from melanoma
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareA recent study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology has determined that people who receive organ transplants are three times more likely to die from melanoma. Healthcare professionals have long known that transplant recipients were more likely to develop melanoma — the most aggressive type of skin cancer — than the general population.
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Court ruling just made driving in Massachusetts less safe
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityIf a police officer can smell burning marijuana during a traffic stop or can see the driver holding a lit marijuana joint, that's too bad in the state of Massachusetts. According to a recent ruling from the state's Supreme Justice Court, neither of those instances constitutes a violation of the law.
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Raise a glass of bone broth — to your health
Heather Linderfelt Food & BeverageMy dietitian told me to drink bone broth, and drink it every day. It will do wonders for you, she said. Mmm, warm broth sounded nice. I wanted to get it in me even before I had a chance to make my own homemade version. I went to the store and purchased it in a package. Oh, gag! It was not the manna from the gods I expected. It was broth, plain, simple and bland.
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Metals Thoughts: 1 step back
Brad Yates RetailAfter a volatile week, gold is basically right where we left it last week, but with a failed move above the 100 DMA at 1149. Silver has not fared nearly as well amidst the uncertainty and seems to be getting dragged along with PGMs and other more cyclical metals.
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The great truck debate: Is bigger better for our infrastructure?
Ryan Clark Distribution & WarehousingThe trucking industry is a vital element of our nation's economy. But unlike air and rail, truck transport requires these large 18-wheel behemoths to share the road with regular citizens, and this can become problematic as large trucks have been suspected of causing damage to the roads and highways that we all travel.
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How do you track employee engagement? Ask engaging questions
Michael J. Berens Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementLack of employee engagement continues to be a major problem for many businesses. The latest Gallup survey finds less than a third of U.S. working adults are engaged in their jobs. Engaged employees are not only enthusiastic about their work, but they are also purpose-driven and committed to helping their companies succeed.
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Buzzing Toronto sports scene bringing boost to tourism industry
Katherine Radin Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementAs the seasons change, so does Toronto's sports scene. From hockey to basketball to baseball and everything in between, Toronto's sports teams have built great empires for themselves, raking in millions of dollars every season.