Recent Articles
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The graying of the US healthcare workforce
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationThe baby boomer generation started reaching retirement age in 2011. As millions of baby boomers are starting to need the additional healthcare services that come with aging, the healthcare industry is considering their labor options. At the same time more workers will be needed, a wave of older healthcare workers will also be retiring. So where will the labor needed come from when there just aren't enough younger workers to fill the gaps?
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Personalized messaging vs. personalized marketing
Peter Moloney MarketingHow many marketing technology vendors say they help you personalize your messaging to your customers? Um, hundreds perhaps? Maybe all of them? The problem is, most of them do not personalize marketing. The first gotcha is the analytics. Personalized messages and offers can work like magic to lift returns, but only if they truly interest the customer. Otherwise, to the customer, it's just more noise.
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What is driving annoying restaurant trends?
Kay Corriere Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementYou go out to enjoy a pleasurable meal with a friend. She gets king crab legs, and you order steak. You assume the server will pick them up at the same time allowing for convivial pleasant conversation, especially since this is not a cheap restaurant.
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Green is the new black for Ornge pilots
Mark Huber Medical & Allied HealthcareA rather public debate has been raging all summer up in Ontario with regard to what are safe nighttime operations for the province's HEMS provider Ornge. The fatal nighttime crash in 2013 of one of the Ornge's S-76As while taking off into a "black hole" from its base in Moosonee that killed all four crew members has resulted in a series of reforms.
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Inconsistent drugged driving laws show need for marijuana research
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThere is limited research on marijuana impairment related to driving, but it differs significantly than the impairments caused by alcohol. The uncertainty surrounding this issue has resulted in laws throughout the United States that vary in determining what constitutes driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) and what the penalty is for doing so.
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Fast food is witnessing a fast decline in US sales
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageIt seems that Americans are not eating out as much they used to. Growing awareness for health and nutrition has finally seeped deep into the American psyche. It's not just the health freak who likes to work out zealously and eat right; it seems most Americans want to do the same.
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Pediatric stroke response teams speed diagnosis
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareAlthough stroke typically occurs only in elderly patients, this condition can strike infants, children and young adults. For optimal recovery, members of the emergency department, radiology and other departments must work quickly to diagnose and treat pediatric stroke. As a result, many hospitals are now implementing pediatric acute stroke teams.
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Being fair can improve your construction business
Nate Budde Construction & Building MaterialsHonesty, respect, integrity, ethics. These values are the backbone of any successful business. In the construction industry, every party on a project is so interconnected that these four values are not just important to a single party or one contract, but are fundamental to the entire project.
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Game of drones: Who will be crowned king of unmanned commercial flight?
Jessica Taylor Transportation Technology & AutomotiveTechnology is flying past us every day — literally — in the form of new airborne inventions. But did you realize the sky is on the verge of opening up a big new world for small and large businesses? Without a doubt, drones are a big topic of today's tech talk. And with the talk comes innovation — innovation that could change your company.
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Will airlines ever make flying fun again?
Ryan Clark Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementSo I missed my flight. I do have an excuse: I don't fly that much. My departure to return home after a three-day business trip was at 4:55 p.m., so I had thought arriving at the airport an hour early gave me enough time to at least get something to eat. It did not. I arrived at my gate just in time to see it slam in my face.