Recent Articles

  • Debunking these 4 lease-renewal myths

    Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield Retail

    Considering the average commercial tenant only negotiates a couple of leases in his or her lifetime (and sometimes with the same landlord), it's easy to understand how leasing myths can persist. Occasionally, the landlord creates and propagates these myths, but real estate professionals looking to serve their own interests are also guilty of embellishing the truth.

  • Choosing telehealth for growth: Evaluating logistics and operations

    Karen R. Thomas Healthcare Administration

    One of the first steps toward choosing the right telehealth program for your business is to determine the needs of your customers, clients and/or patients so you can assess how telehealth will help them achieve better health outcomes.

  • Where social media and violence collide

    Jessica Taylor Mental Healthcare

    In 2010, Anthony Elonis' wife left him, and he also lost his job. Because of the upsetting factors occurring in his life, he turned to social media to vent his frustrations — something I'm sure each one of us has seen from a friend or acquaintance online.

  • Making the choice: Finding the right RV

    Steve and Diane Owens Recreation & Leisure

    Diane and I stood in our driveway and watched as a stranger rode away with our Honda Gold Wing. It broke our heart. Our motorcycle was a great source of enjoyment and freedom for 14 years. We met friendly and interesting people on our rides, so selling "Free Spirit" was another trying decision in our quest to travel the country full-time in an RV. In its place, we purchased a 4-by-4 Jeep capable of off-road fun.

  • Positively managing student behavior in the classroom

    Savanna Flakes Education

    ​Discipline problems and behavior issues have always been and continue to be a leading frustration for teachers. The good news is that variables can easily be manipulated to have a positive influence on student behavior. By being proactive and purposeful in our planning, we can prevent behavior problems before they arise. By building positive relationships with students and explicitly teaching classroom routines, we can manage behavior and increase student motivation.

  • Automotive lightweighting trends drive plastics technology

    Don Rosato Engineering

    The global shifts in automotive manufacturing haven't slowed plastics innovation and the adoption of new plastic materials. In 2006, Japan passed the U.S. to become the world's largest car manufacturer. This position changed again when in 2009 when China overtook Japan for this top position with a current 35 percent market share in vehicles produced, while U.S. production has gone to 25 percent in the last five years.

  • Which is the best social media site for your business?

    Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

    New social media sites pop up constantly. Have you heard of the two newest players in the social game, Meerkat and Periscope? Whenever a new form of social emerges, of course you check it out. After all, you — and your business — should always be on the forefront of trends. Plus you want to know, "Is this a good fit for my business?"

  • Offbeat travel destinations are ruling summer bookings

    Bambi Majumdar Recreation & Leisure

    As the calendar rolls over to June, summer vacation is on everyone's minds. An estimated 37 million Americans kicked off the summer travel season over Memorial Day weekend, with AAA ​projecting a 4.7 percent rise from 2014 marking highest figure in the last 10 years.

  • Robotic anesthesia pushes surgery into a new era

    Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied Healthcare

    A new automated anesthesia delivery machine is challenging the way we look at anesthesia delivery. The Sedasys Computer-Assisted Personalized Sedation System administers a propofol infusion to patients undergoing colonoscopy and espophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) procedures without the direct oversight of an anesthesia provider. The use of propofol for such procedures has been gaining momentum and has become a frequently preferred medication. The effects are quick, and the time for the medication to wear off is also quick, making it highly desired in procedure areas.

  • In wake of meningitis scandal, Massachusetts changes CE requirements

    Jason Poquette Pharmaceutical

    When a tragedy on the scale of what happened in 2012 regarding the Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center (NECC) meningitis contamination and the subsequent fallout on the Board of Pharmacy (BOP), you can expect that certain changes will occur.