Recent Articles

• Study: Doctors interrupt their patients after just 11 seconds

  Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied Healthcare

  ​"Nah, nah, nah (fingers in ears, shaking their head) … I can’t hear you!" It seems like a scene from the movie "Office Space" or some ‘80s flick in which the teacher tunes out the more verbose taped-glasses student. This is a fanciful and, perhaps, overly simplified version of the truth, but a new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine finds that doctors only spend 11 seconds on average listening to patients before interrupting them.

• Wellness trends in the workplace: Do they stack up?

  Ana Reisdorf Medical & Allied Healthcare

  According to the recent Workplace Wellness 2017 Survey Report conducted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, up to 75 percent of employers offer some type of wellness program to employees. The primary goal of these programs is not only to help maintain a healthy workforce, but also to reduce healthcare costs, boost attendance, and increase productivity. The survey revealed that common wellness trends for 2017 include coverage for chiropractic services, sponsoring wellness events and competitions, providing standing desks and fitness trackers, as well as offering healthier food in cafeterias and vending machines.

• Increase in marijuana-impaired driving has police concerned

  Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  Oklahoma law enforcement officers are worried that marijuana use may increase impaired driving as the state begins to introduce legal medical marijuana. Police are working with Oklahoma AAA to handle the increase in impaired drivers. However, Oklahoma is the not only state worrying about the increase in impaired driving. As more states go on to make marijuana legal, there are going to be traffic implications for each.

• Vaccine research continues as newest Ebola outbreak hits DRC

  Anne Casey Medical & Allied Healthcare

  A recent outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was declared to be over on July 24 by the World Health Organization (WHO) — but then a new outbreak started on Aug. 1 in the country’s Kivu province. Vaccine research in several countries soldiers on amid the newest occurrence of the virus. As the new outbreak unfortunately begins, scientists in Spain and the United States continue to develop their own, promising vaccines.

• NIH study sheds new light on bacteria therapy for eczema

  Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Not only do the embarrassing patches of rough, reddened eczema erode self-esteem, the intense itching often leads to infection that requires treatment with antibiotics. Eczema is a disease group that encompasses a few forms of dermatitis, both endogenous (atopic dermatitis) and exogenous (irritant and allergic contact dermatitis). While the cause of atopic dermatitis is unknown, studies suggest that the skin microbiome plays a key role, and scientists have known that people with atopic dermatitis tend to have large populations of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on their skin.

• Hotels try to pull in travelers with larger loyalty programs

  Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Bigger usually means better, especially when it comes to hotel loyalty programs. Otherwise, why are hotel chains building bigger travel rewards programs? Marriott acquired the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Group in 1995 and then Starwood Hotels and Resorts in 2016, but it was not until this April that the company announced its plan to combine the three chains' independent rewards programs under one operation. The merger of these three travel rewards programs brought a combined membership of 110 million travelers into the new program.

• Should you refrain from posting your hunt on social media?

  John McAdams Recreation & Leisure

  It’s the same story over and over again: a hunter posts a photo on social media of an animal that he or she harvested, someone with a large social following expresses condemnation of the hunt, and then a firestorm of disapproval ensues for the next few days. Then, the whole process repeats itself a few weeks later. Regardless of where the hunt took place, the end result is never good: the hunter is the object of harassment, and the hunting community in general gets a lot of negative publicity in the media. So, what can be done to break this cycle?

• Help your clients face their fears about esthetic procedures

  Elizabeth Donat Pharmaceutical

  For many of us that work in the spa and medical spa industries, we are entirely convinced about the benefits of most esthetic procedures. Our clients, however, are not as well-versed and need a lot of encouragement and coaching. If your spa or clinic offers injectables, deep chemical peels or laser resurfacing, then you know that clients have tons of questions and concerns about these procedures and their outcomes. As professionals, it's our job to explain the reasonable outcomes of every procedure and manage our clients' expectations responsibly.

• 4 benefits of a centralized church communication process

  Mark MacDonald Religious Community

  Most churches try two process structures to effectively communicate, or a hybrid as a third possibility. The choice is yours! It really doesn’t matter how many people are on your team either. It’s more about the flow of ideas and the production of the communication work. Your three choices? Decentralized, centralized, or the hybrid process. Trying to make a decision which is best? I’ve seen centralized (or hybrid leaning towards centralized) work best. Here are some of the benefits of the centralized process.

• Edmonton tackles fence security with autonomous vehicles

  Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & Automotive

  Edmonton International Airport (EIA) is leading the way in developing systems to protect the safety of its perimeter by introducing a new autonomous vehicle that offers an extra set of eyes around the miles of fencing that are hard to patrol in person. I reported last month about the problems airports are facing in securing the vast areas of land away from the passenger terminals, which could prove an easy target to those intent on breaking onto airport property and causing danger.

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