Recent Articles

• Be positive to solve a tough business problem

  Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  When you're trying to decide how to put out an emergency fire before it torpedoes a key project, your emotional state is probably not at its most upbeat. Yet, making the conscious effort to reject any feelings of pessimism about your situation is actually your best shot at a successful solution. It's not just wishful thinking — science shows that a positive attitude has a powerful effect on making the right choice when meeting an important challenge.

• New study looks at transplants from drug overdose donors

  Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Demand for donor organs for transplant is high. Someone is added to the national transplant waitlist every 10 minutes, according to UNOS, and an estimated 20 people die every day waiting for a transplant. Deceased donors save thousands of lives each year, as four out of five donated organs come from deceased donors. Now, an increasing number of organs are coming from donors who died from drug overdoses.

• Combating waste in the hospitality industry

  Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Popular Southeast Asia destinations like Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines are beginning to close off areas due to overcrowding, unplanned development and pollution. These are countries where tourism forms a significant stream of revenue. They are risking business to save the environment, and other countries should follow suit. One of the most important steps taken in this regard is combating the use of plastic waste.

• Leading board meetings with intent

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  Is it possible to attend a meeting of a board of directors and not really know why one is present? Some directors don’t review the agenda in advance although it is the outline of work to be completed. Other directors might attend the board meeting for the wrong reasons. They show up because it is a good time to connect with colleagues or to gain insider information for their own interests. The best approach to attending board meetings is be intentional.

• What is lighting-as-a-service, and why does it matter?

  Scott E. Rupp Facilities & Grounds

  Lighting-as-a-service (LaaS) is a service delivery model that allows lighting services to be charged on a subscription basis rather than via a one-time payment or the traditional manner of a facility or organization manually keeping up with equipment and paying the monthly bill. The business model has become more common in commercial installations of LED lights, with the primary aim of reducing installation costs.

• Take the stress out of testing for your patients

  Lisa Mulcahy Medical & Allied Healthcare

  For most patients, medical tests are obviously necessary protocol — but they're not a lot of fun, for a number of reasons. Testing can cause much more emotional distress to patients than many doctors suspect, in fact. A study from the University of Illinois at Chicago found that many people reported serious symptoms of anticipatory anxiety in a situation like waiting for test results, such as worrying for an entire day. The positive news: you as a physician can do a lot to take the stress out of the testing process.

• Volunteers sought for August dental mission in Grenada

  Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental Healthcare

  Have a heart to serve? Love traveling? Looking for ways to use your skills to help others? Great opportunity awaits. Great Shape!, a California-based nonprofit organization is launching its inaugural project in Grenada this August and is looking for volunteers for oral health care and education in the underserved Caribbean nation. Great Shape! has primarily been active in Jamaica but expanded its 1000 Smiles project to St. Lucia in 2015.

• Labor Dept. rules expand AHPs, in further blow to Obamacare

  Seth Sandronsky Healthcare Administration

  The Trump administration’s Department of Labor on June 19 issued a final rule that lets groups of small businesses offer Association Health Plans (AHPs), which are health insurance plans that sidestep some provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. "Every American should be able to get comprehensive health care coverage they can afford, and we support the goal of increasing competition and choice in ways that improve affordability," said Kristine Grow, senior vice president of communications for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a national trade association, in a statement.

• How to create a plan with a predetermined deadline

  Deborah Ike Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Ideally, when you receive an assignment as the project manager for a new effort, you have the opportunity to create a project plan based on the tasks required to complete the work and how long it will take to complete those tasks. That should result in a project plan with a realistic deadline based on the resources already on hand. However, this ideal situation doesn’t always happen. In fact, I’ve rarely experienced this option. Here are a few tips on how to proceed when you already have a deadline.

• Research finds e-cigarette flavorings are harmful to vascular system

  Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied Healthcare

  There is ever-increasing evidence that the harm from electronic cigarettes far exceeds the benefits of their use as an aid to stop smoking nicotine cigarettes. The latest adverse health effects reported are to the delicate tissues of the vascular system from the use of flavorings in e-cigarettes. The new study looked at how nine different flavors impacted vascular endothelial cell function.

Page 455 of 1307 pages
‹ First  < 453 454 455 456 457 >  Last ›