Recent Articles
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Simple ways to save energy and money at your business
Sam Radbil Facilities & GroundsEvery month, you face a multitude of bills. These expenses will inevitably take a toll on business owners. For most of those providers — your grocery store that sells office snacks, your lenders, your phone and internet company — you can shop around. But when it comes to utilities and the cost of keeping your office building or your home office up and running, there are no coupons or sales that can help you.
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How to prepare family caregivers to give the best post-hospital care
Lisa Mulcahy Medical & Allied HealthcareMore than 40 million relatives in the U.S. provide unpaid care to chronically ill moms, dads, spouses, children and others, according to statistics from the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP. Caregiving is a supremely selfless, medically complex and challenging task, yet there are ways to make the process easier for the family members who will undertake it. This piece will cover essential strategies for preparing your hospitalized patient's family member to become a confident and effective caregiver.
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Study suggests legal marijuana industry puts profit ahead of safety for…
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareSeventy percent of women describing themselves as pregnant were advised to use marijuana as treatment when seeking advice from medicinal-marijuana and adult-use dispensaries in Colorado, according to a study published in Obstetrics and Gynecology released this month. Further, more than 30 percent of these women were told marijuana is safe to use during pregnancy. Marijuana is not recommended for use during pregnancy. While the evidence is mixed, there is indication of harm to a developing fetus.
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New campaigns challenge early sports specialization
Sheilamary Koch Sports & FitnessFour national sports organizations in Canada recently joined forces with the Canadian Olympic Committee in a campaign to encourage young people to play various sports in lieu of only one. In the U.S., the OneSport media campaign to help prevent overuse injuries in young athletes was kicked off this spring by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). Both initiatives reflect a growing pushback against the trend of early sports specialization that’s involving increasingly younger children.
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Pay your staff what they’re worth
Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementHow do you calculate what to pay your staff? Anticipated revenues? Operating costs? What the market will bear? Why not pay your staff what you think their job is worth? How much does the success of your business depend on the successful functioning of this person? When you take advantage of someone and pay them the minimum expected or legally allowed, regardless of their value, guess what? You’ll get the minimum expected work out of that employee in reciprocity as retribution.
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Transporting STEMI patients to specialized hospitals provides faster lifesaving…
Lynn Hetzler Healthcare AdministrationHeart attack patients living in states that allow direct transport to hospitals offering percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) receive lifesaving treatment sooner than do those in states where ambulances deliver patients to the nearest hospital, according to a new study. The study, published in the American Heart Association’s journal report, "Circulation: Cardiovascular Intervention," compares time to treatment in patients suffering from acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), which is the most severe manifestation of coronary artery disease.
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Cobots are coming: When mech, man and manufacturing combine
Delany Martinez ManufacturingWhile humans are capable of astonishing endurance and precision, repetitive motion tasks are bad news for manufacturing: they aren't just physically harmful over time, they can lead to worker burnout. When productivity is the main focus of most industries today, what's a large company with large needs to do when faced with human limitations? Hiring more workers is a huge drain on finances, but going fully automated isn't likely to win any favors with the workforce, and by extension, the public. The solution? Cobots, or collaborative robots.
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What’s your story?
Debra Josephson Abrams EducationWhat’s your story? Kasiva Mutua’s story, which she tells in her TEDTalk, "How I use the drum to tell my story," is of heroic triumph over her culture and society’s gender discrimination. To introduce storytelling — the final major assignment in my conversation course — I chose Mutua’s TEDTalk. TEDTalks are outstanding resources, and one reason I often incorporate them in to my lessons is that they offer closed captioning/subtitles and transcripts in multiple languages, thereby allowing low-to-mid level EFL/ESL users to listen to the English and follow along in their native language.
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Nurses’ personal growth: A parallel focus
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareBecoming a nurse is a meaningful act with far-reaching impact. Nurses are the connective tissue of healthcare, and a nursing career can take an earnest individual down many roads, from the ICU and home health to academia, research, and entrepreneurship. If a nurse maintains an open mind and an eye for opportunity, the world is truly that nurse’s oyster. Meanwhile, the stoking of the fire of personal growth is essential to ultimate satisfaction and work-life balance.
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Create your leadership niche: The how
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementSimilar to organizations, when leaders carve out a niche, they open themselves to new opportunities. As discussed in part one of this article, specializing allows us to further strengthen our skills, grow our expertise and refine our approach. It also reinforces our position within the organization and our marketplace. Here are three ways we can create our leadership niche.