Recent Articles
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Lessons learned from nurse practitioner claims history
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationThe lessons we learn can come from our own experiences or those of others. In the case of risk management, closed malpractice claims provide a particularly valuable source of information. This includes aggregation of data and objective case studies, from which review and analysis can occur.
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Spring floods bring hunting opportunities
John McAdams Recreation & LeisureHas your favorite hunting area flooded due to spring rains? Depending on how high the flood waters got and what sort of equipment you have access to, a flood might just result in some great hunting opportunities.
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Be indispensible by becoming dispensable
Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementRobert Half knows a thing or two about ability. He founded Robert Half Associates, today a $4.7 billion global provider of talented staff through its seven industry-focused divisions. RHA was again ranked this year among Fortune's Most Admired Companies, tops among staffing companies.
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New approaches to treating septic shock
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareWith a mortality rate of about 50 percent, septic shock is the most common cause of death among critically ill patients in noncoronary intensive care units. Researchers continue to work toward creating better primary and adjunctive treatments to improve mortality rates.
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Cities and power: The space between buildings
Lucy Wallwork EngineeringWhile cities used to be planned at the stroke of an architect's pen, a new era of "participative planning" is being sold to us as giving more power over decisions to ordinary people, to disperse more widely the power once held in the hands of "experts" and bureaucrats. But is the role of power missing from this conversation?
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Managers beware: Your employees are probably tired and anxious
Scott E. Rupp Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIn a recent study published by Robert Half on the stresses of American workers, the primary outcome suggests that we are all very tired, and it's taking a toll on our performance on the job. Most of the literal lost sleep comes from work-related anxiety, according to a simple poll by global staffing firm Accountemps.
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Integrity tests for officers — Will they help?
Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityDarryl De Sousa, Baltimore's new police commissioner, recently announced that his officers will be subjected to random integrity tests. Designed to check people and ultimately clean house, De Sousa's plan aims to bring back accountability to the department, which has been battered by scandal. The new commissioner feels it's high time to restore their integrity and public faith.
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Focus on sentence-building activities
Erick Herrmann EducationLast month's article focused on developing students' word-building skills by analyzing and adding affixes to words. Now, we will focus on building sentences using similar concepts — the idea being that students can begin by building simple sentences, then work to create more complex sentences.
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Why are women donating kidneys more than men?
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareMost living kidney donors are women and, according to a recent study, men are donating even fewer kidneys than ever before. As of today, there are more than 95,000 people on the kidney transplant waiting list, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). While living donor transplant is the preferred treatment for patients with kidney failure, the number of living donor transplantations has been dropping since 2005.
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Will Trump’s plan slow down the opioid epidemic?
Dr. Abimbola Farinde Mental HealthcareThe opioid epidemic has been a longstanding and increasingly recognizable public health issue in the United States. In an additional effort to combat this escalating issue, President Donald Trump on Tuesday rolled out his plan for tackling what he calls "the crisis next door."