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• Pew report: Provider demand for accurate patient matching is high

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  The Pew Charitable Trusts is concerned with the ability to accurately match patients to their health records. According to healthcare providers surveyed, match rates are "far below the desired level for effective data exchange," said researchers at Pew, which collaborated with eHealth Collaborative on the report. Patient matching is the comparing of data from different health IT systems to verify if data sources match and belong to the same patient. Matching data completes the patient’s health history and medical care record. If data matches, that patient’s records are combined to eliminate duplication and confusion.

• Dentists invited to donate services to veterans

  Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental Healthcare

  There is more than one way to serve your country. If you’re a dental professional, you have the opportunity to use your unique skills and training to serve those who served our country. In honor of the Memorial Day holiday, an organization called Dental Lifeline Network announced on May 14 that it is launching a volunteer recruitment campaign encouraging dentists to provide dental care to veterans, specifically those with special needs.

• Ford adds to auto layoffs, manufacturing turmoil

  Michelle R. Matisons Manufacturing

  Auto manufacturing layoffs are not a new development. The last round of General Motors layoffs, announced in November, triggered a domino effect of panic and speculation that continues amidst Brexit negotiations, Green New Deal debates, and ongoing presidential campaigning. As American as apple pie, the auto manufacturing sector is a good litmus test for what ails the U.S. economy. By this logic, as goes Detroit so goes the nation. One problem is that no one can decide if we must throw the baby of cleaner energy out with the bathwater of old manufacturing chains.

• Useful hints for ESL teachers: Part 2

  Douglas Magrath Education

  Students need extra help understanding facets of language that go beyond grammar and syntax. Teachers may have to make extra efforts to help LEP learners. Teachers can look at their own cultures as a starting point. Another thing that a teacher can do is let his or her personality show. Stay on task, but it is OK to be different. Teachers should be sensitive to the students’ needs. Some may need more grammar; others may need more speaking while still others may need emotional support and advising.

• Newly approved device to help increase access to suitable lungs for transplant

  Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  On April 26, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new device that may increase access to more lungs for transplant. The new Xvivo Perfusion System (XPS) is a type of ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) therapy, which can temporarily ventilate and pump preservation solution through lungs. The process can increase the percentage of lung transplants by allowing transplant teams to identify better quality lung grafts that would have been otherwise rejected for transplantation in the past.

• The needless struggles of struggling readers: Professional preparation…

  Howard Margolis Education

  Once in special education, struggling readers (SRs), such as students with dyslexia or mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment, often make little or no progress in reading and writing. They often regress. This doesn’t make sense. After all, they have smaller classes taught by special education teachers. They have highly personalized Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) that meet all their academic, physical, and social-emotional needs. They have case managers who closely monitor their progress, and when warranted, quickly call a meeting to make program adjustments. It sounds flawless. It’s not.

• Randstad Sourceright discusses healthcare’s tightening talent market

  Terri Williams Healthcare Administration

  First, the good news: life expectancies are rising, 10,000 baby boomers are retiring every day (which provides jobs for other workers and gives boomers an opportunity to enjoy their golden years), and the life sciences and healthcare sector is projected to grow by 5.4% annually, outpacing global GDP. Now, the bad news: According to Randstad Sourceright's 2019 Talent Trends survey, 85% of human capital and C-suite leaders in the life sciences and healthcare sector say talent scarcity is one of their greatest concerns.

• 5 surprising ways drinking coffee can boost your work performance

  Lisa Mulcahy Food & Beverage

  Coffee — you love it, you need it — you may be drinking a cup right now as you read this. You know caffeine makes you feel more alert and revved up to work — but there are surprising ways coffee can actually boost your performance on essential tasks if you consume it strategically. Try these science-based tips and tricks to be at your best with the help of that cup of joe.

• 3 millennial negotiating skills to master

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  For all the grief they continue to get from older generations, millennials deserve even more credit. From avocado toast to Zipcar and everything in between, the technological savvy, creativity and multicultural push from millennials has had an amazing impact on our culture. As an HR professional, one place I truly appreciate their skills is negotiating. Here are three millennial negotiation skills we should all try to master.

• Patriarchy and healthcare: A dying zeitgeist

  Keith Carlson Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Since time immemorial, men have dominated medicine. Nurses were historically viewed as subservient laborers who followed orders and carried no sense of personal or professional agency; in that same vein, female physicians were less numerous and not readily recognized for their contributions by their male peers. In many aspects of our lives, this paradigm is shifting for the better, and that same change is also underway in the healthcare sphere.

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