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• Podcast: Growing a cash practice with zero paid marketing

  Jarod Carter Sports & Fitness

  During this podcast, Dr. Jarod Carter catches up with Dr. Carlos Berio of SPARK Physiotherapy about hiring employees for a cash-based practice, what kind of physical therapy and training services SPARK Physiotherapy is offering, and how he has continued to grow his practice with zero paid marketing! You'll really get a feel for how connecting with patients drives his cash practice, brings in clients, and creates marketing opportunities.

• Professionalism in risk management

  Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Are you a "risk professional"? How do you know? Do you use the services of "risk professionals"? How can you tell they’re really professional? This article provides 10 criteria that risk practitioners and their clients can use to determine whether the risk services being offered can be described as "professional" or not. Before you start your next risk engagement, as either the provider or receiver of risk services, consider how you would answer these questions.

• What you need to know about diabetes in cats

  Natalie Asaro, Dr. Jennifer Adolphe and Michele Dixon Pet Care

  It is vital for cats and other mammals to maintain a steady level of blood sugar, as glucose plays an important role in many processes in their bodies. Diabetes mellitus is a disease that results in high blood glucose levels and is a common disease in cats. To fully understand diabetes, it is important to know how blood sugar is controlled. In healthy individuals, blood sugar levels are tightly controlled by two hormones, glucagon and insulin. These two hormones act in opposite ways to maintain normal blood sugar levels.

• 5 ways to make your marketing images more effective

  Lisa Mulcahy Marketing

  Are your advertising graphics making the biggest impact possible? If you're focused on other, less effective revenue-building strategies, they might not be. A study from the University of Cologne found that focusing on being a market leader is not as important as building customer relations and building your brand. This includes revamping the images you present in campaigns. If your gut says you could be doing better when it comes to capturing consumer interest with graphics, no worries: more studies have been uncovering ways to change up your approach.

• How retailers can still thrive in an Amazon-led world

  Linda Popky Retail

  The daily news is full of retail stores that are cutting back their operations or closing shop completely. Toys R Us, Sears/Kmart, Gymboree, Abercrombie & Fitch, BCBG, Bon-Ton, Payless, Dollar Tree, and even Victoria’s Secret are on the recent list. Is it Amazon’s fault all these chains are struggling to the point that many have had to declare bankruptcy? Or is there more to it? E-commerce is certainly a major factor. But it’s not the only reason.

• Medical scribes boost productivity among ER docs

  Chelsea Adams Healthcare Administration

  Medical scribes can increase an ER physician's productivity, resulting in shorter lengths of stays for patients, according to a study published in The BMJ in late January. Conducted at hospitals in the Australian state of Victoria, the study compared ER shifts where trained scribes were utilized with those where clinicians were required to complete clinical documentation and other clerical tasks. Scribes enter the exam room with the physician and use a computer to document consultations, schedule follow-up appointments, order diagnostic tests, complete patients' electronic health records, request inpatient beds, print discharge paperwork and locate information for the physician.

• The baffling nature of auditory processing disorders

  Sheilamary Koch Communications

  Unlike many deficits that fall under the umbrella of audiology, auditory processing disorders are not diagnosed during infancy, toddlerhood or even the early school years. In fact, most audiologists wait until age 7 to make a definitive diagnosis. This is due to the child's neural pathways not being sufficiently mature to make a full evaluation prior to this age, explains Tracy Hagan Winn, audiologist at the Northwestern University Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning in Evanston, Illinois.

• Don’t get shot: Interacting with police at home

  Eric Lamberson Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  On Jan. 4, a Knox County, Tennessee, sheriff's deputy was performing a security check in response to a home alarm. The deputy’s bodycam shows him examining the property, and as he approached a rear door on the house the homeowner yanked open the door pointing a pistol at the deputy. The deputy fired one shot without hitting the homeowner. Although uninjured, you can hear the homeowner ask: "Why did you shoot me?" Well, duh! You yanked open a door and pointed a pistol at the deputy — that’s why. In the end, no one got hurt and everything turned out fine; however, this incident could have ended very differently.

• Study: Clinicians using workarounds when operating EHRs

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  The majority of U.S. hospitals have implemented electronic health records (EHRs). While the benefits of EHRs have been widely touted, little is known about their effects on inpatient care, including how well they meet workflow needs and support care. Despite the proliferation of the technology, there appears to be a high degree of variance in the ways care teams use EHRs during morning rounds. There are a high number of workarounds clinicians employ at critical points of care. Additionally, the EHRs are not used for information sharing and frequently impede intra-care team communication. These points are the results from a new study published by PLOS.org.

• Chasing squirrels at the board table

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it dozens of times at board meetings: "I just have a question." I observed it at a meeting recently. The offending director may or may not have realized what she was causing. Without being recognized by the chair, she said, "I just have a question." She followed her question with what seemed to be a personal opinion. For example, "Have we ever done it this way? I think if we change our approach and use new technology we will get better engagement." Directors have a duty to ask appropriate questions at the right time. But they should not hijack the meeting.

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