Recent Articles

• Is your big idea the best idea?

  Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  You think you've come up with a winning concept that will garner huge profits for your company, so of course you want to get working on its specs ASAP. Not so fast: before going any further, you need to step back and review your idea's merits with an eye toward quality control. According to research, the best concepts have the following factors in common.

• What’s the best way to teach children to read?

  Patrick Gleeson Education

  The two most often-used ways of teaching children to read are phonics and whole language. Each of these methods has committed advocates and both teaching methods are currently used, but according to The National Assessment of Educational Progress, more than half of fourth-grade students in the U.S. read below grade-level standards. What are we doing wrong?

• Nurturing positive nurse-physician relationships

  Keith Carlson Medical & Allied Healthcare

  When it comes to patient care, both nurses and physicians are crucial to the delivery of positive medical outcomes. In terms of the relationship between the members of nursing and medical teams, seamless cooperation and communication are what make the team approach truly successful. Thus, the nurturing of positive nurse-physician relationships is central to the earnest pursuit of high-level teamwork and results. In simplistic terms, poor relations between nurses and their physician colleagues can either be strengthened with respect or derailed by disrespect.

• Using design to curb aggression

  Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  Within the past five years, American society has become increasingly angry, belligerent and aggressive. It may be due to the intense stress of daily life, to fallout from the last recession, to income or racial inequality, to political and regional polarization, to the nature of much popular entertainment, to the fractured news media, to the no-holds barred invective popular on social media — or due to all of them. Whatever the reasons, as a society we need to look for ways to alleviate and prevent aggression, especially in public spaces. Research shows design can help.

• Gender equality in the workplace is more than a ‘women’s issue’

  Candice Gottlieb-Clark Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Many of us often carry around biases that we don’t even realize. They’re ingrained in us from how we grew up, who our parents are, and from the societal and cultural norms that have been feeding us. As a result, when it comes to equality in the workplace, many of us feel like things are pretty good. In fact, almost half of men and a third of women agree that a mere 10 percent of female senior-level executives is a sufficient amount, according to the 2017 Women in the Workplace study. Is 10 percent of women leadership in business really good enough?

• New reasons to establish a rural primary care practice

  Lisa Mulcahy Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Many new doctors and established primary care physicians looking to relocate avoid setting up shop in rural areas. In fact, a study from the University of Missouri-Columbia found that only 10 percent of doctors practice in rural communities, and just 3 percent of medical students intend to do so. Why? Bigger profits may be had in large cities, of course. Yet research shows that there are significant upsides to physicians who choose to treat patients in more distant locations. Shift your perspective by considering these important benefits.

• The golden rule or the platinum rule?

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Treating others the way they want to be treated sounds so much less selfish than treating others the way we want to be treated. However, it is not easy. Entire consulting practices and professional certificate programs exist to help us business folk try to decipher how someone else wants to be treated. Even with all this help, we do not always get it right. To understand why, it may help to consider both the golden and platinum rules together.

• Suburban farming: It’s not just for homes

  Connie Ulman Food & Beverage

  Suburban farming is achievable, beneficial and fun. Many churches and businesses in various municipalities have donated city lots to be used for gardening. Also, a significant number of organizations get together with community members and grow food. This is an excellent option for those who do not have a yard to plant a garden or are new to gardening.

• 5 ADA member dentists elected to Congress

  Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental Healthcare

  Who’s glad midterm election season is over? Many of us. No more campaign commercials. No more clusters of yard signs on every corner. No more robocalls during dinner. No more talk of waves of either red or blue. As of Election Day, Washington, D.C., better watch its collective mouth because five elected Congress members are card-carrying members of another organization: the American Dental Association. And they’re ready to fix more than cavities!

• Building the ultimate Glock

  Joshua Fry Recreation & Leisure

  Five or so years ago, two of my fellow law enforcement officers and I began our love affair with competitive shooting, specifically 3-gun. Being in law enforcement, we walked a tightrope of trying to keep our "race" equipment as close to our "real-world" equipment as possible while still chasing that last bit of competitive equipment edge. In this pursuit, I built what I would call the "ultimate" Glock to satisfy the best of both worlds and still be competitive in the 3-Gun world.

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