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• Free webinar gives guidance on coordination of benefits for dental professionals

  Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental Healthcare

  Even in a very polarized political climate, there is at least one thing most Americans can easily agree on. Health insurance is frustrating. Whether you’re a provider or a benefit recipient, navigating health insurance, with all its complexities and constant changes, is a challenge. The American Dental Association is taking a proactive position in helping its members understand key areas; namely benefits.

• Ketamine could unlock a new frontier for depression treatment

  Dr. Abimbola Farinde Pharmaceutical

  Depression is one of the most commonly encountered psychiatric disorders and one of the leading causes of illness in the world. Globally, depression affects more than 350 million people for all ages, which is a reason the announcement of the use of ketamine as potential treatment is providing some promise for individuals who suffer from chronic depression. Ketamine is typically recognized as a surgical anesthetic or party drug.

• Signs point to improving business conditions for designers

  Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  After several months of declining growth, the interior design industry showed signs of regaining momentum in the latter part of the first quarter. Both residential and commercial sectors have experienced increased activity in recent months. The upward trend has boosted designers’ expectations that demand will continue to grow in the months ahead.

• The only ways companies can survive big mistakes

  S. Chris Edmonds Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Even when an organization has a very healthy organizational culture — as in Starbucks' recent case — a "failure of leadership" by one store manager can put the company’s entire reputation at risk. People make mistakes every day. But the glaring spotlight of national media on your workplace could be one incident away. Is your organization prepared to respond effectively when a grave mistake is made? These three steps can help your organization "do the right thing" immediately and live your organization’s servant purpose and valued behaviors under intense scrutiny.

• Study shows reducing water use cuts greenhouse gases

  Scott E. Rupp Facilities & Grounds

  A new study by the University of California, Davis suggests that the reduction in water consumption in California resulted in a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. In 2015, California implemented water-saving regulations, requiring a 25 percent across-the-board cut in consumption. The result of that mandated reduction was a savings of 525 million gallons of water during that one-year period. Good news, but what’s the relation between a drought and a reduction in water use cutting greenhouse gases?

• How to reassure your patients about practice cleanliness

  Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare Administration

  Patients are becoming more and more informed about the important issue of cleanliness when they visit the doctor's office. This is a good thing, because your patients' concern about germs in the treatment environment should be your concern, and your staff's responsibility. According to the Centers for Disease Control, a surprising 48 percent of healthcare workers don't wash their hands between patients.

• Negotiating commercial leases: Negotiate for free perks

  Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield Retail

  For many commercial tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While an entrepreneur focuses on marketing and managing, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized salespeople. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate. Whether you are leasing a new location for the first time or negotiating a lease renewal for your business, here are two money-saving tips.

• Body cams for law enforcement to get a boost from AI

  Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  Artificial intelligence-powered body cams are almost ready for the men in blue, which will provide an essential upgrade for fighting crime in the 21st century. Axon recently announced it would be embedding artificial intelligence in its wearable body cameras. The company is known for the wearable body cameras and Taser electroshock weapons used by most police departments in the U.S. These body cams will have AI-powered face recognition technology inserted in them, which will allow the police to scan and recognize the faces of almost everyone they see while on patrol.

• Supply chain negotiations during inflationary contexts: Adjustment clauses

  Pablo Scaffidi Distribution & Warehousing

  In this new article, we will review one of the most important tools to be negotiated and included in contracts: adjustment clauses. This tool is by far the most important one to be considered during the negotiation process from both suppliers' and buyers' points of view. From the supplier point of view, it is because the adjustment method settled will determine the evolution of the price and its consequent impact in the profits of the business. From the other side, the buyer side, it is critical to determine and negotiate the correct adjustment clauses, because the price determined by the adjustment will impact the cost and the profits of the company.

• Personality tests: The forgotten leadership tools

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Buzzwords, trends and the constant refreshing of new options can make us forget the tried and true or even recently passed solutions. Personality tests can be excellent tools for improving productivity, team-building, communications and career development. As such, they are extremely practical leadership tools that should neither be forgotten nor overlooked. Here are a few reasons to add these tools back into your leadership toolbox.

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