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Infographic: How to focus despite distractions
Maggie Kimberl Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementEach day employees spend 56 minutes on their smartphones and 42 minutes on personal tasks. That means 20% of each workday is wasted on distractions. We’re up against internal and external challenges when it comes to overcoming distractions, but there’s hope for those who need more focus. Find out more with this infographic.
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How a new study can help identify patients at risk for COVID-19 due to…
Lisa Mulcahy Medical & Allied HealthcareAs a healthcare professional, you understand the importance of testing and treating at-risk patients for COVID-19 as quickly as possible. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University could change the way you ID these patients. Professor Sheldon Cohen's article reports that unhealthy lifestyle choices such as smoking, avoiding exercise, and avoiding all social contact during the pandemic may make patients more susceptible to respiratory infections like COVID-19 and put them at risk for the worst outcomes.
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For the new school year, relationships first, academic content later
Savanna Flakes EducationAs teachers, we are relationship builders, forging connections with families, integrating students’ strengths and interests into the curriculum, and creating a positive learning community between students and their classmates. We are reminded to prioritize connection, commit to building safe and positive learning environments, and celebrate students’ strengths before speaking of growth.
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Despite pandemic, health system and payer profits up due to less utilization
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareSecond-quarter headlines reporting the financial windfalls of payer organizations and health systems have been copious recently, despite what experts and analysts predicted would be devastating hits to the ledger because of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Even as many health systems treated only virus cases and most others shut down all elective surgeries, all of the nation's largest for-profit hospital chains saw a rise in profits.
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Will classroom teaching this fall lead to increased illness?
Patrick Gleeson EducationIn this time of every kind of uncertainty, one of the most troubling decisions Americans must make is: which is worse, the possibility of exposing teachers and students to a deadly disease or the certainty of impairing the education of an entire generation of students by keeping them out of school? Here are the differing views and why there are no easy choices.
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COVID-19, children, and existential fear
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareAs the summer of 2020 wanes and the school year begins, there is understandable fear, confusion, and existential dread regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Myriad questions remain unanswered regarding how to keep our students, teachers, and staff safe amidst the desire to regain some semblance of a normal educational experience. Debates, lawsuits, and mixed governmental messages rage on, and uncertainty is the order of the day. Where do we go from here?
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Report: Women twice as likely to leave employer within a year following…
Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted companies and employees. However, some groups of employees appear to have worse experiences than others. A report by WerkLabs, the insights division of The Mom Project, reveals that the pandemic is impacting working women particularly hard. And as a result, these women are more likely to express dissatisfaction with their employers — and a desire to leave.
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Better days ahead
Debra Josephson Abrams EducationWhat are you going to do when COVID-19 quarantine ends — and why are those your choices? While daydreaming research abounds, including that which asserts that daydreaming can be associated with positive psychological consequences, I’m not interested in pie-in-the-sky mind wanderings. As we return to school — in whatever ways we return — what do you and your students plan to do when quarantine ends? To what are you looking forward?
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Trump administration throws additional support behind telehealth
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcarePresident Donald Trump signed a new executive order Aug. 3 to expand access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, notably in rural areas. The Trump administration also is extending some telehealth services even after the pandemic public health emergency ends. The order is meant to improve connectivity and directs the government to create a joint initiative within 30 days to improve health communication infrastructure and expand rural healthcare services.
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Offset trauma for students by promoting positive experiences
Sheilamary Koch EducationWhen Christina Bethell was little, she lived in a low-income housing complex where her neighbor, a quiet lady the kids called Mrs. Raccoon, always had her door open for neighborhood kids. Every Saturday she threw a tea party with candy to celebrate any child with a birthday that week. Bethell fondly remembers the woman's kindness as source of comfort during her challenging childhood. Dr. Bethell, now a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, shared this story on the release day of her study on the long-term effects of Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) on mental health.
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