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Are e-consults right for your practice?
Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare AdministrationStudies show that referring a patient to a specialist can often be a stressful and time-consuming enterprise for a primary care physician. Not only does that PCP have to identify the correct doctor to refer to, he or she must then, in many cases, set up a meeting to discuss the patient's case. What's the latest high-tech solution to save this kind of effort and energy? Electronic consultations, often called e-consults or e-referrals. The process works this way: a PCP who needs to ask a specialist about a specific patient's care — such as a symptom that needs to be discussed — emails a specialist. Then, the PCP and specialist discuss the patient's situation through messages.
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New technologies are vitally important for K-12 schools
Bambi Majumdar EducationWe talk about digital transformation but we have little idea about the supersonic speed at which we are transforming. What once seemed fantastic and in the realm of science fiction is an everyday reality now. With these rapid changes in technology, adapting and embracing new teaching practices are needed for K-12 students to be ready technology of the future. In an age of automated stores like Amazon Go, augmented reality, and virtual reality, the mind boggles to imagine what today’s kindergartners will know in terms of technology when they graduate from college.
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A new insight for studying dyslexia
Dorothy L. Tengler CommunicationsDyslexia, a widespread learning disability, occurs when an individual has significant difficulty with speed and accuracy of word decoding. Despite different therapeutic approaches and learning strategies to address the reading and writing difficulties, there is no cure for dyslexia. And despite previous studies that developmental dyslexia is caused by dysfunction of structures in the cerebral cortex, the reasons for such alterations remain unknown. However, a recent study conducted by Dr. Katharina von Kriegstein and an international team of experts reveals that people with dyslexia have a weakly developed structure that is not located in the cerebral cortex but at a subcortical processing stage.
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Deloitte survey recommends focusing on extended enterprise risk
Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAccording to a new Deloitte survey, 90% of respondents rely on third parties for some part of their business, and 70% have a moderate to high level of dependency on external entities that might include third, fourth or fifth parties. However, it appears that companies aren't holding these external entities to the same standards: almost half of respondents said their organization had an external entity risk incident within the past three years. What are some of these extended enterprise risks, and how can they be mitigated?
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The critical link between HR and retail success
Catherine Iste RetailWhy go to the store when you can buy online? Presumably, there is something about the in-person experience that is more convenient, helpful or in some other way better than making the purchase from our phone or desktop. In many cases, this benefit relates directly to interpersonal interactions. Human resources can play an important role in linking the customer's experience with retail success.
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Tax credits, jobs slashed as GM adds new electric SUV plant
Michelle R. Matisons ManufacturingAuto giant General Motors has announced it will begin manufacturing a new electric vehicle (EV), with the news coming shortly after previously reported plant closures took effect. Meanwhile, the IRS has confirmed that an electric car subsidy is now being phased out. Layoffs from the plant closures have been a thorn in the side of the Trump administration's spotlight on Rust Belt manufacturing jobs. Despite monthly reports, the U.S. manufacturing sector faces attrition that can't be obscured by political machinations, and the GM controversy proves this.
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What you need to know about Amazon’s growing ad business
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingWhen you think of digital ads (especially search), Google undoubtedly comes to mind. But the numbers may have you second-guessing your instinct. This year, Amazon’s U.S. ad business is projected to grow more than 50%. That means Amazon ads will make up more than 8% of the digital ad market. Next year, that number is projected to grow to 10%, according to a 2019 eMarketer report. Amazon is officially the No. 3 digital ad platform in the U.S., with U.S. retailers spending $4.61 billion on Amazon ads in 2019.
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PLC security for control engineers: Keep your friends close and your enemies…
Joseph Zulick EngineeringNo one understood or more succinctly described strategies and philosophies of war than the great Chinese general Sun Tzu. Despite living and penning these words of wisdom almost 2,700 years ago, leaders of today still apply the tactics described in "The Art of War" to the technology-driven world we live in today. Sun Tzu also said, "To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy." As a control engineer working for a reputable organization, no one is advocating that you become a dark web hacker to understand the challenges you are facing when creating security for programmable logic controllers (PLCs), but there is value at understanding who the enemy is and what their motivation and techniques may be.
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Climate change and the price of being poor
LeRon L. Barton Waste Management & EnvironmentalIf you were to ask most people in low-income communities where climate change would rank in degree of importance, I would wager that it would be pretty low. This is not to say that folks living in these neighborhoods don't care or have no knowledge about the issues that affect the environment, it's just that paying the rent or mortgage, getting to work, and the stress of living in poverty take precedence. However, in 2019, there may be a change in how climate change is viewed, due to new legislation, research, and outreach.
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Tips to help your staff prevent patient data breaches
Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare AdministrationAs a healthcare administrator, you know how important it is to reduce any risk of a patient health information (PHI) data breach. Yet, breaches continue to be a vexing and dangerous problem. A study from Michigan State University found that about 1,800 large data breaches over the course of seven years had to do with lax hospital policies putting information at risk. How can you best assist your staff and your IT to secure the data at your organization? Let the research-based advice in this article be your guide.
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