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Transplant community offers widespread support for proposed federal rule…
Chelsea Adams Healthcare AdministrationChanges to federal policies governing living organ donors have widespread support among organ procurement agencies. The changes allow living organ donors to be reimbursed for missed work and the cost of child care. "These are bold steps that are going to have an immediate and lasting impact on our ability to serve patients who are on waiting lists," Dr. Seth Karp, director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center and surgeon-in-chief of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told Modern Healthcare magazine.
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What can facility managers learn from coronavirus?
Scott E. Rupp Facilities & GroundsA seemingly impossible feat of engineering, construction, and facilities management has been accomplished in the face of a global pandemic based in the People's Republic of China. The feat of modern facility creation started in late January when the Chinese government announced it would build a 1,000-bed hospital to house patients battling the Wuhan coronavirus in just six days. The actual construction time was closer to eight days, but the result was the same. The building was created using prefabricated materials to make the process move along quicker.
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How to prevent ‘passive clone syndrome’ in your organization
Simma Lieberman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementI recently watched a Bruce Willis movie called "Surrogates" for the second time. People stay home, send their surrogates to work and use remote controls to interact with them. The surrogates are exact clones of their "owners." Although "Surrogates" is in the future, it made me think about workplaces today. Willis is an FBI agent who sends his FBI surrogate to solve a murder, until he realizes that he needs to personally be involved. He leaves the house and takes his true self to work to find the killer. Are your employees sending their clones to work?
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Policing comes to a crossroads with facial recognition, reforms
Michelle R. Matisons Science & TechnologyYou may have seen "Minority Report," the 2002 film based on the Philip K. Dick novel, which anticipates governmental use of technology to prevent murder before it happens. Today, this is known as pre-crime, and it didn't take all the way until 2054 — as the Dick novel suggests — for contemporary technology to grow embedded in unconstitutional policing activities as facial recognition (FR) technology. Now, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and 40 supporting organizations have called for swift action banning FR before it becomes a banal aspect of our daily lives.
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The cost of changing jobs
Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhat is the cost of changing jobs? Make no mistake, there is always a cost involved that has nothing to do with salary. Gone are the days when the norm was to work one job at one company until retirement. We have a much more mobile workforce with more opportunities, and people change jobs often to avail themselves of perceived advantages, better pay, and better work-life balance. But sometimes when you change jobs, the benefits don't materialize as you'd expected, and regrets ensue.
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Apple vs. the FBI: How dropped data encryption plans impact user privacy
Oliver Noble Science & TechnologyAbout two years ago, Apple canceled its plans to implement end-to-end encryption for iCloud because of complaints from the FBI, reports Reuters. Reuters' sources say that the tech giant had to abandon full encryption of iPhone backups after FBI objections over the resulting reduced ability to gather evidence of criminal activities. Apple's intention to offer end-to-end encryption and cut off its own access to customers’ information should be lauded, despite it running contrary to the FBI's principles.
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Report: Most American drinking water is contaminated with ‘forever…
Scott E. Rupp Waste Management & EnvironmentalU.S. drinking water is contaminated with man-made "forever chemicals" that are far greater than previously estimated. The forever chemicals are resistant to environmental breakdown and are known as perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), some of which are linked to cancers, liver damage, low birth weight, and other health problems. The chemicals have been discovered in drinking water at 34 previously unknown locations, according to a report released on Jan. 22 by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).
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What emergency departments need to know about coronavirus
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareFirst reported in late December 2019 in the major central China city of Wuhan, the newly discovered coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is now rapidly spreading. As of Jan. 28, thousands have been sickened and the death toll exceeds 100. Eighteen countries, including the United States, have confirmed 2019-nCoV cases. The CDC recommends that clinicians treat patients with fever and symptoms of lower respiratory illness who have a history of travel in Wuhan, or who were in close contact with a person suspected of having 2019-nCoV, as being patients under investigation (PUI).
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How the coronavirus outbreak and political unrest are impacting global…
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThe Associated Press has reported that the new coronavirus outbreak originating in Wuhan, China, has severely affected global tourism, leading to billions of dollars in losses. The virus has infected thousands of people, killed more than 100, and has left the Chinese government with no choice but to expand drastic travel restrictions. Beijing has ordered millions of Chinese citizens to stay put and avoid travel. Meanwhile, tourism in other areas of the world is taking a massive hit due to political and economic unrest in some countries.
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Real ID set to affect who can and cannot fly
Lark Gould Transportation Technology & AutomotiveIdentity cards are more consistent with what's portrayed in films about travelers trying to wend their way through World War II Europe than something we would see making its way to America. However, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to remind travelers that the upcoming Real ID requirement and enforcement will start Oct. 1, 2020. At that time, every air traveler must present a Real ID-compliant driver’s license, state-issued enhanced driver’s license, or other acceptable form of identification to fly within the United States.
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