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Sales and the 'Talent Magnet'
A lot is written about being a ‘Talent Magnet’, either as a company, or as President. It’s all good practice – listen, mentor, reward, provide clear goals and career maps. Good practice for the employer, but what about the employee?24 May 2011
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Patient Safety, Quality Care and Cultural Transfor
Patient Safety, Quality Care and Cultural Transformation-There’s More to it than Just a Few Training Programs
Tips for easing into medical technology
SoftwareAdvice.com recently posed the following questions to its readers in a survey format: "Are more doctors buying electronic medical records than before? Or, has the Stimulus bill only brought out the tire kickers?". The results of the survey are available here; while the survey wasn't scientific and it didn't have enough participants to draw wide scale conclusions, the results do imply a general feeling of positive momentum towards the purchase and implementation of EMRs.
Right now, you’d think electronic health records would be the last things on anyone’s mind. A raging pandemic of swine flu, rock icons dying in mysterious circumstances amid rumors of prescription drug abuse, hospital-acquired infections still causing serious problems – there are so many other health-related stories dominating the headlines. And yet EHRs remain top of the agenda, and rightfully so.
On March 9, President Obama signed an order lifting the existing restrictions on embyronic stem-cell research, a move which researchers say could lead to dramatic advances in the understanding and treatment of conditions like diabetes, heart disease and Alzheimer’s.
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