Returns Are Used Against You at Best Buy, Other Retailers “Best Buy is among retailers that pay a third-party service to help track customers’ shopping behavior and limit the number of items they can bring back” Every time shoppers return purchases to Best Buy Co., they are tracked by a company which has the power […]
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Chicago Other Edge
Chicago “The Other Edge To The Sword” The effort of Chicago Police Department and the city council that efforts to reduce homicides is showing signs of improvement the numbers are very deceiving to those who look from outside the city. But telling the story of gun violence in Chicago only through the rise and fall […]
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Chicago Bleeding A Two-edged Sword
Chicago Bleeding A Two-edged Sword America’s third-largest city has one of the world’s best trauma care systems bar none. But that success hids a more serious concern because the scale of gun violence is still a tremendous problem for the city. Ask any cop, physician, or EMT in Chicago about July 4 of last year, […]
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Microsoft AI Infusion
Microsoft rolls out more AI-infused healthcare services, software New tech ideas are being adopted by all our current major industries because their vision into making money is developing new creative ideas that will become a intricate part of our future lives, Artificial Intelligence. Microsoft’s year-old Healthcare NExT research organization is stepping up its work to […]
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Tariffs Good Or Bad??
Will Trump’s Trade Tariffs Save American Jobs or Cost American Jobs? President Donald Trump today announced he plans stiff new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. The tariffs — essentially a tax — will add 25 percent to the cost of imported steel and 10 percent to the cost of imported aluminum. As of this […]
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Smart Technology
Smart office technology: What’s working, what’s failing, and what users want out of it Smart office technology holds promises of improved collaboration, energy efficiency, safety, health, and more. But do these devices and apps measure up in reality? Some of you maybe wondering why I posted this article, does it concern our community? Does it […]
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Equifax Hack Is Not Over
Equifax hack just got worse for a lot more Americans Equifax has confirmed more Americans are impacted by the cyberattack that targeted the credit rating giant last year than was first revealed. The company said in a statement Thursday that an ongoing analysis showed 2.4 million more Americans had their names and partial drivers’ license […]
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Old Hospitals Rejuvenated
Find New Uses For Old Hospitals In some cases, health systems are taking existing hospitals and turning them into specialized facilities. After buying the River Parishes Hospital in LaPlace, La., three years ago, Ochsner joined with a provider of psychiatric and addiction treatment to convert the hospital to an inpatient psychiatric facility to provide services […]
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Changes To Traditional Hospitals II
At Home Patient Care Studies by Dr. Leff and others show hospital-level care at home for certain conditions can be provided for 30% to 50% less than inpatient care with fewer complications, lower mortality rates and higher patient satisfaction. New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital has developed a hospital-at-home program, HaH-plus, for some patients who show […]
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Hospital Future
What the Hospitals of the Future Look Like The days of the hospital as we know it may be numbered. In a shift away from their traditional inpatient facilities, health-care providers are investing in outpatient clinics, same-day surgery centers, free-standing emergency rooms and micro hospitals, which offer as few as eight beds for overnight stays. […]