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Role of Big Data in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

His free moments are spent traveling and enjoying sporting events with his wife and daughter. Healthcare Informatics: Improving Efficiency and Productivity. He’s most passionate about healthcare redesign, patient engagement, and the life sciences. Image: Pexels. References: Raghupathi W. Data Mining in Health Care.

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business

Prior to 2010, Rakuten had been a multilingual global company. But in 2010, Rakuten mandated an English-only policy for its workforce of over 10,000 employees. The Japanese employees in the Tokyo headquarters communicated in Japanese, the Americans in the U.S. Translators were employed for cross-border communications. ” 5.

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How One Nonprofit Is Expanding Health Care for the Uninsured

Harvard Business

Under the leadership of Anthony Tersigni, Ascension’s president and CEO, the organization has sought to become much more efficient at delivering health care. In a 2010 review of its purchasing strategy, Ascension concluded that it didn’t really have an effective purchasing strategy at all.

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NSA Hacks Into SIM Card Makers Giving US and UK Criminals Access to Millions of Cell Phones

MishTalk

The breach, detailed in a secret 2010 GCHQ document, gave the surveillance agencies the potential to secretly monitor a large portion of the world’s cellular communications, including both voice and data. passports, which contain chips and antennas that can be used to better authenticate travelers. says the ACLU’s Soghoian.

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Return of the Buggy Whip; Streetcar Named Imprudent

MishTalk

At the peak of streetcar travel in the mid-1920s, some 800 streetcars covering 200 miles of track carried 97 million passenger trips a year. million grant in 2010 for the Loop Trolley, to run from the University City Library to the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. A heavy infusion of federal dollars is fueling the efforts.

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Why an Innovation Culture Matters

Organizational Talent Consulting

Creativity and risk-taking are essential to overcoming challenges, but businesses often reward efficiency and avoid risk. Space travel alone is challenging, but reusing a rocket by landing it on a drone ship takes the complexity to another level. Conclusion Organizations naturally reward efficiency thinking and avoiding risk.

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How disruptive is the 'Sharing Economy'?

freshminds

At a TEDX talk in Sydney in 2010, Rachel Botsman, author of the book 'The Rise of Collaborative Consumption', asked the audience the question - 'How many of you use a power drill?' However, today there has been a shift in emphasis from the utopian ideal presented at the TedX talk in 2010.

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