Almost three in four employers admit they made a bad hire for a position. Amazon has a program that pays full-time employees $5,000 to leave the company, and Better.com fired a number of employees on an online call while admitting they overhired and hired the wrong people. These actions areContinue Reading
The US education system has been deeply flawed for a long time, but the COVID pandemic of 2020 brought a new sense of awareness to many engrained issues, as well as a mandate for changes as we were all driven inside our homes at the height of the pandemic. Continue Reading
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed medicine forever. Its impact is especially apparent in hospital pharmacies. Many such pharmacies took on new job responsibilities during the pandemic. They faced increased prescription demand, changes to medication-use guidelines, and new responsibilities to fill hospital gaps in sanitization and disinfection. As a result ofContinue Reading
Data breaches are increasing in frequency across the globe. These cyberattacks pose serious threats to the healthcare industry. Data breaches increase a hospital’s 30-day mortality rate. They cost an average of $6.5 million to fix, or $429 per patient record. These costs relate to legal, technical, and regulatory functions asContinue Reading
One half of American adults want to lose weight. During the pandemic, 42% of Americans adults unintentionally gained an average of 29 pounds. Despite the widespread nature of this health problem few doctors know how to address weight loss. Only 56% of physicians feel qualified to treat obesity, and onlyContinue Reading
Water is the most important resource on the planet. Humans use it for cooking, cleaning, drinking, and more. Considering its importance to human life, it’s unfortunate how little of the Earth’s water is available for consumption. For every 26 gallons of water on the planet, half a teaspoon of itContinue Reading
While staffing shortages have impacted innumerable industries internationally, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting production shutdowns, an ongoing shortage in nursing home staffing is creating a new epidemic to fear. These staffing shortages have grown so much in severity that 78% of nursing homes fear closure asContinue Reading
The world’s highest owners know the power of sleep and consistently get enough of it. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon with a net worth of $195 billion, says, “Eight hours of sleep makes a big difference for me, and I try hard to make that a priority. For me,Continue Reading
What is fibromyalgia?Fibromyalgia (fiber muscle pain) is a chronic pain disorder that is sometimes referred to as fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).Deep muscle and joint pain in the right and left sides of the upper and lower body is how the condition is best described. The condition may be accompanied by issues relatingContinue Reading
