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Released: 5-Apr-2021 4:15 PM EDT
John Kerndl joins Beth Israel Lahey Health as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health

John Kerndl, MBA, has joined Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, Kerndl is responsible for all finance operations, including supply chain, revenue cycle and treasury.

   
Released: 5-Apr-2021 2:40 PM EDT
How Can Remote Workers Best Manage Work-Home Conflict?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, remote workers are still struggling to find an efficient work-life balance. Timothy D. Golden, a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, offers research-based best practices for managing common issues that impede success while working from home.

   
Released: 5-Apr-2021 1:05 PM EDT
Study Highlights Benefits of Tax Planning For Companies Facing Financial Constraints
North Carolina State University

A law governing pensions gave business scholars an unprecedented research opportunity to understand the impact of financial constraints.

Released: 2-Apr-2021 1:35 PM EDT
Corporate Employees Learn New Strategies for Helping Youth While Building Workforce of Tomorrow at CFES Brilliant Pathways Training
CFES Brilliant Pathways

Corporations concerned with cultivating and recruiting the workforce of tomorrow due to the dramatic effects of COVID-19 on America’s youth are turning to CFES Brilliant Pathways for answers.

   
Released: 1-Apr-2021 2:30 PM EDT
Pandemic is pushing women in STEM ‘past the point of no return’
University of Notre Dame

During a virtual briefing held by the Women in STEM Caucus and The Science Coalition, Notre Dame's Patricia Clark said that women in science are being pushed past the point of no return due to the pandemic and longstanding structural barriers — threatening permanent damage to their careers.

   
Released: 31-Mar-2021 1:50 PM EDT
FSMB Launches Task Force on Health Equity and Medical Regulation
Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has launched the Task Force on Health Equity and Medical Regulation. The Task Force will evaluate education and training programs to assist state medical and osteopathic boards in identifying opportunities for understanding and addressing systemic racism, implicit bias, and health inequity in medical regulation and patient care.

Released: 31-Mar-2021 1:15 PM EDT
Preventive medicine physician shortage continues to fall behind population needs in the US
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

The United States is facing a persistent and worsening shortage of physicians specializing in preventive medicine, reports a study in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 31-Mar-2021 11:00 AM EDT
Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans Severely Underrepresented in Health Workforce, New Study Says
George Washington University

In 2019, Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans were severely underrepresented in the health care workforce, a trend that shows limited signs of improvement, according to a study published today by George Washington University researchers.

Released: 30-Mar-2021 3:55 PM EDT
Journey to the Working World
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Find out how the CSU helps students launch their post-graduation careers.

Released: 30-Mar-2021 11:25 AM EDT
Forbes magazine again tags Sandia Labs as top large employer
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories again has been recognized by Forbes as one of the 500 Best Large Employers 2021.

Released: 30-Mar-2021 9:40 AM EDT
National Neurosurgery Organizations Collaborate to Establish Professionalism Policy for Meetings, Professional Events
Henry Ford Health

Ellen Air, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program at Henry Ford Health System and Chair-Elect of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Joint Section on Women in Neurosurgery, is co-author of a new Professionalism and Harassment Model Policy created to provide a code of ethical behavior that promotes professional growth and the free exchange of ideas at neurosurgical meetings, educational courses, conferences and other sponsored events.

Released: 30-Mar-2021 9:35 AM EDT
Degrees of happiness? Formal education does not lead to greater job satisfaction, study shows
University of Notre Dame

There is almost no relationship between formal educational attainment and job satisfaction, according to new Notre Dame research.

   
Released: 29-Mar-2021 6:15 PM EDT
Majority of workers hospitalized for injuries return to their jobs, study finds
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Close to 60%of working adults who were hospitalized as a result of injury had returned to their jobs after being discharged, according to a recent study. However, more than half of the patients in the sample were in medical debt, and close to a quarter forwent additional care to save money.

Released: 29-Mar-2021 12:25 PM EDT
City Digitalization & Innovation Agendas Beyond COVID-19
Thunderbird School of Global Management

COVID-19 has dramatically impacted our cities worldwide. Cities are comprised of a dense concentration of people, infrastructure, organizations and enterprises, and most often depend on a complex mobility landscape.

   
Released: 25-Mar-2021 12:05 PM EDT
In Certain Circumstances, Outsourcing Poses Risks to Vendors
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Outsourcing routine tasks, like payroll, customer service, and accounting, offers well-known benefits to businesses and contributes to an economy in which entrepreneurial vendors can support industry and expand employment. However, new research from the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute discovered that not all client-vendor relationships are beneficial for the vendors.

Released: 24-Mar-2021 3:55 PM EDT
Study Indicates Deliberate Hiring of Unethical Management Accountants
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Dark personality traits -- questionable ethical standards, narcissistic tendencies – are often framed as an accidental byproduct of selecting earnings managers who fit the stereotype of a strong leader. But new research in the Journal of Business Ethics finds this is often no accident.

Released: 24-Mar-2021 11:10 AM EDT
#YearofCOVID: Residents' Perspectives
Cedars-Sinai

In July 2020, the Cedars-Sinai Newsroom checked in with new residents as they were entering their careers in medicine to a world of unknowns in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 24-Mar-2021 10:00 AM EDT
Resident wellness program lowers burnout risks for urology trainees
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

With heavy workloads and high professional and personal demands, medical residents in training – and those in urology residency programs – face a high risk of burnout. At one urology department, a wellness program designed by and for residents produced meaningful reductions in burnout risks, reports a study in Urology Practice®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.



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