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About this time last year, when “coronavirus,” “N95 mask” and “quarantine” were still new vocabulary words, I began looking at maps. The red spots were spreading from the first outbreak to the next across Asia and Europe, popping up along tourism and business travel...

Pinewood Atlanta Studios, shooting site for ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ uses app, special badges and more to tackle challenge facing many businesses, schools and universities this fall. As film and TV sets reopen at Pinewood Atlanta Studios, home to big-screen juggernauts...

'We messed it up the first time, here we are messing it up the second time and the third time is not going to be forgiving when we hit cold and flu season,' says one testing expert. This story has been updated to include comments from Gov. Brian Kemp and public health...

Pinewood Atlanta Studios has unveiled health and safety protocols to protect staff and visitors from Covid-19 after consulting with a medical testing specialist and a biodefence company. Top brass at the 700-acre full-service studio in the US state of Georgia said...

Film production in Georgia will return — but feel very different. After more than 40 years as an actor, Sheri Mann Stewart had finally taken the plunge to launch her own production company. A week after she wrapped shooting her first film for Mann Woman Productions,...

Today it is key to engage patients with their providers and their healthcare. Five patient-engagement-technology experts offer best practices to heighten use of the IT. Healthcare-provider organizations always are looking for more and better ways to engage with their...

The test, developed by a Rutgers lab, could be a safer and faster alternative. In a Rose Garden briefing Tuesday President Donald Trump touted a potential new way of testing for the novel coronavirus could be safer for suspected coronavirus patients and health care...

Businesses around the world are shifting into overdrive to help battle the coronavirus, providing everything from rubber gloves and ventilators to diagnostic tools and, hopefully soon, vaccines. While the pandemic continues to wreak havoc, large corporations and small...

Why does it matter to continually improve sales performance? Solution: Focus on Top 10 Sales Imperatives to improve sales metrics 1. Drive to “best in class” culture of sales excellence 2. Institutionalize a winning team selling focus 3. Develop and hire only the best...

Pain may interfere with daily activities, including performance of job-related tasks. The costs associated with these conditions are enormous. Introduction Our previous article, “Disease Management; A Tool for Employers to Manage Healthcare Outcomes” (Health 81...

The increase in healthcare costs is hitting employers and employees alike very hard. Employers are experiencing double digit increases in their healthcare premiums, which are predicted to rise more than 15 percent in 2003. In addition, employees are paying more...

Leave management strategies are making Wellness, disease management, and preventive programs more powerful and effective management strategies. Business leaders feel the pain when employees are not at work. Workplaces that rely on direct employee contact with...

Integrating absence management with wellness, disease management and work-life programs can lower health care costs. Automating absence management programs is a necessity, experts say, in order to curb sick days, lower overtime and other indirect costs, and make...

Roses... ragweed... daisies... dandelions... sure it’s easy to tell the difference between a flower and a weed when it’s written in black and white. But it’s never so black and white when it comes to qualifying sales opportunities. Qualifying your sales opportunities...

Diabetes is increasing to near-epidemic proportions in the United States. The number of Americans with this diagnosis jumped 49 percent between the years 1990 and 2000. Approximately 17 million individuals have diabetes,of which fully one-third are undiagnosed and...

Siebel Systems Inc. has added a customer support module to Siebel CRM OnDemand -- UpShot Edition. It's the first upgrade to the software since Siebel acquired the Mountain View, Calif.-based UpShot Corp. last month. The enhancements were planned by UpShot before the...