Sat.Dec 17, 2022 - Fri.Dec 23, 2022

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CSTE President Angela Dunn’s Presidential Priorities Tackle Connectedness and Community

CSTE

CSTE President Angela Dunn had her Public Health epiphany as a young medical student. During an ER shift, she encountered a young man with late-stage Hodgkins lymphoma. He had no health insurance and was essentially told there was nothing the doctors or staff could do for him. I understood at that moment that I needed to go into more of a public health policy realm to affect change for people rather than just one-on-one patient care, she said.

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How Vulnerable Are Supply Chains to Hacking?

Smart Data Collective

It’s easy to sound paranoid when talking about cyber security. Threats actually are everywhere. In your local coffee shop. Lurking on the first page of your favorite search engine. In your email inbox. One small mistake can bring business empires to their knees. It happened to Marriot. It happened to Yahoo. It happened to the Irish healthcare system.

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Bad Backs & Deductibles

The Health Care Blog

It’s time again for me to use my bad back as a case study in why American health care has such crazy incentives. About a month ago at the HLTH conference in Vegas, over the course of a few hours I developed debilitating leg pain. To quote from my earlier twitter thread on my time in Vegas, “After 3 days of excruciating pain, my wife insisted I went to the ER.

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Four Questions To Ask Yourself Before Pursuing a Doctor of Social Work (DSW) Degree

The New Social Worker

Pursuing a doctoral level degree in social work can increase a person’s income. Having more income is great, but is that a true reason to pursue an advanced degree? Ask yourself these four questions before you decide.

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Developing a Well Being Economy

Sheffield DPH

Developing a Well Being Economy Short notes (as is my usual format) 1. If I really had to get to the nub of it social outcomes and the well-being of the population as a core goal is as central to the decision-making as GDP growth. Is healthy life expectancy part of core economic metrics? and the distributional nature is more important or at least as important as the net gain.

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Cloud Technology is the Future of Medical Billing Software

Smart Data Collective

Cloud technology has upended the medical industry in recent years. Healthcare organizations around the world spend over $56.3 billion on cloud technology. Cloud computing offers a number of important benefits for healthcare providers. One of the biggest advantages of cloud technology is that it helps make medical billing more efficient. A cloud-based medical billing software program automates billing in order to help practices get paid faster, improve workflow efficiencies, help practice the IT

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2022 Wrap-Up: The New Social Worker’s Top 5 Articles for 2022.PLUS

The New Social Worker

2022 is a wrap. The New Social Worker’s list of Top 5 Articles for 2022 tells us the story of what has been on social workers' minds. We look forward to spending 2023 with you, our readers.

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“All Men Would Be Tyrants.” History Reverberates!

The Health Care Blog

By MIKE MAGEE. “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”. This striking and sweeping statement of values, the Preamble to our Constitution, was anything but reassuring to the wives, mothers, sisters and daughters

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5 Big Data Storage Solutions

Smart Data Collective

Data is valuable to businesses of all sizes. Companies can use big data to assess performance, pinpoint problems, and identify opportunities. Businesses can also leverage big data to support machine learning by training AI and sophisticated models. Although big data can be advantageous, the sheer volume of computer power and software services needed to support big data initiatives can impose a serious burden.

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How Data Cleansing Can Make or Break Your Business Analytics

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology has helped businesses make more informed decisions. A growing number of companies are developing sophisticated business intelligence models, which wouldn’t be possible without intricate data storage infrastructures. The Global BPO Business Analytics Market was worth nearly $17 billion last year. This market is growing as more businesses discover the benefits of investing in big data to grow their businesses.

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Remote IT and Cybersecurity Careers for Data Scientists

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology has become critical for modern life. A growing number of data scientists are being employed in various industries to help solve many challenges. The IT and cybersecurity sectors are heavily dependent on people with an expertise in data science. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there are nearly 106,000 employed data scientists in the United States.

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90% Of Saas Buyers Overpay for AI-Driven Services

Smart Data Collective

AI is becoming a powerful disruptive technology in recent years. One poll showed that 86% of CEOs feel that AI is a mainstream technology that their companies heavily depend on. According to a recent report by SaaS purchasing platform Vertice, 90% of buyers are overpaying for their SaaS, by an average of 20-30%. Many of these buyers are enamored with the idea of using AI to improve their business models, but don’t make sure that they are getting the right value from it.

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