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WHE17: The Cost of Medical Errors: Educating Employees about Patient Safety | with Leah Binder from The Leapfrog Group

Engaging Leader

Many hospitals have much worse rates of infections and medical errors that have a serious effect on employers and their employees, both in terms of financial cost as well as human lives. You probably know about this unfortunate fact of life in health care, but do your employees? How […] All hospitals are not the same!

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Employee Turnover – The Hidden Cost

Chart Your Course

What is employee turnover costing you? You have to watch your competitors and seek to always adapt to changes in the market, and innovate for solutions. A successful business is always looking for ways to cut costs and increase revenues, so they can grow their profits. According to the U.S. million nationwide) has risen from 1.8

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Rising Visa Fees Makes UK Less Attractive To Transnational Workers

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers highlight the recent rise in visa costs in the UK and argue that this could further damage an already fragile economy. Industries like health care could suffer more from labor shortages, affecting services.” ”

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How to Win in Africa

Leading Blog

This young continent, with a median age of around twenty, is an eager adopter and innovator in all things digital and mobile.” billion-person market in the midst of an historic economic acceleration, it has a huge unfulfilled demand, making it ripe for entrepreneurship and innovation at scale. And technology?

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World Innovation Forum - Clay Christensen

CEO Blog

Today I am blogging live at World Innovation Forum (#WIF11). Attending and listening to speakers helps plant the seeds of innovation in my mind. Of course he spoke about disruptive innovation. The example he used was the steel business where the big steel mills were attacked at the bottom by low cost minimills.

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The Potential For Human Augmentation

The Horizons Tracker

But, we need to be careful—they could also be used to control people. A bunch of things stop these technologies from catching on, like not knowing about them, cost, and work always changing. Some jobs, like in making things or health care, can use these tech tools now. It can cost a lot, especially for small businesses.

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Fringe Benefits: What Are They and How Are They Helpful

HR Digest

Some benefits are awarded to compensate employees for costs related to their work while others are geared to general job satisfaction. Some of the mandatory fringe benefits that employers are required to provide: Health insurance The health care plans cover visits to primary care physicians, specialist doctors, and emergency care.

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