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Robots for Health Care from Toyota

Curious Cat

This increases the need for health care and for assistance with everyday tasks from the elderly. Japan is also among the leading countries for developing robots for health care and living assistance. For example Toyota started as a loom company and is now known as a car company. image of the Toyota Welwalk system.

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Decades Later The USA Health Care System is Still a Deadly Disease for Our Economy

Curious Cat

One of those was excessive health care costs. This specific example also highlights what I classified as a new deadly disease in 2007 – the broken patent and trademark system. Health care is extremely expensive everywhere. Decades ago W. Edwards Deming named 7 deadly diseases of western management.

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Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick

The Recovering Engineer

In that post, I listed a number of things common to the political process that are terrible examples of how to behave when you are really trying to solve a problem or resolve a conflict. As I look at the health care reform debate, I see a number of these behaviors in the way the discussion(s) is (are) proceeding.

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Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick

The Recovering Engineer

In that post, I listed a number of things common to the political process that are terrible examples of how to behave when you are really trying to solve a problem or resolve a conflict. As I look at the health care reform debate, I see a number of these behaviors in the way the discussion(s) is (are) proceeding.

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Think Outside the Building

Leading Blog

For example, “health is equated with hospitals, education with schoolhouses, news with newspapers, spirituality with the church, a city with city hall.” Health might be a function of nutritious food, clean air, or stress-free work. Castles are monuments to the past and to past thinking, museums of preservation.”

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How to Care for Your Employees’ Mental Health

Lead from Within

Provide (or advocate for) mental health resources at your company. Do everything in your power—ideally through your employee health care plan—to provide accessible, affordable mental health services such as counseling, therapy, and treatment for addiction. Create a virtual support system. Lead by example.

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Key Factors to Consider When Choosing Vision and Dental Plans for Small Businesses

Strategy Driven

By offering these benefits, you affirm your company’s dedication to employee health , which can significantly enhance morale and loyalty. Moreover, evidence suggests that employees with access to comprehensive health care are less likely to leave their jobs, thus directly impacting talent retention rates positively.