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Organizational Health Care with N2Growth: When was your Last Check-up?

N2Growth Blog

IT’S TIME TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR ORGANIZATION’S HEALTH! Schedule an appointment with your organization’s health care provider (you do have one right?) to discuss what operational screenings and organizational development exams you need and when you need them. Your operations deserve a longer, healthier life.

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What Space Exploration and Health Care Can Teach You About Navigating Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

Space exploration and health care have cornered the market in this level of preparation. From the takeoff and landing of a space shuttle to managing uncontrollable bleeding in the operating room, there are vital lessons to be learned from these industries and adapted into others.

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Why Better Planning Can Save Millions Of Dollars In Operating Rooms

The Horizons Tracker

The tremendous importance of the work that is undertaken in hospital operating rooms would perhaps lend one to think the work is optimized to within an inch of its life. However, with increasing pressure on health care organizations, they are trying to find ways to jointly increase quality and reduce costs.”. Unplanned costs.

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Helping New Employees Into Healthcare

The Horizons Tracker

The program, operated by Inspira in partnership with the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, aims to provide job seekers with employability skills and practical work experience. The program guarantees a job interview for a Health Care Assistant position at the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust upon completion.

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Rising Visa Fees Makes UK Less Attractive To Transnational Workers

The Horizons Tracker

Workers who operate across borders face a wide range of complexities, from different regulations to visa regimes that often make life unnecessarily complex. Industries like health care could suffer more from labor shortages, affecting services.”

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Managing Change in Health Care

Coaching Tip

For example, many hospitals are now engaged in making changes to improve their performance and the quality of care they provide. One approach has been to empower any member of the surgical team to call a halt to the operation so the team can reassess how the procedure has been handled and to point out deficiencies.

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Boards Remain Pale, Male and Stale — Old Boys’ Club Alive And Well

N2Growth Blog

With all the news about the economy, the impact of the affordable health care act, and other media favorites, few things are as telling with regard to the state of Corporate America than the lack of diversity in the boardroom. As rapidly as times change and business evolves, one topic clearly hasn’t kept pace – board diversity.