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How Scientific Communication Can Spread Misinformation

The Horizons Tracker

Nonetheless, misinformation remains a risk, and the authors argue that a crucial strategy for overcoming it is to better teach the public about what science is and is not. It is not without costs, however, as the peer-review process is usually removed in the rush to print.

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Pre-Print Studies Not Labelled As Such During Covid

The Horizons Tracker

The normal publishing process would not allow sufficient expediency to this process, so many papers have been published as preprint research that has not been peer-reviewed. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a deluge of papers published by researchers around the world who are striving to understand and document the situation.

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The Under-Representation Of Women As First Authors

The Horizons Tracker

The representation of female authors on syllabi was lower than representation of females as authors in the peer-reviewed literature or in the workforce. This was then reflected in the readings on each course, with female instructors assigning a higher percentage of readings with female-first authors.

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Dr. Tasha Eurich on Unleashing Potential through Self-Awareness

HR Digest

Tasha delves into the evolving perception of leadership, the critical role of self-awareness in navigating change, and strategies for leaders in multicultural environments. Diversify your sources : Innovation thrives no cross-pollination. To do that, leaders should worry less about knowing all, and more about knowing themselves.”

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Is Employee Engagement Just a Reflection of Personality?

Harvard Business Review

Ignoring this point isn’t an effective strategy for good leadership, and would cause you to leave valuable performance drivers out of your decision making. Many innovators also have problems with authority and a predisposition to challenge the status quo.

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Simple Digital Technologies Can Reduce Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

Innovating for Value in Health Care. Digital therapeutics are being increasingly validated in clinical trials published in peer-reviewed medical journals and are available or are being developed for most chronic diseases. An Adoption Strategy. Decide how you will evaluate the success of your digital therapeutics strategy.

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How Physicians Can Keep Up with the Knowledge Explosion in Medicine

Harvard Business Review

This frees up the lawyers to work directly with clients to understand their specific needs and design and execute the overall legal strategy. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Another strategy is to translate consensus clinical guidelines to standardized practice protocols with clinical decision support algorithms (e.g.