... projects and databases online Broadband allows the use of richly detailed audio and video files on such sites – allowing depth of detail in pronunciation and in facial and other physical movements associated ... back sides of mountains in Afghanistan and the behavior of entrepreneurs in Africa.” Adrian Schofield, head of research for ForgeAhead, an information and communications consulting firm, and a ... were amassed The early 1990s predictions are available ina searchable database online at the site Imagining the Internet: A History and Forecast and they are also the basis for a book by Anderson...
... ona specific area of operation, or as an external independent opinion on internal public relations activities Certain larger agencies and consultancies may also offer this service Advantages of ... graphics, charts, drawings line drawings, cartoons or any original illustrations) it must be camera ready (see page 36) Normally, finished drawings or paintings are acceptable, but cartoons ... organization, it may not always work office hours A consultancy may therefore only be able to offer a partial service, depending on the terms of its contract A consultancy may not, initially at...
... special clearance, permission or a fee may be payable to use certain locations, such as a garden, an interior, the front ofa building, or a building site Weather watching On the day, a weather ... of any available still material, plus a bit of location work and a reasonable voice over, the cost can be kept toa reasonable level What, then, can be described as reasonable? A rule of ... in the contract (see Appendix 3) Fair dealing This covers the reuse of material for reporting and maintains that if a picture is essentially a straight copy ofall or part of the original work,...
... Bookings are taken in advance, normally six months toa year ahead, depending on the event Trade fairs are often booked a year or more in advance Early booking should ensure that you get a stand ... of booking space If it isnt, insist on getting one soonest The manual should contain a wealth of detailed information It tells you what you can and cannot on the stand, and what additional services ... week and can last up to six days Accommodation Conferences are usually residential and often require a considerable amount of accommodation for delegates This should be borne in mind when deciding...
... issues being raised In addition, because many businesses now carry pages with a large amount of information instantly available to anyone who taps into it, security of information has become a major ... skeleton, for the management ofa crisis situation Assess Look at your organization as objectively as possible Try and imagine a situation that could arise: a major explosion ina factory, an outbreak ... relations – a practical guide Opportunities for coverage using television News bulletins National and regional Magazine programmes Regular features Open to material that is both topical and of interest...
... with an increasing demand for information, the questioning of decision making and the increasingly voracious appetite for more and more detail about everything that happens, all demonstrate clearly ... similar toa military intelligence-gathering operation, in that it draws onavarietyof sources of raw information and material from which certain conclusions are then made However, it may also ... of both large and small companies or locations Using ISDN ISDN will allow you to send and receive any amount of information inavarietyof forms, such as voice, data, images and videos It can...
... a contract: an offer; an acceptance; a consideration NB A one-sided bargain, such as a gift, is not a contract The offer For an offer to be made there needs to be a definite intention to create ... to information concerning the financial status of the company concerned Statutory and regulatory provisions place strict conditions on the conduct of financial communications and on trading in ... article and forbade its publication Result a High Court Injunction was obtained, seizing and destroying all copies of the publication containing the said article and all printing material concerned,...
... appropriate circumstances, to protection against unfair dismissal, to be a member ofa trade union and engage in union activities, and the right to protection against an employers insolvency Contracts ... other details of relevant financial information This will be helpful to any decision making Any detailed breakdowns should be given in an appendix to the report Conclusion 6.1 A summary of the action ... independent contractors during the course of their employment and has a lesser standard of care towards the contractor with regard to health and safety, both under common law and statute law Economic...
... backing is vital Have a good one for background information Keep it small key people only Important to maintain it Be prompt It shows you are a responsible, caring organization Useful and can ... save time Can give you more aggravation than the nationals Dont forget them Good relations are vital Sufficient staffing to handle the crisis Everyone must have the same information at the same ... new go off the record to the press l Compensation not reveal details of any compensation to the media For insurance claims take advertising space in newspapers l Crank calls and letters...
... of America’s AMCs have an integrated structure, information can be gleaned from comparing structure and “success” in the academic and clinical arenas that strongly demonstrates the value of integration ... leaders of major U.S pharmaceutical and device companies and AMC-related businesses Healthcare consultants and, in particular, Dr Andrew Epstein of the Bard Group (Boston) provided additional ... purchases of both practices and hospitals were funded in large part by hospital margins and took place at a time of an “arms race” in Pennsylvania: The Allegheny Health System was purchasing a large...
... experts in healthcare management to assist in developing a strategic plan for integration in order to avoid internal politics Include All Stakeholders in the Process of Integration All stakeholders ... Schmidt, and Ann Landers, and a panel of consultants as well as the senatorial leadership of Senator Ralph Yarborough [6] In order to develop the financial and organizational structure for the new cancer ... procedures and not noninvasive physicians, the formation of laterally integrated centers may actually limit a patient’s options and provide a lower standard of care Examples of Integration across Clinical...
... what I’d call more of an academic deanship to more of what I’d call a marketplace CEO” [3] The majority of respondents also noted that a major impediment to surviving both as a dean and as a ... job of the department chair became increasingly administrative and far more intricate Because departmental practice plans remained independent, the chairs of the large departments had considerable ... second element of leadership is referred to as “creating space to build leadership.” This part emphasizes the need of an AMC leader to be an administrator a manager as well as a leader Leaders must...
... relationships provided a ready opportunity to link industry and academia in order to facilitate the translation of novel findings at the research bench or in the clinic to the actualization of new ... the ability of an academic thought leader to earn additional revenue, albeit modest, from speaking engagements will make an academic career even less appealing Dr Robert J Alpern, dean of the Yale ... out among panels of academic thought leaders that demonstrated that [29] 87% of guideline authors had some form of interaction with the pharmaceutical industry; 58% of guideline authors had received...
... that America is training enough physicians to care for the increasing U.S population, the aging of the population, and the increasing burden of disease In addition, AMCs must encourage students ... that AMCs can meet their primary goal of training a group of students and trainees who can provide outstanding patient care regardless of the population that they serve Create a National Task ... populations and a postbaccalaureate program would be developed to give applicants from target populations additional preparation before applying to medical school [40] The Florida law mandated that...
... Each has a different organizational structure and has both disadvantages and advantages; however, defining the category into which an individual managed care plan falls is often difficult As of ... subspecialty training being financed at a 50% rate The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (PL 103-66) eliminated payment increases to account for inflation in fiscal years 1994 and 1995 inall ... have a major impact on the finances of AMCs “Virtually all new healthcare bond issues have been postponed,” investors have lost confidence in bonds regardless of their insurance profile, and AMCs...
... University in China, a strategic alliance with India’s largest private hospital group, hospital affiliations in Ireland and Panama, and an academic division in Singapore However, the management contract ... global economy Development of Regional Collaborations in Clinical Care To date, regional collaborations in care and regional rationalization of services have come about when AMCs have purchased ... that some alliances had failed because ofa failure to address the interplay of specific factors, including environmental and organizational characteristics, alliance formation features, and attributes...
... gained a surgical residency program The alliance has led to expansion ofall educational programs, growth in research and research funding, the awarding ofa clinical and translational science award ... medicine Begun in 1876 to “consider all matters relating to reform in medical college work,” the AAMC has a Washington location but has not demonstrated itself to be an active force in lobbying Congress ... mechanism regarding the financial health of an individual AMC Although AMCs provide some financial information in self-disclosures to the AAMC, these data can only be queried in the aggregate and investigators...
... documenting the ability to deliver outstanding clinical care, developing a rational system for allocating funds, creating a national financial data bank that is available to investigators to facilitate ... an integrated structure, a research enterprise, an educational mission focused on training today’s and tomorrow’s physicians, and a business-like approach to finance and administration Some of ... change decades-old paradigms is never easy Thus, AMC leaders should call on the expertise of professionals in the areas of business, economics, and healthcare finance and change strategies to...
... ina life-cycle model, National Bank of Poland, mimeo Saunders, A. , Schumacher, L., 2000 The determinants of bank interest rate margins: An international study Journal of International Money and ... expectation operator conditional on information available at the beginning of period The life of individuals consists of two parts.1 During initial J1 years they participate in the labor market ... ) An increase of the spread a ects the economy in the following way A decrease of the deposit rate deter individuals from savings The aggregate value of deposits, and hence capital, is falling,...
... for transmission ofa recombinant virus, ina hypothetical in vivo situation, from one rodent to another If transmission is performed ina samplinglike fashion – and this seems to be the case for ... presence of TULV S RNA on passages, RT-PCR was performed with primers VF738 (5'GCCTGAAAAGATTGAGGAGTTCC3'; nt 738–760) and VR855 (5'TTCACGTCCTAAAAGGTAAGCATCA3'; nt 831–855) To monitor the presence of ... Tula hantavirus evolution: analysis of genetic lineages from Slovakia J Virol 1999, 73:667-675 Plyusnin A, Kukkonen SKJ, Plyusnina A, Vapalahti O, Vaheri A: Transfection-Mediated Generation of Functionally...