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• Second-generation antipsychotics for schizophrenia: can we resolve the conflict?

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 145
  Second-generation antipsychotics for schizophrenia: can we resolve the conflict? Psychological Medicine (2009), 39 : 1591-1602 S. Leucht, W. Kissling and J. M. Davis Abstract: The initial enthusiasm about the second-generation or atypical antipsychotic drugs soon changed into criticism and debate, ...
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• A Coaching Conversation

  
  People at Work & Play — Authority: 107
  How many times have you come out of a conversation - particularly with an employee- feeling that it didn’t quite go the way you would liked it to? Perhaps you were too abrupt. Perhaps what you had to say did not have the necessary impact on the employee.  Let me share a couple of examples: ” I gave him all ...
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• Comprehensive Obesity Registry , A First for Bariatric Research

  
  Press About — Authority: 160
  RemedyMD’s solution addresses Institute of Medicine’s top 100 priorities and shifts focus towards research based on more comprehensive scientific evidenceSALT LAKE CITY – November 19, 2009 — RemedyMD, the leading provider of Disease Registry Softwares, today announced the first nationwide Comprehensive Obesity ...
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• Assessing Health Sector Support in Africa– EU Court of Auditors Only Partly Satisfied

  
  PFM Blog — Authority: 120
  Posted by Duncan Last. The 2008 Court of Audit assessment of the European Commissions (EC) health sector support to Sub-Saharan Africa raises some important issues in its recommendations, for the broader development community to consider, and, more importantly, beneficiary countries...
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• Peter Drucker on Leadership

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  What did Peter Drucker, the Father of Modern Management, have to say about leadership? Because Drucker believed that management was itself an important and noble endeavor, he did not, throughout most of his career, focus much on leadership. Having fled Nazi Germany soon after Hitlers rise to power, Peter Druckers ...
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• Conditions to prioritize for comparative effectiveness research

  
  Cataract Outsourcing — Authority: 145
  Although heart disease, diabetes, and obesity were ranked as the top three priorities for comparative-effectiveness research, Bruce Nash, MD, chief medical officer for CDPHP, based in Albany, N.Y., says there is a great need for research, based on the lack of compelling data to drive clinical practice for better ...
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• OEE Productivity

  
  Interesting Articles — Authority: 148
  OEE enables the measuring of the overall efficiency of a production line or that of a whole factory. OEE makes a worthwhile improvement towards the productivity of a manufacturing unit.  Deployment of software systems can benefits the OEE score by more than 10% in as little as the first year.  It has been ...
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• Who Creates Jobs?

  
  PSD Blog - The World Bank Group — Authority: 498
  Editors note: Dorsati Madani is a Senior Economist at the World Banks Strategy and Analysis Unit (CICSA) of the Investment Climate Advisory There is widespread perception that small businesses are the primary creators of jobs in most countries. A presentation from the World Banks recent Conference on ...
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• What’s Best for Our Breasts?

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 511
  OK, I’m jumping into this controversy about screening for breast cancer (mammograms, self exams, and the under- versus over-50 issue) a week late, but not because I haven’t been following the stories.  It’s kind of hard to know how to talk about one’s breasts when one has the perspectives of both an economist ...
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• No Free Speech for Comparative Effectiveness Researchers?

  
  Health Care Renewal — Authority: 537
  We have repeatedly argued why comparative effectiveness research, under ideal circumstances, would be a good idea.  As I said before : Physicians spend a lot of time trying to figure out the best treatments for particular patients problems. Doing so is often hard. In many situations, there are many plausible ...
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• Skin Health Secrets: How to Apply Skin Care Products

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  It is pretty well known that different people get different results with the same skin care products. This can be caused by variations in body chemistry, but more often than not it?s because everyone applies skin care products differently.Of course, if a particular product doesn?t give you the results you expect, it ...
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• Introducting Jim Chalex

  
  Blackboard Blogs — Authority: 117
  As we kick off this new Assessment topic on the BlackboardBlog I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself. My name is JimChalex; I’m the product manager for Blackboard Learn for Outcomes Assessment. Ipreviously worked at ANGEL Learning as a product manager where I wasresponsible for the assessment-related ...
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• Stop Targeting Women

  
  Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority: 126
  The following post represents my personal opinion and not that of any groups or organizations with which I am affiliated. Okay, it’s enough already! Why is it that women are always the target? First it’s abortions, then mammograms, pap smears following closely, behind and now cosmetic surgery (although that’s ...
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• Comparative effectiveness looks like a real game-changer

  
  News — Authority: 127
  Theres a reason why we picked Dr. Carolyn Clancy among our "Fierce Women to Watch in Health IT" two weeks ago. The director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is a key figure in the federal comparative-effectiveness research program thats getting a $1.1 billion funding increase from the American ...
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• Top technology trends for payers

  
  News — Authority: 127
  Health insurers will be keeping close watch on genetic testing and electronic medical records in 2010, according to the first of a planned annual series of reports from research organization ECRI Institute. Rounding out the top seven technology trends that payers should pay attention to in the new year are: Premium CT ...
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• Healthcare “Reform” is Greek Tragedy

  
  Medical Malprocess — Authority: 115
  There is great pressure to pass a healthcare Bill, even one as flawed as HR 3962. The new Administration has expended great political capital to do so. The public was promised healthcare reform and expects it. Everyone ‘knows’ how sick healthcare is in the USA and it is true: healthcare is indeed highly ...
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• Editorial: Outcomes matter

  
  Teach Effectively! — Authority: 115
  An editorial in the Des Moines (IA, US) Register makes the case that students’ learning outcomes should be employed in the evaluation of teachers’ effectiveness. The focus of the editorial is (of course) local to the state of Iowa, but the implications are relevant for many other geographic regions and ...
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• Modern Day Hero – Karen Armstrong – Let’s Revive the Golden Rule

  
  Leadership, Teams and Project Management — Authority: 104
  K aren Armstrong has dedicated the remaining years of her life to spreading one  simple idea.  This “golden rule” 1 transcends race, culture, social standing and religion.  It can be applied by you, by me, by anyone.  It requires little time and even less money.  All that’s needed is (1) knowledge of what ...
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• funny business

  
  fighting the trillion dollar bonfire — Authority: 112
  Picture credit: the Devils guide to iT It’s no great secret that humour often helps when you want to make a serious point. There are many great examples of how well-chosen humour oils the wheels of business. But a word of caution, before you dive head-first into your stand-up comedy routine during an ...
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• Direct mail moving online but still needs refining

  
  e-clipsblog — Authority: 125
  Despite postal strikes, technological advancements, environmental concerns and the recession, direct mail has retained its appeal to executives and marketers alike. This is supported by Marketing Week ’s recent survey that revealed direct mail continues to have the ear of the board.
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