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Washington Hospital Center: Electronic Medical Records Help Physicians and Boost Revenues While Saving Millions: Washington Hospital Center, the flagship teaching hospital of nonprofit MedStar Health and the largest hospital in Washington, D.C., serves more than 250,000 patients annually. Washington Hospital Center needed to provide instant access to all types of patient information for physicians, nurses, and managers at workstations throughout the hospital. Washington Hospital...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Microsoft development tools, .NET, hospital, patient, physician, Microsoft .NET Framework, development tool, workstation, database, Microsoft Corp., tool; Case studies
Washington Hospital Center: Hospital Deploys Mobile Vaccination Solution to Reach Employees Where They Work: Washington Hospital Center (WHC) is the flagship organization of Medstar Health, and the largest private teaching hospital in Washington, D.C., serving more than 200,000 patients annually. WHC is a leader in the nationwide public health effort to increase flu immunization rates and is executing a comprehensive solution to support increased...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Tablets, HEALTHCARE, Notebooks, Microsoft Corp., hospital, public health, mobile, tablet PC, tablet, patient, leader, PC; Case studies
Mobility, Residential Location, and the American Dream: The Intra-Metropolitan Geography of Minority Homeownership - Los Angeles, Chicago, and washington d.c.: This paper explicates the intra-metropolitan geography of minority homeownership. In so doing, the analysis applies individual level Census data from the Washington D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles metropolitan areas to estimate three-level nested logit models (NMNL) of household mobility, homeownership tenure, and residential location choice. The approach is unique to...; Tags: University of Southern California, mobility, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, income, analysis; White papers 2003-12-01
Terror Insurance Lures a Few: Bay Area companies are buying terrorism insurance in greater numbers than counterparts in some parts of the country - excluding hot spots such as New York City and Washington, D.C. - but sales are less than robust. In fact, industry sources say many businesses in the region have simply determined...; Tags: Corporate insurance, American City Business Journals Inc., terrorism insurance, terrorism, insurance, sales, industry; White papers
WaMu Investor Vote Favors a New Chair After Big Loss: By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington Mutual Inc (WM) shareholders voted on Tuesday to ask Chief Executive Kerry Killinger to give up his role as chairman, after the largest U.S. savings and loan was throttled by losses tied to the ...; Tags: Mortgages, Financial Planning, Financial accounting, Financial services, Washington Mutual Inc., dividend, mortgage, mortgage company, bank, convertible preferred stock, finance, job, writeoff, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., equity, acquisition, stock; News items 2008-04-15

Brent Cohen: Courting the Faithful Online: Want to evangelize your business? Brent Cohen knows how. After years as a fundraising and marketing specialist in the snake pits of Washington D.C., Cohen heard a higher calling and co-founded CircleBuilder.com, a social networking platform for faith-based communities. In this interview, Cohen talks about mixing religion and technology, shifting...; Tags: social networking, marketing, Web site, Web; Videos 2007-11-26
Appraisers Look to Pros for Real-Time Insights in Softening Markets: When real estate markets begin to soften and prices flutter downward, guess where appraisers turn to keep ahead of the market cycle? That's an important question at the moment in dozens of major markets around the country - from southern California to Florida to Washington D.C., New York and Boston....; Tags: valuation, real estate, sales; White papers 2006-01-09
Wake Up Buyers - Deals Abound: In the last few years, several markets have created an astounding amount of job growth, which is the first indicator and supporter of a robust real estate market. Economic forecasters predict that in the a period of four years, the Washington, D.C. area will create 40 percent more jobs over...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, real estate, job; White papers 2006-06-23
Bankruptcy Information: Some Basics: The federal court systems in the United States deal with all bankruptcy information and set the laws regarding the process. This does not mean that an individual has to go to Washington D.C. to file though, as each state will deal with individuals and businesses during proceedings. This may mean...; Tags: Litigation, EzineArticles.com, bankruptcy; White papers 2006-04-20
Why I Hate Broadband: '...and that's why I hate broadband!' I concluded. 'What!' shouted Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder and director of MIT's famous Media Lab (and, from 1997 to 1999, the writer before me of this column). 'How can you say that? I can't let that pass!' We were both responding to a...; Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, broadband, P2P; White papers 2001-12-13
Shaping The World Of Corporate Benefits Policy: The American Benefits Council (the Council) is recognized as the preeminent advocate of employer-sponsored benefit programs in Washington, D.C. The Council's Board of Directors provides overall direction to the staff on retirement and health policy issues. Members enjoy many opportunities to weigh in and shape Council policy initiatives by providing...; Tags: American Benefits Council, benefit; White papers 2000-09-29
How India Became a Global Force: Indian professionals, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs of Indian origin helped promote India as an outsourcing destination, according to a study conducted for the World Bank Institute in Washington, D.C., by Evalueserve, a business intelligence and research firm. While other low-cost destinations are slowly catching up with India in outsourcing, the...; Tags: International Data Group, India, outsourcing, business intelligence, venture capital; White papers 2004-12-01
Former Commerce Secretary Weighs in on Corporate Ethics, Women in Business: The article says that Sometimes we forget the difference that one person can make,” says Franklin, referring to a simple question from a female reporter covering Washington D.C., during the Nixon administration. “She stood up at a press conference and said something like, Mr. President, why out of your first...; Tags: Gender and diversity, HR Web Centre, women, president; White papers 2002-11-05
Bankruptcy in Russia: The case presented in this paper is prepared as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a business situation. Support for this case was provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Eurasia Foundation in Washington, D.C. Doing business...; Tags: Litigation, Russia, bankruptcy; White papers 2002-01-01
Hot or Cold?: Bankers remain optimistic about consumer lending, but warning signs abound. Is it time to cut back on the credit flow? This article conveys that for consumer lenders, it is a time of mixed signals. Many economic indicators were already flashing red this summer, including bankruptcy trends, credit default statistics and...; Tags: Litigation, bankruptcy, terrorist attack, cold calling; White papers 2001-12-01
Checkoff Ruled Unconstitutional: Dairy is not the first food industry to have a checkoff program challenged by producers. Although most news media have mentioned "got milk?" when reporting on the ruling, the case actually involves the dairy producer generic marketing program, not the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), notes Susan Ruland, vice president...; Tags: Stagnito Communications, food, marketing, industry; White papers
Terror-Insurance Cost May Go Up: Seattle has been ranked a second-tier terrorist target by a national property and liability risk rating agency. That means higher premiums for local property owners that either choose to pay for terrorism insurance or are required to do so by their lenders. While the city's risk of attack ranks well...; Tags: SECURITY, American City Business Journals Inc., Seattle, terrorism insurance, terrorism, agency; White papers 2003-01-24
2001 Natural Products Expo East Show Review: Members of the $32 billion natural products industry set aside their fears and became the first attendees at a major trade show ù Natural Products Expo East 2001ù to descend on Washington, D.C. since the events of September 11th. As one of the fastest-growing segments of the organic marketplace, frozen...; Tags: Retail Company, Convenience, Retail; White papers 2001-12-01
Pay for Performance in Agencies Trying It Out: The topic of pay for performance has been making news throughout the federal human resources management arena because of the plans by the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense to implement pay for performance systems as part of their human resources management reinvention initiatives. Gene Rouleau & Associates...; Tags: Human resource management (HRM), Organizational structure, Benefits, pay-for-performance, HRM, Human Resources, agency; White papers 2004-11-09
The Pentagon washington d.c.: Securing Our Nation's Defense: The Pentagon, the largest low-rise office building in the world, was constructed during World War II to serve our nation's wartime administrative needs. Renovation is being completed in phases, one "wedge" at a time, while ensuring all building systems such as; security, fire, safety, lighting, mechanical, electrical, HVAC and utilities...; Tags: Johnson Controls Inc., Pentagon, HVAC, console, training, security; Case studies