To the casual observer, it would appear that student enrollment is the lifeblood of universities, colleges and other schools of higher learning. Although a steady supply of students is necessary for schools to thrive, there is another group of individuals who collectively can make a dramatic difference in university life: the alumni. Now more than ...

Editor’s note: This blog was written by Anthony Cirillo, FACHE, a healthcare consultant and aging expert who helps CEOs connect the dots that start healthcare movements. Contact him at cirillo@4wardfast.com and learn more at www.4wardfast.com.   By now most of you have read about the ''Cheating Death'' debacle at CaroMont Health in ...

New tweet list! Boston bombing provider response; TEDMED; Epic, CommonWell and what really happened at HIMSS; and what successful people do on the weekends. Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight. FierceHealthIT In wake of Boston bombing, technology, social media enables rapid provider response http://t.co/XfRhHhSdlU John Moore May get ...

Over the past several years, the health insurance industry had been the ire of many Americans, businesses and healthcare professionals. Why? There are many reasons, but we’ll highlight the problems that are most often cited. For individuals, one of the main points of contention is the fear of being denied coverage due to a previously existing ...

In continuing with the interview series, I had the opportunity to speak with Carolyn Pinkerton, AuD, about working with a major manufacturer, private practice, audiology students, and the profession itself. Dr. Pinkerton is by title an Education and Training Audiologist for Starkey, joining the company in June 2012. She recently earned her ...

New York City's mayor Michael Bloomberg has become the latest advocate for hearing-loss prevention. Specifically, he's aiming to help teenagers and young adults understand just how badly ear buds can damage their hearing. With a $250,000 grant from the city's Fund for Public Health, the Hearing Loss Prevention Media Campaign will conduct ...

I believe our role as sleep techs is not one of just running a clean study but is also one of educating.  We tend to talk to patients when we are setting them up and in the morning. We also tread a slim line between what we can and cannot share. One of the issues I see us assisting with is the use of complimentary ...

Editor's note: This blog was written by Daniella Koren, president, DKI. For the past 12 years, my focus and interest has been relationship marketing (RM), specifically patient relationship marketing. It has been the allure around building, segmenting and leveraging a database of qualified patients, usually suffering from disease states where ...

For the next few weeks leading up to 2013, I'm going to use the blog to interview a variety of individuals in audiology, ranging from newly minted AuDs, grizzled veterans, and first year students. The purpose of the interview series is to, of course, offer fresh perspective outside of my own ramblings. The questions will be unique for each ...

Life as a 4th-year student working full-time, contending with remaining course work, preparing for an exam, maintaining a weekly blog, Lakers, being a husband, running a website, etc. (you get the idea), can be hectic and requisite of careful daily planning and time management skills. Regardless, I still try to make time to read audiology-related ...