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Home Data Abstraction / Registry Management / Consulting Direct Difference is the nation's leading health care management consulting firm. We're also the first company to specialize in the field of data abstraction and core measure for health care.... Read more www.directdifference.com

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How To Use G Suite

Gmail cheat sheet 1. Click compose to create a new email message. 2. Click a message in your inbox to read it and send a reply. 3. Organize your inbox. Read more support.google.com

Switching to Drive from Dropbox Now that you have Google Drive, here are a few tips. They'll help you begin replacing Dropbox® as your cloud-storage solution. Get Drive: drive.google.com | Android app | iOS app Show all instructions | Hide all instructions In Dropbox... In Drive... Read more support.google.com

Switching to Drive from your C:\ drive Now that you have Google Drive, here are a few tips. They'll help you begin replacing the C:\ drive on your Microsoft® Windows® computer as your storage solution. Get Drive: drive.google.com | Android app | iOS app Show all instructions | Hide... Read more support.google.com

Switching to Drive from OneDrive Now that you have Google Drive, here are a few tips. They'll help you begin replacing Microsoft® OneDrive™ as your cloud-storage solution. Get Drive: drive.google.com | Android app | iOS app Show all instructions | Hide all instructions In... Read more support.google.com

Key Habits

How To Be The Remote Employee That Proves The... The verdict's in: Your boss approved your request to work remotely full-time. Congratulations! 🎉You're no longer tied to the geographical location of your office. As someone who's been working remotely full-time for over a year, I know and... Read more blog.trello.com

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Be Competitive At Work (You'll Be A Better Team Player) It all started innocently enough. I was chatting with a fellow freelance writer about growing her portfolio and client base. After more friendly conversation, she asked if I'd be willing to make an introduction to an editor I regularly work with. ... Read more blog.trello.com

Study evaluates effect of N.Y's mandatory sepsis protocols Inpatient deaths from sepsis showed a greater decrease in New York state, which has mandatory sepsis care protocols, than in four states without those requirements at the time, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read more www.medpagetoday.com

Put Quality Improvement into Practice ​​​​On a global scale, the challenges facing health and health care can seem daunting. But every day, people all over the world are making a difference​ on a local level. Read more www.ihi.org

32 million patient records were breached in the first... The Protenus' 2019 Mid-Year Breach Barometer Report found that 60 percent of all breaches were due to hacking, including the single largest breach. In that incident, hackers targeted a medical collections agency and obtained the data of roughly... Read more www.engadget.com

Why Health Care Needs More Women and Nurse Leaders Is there still a "glass ceiling" in health care? IHI President Emerita and Senior Fellow Maureen Bisognano reflects on what has changed for women in health care since she began her career and how far there still is to go. Read more www.ihi.org

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