5/11/2023· Transportation
Leaving Money on the Table, Part 1: Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Service And Brokers
By: Ned Einstein
This installment explains how the two major forms of wheelchair transportation were fragmented by oversight failures in the Johnson Administration. Not only did this fragmentation evolve into extraordinary levels of corruption, but the consolidation of these two types of programs was rarely, if ever, effected.
5/11/2023· Telecommunication
Sharp - Not Weak Or Late Enforcement Is Required Against Recalcitrant SEP Implementers
By: Keith Mallinson
Public comments on SEPs and FRAND licensing sought for the US Department of Justice’s Draft Policy Statement and the UK Intellectual Property Office’s Call for Views.
5/11/2023· Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Retail Company Successfully Integrates Change Management Into Its ERP Implementation
A large global retailer in the process of implementing SAP software wanted customized, on-site training for the company's internal resources. The company needed to implement inventory management modules while executing training and communications, but it had a lack of organizational change management experience.
3/31/2023· Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Engineering Firm Finds ERP System That Helps Standardize Global Operation
Providing engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting solutions to the global life sciences and advanced technology industries, this firm had recently undergone an internal reorganization of its business units and operations. Each region was following its own processes, and multiple systems were being used. This led to duplicate and inconsistent data.
3/30/2023· Construction
Construction Management Agency (CMa): Facts Not Fiction
By: Sanford C. Loy
A Construction Management agency (CMa) will administer these bonds for you to make sure they are written by viable and solvent bond companies who are on the government treasury list for approved bond companies.
2/20/2023· Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Professional Services Firm Develops Strategic Plan For IT Initiative And Process Improvement
This multi-billion dollar professional services company was using various, disparate software applications across its worldwide operations. Many of its core business processes were not utilized globally, and dual/triple entry was demonstrated at various sites and in various functional areas.
2/17/2023· Failure Analysis
Design Defect Failure Analysis of Water Shut Off Valve
By: Dr. Thomas Read
When this type of valve is open a rubber seal around the valve stem prevents leaking. In this case, the poly acetate stem deteriorated due to the presence of hot chlorinated water This allowed water to leak out. Over time the leak rate increased.
1/27/2023· Medical Malpractice
Defense Support - Paralysis Following An Epidural Injection
By: Joel L. Kent, MD
In this case I was asked to assist in the defense of a physician who had performed a T5/6 epidural on a patient who subsequently developed an epidural hematoma and resultant spinal cord injury with paralysis. The suit contended that the injuries sustained by the patient were the result of negligent..
1/23/2023· Professional Malpractice
Let's face it, as attorneys, the last thing that we want to deal with is a legal malpractice claim by a disgruntled former client who has gone the extra mile and sued us claiming that our conduct fell below the applicable standard of care and they were damaged as a result. If you have the misfortune of facing a legal malpractice claim that could conceivably be brought in either jurisdiction, the odds are that California is the more favorable venue.
12/14/2022· Psychiatry
Criteria For Diagnosing DSM-III Borderline Personality Disorders
By: Dr. James Reich
One hundred fifty-nine psychiatric outpatients were examined to determine which of the DSM-III Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) criteria were most valid in terms of sensitivity, specificity, predictive power positive, and predictive power negative. Combinations of two criteria predicted
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