McKnight’s Long-term Care News– Andrew Steiner is the new administrator at Vernon Manor Health Care Center in Vernon, CT.
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Caring for the Elderly
Program Seeks to Bring Best of Nursing and Business to Long-Term Health Care Management
The Schools of Business and Nursing are forming a new collaboration to administer the highly successful Graduate Certificate Program in Long-Term Health Care Management. Continue Reading
Purdue Faces Uphill Battle to Overcome Opioid Controversy
New York’s Suit Against Purdue Pharma Could Have Major Impact
Stamford Advocate– New York City this week added a new dimension to the legal crisis facing Purdue Pharma.
The nation’s largest city is suing several pharmaceutical firms including Stamford’s Purdue, one of the most prominent of the many lawsuits that blame the company for fueling the opioid crisis.
Why are Potential Forks not Accounted into the Bitcoin Futures Price
‘A Game-Changer for MSBAPM Students’
Fun-Filled Professional Enhancement Challenges Will Highlight Student Accomplishments, Strengthen Resumes
Students in the Business Analytics and Project Management master’s degree program (MSBAPM) will have the opportunity to compete in a new professional enhancement, gamification-style challenge. Continue Reading
Professor Cohen Honored for Transportation Work
Finance and Real Estate Professor Jeffrey Cohen has received the 2017 Distinguished Member Award from the Transportation and Public Utilities Group (TPUG) of the Allied Social Sciences Associations (ASSA). The award was bestowed at the organization’s annual meeting in Philadelphia on Jan. 5. Continue Reading
Charter Sets Sights on Original Content
Stamford Advocate– The country’s second-largest cable company wants to be more than a distributor.
Charter Communications’ announcement earlier this month that it had created and filled a new senior vice president position to oversee original content points to its increasing focus on producing its own programming. Industry experts are not surprised that Charter is focusing more on production in a shifting media landscape, but some question the effectiveness of the strategy.
Does Social Media Excel When an Industry is in Crisis?
Savvy Social Media Tactics Boosted Airline Industry Following Devastating Crash
The crash of a passenger airplane is the ultimate public relations crisis for the airline industry.
But the opportunity to explore the way a distressed airline—and its competitors—handle that crisis on social media provides an outline for many different companies on the right and wrong way to address an industry emergency, said OPIM Professor Shu He. Continue Reading
FAU Study Says Some Nursing Homes Gaming the System to Improve Their Medicare Star Ratings
PR Newswire– For families faced with the difficult decision of placing a loved one in a nursing home, a government rating system is often the only source of information to determine which facilities are the best. However, a new study of nursing homes in California, the nation’s largest system, by faculty at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Connecticut, found that some nursing homes inflate their self-assessment reporting to improve their score in the Five-Star Quality Rating System employed by Medicare to help consumers.