Combined Heat and Power: A Technology Whose Time Has Come

Multicommunicating: a Practice Whose Time Has Come?

We offer the concept of multicommunicating to describe overlapping conversations, an increasingly common occurrence in the technology-enriched workplace. We define multicommunicating, distinguish it from other behaviors, and develop propositions for future research. Our work extends the literature on technology-stimulated restructuring and reveals one of the opportunities provided by lean media...

Geoengineering: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Some engineers and scientists recently have suggested that it would be prudent to consider engaging in geoengineering to mitigate global warming. Geoengineering differs from other methods for mitigating global warming because it involves a deliberate effort to affect the climate at a global scale. Although geoengineering is not a new idea, it has taken on added significance as a result of diffi...

JCHIMP – an idea whose time has come

W ith this issue, we complete Volume 6 of the Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives (JCHIMP). Volume 6 #6 is the 29th issue over the last 6 years, having published 366 manuscripts. The journal was initially conceived at the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) semi-annual meeting in Minneapolis during the Community Hospital Assembly in 2010. The f...

Gender verification: a concept whose time has come and passed?

Gender verification: a concept whose time has come and passed? Gender verification was hardly an issue at the inception of the ancient Olympic games in Greece. Competition was restricted to men, and the competitors entered the stadium unclad. No doubt existed about their gender. However, with the addition of women to Olympic competition in 1912, concerns were raised about the possibility of men...

Clinical lipidology: A subspecialty whose time has come.