MEASURING TIME SPENT IN VALUE-ADDING WORKSPACES USING SMARTWATCHES

Adding Value to the Meat of Spent Laying Hens Manufacturing Sausages with a Healthy Appeal

The aim of this study was to evaluate the viability of the use of spent laying hens’ meat in the manufacturing of mortadella-type sausages with healthy appeal by using vegetable oil instead of animal fat. 120 Hy-line layer hens were distributed in a completely randomized design into two treatments of six replicates with ten birds each. The treatments were birds from light Hy-line W36 and semi-h...

Measuring radiology's value in time saved.

Because radiology has historically not measured its added value to patient care and thus not communicated it in easily understood terms to all stakeholders, the specialty must correct this to prepare for the eventual transition from the current fee-for-service payment schedule to new value-based reimbursement systems. Given the increasing risk for marginalization, radiologists need to engage cl...

Adding Value in Construction Design Management by using Simulation Approach

Adding value to relative-value units.

R units (RVUs) were developed in 1988 as a method of accounting for physicians’ work effort and hospital or clinic expenses. Because RVUs provided a uniform, formulaic metric for myriad clinical services, they quickly became the prevailing method for setting feefor-service payments for Medicare and private insurance. However, the dominance of the fee-forservice model has created strong structur...

Detecting Eating and Smoking Behaviors Using Smartwatches

Inertial sensors embedded in commercial smartwatches and fitness bands have the potential to greatly enhance our ability to monitor human behavior. This is because humans perform a variety of daily activities that impacts their health, and many of these activities involve use of hands and have some characteristic hand gesture associated with it. For example, activities like eating food or smoki...