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Seven ways to increase power without increasing N.

Many readers of this monograph may wonder why a chapter on statistical power was included. After all, by now the issue of statistical power is in many respects mundane. Everyone knows that statistical power is a central research consideration, and certainly most National Institute on Drug Abuse grantees or prospective grantees understand the importance of including a power analysis in research ...

Seven ways to streamline radiology.

When it comes to reimbursement for imaging services, Charlie Owens, PACS administrator at the Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center, sings a refrain that has become an industry norm: it’s going down, down, down. “Rates have really fallen in the last five years,” he sighs. “If you’re in a competitive area, payers put the squeeze on you.” By way of example, he cites reimbursement...

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Seven Ways to Boost Order Accuracy to Near-Perfect Levels

For Today's Logistics Manager, It's a Jungle out There! Customer-mandated programs with a wide variety of names (JIT, Quick Response, Vendor Managed Inventory, etc.) all share common requirements such as compliance labeling and shrinking order-cycle times. Internal demands to reduce inventory levels coupled with an ever-increasing number of stock keeping units (SKUs) makes the job even more dif...

Seven Secret Tips to Build Intelligent Enterprise Architectures

An article in the Fall 2006 issue of INCOSE Insight about the 2007 INCOSE International Symposium [Insight, 2006] cited four behaviors needed for an enterprise to exhibit intelligence: (1) It measures both the value of results to stakeholders and the conformance of results to principles of systems and society; (2) It maintains precise awareness of the enterprise situation with respect to goals;...