Seven ways with wastage

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...

Seven Ways of Misunderstanding Interactive Art

In terms of its visibility in the mass media or in the art world, it may, indeed, seem to be a newcomer. Its "coming out" has coincided with the vogue for concepts such as "interactive media" and "interactive games", which have become (already inflated) buzz-words since the turn of the decade. However, interactive technology was discussed and developed much earlier in the research and developme...

Seven ways to reduce waste and accelerate software delivery

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 ways to plagiarize: handling real allegations of research misconduct.

As the research integrity officer at my university for two years, I handled eight allegations of plagiarism. These eight cases show that initial appearances can be mistaken, that policies for handling allegations of research misconduct cannot cover every contingency, and that many cases can be resolved collegially without resort to formal procedures.