Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates (Harvard Vanguard) is a nonprofit multi-specialty medical group providing care to 495,000 adult and pediatric patients at more than 21 offices across eastern Massachusetts. As an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Harvard Vanguard physicians are on the staff of Boston’s academic medical centers and community hospitals. Harvard Vanguard’s 4,300 employees, in...

Bu araştırmanın amacı, iç mimarlık ve tasarım ofislerindeki işgörenlerin çalışma alanı memnuniyetini etkileyen verimlilik faktörlerini, ergonomik faktörleri de dahil ederek incelemektir. Fiziksel faktörlerin yanı sıra davranışsal etkisi araştırılmıştır. Ayrıca, memnuniyetinin demografik tanımlayıcı değişkenlere göre farklılık gösterip göstermediği belirlenmiştir. Araştırma, ofislerine bilgisaya...

Most employees contribute towards the cost of employer-sponsored insurance, despite tax laws that favor zero contributions. Contribution levels vary markedly across firms, and the average contribution (as a percentage of the premium) has increased over time. We offer a novel explanation for these facts: employers raise contribution levels to encourage their employees to obtain coverage from the...

I t is already hard to practise medicine in Canada. Patient care seems to be slipping daily. New resources are drying up, or current ones are being rolled back. Provincial governments are vilifying the medical profession. Our own representatives seem to be in disarray, as evidenced by the situation in Ontario, among other provinces, over the last couple years. The federal government now has see...

Despite its complexities, the health savings account (HSA) is a powerful and growing element of the U.S. financial landscape. In the future, employers will likely be expected to provide tax-advantaged savings programs for employees' current and future medical expenses. This article discusses investment lineup issues that must be addressed in order to optimize HSAs to help participants achieve s...

  Migraine is one of the most common chronic neurologic disorders that is prevalence among the people of working age, and causes episodic incapacity for work in some sufferers. Migraine imposes an enormous health burden and great expenses on sufferers and society. To evaluate the frequency of migraine and it's relation to some demographic factors on a sample of government employees in Kerman c...

With the move to a market economy the number of small businesses has grown substantially in most transition countries. However, cumbersome legal provisions and administrative practices and the lack of a culture of voluntary compliance often provide strong incentives to operate outside the formal economy. The paper first discusses the growth of the SME sector in the region and its impact on tax ...

Abstract This article offers a view on the emerging practice of managing external relations modern university, and role science communication in this. With representative sample research universities four countries, we seek to broaden our understanding (SC) function its niche within university. We distinguish from corporate functions examine how they distribute across organisational levels. fin...