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Are you ready for disaster? Not to be overly gloomy, but disaster planning should be high on your list of priorities followed closely by review and testing of the plan. Among the categories any disaster plan should address are personnel, records, and assets.   It comes as no surprise that one of the foremost concerns […]

When Detroit, once one of America’s largest cities and industrial engines, files for bankruptcy to resolve its fiscal woes, it gets people talking. And now, a brighter spotlight has been placed on the fiscal challenges facing local communities around the nation and here in New York.   Many are asking if Detroit’s fiscal situation and

We all may have read blogs, self-help articles, or books that address the topic, “Can you have it all?” Today, I share with you a question-and-answer session with a businesswoman who can answer that question affirmatively through her actions.   Meet Lisa Conway, director of marketing at Pioneer Warehousing & Distribution, LLC in the town

This column is about health care. Specifically, it tries to shed some light on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare.” This landmark legislation is, in large measure, designed to achieve health-care equality for all Americans, particularly the 50 million of us who are currently uninsured. Uninsured Americans include the unemployed, part-time employees,

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) created the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), a nonprofit corporation which will, according to regulations, “assist patients, clinicians, purchasers, and policy-makers in making informed health decisions by advancing the quality and relevance of evidence-based medicine through the synthesis and dissemination of comparative clinical effectiveness research findings.”

It’s a safe bet that being director of facilities for the entire Menorah Park campus requires a whole lot of energy. Russ Martin, director of buildings and grounds, at Menorah Park will need it to execute his ambitious plan to save a lot of energy. Comprising the Jewish Health & Rehabilitation Center, a 132-bed nursing

“The times they are a-changin’.”  — Bob Dylan   Almost all baby boomers remember the song Dylan wrote and performed regarding change. Little did we know that our generation would, in fact, experience the most rapid change that has occurred in any generation in recorded history.   While the world has become a global village

While employers in New York state are bracing themselves for the expected impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on health-insurance premiums in January, the long-range theory behind the act is that the costs will eventually stabilize over time. This stabilization in employer premiums can be expedited if hospital emergency rooms (ERs), which will be