Adding to the personally configurable filters and labels, Google is making “Smart Labels” available to users of gmail, announcing the new capatility on their blog March 9th. Without the need for user configuration, the smart labels will direct incoming mail to the Bulk mail folder for mass mailings. Group mailing list messages will be sent […]
Positive nurse–physician communication doesn’t just improve the work environment; it’s also very critical to patient health care. Poor communication between nurses and physicians is the number-one cause for hospital errors, and many of these errors have fatal results. The following communication tips are provided by Bartholomew and Lolma Olson, MA, president and founder of Sage […]
Cisco has released a report built from data gathered from its RMS and IPS products at enterprise clients, with some surprising results regarding the age of the threats detected: The greatest activity from a botnet was the Rostock botnet, first seen in 2006. Conficker, MyDoom, Nachi and Slammer worms are still active, despite defensive measures […]
Though it’s already the beginning of March, it’s never too late to accomplish a goal or check items off your bucket list! But while most resolutions are personal in nature, let’s not forget to include our professional improvement into the mix. Below are some tips from Nurse Connect to help nurses balance their career, work, […]
IT research firm Gartner has released the results of an international survey taken last year indicating nearly half of the companies polled have implemented OSS (Open Source Software) in their organization. 22% indicated company-wide adoption of open source software and 46% used open source in specific departments or for individual projects. Only a third of […]
More hospitals and medical businesses in many states are adopting strict policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job applicants because they want to “increase worker productivity, reduce health care costs and encourage healthier living”. The new rules essentially treat cigarettes like an illegal narcotic. Applications now explicitly warn of “tobacco-free hiring”, job […]
New PCs from the large OEMs often are shipped with trial versions of applications not needed or desired by the purchaser. PCDecrapifier is a tool to allow users of new machines to easily remove the unnecessary (and potentially harmful) software, with the ability to choose to retain some, if desired. As it runs one time, […]