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In most emergency departments, beds are a hot commodity. But some patients don’t actually need a bed for their treatment – and accurately identifying those people is a low-lift but effective way to increase efficiency without sacrificing care quality, finds a study recently published in the journal Management Science.

The researchers developed a simple decision tree, informed by mathematical and machine learning models, to help staff decide whether a patient truly needs a bed or can be routed to a “vertical processing pathway” – that is, an area where they can be treated sitting up. Many hospitals already have such an area but don’t necessarily have a systematic way to decide which patients are treated there.

American teenagers start their school day too early.

Medical experts have been clear for years: sleep cycle changes during puberty make it hard for teenagers to learn in the early morning. Later school start times have been linked to better sleep, improved mental health, stronger academic performance and even safer driving.

Most school district leaders know about this problem and care about fixing it. But changing the schedule can feel operationally impossible.

President Trump recently signed Executive Order 14415, “Securing America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials”, which states that “the United States must secure its supply chains against physical, cyber, and economic subversion”, and that finished equipment and “the critical materials and components necessary to manufacture, maintain, sustain, and repair that equipment, are sourced domestically or from allied nations.” Among other provisions, the Executive Order states that the Department of War will, with the help of the defense industrial base, engage in supply chain mapping and illumination that will “map national security vulnerabilities as they relate to the sourcing of key raw materials or other links in the supply chain, using any tools and technologies to include artificial intelligence to assist in doing so.”

With another sweltering summer pushing office thermostats to their limits, a new workplace debate is heating up: Should employees be allowed to wear shorts to work? Instagram's boss, Adam Mosseri, recently weighed in that he doesn't see the problem.

"I'm pro. But not everyone can pull them off, and not all shorts are created equal," Mosseri said on a recent episode of the Throwing Fits podcast. "I'm definitely a pro. When it hits, it hits. But, when it misses…"

While Silicon Valley has always been known for its more casual workplace culture—with some startups even encouraging people to forgo shoes—Mosseri's comments come as employers continue to wrestle with evolving workplace expectations, particularly among younger workers who increasingly view self-expression as compatible with professionalism. 

While not exclusively an AI certification, the Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) credential from INFORMS (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) is absolutely critical for anyone looking to lead or manage AI initiatives. Why? Because AI, at its core, is about leveraging data to make better decisions. CAP certifies your ability to frame business and analytics problems, manage data, build models, deploy and maintain models, and communicate results effectively. It’s about the full lifecycle of an analytics project, of which AI is a significant component.