Editorial: Waste not unwanted COVID-19 vaccine
Record-Eagle, June 9, 2021
Public health officials warned us — when it comes to getting a COVID-19 vaccine, it’ll be famine or feast.
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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.
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Diversity alone won’t get the votes for funding public education. It takes communities that are more integrated and connected, where residents have a sense of shared stake.
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‘Like a weight off my shoulders’: Low COVID case numbers bring optimism, change
Channel 3000, June 8, 2021
MADISON, Wis. – Low COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations have Rock County Epidemiologist Nick Zupan’s spirits high.
Path to the NFL
Observer Today, June 5, 2021
Gowanda native and 2012 graduate Zach Steever took a winding road to get to where he’s recently gotten. Following his graduation from Gowanda High School, he attended the University at Buffalo to pursue a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering. Steever translated that degree, followed by a master’s in operations research into a job with the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League.
Do Customer Loyalty Programs Really Help Sellers Make Money?
Eurasia Review, June 9, 2021
Customer loyalty programs have been around for decades and are used to help businesses, marketers and sellers build a sustainable relationship with their customers. But do they work? A recent study sought to find out and researchers learned that while yes, customer loyalty programs do work, perhaps not in ways most may assume.
Michigan bet big on mass vaccine events for COVID-19. It didn’t work out as hoped.
USA Today, June 9, 2021
Michigan and Minnesota both had ample opportunities to push out vaccines through professional health care settings and into the arms of patients. They have essentially the same numbers of hospitals, rural clinics and doctors per capita.
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