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Announcing the results of the 2026 INFORMS Board of Directors election and the new board for 2027.

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INFORMS has named 12 distinguished leaders as the 2026 class of INFORMS Fellows, one of the highest honors in the profession.

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Most medical devices do not hit the market through rigorous safety testing but by being deemed similar enough to something already approved—the “predicate” device through a mechanism known as the FDA’s 510(k) pathway. But similar is not a synonym for safe. While the assumption may be that substantial equivalence is a reasonable stand-in for a safety review, a share of devices cleared with this method still get recalled, and the FDA spends valuable time reviewing devices the same way, regardless of how risky it is on paper.

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New Research Shows What Can Happen with Patients in ‘Off-Service’ Hospital Beds

New Research Shows What Can Happen with Patients in ‘Off-Service’ Hospital Beds

News Release, August 15, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, August 15, 2019 – If you end up needing to go to the hospital, often times you’re hoping to get a bed without having to wait hours, but a new study shows you may want to wait a little longer, so that you are placed in the best ward for your needs. New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science shows that among patients admitted to the hospital, 19.6% are placed in beds in a ward outside the area of care they require. These patients who are placed ‘off service’ end up experiencing a 23% longer hospital stay and a higher chance of being readmitted within a month.

Data on Management Science Described by Researchers at Boston University (Has Section 404 of the Sarbanes-oxley Act Discouraged Corporate Investmen...

Data on Management Science Described by Researchers at Boston University (Has Section 404 of the Sarbanes-oxley Act Discouraged Corporate Investment? New Evidence From a Natural Experiment)

AdvisorNews, August 14, 2019

According to news reporting from Boston, United States, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Prior studies conclude that an unintended consequence of firms complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is lower levels of risk-taking activities, including investment. We first show that prior studies cannot isolate the effects of SOX from other contemporaneous events.”

Word-of-Mouth On Social Media Influences Behavior

Word-of-Mouth On Social Media Influences Behavior

MediaPost, August 13, 2019

Word-of-mouth from social media is more influential than following the example of a trusted or admired friend, according to a new study in the Informs Journal Marketing Science.

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