AHRQ celebrates 35 years of advancing healthcare through research and innovation. By Pete Mercer The Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ), the premier federal agency that works to improve the safety and quality of healthcare for all Americans, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. The operational theme for this anniversary is “Today’s Research, … [Read more...]
Predicting the Next Pandemic
How the CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics is ramping up efforts to better plan for infectious disease outbreaks. We live in a globalized, interconnected world. While this has created enormous opportunities for travel and trade, it’s also increased mankind’s vulnerability to zoonotic diseases through contact with animals. And most infectious diseases come … [Read more...]
Preparing for the Next Pandemic
What distributors and manufacturers are doing to help safeguard the U.S. healthcare supply chain. Among most global healthcare stakeholders, tomorrow’s outbreak (or pandemic) isn’t a matter of if – but when, and what. It’s even got an ominous name – Disease X. According to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Disease X is a placeholder concept that refers … [Read more...]
Show Time
How to add value in big meetings. By Lisa Earle McLeod Are you increasingly staying silent during big meetings, only unmuting yourself just to say, ‘Thanks everyone!’ as the meeting ends? Or, on the flip side – Do you find yourself trying to contribute, only you wind up accidentally interrupting or overtalking others? Meetings dynamics can be weird, especially over … [Read more...]
Mastering Sales 101
Five lessons to ace your Fall semester. By Brian Sullivan Picture this: This month, my wife and I will take the bittersweet drive to drop our daughter Maggie off at college. Our last kid is leaving the nest, and I have a decision to make. I either wallow in my morning coffee knowing I am going to miss her, or I too get ready for the first semester of the sales “school … [Read more...]
Tumor Markers
Traditional lab diagnostic tools are being complemented by remarkable new tools. How to help equip your physician office lab customers. By Jim Poggi, Principal, Tested Insights From a public health perspective, the U.S. healthcare system has been doing its job well. Since 1950, the death rate due to all causes has been decreasing steadily, while life expectancy has been … [Read more...]
Publisher’s Letter
Answer the Bell As the school year begins, so does respiratory season – a time when COVID, flu, RSV, and strep throat start spreading more easily. For many families, the excitement of returning to classrooms is tempered by the worry of illnesses that can affect both children and adults. As medical distribution sales representatives, your role in helping physicians prepare … [Read more...]