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10 Benefits of Documenting Employee Performance

1.Master progressive discipline and effectively structure terminations. 2.Draft warnings, discipline and termination documents—the right way. 3.Save time and remove the anxiety from the discipline-documentation process. 4.Build confidence in your writing skills and improve your standing within the organization. 5.Shift responsibility for improvement away from the organization and back to the employee (where it rightfully belongs!). […]

Customizing feedback: The 9 different personality types

Ever notice how you can say the same exact thing to two different people, and they each take the comment completely differently? A manager’s “great suggestion” to one employee could be seen as “rude meddling” by another. The effectiveness of your feedback isn’t solely dependent on how it’s given. The other important half is how […]

In recent years, the growth of healthcare spending has slowed not only in the U.S. but also globally. In a viewpoint article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, Commonwealth Fund Senior Researcher David Squires explores potential reasons for the deceleration. Here are five things to know about healthcare spending growth. 1. Healthcare […]

Effect of intra-articular local anesthesia on articular cartilage in the knee

Published in Arthroscopy. 2014 May;30(5):607-12 Authors: Ravnihar K et al. PURPOSE: To evaluate the hypothetical toxic effect of local anesthetics on the articular cartilage using patient data from autologous chondrocyte cultivation with different anesthesia types used for arthroscopic cartilage biopsy specimen procurement. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of patient data from the national autologous chondrocyte implantation […]

Intravenous Lidocaine for the Emergency Department Treatment of Acute Radicular Low Back Pain, a Randomized Controlled Trial

Published in J Emerg Med. 2014 Jul;47(1):119-24 Authors: Tanen DA et al BACKGROUND: Acute radicular back pain is a frequent complaint of patients presenting to the Emergency Department. STUDY OBJECTIVE: Determine the efficacy of intravenous lidocaine when compared to ketorolac for the treatment of acute radicular low back pain. METHODS: Randomized double-blind study of 41 […]