Hospitals should be sharing more information than ever right now. Should they also be sharing more information than they are?
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Survey and Study Results on the Coronavirus Crisis Response | Five To Save
COVID-19 - and the response to it - can seem like a domino effect of unprecedented disasters. How do the facts back up - or refute - that sentiment?
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5 Supply Chain Lessons Learned In The Coronavirus Crisis
The often-revisited metaphor of the "one weak link" causing the entire supply chain to fail was in some ways proved correct this year.
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Hope For A Vaccine, But Innovate Like There Isn't One | Five To Save
At the risk of sounding like we're wearing a puffy shirt, we've got to ask: "What's the deal with that coronavirus vaccine?"
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The Importance Of Infection Prevention in Every Facility
Over the last few weeks we've been collecting advice from experts about what organizations - from hospitals to offices to schools - should be doing to prevent the spread of infection.
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Healthcare Leaders Looking For Quick Savings Opportunities | Five To Save
It's shocking that industry leadership is looking for easy wins when it comes to financial solvency.
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How To Adopt An Innovation Mindset in Healthcare
While every other industry surges ahead in technology, strategies, and resilience, healthcare plods down its own path at a slow and steady pace. But this is one tortoise that might not make it to the finish line.
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Your Emergency Supplies Might Not Be As Helpful As You Think | Five To Save
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5 Questions That Will Show You A Tech Vendor's Quality
You can't know everything about every emerging technology. But you can know how to evaluate a new tech vendor.
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We're Heading For An Indefinite State Of Emergency | Five To Save
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