New England Post Applying Engineering to Healthcare: A Northeastern University Professor’s Innovative Approach to Improving the Healthcare Industry Some of the toughest problems facing the healthcare industry today cannot be tackled on the front lines of patient care. Nurses and physicians cannot solve such problems at the bedsides of patients. Instead, as a Northeastern University professor contends, systems engineers can solve these complex healthcare problems using computers.
Patriot Ledger COMMENTARY: Fees for using roads could foster economic growth There is again talk of raising the state gas tax to address the dramatic under-funding of transportation infrastructure. But even when a road network is fully supported by the fuel tax, there is still a disconnect in most motoristsâ minds between what they pay and the act of driving.
Trend U.S. sanctions on Central Bank of Iran to hit its economy Toughening the U.S.-backed sanctions imposed on the Central Bank of Iran (Bank Markazi) will paralyze the country’s economy and the oil sector in particular, U.S. Northeastern University Professor Kamran Dadkhah believes.
CNBC Republican debates: this time, TV jousts matter Another week, another Republican presidential debate.
Worcester Business Journal Online Economists: Housing Market Suffering Confidence Crisis Reviving the sputtering U.S. housing market will be central to a thus far elusive economic recovery, two Boston-based economists said today in Worcester.
Why Europe matters to Mass. Heat Trace Products LLC, a Leominster manufacturer of cables for heating and cooling, weathered the 2008 recession by finding international markets for its products. Today, Europe accounts for more than one-third of its sales.
The Journal Education remains key to success Most West Virginians probably are aware of the financial arguments in favor of going to college. Graduates get better jobs, obtain them more quickly and earn much more than those who stop at high school or even before that.
BostInnovation Northeastern Bringing The Invisible Athlete to Boston Over the years, sport has regularly bent and broken boundaries. But few places are bending them more than hockey, which has developed into a platform that advocates social commentary as peripheral to the events which take place in its arenas.
Fox Business How and Where to Find Seasonal Employment As the holiday season approaches, many employers are looking to bulk up their work force for the expected rush of shopping, shipping and traveling that leads into the New Year. With the unemployment rate still above 9%, competition for jobs may be stiffer than ever, but experts say there are positions to be had for […]
Labor Rights, Under Republican Attack In the past month, the National Labor Relations Board has come under furious attack from Republicans in Congress, and decades-old workersâ rights are at risk. Backed by a well-financed lobbying and publicity offensive, Republicans are using a recent labor-law complaint against Boeing to achieve a radical goal that goes far beyond the legal issues in […]
College students echo Occupy Wall Street with protests Anger at high tuition bills and a lack of jobs propelled U.S. college students into streets and quadrangles on Thursday in the latest offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.
Globe editors explain decision to name Bulger tipster Boston Globe editors said yesterday that they decided to identify the woman whose tip led to the capture of fugitive gangster James âWhiteyââ Bulger after concluding that the public interest served by publishing the full story of his arrest outweighed concerns for her privacy – and that she would not be put in danger.