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January Behavioral Health Column

1/21/2021

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VPPPA has partnered with the experts at MindWise Innovations to present a monthly Q&A article addressing questions that members might be hesitant to ask about. These columns will address your questions about mental health, substance abuse, brain injuries, family issues and more. 

January 28, 2021
By: Lisa Desai, MindWise Innovations ​

Kicking off the New Year Right
 
The new year can bring a sense of excitement, relief, and motivation to start anew. It can also feel like an overwhelming time, with pressures to make resolutions for self-improvement (you know the drill… exercise more, eat better, do something BIG this year!). Realistically, it is the small changes—even one small change—that can make a big difference.


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Healthcare Refrigerators & Freezers

1/14/2021

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Healthcare Refrigerators & Freezers
Cold storage units play a pivotal role in the testing, distribution, and application of temperature-sensitive materials. These include pharmaceuticals, biological samples, medication, and vaccines.
 
In the wake of an unprecedented global pandemic, healthcare facilities anticipate the evolving need for purpose-built refrigerators and freezers. Numerous states are already scrambling to secure viable and efficient storage solutions for life-saving coronavirus vaccines.

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How Your Business Plan Can Improve Productivity and Workplace Culture

1/7/2021

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​By: Kevin Gardner

A business plan is a document without a final version. It is constantly evolving as new opportunities open up, and as strategies change. If a business plan was always the same, your business wouldn't have a chance to adapt to changes in technology, changes in the economy, and changes in consumer demand. As your business plan evolves, changes, and goes through quarterly updates, it not only benefits your business's growth, but it improves productivity and workplace culture, and here's how:

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Technology Helps Patients and Pharmacists Alike

12/21/2020

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Pharmacies have come a long way with the use of technology. From keeping better track of the medications being prescribed to patients, to called-in prescriptions, to safely identifying the medications, modern technology has helped this industry make huge strides.
 
As with any type of company that sends or receives personal information over the internet, many pharmacies are using multi-factor authentication or MFA solutions to protect access to their software and data, as well as make sure those using online services are who they are supposed to be. In this information age, keeping all information relating to prescriptions of medication secure is important.

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December Behavioral Health Q&A Column

12/17/2020

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VPPPA has partnered with experts at MindWise Innovations to present a monthly Q&A article addressing questions that members might be hesitant to ask about. These columns will address your questions about mental health, substance abuse, brain injuries, family issues and more. 

​December 17, 2020 
By: Lisa Desai, MindWise Innovations ​

Question: This holiday season I'm having an especially hard time focusing on gratitude. While I am grateful for so many things, those feeling continue to be overshadowed by general sadness for how many people are struggling right now. Is it emotionally unhealthy to feel this way?


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How Technology Can Improve Productivity and Make Employees Happier

12/17/2020

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By: Kevin Gardner 
 
Technology is inherently linked to employee health and happiness, not just improving productivity. Here are five ways technology can improve employee productivity and happiness in the workplace.

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Ways To Improve Employee Efficiency at a Large Enterprise

12/10/2020

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​By: Kevin Gardner 
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By nature, large enterprises have many interlocking parts and a wide scope, so it's important to find easy ways to increase efficiency without causing confusion. Here are some ways to improve employee efficiency.
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1. Constructive Feedback and Training for Employees 
Constructive feedback and criticism are important aspects of employee growth and training. If you offer feedback and support to your employees, they will be able to incorporate that feedback into their work and improve over time. Being thoughtful and respectful in your communications with employees, whether you're offering praise and encouragement or correcting a mistake, makes employees more willing to consider and learn from your feedback. Structured training is equally as important as on-the-job feedback.

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Employers Beware: Ergonomic Challenges of Telecommuting During COVID-19

12/10/2020

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​Originally featured in the Autumn 2020 issue of the Leader magazine.

By Sabrina N. Williams, Ph.D.
Columbia Southern University
 
In the wake of the COVID-19 global health pandemic, telecommuting has become the “new normal” for many in the American workforce. As states and local municipalities continue to implement stay-at-home and safer-at-home orders, telecommuting remains an integral part of many employers’ efforts to reduce the transmission of the virus in the workplace. 

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Contact Lenses and Blue Light

12/3/2020

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Article originally published here. 

​By: John Dreyer Optometrist Bsc(Hons), MCOPTOM, DipCLP

What is blue light? 

Blue light is a perfectly normal and natural spectrum of light that is found in sunlight. Light ranges from 400 to 700 billionths of a meter (nanometer, nm) 400nm being violet to 700nm being red. When combined the individual spectrums of light creates "white light" or sunlight.

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​How to Tell That Your Business Property's Water Heater Needs to be Replaced

12/3/2020

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​By: Kevin Gardner 
 
Owning a piece of real estate is a source of pride. However, that source of pride goes hand-in-hand with some challenges. Pieces of property can break, leak, wear-out and overheat. The pressure of maintaining your property increases if you rent out your home. A critical piece of machinery in your property is the water heater. No one wants to stay in a house where the water is unreliable. Rather than waiting until the water heater breaks, it is important to take proactive steps to monitor the heater. Read on to learn what you can do to oversee the performance of your water heater so you will know the warning signs when it is time to be replaced.

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