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What is Healthcare Analytics? A Mini Guide + Examples

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Additionally, big data analytics solves the problem of healthcare’s formidable data volume problem, as it’s estimated that the average hospital produces roughly 50 petabytes of data every year—more than twice the amount of data housed in the Library of Congress. To understand healthcare analytics in action, let’s review a few examples.

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Library Association Partners With Sarah Jessica Parker on Online Book Club Platform

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The American Library Association’s Book Club Central aims to centralize resources for book clubs, encourage reading, and highlight libraries’ role in their communities. Award-winning actor Sarah Jessica Parker, an avid reader and library supporter, is partnering with ALA to serve as honorary chair.

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Tech, Trade, and Library Groups Form Copyright Mega-Coalition

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The Re:Create Coalition brings together various groups from the technology, trade, and library industries. A group of library, technology, and trade organizations have joined together to advocate for simpler and more transparent copyright laws. The alliance will advocate for less-stifling copyright laws that foster innovation.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.21.18

Reid All About it

Billhighway provides examples of how associations are using this matrix to quantify (in dollars) the value chapters deliver to their associations. MemberSuite suggests different membership metrics to track, review and share with your colleagues. Jim Lynch, Senior Writer, Nonprofit and Library Technology at TechSoup.

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Three Budget-Friendly Strategies for Staff Professional Development

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She also suggests employers look at educational courses offered at nearby universities or public libraries that often have free online learning platforms. Just make sure you have someone on staff review the content first before recommending it to your employees.” Professional podcasts are another great option,” Jessup said.

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How Online Communities Help Teams Build a Culture of Collaboration

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According to the Harvard Business Review , before technology made it possible for companies and organizations to connect with large groups of colleagues and stakeholders anywhere in the world in real time, the average team size was around 20 people. In teamwork, people stay in their lanes. Think of a soccer team. Help Collaboration Thrive.

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Conference Circuit: 2014?s Events in Review

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The American Psychological Association , for example, took advantage of social media by assembling a dedicated Student Twitter Team to maximize event coverage during and after the festivities. The New England Library Association stressed the importance of the industry with its conference theme “Be Bold. Libraries in the Center Ring.”—an

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