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Month: May 2018

healthcare, Nashville Posted onMay 31, 2018June 9, 2018

HHS start-up tour to stop in Nashville to connect companies to agency channels

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By the Numbers Posted onMay 31, 2018May 31, 2018

Snapshot of where consumer money goes and confidence in paying health care costs

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Tech, the future Posted onMay 27, 2018May 26, 2018

Virtual reality will, probably, come to a clinician near you—raising questions about its uses and ‘how to be human with it’

I’m no gamer, but I was giddy about my VR experience. There’s a growing group of VR evangelists trying to bring the headsets into mainstream […] Read More

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The Weekender Posted onMay 27, 2018May 26, 2018

The Weekender: ‘Surprise bill’ protection, newspaper losses hurt muni financings + $1m in student loans

Keep at it. Photo by Nigel Tadyanehondo on Unsplash

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healthcare Posted onMay 24, 2018May 23, 2018

VC and growth equity investors on how to get their attention: Be different, be smart

Anna Haghgooie of Sandbox Industries speaks at the Nashville Health Care Council’s “Council Panel: Financing the Deal” on May 22, 2018. Courtesy/Donn Jones Photography

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Go Long, the future Posted onMay 24, 2018June 30, 2018

State officials, looking for ways to develop a workforce that can ‘bob, weave, and adjust,’ push to forge apprenticeship network

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development presented its findings from a listening tour about what businesses, education and workers need from apprenticeships.

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The Weekender Posted onMay 20, 2018May 20, 2018

The Weekender: Surgeon General’s remarks at VUMC, blockchain hubs + a state tries to pull back price curtain

Spotted at a store on 11th Avenue North in Nashville on May 18, 2018.  Where’s the retail therapy-health white paper?

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healthcare Posted onMay 17, 2018May 17, 2018

Prediabetes is scary and dull so the CDC is using hedgehogs to raise awareness about a disease that has a ‘tremendous impact economically’ for Tennessee

A national ad campaign uses hedgehogs living their best life on vacation to get people to take a 1-minute test about how many risk factors […] Read More

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healthcare Posted onMay 17, 2018May 17, 2018

Tennessee leaps 5 spots, stays in Commonwealth Fund’s last quartile as obesity, mental health and vaccines plague the state

Read about: “It’s as big a problem as the opioid epidemic.”

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The Weekender Posted onMay 13, 2018May 12, 2018

The Weekender: Will health systems go the same route as newspapers? + (un)affordable housing

The United States at night as photographed by NASA, via Unsplash. ‘The Weekender’ spotlights what you might have missed on BirdDog and why a few […] Read More

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