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Donald Wojciechowski

Health Care Law's Employer Mandate Delayed Until January 2015 - 0 views

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shared by Donald Wojciechowski on 24 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • The Obama administration caught the U.S. business community by surprise when it announced a one-year delay, until Jan. 1, 2015, in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) mandate that employers with 50 or more full-time-equivalent employees provide health care coverage to their full-time employees (those working on average 30 or more hours per week) or pay steep penalties.
  • However, “Many ACA provisions are unaffected by the delay, and employers must continue to implement and comply with them
  • “New individual and group health plan requirements taking effect for 2014 plan years include a ban on annual dollar limits on essential health benefits, a 90-day limit on eligibility waiting periods, new out-of-pocket limit maximums, the elimination of preexisting conditions exclusions for adults, and coverage of clinical trial participant costs.”
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  • Also remaining in place, for instance, are the reform act's requirement that most employer-provided health care include coverage for recommended preventive care—including contraceptive services for women with no cost-sharing
  • A critical view of health care reform was reiterated by the National Federation of Independent Business, a small-business lobby long opposed to the reform act. “Temporary relief is small consolation; we need a permanent fix to this provision to provide long-term relief for small employers,”
  • Donald Wojciechowski on 24 Jul 13
     
    This article deals with the recent announcement (although in the view of many an illegal announcement) of the Obama administrations one year delay in the employer mandate until January 1, 2015. This announcement leaves still leaves in place the individual mandate. The reason for the delay was to provide time to adapt health coverage and reporting systems while employers are moving toward making health coverage affordable and accessible for their employees. However, there are many points in the ACA that will still go into effect as listed in the highlighted sections of this article. Several business groups are commenting on the delay and providing further direction such as the United Benefit Advisors. The UBA group has posted a listing on what actually has been delayed and what remains a requirement. All groups agree that the added time will give business some breathing room while companies continue to decipher the actual effects and requirements of the ACA. Either way now that the bill is passed and signed into law one thing is for certain, the smoke has cleared and none or the promises made by the administration of what the bill would do are true.
balle028

Soaring e-waste affects the health of millions of children, WHO warns - 0 views

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technology Software e-waste waste

shared by balle028 on 20 Jun 21 - No Cached
  • As many as 12.9 million women are working in the informal waste sector, which potentially exposes them to toxic e-waste and puts them and their unborn children at risk.Meanwhile more than 18 million children and adolescents, some as young as 5 years of age, are actively engaged in the informal industrial sector, of which waste processing is a sub-sector. Children are often engaged by parents or caregivers in e-waste recycling because their small hands are more dexterous than those of adults. Other children live, go to school and play near e-waste recycling centres where high levels of toxic chemicals, mostly lead and mercury, can damage their intellectual abilities 
  • For an expectant mother, exposure to toxic e-waste can affect the health and development of her unborn child for the rest of its life. Potential adverse health effects include negative birth outcomes, such as stillbirth and premature births, as well as low birth weight and length.  Exposure to lead from e-waste recycling activities has been associated with significantly reduced neonatal behavioural neurological assessment scores, increased rates of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), behavioural problems, changes in child temperament, sensory integration difficulties, and reduced cognitive and language scores.
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  • The WHO Initiative on E-waste and Child Health, launched in 2013, aims to increase access to evidence, knowledge and awareness of the health impacts of e-waste; improve health sector capacity to manage and prevent risks, track progress and promote e-waste policies that better protect child health; and improve monitoring of exposure to e-waste and the facilitation of interventions that protect public health.
  • balle028 on 20 Jun 21
     
    This Article corresponds to the two discussion posts this week. where we see e-waste not only a growing problem for pollution but affecting the health of younger children in surrounding areas, this article discusses how the WHO is trying to bring awareness to this issue.
Joshua Frost

Reforming hospitals with IT investment - McKinsey Quarterly - Health Care - Strategy & ... - 1 views

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shared by Joshua Frost on 23 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Mandated upgrades to health care IT will demand heavy investments by providers but will help them minimize waste and standardize best medical practice.
  • New regulations that require US health care providers to use electronic health records (EHR) and adhere to strict data-coding standards will force hospitals to spend billions of dollars over the next decade to upgrade their IT systems.
  • We estimate that total savings across the US provider landscape could be on the order of $40 billion annually.
  • Joshua Frost on 23 Oct 12
     
    IT Investments are on the rise in this world. The thought of savings money and appearing to be environmentally conciscious catches the eye of many big companies and industries. In the case of this article, United States health care providers are now demanding that hospitals make the switch from traditional paper systems to an all electronic system. This investment will cost health providers billions of dollars for the time being, however the return on investment could be a $40 billion savings for the industry in savings alone. The return on investment regarding this switch from paper to computer will require proper training and management skills in order to be successful.
mmoutsatsos

The Rich World's Electronic Waste, Dumped in Ghana - Bloomberg - 0 views

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shared by mmoutsatsos on 14 Feb 22 - No Cached
  • the Agbogbloshie dump, a wasteland dotted with burning mounds of trash in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
  • Up to 10,000 workers wade through tons of discarded goods as part of an enormous, informal recycling process, in what has become one of the world’s largest destinations for used electronic goods.#lazy-img-360452765:before{padding-top:66.70212765957447%;}
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  • respiratory problems, chronic nausea, and debilitating headaches
  • —brought on by the hazardous working environment and toxic air pollution.
  • smashing up old computers and televisions in search of valuable parts and burning insulated cables to recover copper.
  • The Agbogbloshie dump is a result of the world’s increasing demand for electronic equipment as consumers continually upgrade their devices and throw out the older ones.
  • The e-waste problem could expand into a global health crisis,
  • significant proportion of this electronic waste is sent, often illegally, from the West to developing countries across Africa and Asia.
  • Around 50 million tons of electronic waste, or e-waste, is being thrown away each year, according to a report published this year by the United Nations.
  • figure is projected to double by 2050.
  • only 20 percent of e-waste is thought to be recycled appropriately.
  • The rest “ends up in landfill, or is disposed of by informal workers in poor conditions,” the UN found.
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  • “E-waste is a growing global challenge that poses a serious threat to the environment and human health worldwide,”
  • In Ghana, the waste arrives via the Port of Tema, 20 miles to the east of the Agbogbloshie dump.
  • They are often labeled as secondhand consumer products, health experts said, so they are not strictly considered waste.
  • “There are skin diseases and ailments [at Agbogbloshie], but the worst problem here is respiratory illnesses, because the amount of pollution here is so high,”
  • the quality of air is terrible
  • “The workers can’t do anything about it because they have to earn a living, so it’s a trade-off. They earn money but their health suffers.”
  • These health risks are entering the food chain. The Agbogbloshie area is home to one of the largest food markets in Accra, and haggard livestock roam freely and graze on the dumpsite.
  • Agbogbloshie contained some of the most hazardous chemicals on earth.
  • One egg hatched by a free-range chicken in Agbogbloshie exceeded European Food Safety Authority limits on chlorinated dioxins, which can cause cancer and damage the immune system, 220 times over.
  • about 80,000 men, women, and children subsist from the Agbogbloshie dump, living either on-site or in the adjacent slum.
  • Ghana imports about 150,000 tons of secondhand electronics a year,
  • an international treaty that since 1989 has forbidden developed nations from carrying out unauthorized dumping of e-waste in less developed countries.
  • It is very important the issue of waste export to developing countries such as Africa and other countries in transition should be looked at critically.”
  • The German development agency GIZ is in the midst of delivering a €5 million ($5.5 million) project to build a sustainable, efficient recycling system at Agbogbloshie, as well as a health clinic and football pitch for workers.
  • But as the world’s appetite for electronics keeps growing, preventing the illegal dumping of electronic waste and the devastating impact it has on places like Agbogbloshie will prove an even greater challenge.
  • mmoutsatsos on 14 Feb 22
     
    The effects of electronic waste dumping in the Agbogbloshie dump in Accra, the capital of Ghana. It also talks about the health issues workers suffer from working there, and the problem is predicted to get much worse than it already is.
Rebecca Pichora

Health & Care expo's a great opportunity for event tech - 0 views

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shared by Rebecca Pichora on 14 Oct 17 - No Cached
  • he Giant iTab company is predicting a growth in demand for event technology and innovation within the medical, health and care industry
  • The event, run by the NHS to encourage better use of smart technologies to enable safer, more secure care for patients, included a variety of digital solutions, particularly app based.
  • “A key part of the event’s agenda was to encourage better use of digital, hardware and software innovation to increase the efficacy of care. The show also demonstrated innovations that encouraged safer data usage and even haptic technology.”
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  • It’s important we show that touch technology of today can be incredibly intuitive and therefore easily adopted by nurses, doctors and care providers
  • Rebecca Pichora on 14 Oct 17
     
    Today event technology is on the growth and it is very evident that event technology will be of growing importance in the hospital and heal sector. The reason for this is not only due to the events that are being held, it is because the health industry s focusing on how to integrate technology to help their patients better. They are looking for apps and technology that can increase the efficiency of care that can be used by many different people such as nurses, technicians etc. During this event they used the Giant iTAB to project many of their findings linking event technology and its importance with the importance of technology in the health industry.
ahart054

How Technology Can Help Keep Your Event Safe | TSNN Trade Show News - 1 views

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shared by ahart054 on 15 May 21 - No Cached
  • Mobile, web-based technology allows event organizers to easily meet government mandates requiring them to obtain registrant health information.
  • event organizers can use new technology solutions to add features that track vaccinations or negative COVID-19 tests conducted within a certain time frame before they arrive onsite to the event.
  • Event organizers can receive daily reports to ensure their health objectives are being met.
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  • By incorporating technology and multiple mitigation factors into the overall event health and safety plan, the events industry can help limit exposure and reduce major outbreaks.
  • More technology solutions are being developed every day which will only improve our ability to create the safest environments possible for all of our participants.
  • ahart054 on 15 May 21
     
    As we see more and more venues reopening for in-person events with COVID-19 restrictions being lifted, technology is helping to guide the way to ensure a safe event for guests. Technology firms have developed tools that feature contact tracing, COVID-19 vaccination test results tracking, health surveys, etc. With this technology, there are many reporting tools as well that include making sure their health objectives are being met and contacting those who may have been exposed.
sydneywolfson

What is Contact Tracing? - 0 views

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  • Contact tracing is a public health practice that health departments use to identify and notify people who have been exposed to someone with an infectious disease.
  • Public health workers reach out to these exposed people to tell them that they've been in close contact with an infected person and to give them information and support to help them keep themselves and their loved ones safe.
  • People who have tested positive for COVID-19 infection receive a phone call or a short survey by text or email from the health department, asking them who they may have exposed while they were contagious
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  • Your identity and health information that you provide to a contact tracer is always kept confidential. It will not be shared with anyone who may have been exposed. 
  • Anyone who was within 6 feet (2 meters) of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or more within 24 hours is considered to be a "close contact."
  • sydneywolfson on 27 Feb 22
     
    This article talks contact tracing with Covid-19. Health care works will contact anyone that person has been in contact with via phone call or text to let them know about the exposure.
qyang010

Global Effects of E-Waste Can Cost You Your Health and the Environment - 0 views

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E-Waste

shared by qyang010 on 28 Sep 20 - No Cached
  • Why the global cost of throwing away old electronics is so high  What e-waste bioleaching and bioaccumulation mean for YOUR health How you can help solve the problem with environmentally-friendly electronic waste disposal techniques
  • people discard electronics at the slightest inconvenience
  • According to the EPA, e-waste accounts for 5% of the municipal solid waste stream In 2020, the global amount of e-waste is predicted to exceed 50 million tons  International e-waste levels are expected to grow by 8% per year 
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  • 2. E-waste Disposal & Your Health: A Recipe for Toxic Waste
  • highly toxic elements, including
  • Lead
  • Mercury
  • Cadmium
  • most electronics contain more than just simple ingredients. 
  • CopyDeleteMercuryCopyDeleteCadmiumCopyDeletemost electronics contain more than just simple ingre
  • Barium
  • And fire retardants like Bromine 
  • Unfortunately, if these elements are ingested in high quantities, it can cause a recipe for disaster. 
  • consuming these toxic minerals on a day-to-day basis – one gigabyte at a time.
  • Environmental Effects of E-Waste Bioleaching
  • electronic waste can leach out into the surrounding area and contaminate crops, livestock, and wildlife. 
  • Health Effects of E-Waste: Example of Biomagnification
  • 3. The Best Solution to E-Waste Management
  • easily recycle your old smartphones
  • Reduce environmental destruction caused by mining  Decrease the spread of dangerous e-waste toxins  Produce an economy centered around recycled elements
tjcamino

15 Benefits of Having Digital Menu Boards in Your Restaurant - 0 views

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shared by tjcamino on 01 Feb 20 - No Cached
  • While the core focus of a restaurant might be to serve delicious food, what missed out is the paper menus and restaurant chalkboard on which restaurant invest lot of time and mon.
  • 1. Digital Menu Display Makes Communication Easier
  • It gives you better control over what you want to highlight on your menu which indirectly influences the choices of order of a customer.
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  • use videos or animations that catches more attention and also makes the communication much easier
  • 2. Save Time by Easy to update Digital Display
  • pdate can be made in a matter of seconds and whenever you want to.
  • 3. Sound Investment Saving Money
  • convenience with an added benefit of cost savings. Since you don’t have to print new menus or promotional material regularly
  • 4. Digital Display Create a More Memorable Experience
  • The right mix of graphics and videos can keep customers entertained
  • enhance the overall customer experience.
  • 5. Better Visibility of Menu
  • grab user’s attention with videos and animations
  • ye pleasing than the regular paper
  • 6. 24/7 Support
  • Many restaurants have started opting for 24/7 menus which create an impression on passersby too
  • 7. Boost Sale up to 21-23%
  • said to have boost up sales by 21-23%
  • You can change menu items, prices, and promote specials without having to invest anything more to have your menus changed
  • 8. Promote and Upsell Your New Items
  • sell and promote your newly introduced items on the menu.
  • 13. Reduce Wait Time
  • Moreover a restaurant can use several other things like display fun facts or display promotional material to distract the waiting customers and get them less frustrated.
  • 14. Meet Health Care Regulations
  • display calorie counts next to each menu item.
  • tjcamino on 01 Feb 20
     
    Week 4 Article Summary 15 Benefits of Having Digital Menu Boards in Your Restaurant. This article discusses the positive ways in having a digital menus and explains the benefit it has on the restaurant. The focus of the restaurant should be more on the quality of food being served. Even though there are a lot of restaurant that give you an experience like no other but if the food is not top quality it will be hard to bring customers back. Having this type of digital menus could enhance the guest experience while helping the restaurant increase revenues. Here are ten of the top fifteen positives reasons of having a digital menu boards. 1) Digital menu displays will make communication easier. This starts form the customer directly to the kitchen. It will also allow the establishment to display videos and animations that will catch the eyes of the customers and could highlight specific menu items. 2) Saves time by easy updates on display. The software will allow the restaurant to update the menu very easy. You could add and take away dishes without having to print all new menus. It will also allow you 86 items that are sold out at any time during the shift. 3) Sound Investment of saving money. With the system allowing you to change menus, it will save money because you won't have to pay to print new menus every time you want revise it. 4) Digital displays create a more memorable experience. With having a digital screen, it will allow the customer to stay entertained by having a right mix of graphic videos and allowing them to keep them occupied during down times. 5) Better Visibility of menu. The display on the tablet will allow the guest to see a nice HD screen with colors that will make it easy to see and read. 6) 24/7 support. No matter what time of day, there will be support for mangers to trouble shoot any issues that might be happing at time. 7) Boost sales up to 21-23%. It has been said that having an emenu will increase revenues by allowing the establ
Maria Zuniga

Event Planning In The Hotel Of The Future - 1 views

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  • Combining today’s recognizable technology, such as touchscreen and virtual reality, with concepts that are beyond our time, these are some of the notable features hotels in the future will have.
  • As one of the strongest drivers for change in the event industry, technology plays a prominent role in the planning and management of events
  • This includes robot butlers, entertainment, greeters and business services which for planning events can be more cost effective and reduce human error, streamlining the process of communicating with the systems to get exactly what you want.
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  • he idea of using robots could help break down the language barrier that is sometimes the case when planning in other countries as these robots are naturally multi-lingual and can adapt to the language you are using.
  • It could also be the case that it loses that human touch for the guests and when quick problem-solving is needed, robots won’t be able to deal with this as intuitively as they follow set protocols.
  • With 3D bio-printing currently being researched, it is not a huge leap to consider 3D printers in hotel rooms that can accommodate products such as headphones or clothing and accessories
  • Based on votes and crowdsourcing, venues can be made-to-order and self-assemble the environment around them to suit.
  • Larger venues and associated grounds could create an event in themselves by recreating famous landmarks or even movie settings that could be explored.
  • Based on your DNA, own health and genetics you would be able to visit health centers and spas that could promote longevity. It could become the latest trend in bachelorette parties or healthy event experiences that cater to the health conscious.
  • A hotel that is short-term and could pop-up in limited spaces would work hand in hand with pop-up events and mean they could be reproduced on a larger scale.
  • It is suggested that fast and effective hovering, autonomous airport transfers would be able to go supersonic in order to beat the traffic and reduce the journey. If this is the case it could free up plenty of time on the itinerary for corporate or destination events and this means providing a better experience.
  • As sustainability and environmental issues are becoming an increasing concern and given prominence, it makes sense that future hotels and venues would plan sustainable events and accommodation
  • Sustainable hotels that produce and operate on clean, self-sustaining energy will become a viable option for the environmentally conscious guest and the suggestion is that all hotels would have the option to become sustainable.
  • These would work in a similar way to how a concierge app works now and would streamline the travel bookings and searches. In the same way that Siri can help you access items from the internet or your phone, these avatars would be a more complex and capable version that cuts out the need for travel agents
  • rom biometric payment systems which can greatly reduce the risk of identity theft to eye scanner room entry, DNA authorizations will be more popular. As technology develops, so does the need for security
  • kingleo7 on 09 Jul 17
     
    This article talks about the future of event planning. The efforts hotels will have to make to be competitive in the industry. It also talks about the technology that will have to be offered such as VR (virtual reality).
  • Maria Zuniga on 07 Nov 17
     
    This article is very interesting because it lists all the ways that event planning will be in the future because of technological advances. It talks about autonomous staff, 3D shopping, made-to-order venues, personalized longevity health spas, pop-up hotels, supersonic air travel, sustainable hotels, personal travel avatars, and DNA authorization. The article describes the benefits and downfalls to each one and puts emphasis on the fact that these advances are closer than we can imagine.
tttiiinnnaaa1997

Technology and health facility design | HFM - 0 views

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  • tttiiinnnaaa1997 on 25 Nov 19
     
    The pace of change in the planning and delivery of health care is often related to the rapid evolution and incorporation of health care technology. The impact of technology remains significant and will continue to evolve quickly. To paraphrase an often-used observation, when there is change in the delivery of health care, organizations will lead, follow or simply be inconsistent.
xiaoyuzhang

3 Effects of E-waste on the Environment and Human Health - 0 views

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e-waste

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  • When these toxins leach into the soil, they influence the plants and trees that are crowing from this soil.
  • Thus, these toxins can enter the human food supply, which can lead to birth defects as well as a number of other health complications.
  • This groundwater is what underlies many surface streams, ponds, and lakes. Many animals rely on these channels of water for nourishment. Thus, these toxins can make these animals sick and cause imbalances in the planetary ecosystem.
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  • these hydrocarbons can contribute to the greenhouse gas effect, which many scientists think is a leading contributor to global warming.
  • xiaoyuzhang on 25 Sep 20
     
    This article showed us 3 scary effects of e-waste on the environment and human health. Although the long-term effects of e-waste are still unknown, it certainly has some negative impact on soil, water, and air quality. This article emphasize negative influence of e-waste. I think we can eliminate e-waste through joining e-waste recycling program.
Maria Zuniga

Cyber and data security in the hotel industry - PwC Middle East - 0 views

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  • In the Digital Era, technology is everywhere; people can connect to your company, your employees, customers, providers and competitors through laptops, smartphones and even wearable devices.
  • With increasing reliance comes increasing risk, many of which are outside the Enterprise’s control.
  • Legal and regulatory problems bring their own special range of issues. Locking horns with regulators, litigants and judges is the last thing that business needs.
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  • This is a landmark piece of legislation that will radically change our perceptions on how personal data should be handled in business
  • The simple truth is that cyber security and data privacy problems can be big news and newsworthiness drives awareness levels
  • Cyber and data security emerged to prominence as a massive risk area, due to a series of high profile breaches affecting payment cards
  • There is also the economic interest in gaining commercial advantages from the use of personal data. Gaining better customer insights and providing them with personalised services are now recognised by many in the hotel industry as core business goals.
  • The purpose of the GDPR is to put people back in control of their personal information and to improve how entities look after personal information while it is in their custody.
  • when things go wrong and they are fully aware of the fact that some of the world’s biggest, richest and more powerful entities have been humbled by poor approaches to security and privacy.
  • This case has established a need for the development of comprehensive information security programmes, annual security audit cycles and post-incident investigations in the hotel sector.
  • Businesses need to think about trust, confidence and brand health and reputation.
  • they have to do much more to tackle the security and cyber risks they face and to live up to the expectations that society places in them
  • People responsible for security and privacy in hotels ought to ask themselves whether their entities have appropriate Visions for desired end states. If not, they should bring together the stakeholders to discuss ways to take things forward.
  • regulation is seen as the antidote to market imperfection.
  • Trust, confidence and brand health may operate in a different timeframe to share prices.
  • In other words, suffering security and privacy failure might be like a cancer, where the harm is hidden from view until it is too late. This returns the focus to legal risk.
  • Maria Zuniga on 02 Nov 17
     
    This article is extremely important. I feel like everyone should read it because it goes hand in hand with what we have learned this week in class. The topic of cyber security is something that people need to shift paradigms. This article brings us great points about the digital era we live in. since everything we do in business now a days has to do with technology, it is important to have security and trust in this. With the increase reliance on this technology comes a higher risk. The article brings up that awareness levels of cyber security and data privacy issues are growing at a steady pace. It is extremely important that in the hospitality industry, Businesses think about trust, confidence and brand health and reputation. This highlights the fact that it doesn't matter if security systems are costly, in the long run if something goes wrong that will end up being the most costly. The article mentions that there will be a regulation established by the EU called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The purpose of the GDPR is to put people back in control of their personal information and to improve how entities look after personal information while it is in their custody. In conclusion, this gives companies a competitive advantage.
krehman

E-Waste: A Burden on Human Health and our Ecosystem Alike | Biodiversity | RESET.org - 0 views

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  • however electronics may also have more subtle and long-term repercussions for our greater ecosystem.
  • It is estimated that more than two thirds of heavy metals in landfills come from electronic waste.
  • The lack of monitoring and regulation by the government can mean that little-to-no safety precautions (such as wearing protective gear and air filtering) are taken to protect workers while they carry out their job.
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  • age of 40
    • krehman
      krehman on 21 Jan 19
       
      Seems to be such a young age to stop working by but the effects of such toxins can affect someone in this line of work this fast.
  • recyclers and dismantlers have recorded dangerously high levels of lead, mercury and chromium in their bodies.
  • All kinds of animals and organisms may be exposed to mercury, such as an earthworm or a little fish in a river. Larger animals which ingest these organisms, or graze on the plants which grow from contaminated soil are then contaminated as well – and up the food chain it goes.
    • krehman
      krehman on 21 Jan 19
       
      Even though not everyone is effected by these hazards first hand, through this process everyone will get some kind of toxins in their system.
  • 95 percent of e-waste in India is recycled via the non-formal sector which often entails child labour.
    • krehman
      krehman on 21 Jan 19
       
      Is the age of 40 limits based on children workers into adulthood or simply just adults working from maybe their early 20's?
  • toxic chemicals that electronic waste contains do not organically break down and can, over time, seep into the environment around landfills, contaminating local groundwater or get absorbed into the atmosphere, thus seriously endangering the health of nearby communities and animal populations.
  • Research has shown that it is especially dangerous because of the process of bioaccumulation, referring to the uptake of a chemical in an organism over time, and biomagnification, when there is an increase in the concentration of a chemical in the food chain as a result of ingestion of other organisms, in eco-systems surrounding landfills.
  • 2007 study, it was estimated that e-waste could increase by 500 percent by 2020.
  • might in turn indirectly contaminate humans in the future.
  • Now, more than ever, the proper treatment of e-waste needs to start taking place, so that not only human suffering is averted now and in the foreseeable future, but so that the long-term degradation of our environment, ecosystem and health is averted as well.
  • krehman on 21 Jan 19
     
    This article covers the effects e-waste has on not only the people working with these hazardous materials everyday, but what long term effects it could have on the environment. The article concentrates on the region India, and how the e-waste is currently effecting it. The limitations this kind of work is having on the people associated with this form of disposing everyday. How even children are infected with led and it is now in their bloodstreams. The article goes in deeper with predictions of contamination of animals and plants in near by areas and what could become of them. The article sums up, however, that at the the end of the day it will always come back to us and the whole world could be contaminated by these toxins. That there needs to be a solution soon to this problem or what seems to be just the begging can grow even further, and faster than we could ever want.
garz14

What Can We Do About the Growing E-waste Problem? - 3 views

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    • tcale003
      tcale003 on 19 May 20
       
      China recently banned other countries from sending e-waste to them. E-Waste is comprised of many toxic materials such as lead, mercury, cadmium and beryllium which are very harmful to people and the environment. Many new technologies for biodegradable electronics are being looked at and there is even an EcoAtm in some U.S. states for people to recycle their small electronic devices.
  • When China banned 24 kinds of solid waste last September, countries such as the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia, and Japan realized they had a big problem. Until last year, China accepted 70 percent of the world’s electronic waste—discarded computers, cell phones, printers, televisions, microwaves, smoke alarms, and other electronic equipment and parts.
  • After China stopped accepting this e-waste out of concern for its environment, Europe and North America began shipping more of it to Southeast Asia—but now Vietnam and Thailand, whose ports have been overwhelmed, are curbing imported e-waste as well.
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  • In 2016, the world’s population discarded 49 million tons of e-waste
  • It’s estimated that by 2021, that number will grow to more than 60 million tons.
  • Electronic devices are made of a complex mix of materials that include gold, silver, copper, platinum, palladium, lithium, cobalt and other valuable elements.
  • But electronic devices also comprise toxic heavy metals like lead, mercury, cadmium and beryllium, polluting PVC plastic, and hazardous chemicals, such as brominated flame retardants, which can harm human health and the environment.
  • A recent study in China found that mining copper, gold and aluminum from ore costs 13 times more than recovering the metals through the urban mining of e-waste. The state of e-waste recycling Recycling e-waste is practiced both formally and informally.
  • mally.
  • As a result, many companies and countries illegally export their e-waste to developing countries where recycling is cheap
  • Research has found that inhaling toxic chemicals and direct contact with hazardous e-waste materials (even in some formal e-waste recycling settings) result in increases in spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, premature births, reduced birth weights, mutations, congenital malformations, abnormal thyroid function, increased lead levels in blood, decreased lung function, and neurobehavioral disturbances. Moreover, e-waste toxins contaminate the air, soil and groundwater. In the face of these health and envir
  • n the face of these health and en
  • onmental hazards, however, many people in developing countries earn a living by dismantling, refurbishing, repairing and reselling used electronic devices.
  • In addition to its health hazards, informal recycling can pose security risks, because while formal recyclers in the U.S. usually require wiping devices clean of data, informal recycling does not.
  • Criminals search e-waste for credit card numbers and other financial information.
  • In order to reduce e-waste, manufacturers need to design electronics that are safer, and more durable, repairable and recyclable. Most importantly, this means using less toxic materials.
  • anonymous on 10 Jun 20
     
    This article introduces what is e-waste and the main reason for the surge in e-waste. It also introduced the current recycling status of e-waste and the harm caused by the informal recycling of e-waste, such as heavy metal poisoning and financial information leakage. In addition, measures to address the proliferation of e-waste were also discussed.
  • garz14 on 12 Apr 21
     
    It has become necessary for more proper and formal recycling of e-waste as it is economical and environmentally beneficial for companies. China decided to accept less e-waste from other counties and as a result there is more e waste going to other countries in south east Asia damaging their environments.
anonymous

11 Tips to Improve Your Restaurant's Cyber Security in the COVID-19 Era | FSR magazine - 0 views

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  • wealth of client data on tap from places with lax security
  • unknowingly serve credit card data to hackers. Due to the volume of credit card transactions and CRM data available, restaurants need to take cybersecurity seriously before a criminal gets wind of the vulnerability
  • A hacker only needs to gain access to a restaurant's POS system and install malware to steal customer credit card details.
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  • Take Chipotle, for example. The company got devalued by about $400 million after they suffered a data breach.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Sep 20
       
      Major consequences for restaurants if discovered as the link
  • because most go belly up six months after an attack.
  • Unprotected WiFi
  • Criminals pretend to be from the U.S. government and inform targets their COVID-19 stimulus check is ready, but they would need to verify the details of the recipient first before they can send it.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Sep 20
       
      Low level scammer
  • CRM software data, which may include names, addresses, and even birthdays. One of the most common ways to achieve this sort of attack is via malware (malicious software). Hackers find a vulnerable backdoor to a restaurant's network to install malware on the POS system. Malicious code then records every transaction and every detail, sending it back to the criminal's server over the internet.
  • GrubHub drivers scam both the restaurants and the customers by marking the deliveries as complete and pocketing the tip money, without bothering even to pick up the order from the establishment.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Sep 20
       
      AHHHH
  • Businesses are scrambling to find suppliers amidst the chaos, and criminals have been taking advantage of the confusion
  • Scammers are posing as representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and other public health agencies
  • social engineering on the restaurant staff to pull off phishing attacks.
  • PCI compliant.
  • conduct a risk analysis
  • hiring a security expert either full time or as a consultan
  • Secure your network and always change the free WiFi access point's password with a strong one every day.
  • latest operating system updates
  • Force multi-factor authentication
  • strong passwords
  • Ensure sensitive data encryption
  • web-filter to secure your WiFi network
  • Install a robust security software program on all computers and devices to block, detect, and clean malware.
  • Conduct regular cybersecurity training
  • anonymous on 27 Sep 20
     
    Restaurants have always been an easy target for cyber security hackers, in particular, hackers who are looking for credit card and ID information. Restaurants provide hackers with a "wealth of client data" due to the high "volume of credit card transactions and CRM data available." Once given access, a hacker could simple install malware and duplicate all customer information. Already facing critical financial issues during Covid 19, restaurants large and small need to take a stronger presence in the protection of their data. If discovered to be the start of a breach, customers will tend to avoid that business. "Chipotle, for example...got devalued by about $400 million after they suffered a breach," and many small restaurants "go belly up six months after an attack." Below is a summary of the types of attachs restaurants face: 1. Unprotected Wifi 2. Social engineering and phishing attacks. This is actually the one that stood out to me the most because of how sophisticated these attacks can be. It is a reminder that we are all at risk, both the technologically challenged and gifted. 3. Malware 4. Covid 19 Scams 5. Grub hub scams 6. Supply chain scams *A particular issue for restaurants and commercial businesses right now as companies scramble to find new vendors who can supply them with the products they require. 7. Public Health scams 8. Government Stimulus scams 9. Technical support scams How can we fight against these? Here are the recommendations: 1. PCI compliance 2. Hire and IT security professional to conduct a risk analysis and if possible, keep on as a consultant or full time 3. Keep a secure network and change free passwords daily 4. Use the latest operating systems, force multi-factor authentication, strong passwords, and use encryption services for data storage and transfers 5. Install and use robust web-filters and security software programs 6. Maybe most important!!! Train your employees. 5.
asanc036

Reinventing Restaurant Experiences Through Facial Recognition - 0 views

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  • Biometric technology
  • offers enhanced health and safety
  • personalizes the dining experience, offers a more efficient bill payment system, and increases patron loyalty
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  • 1. Contactless payments
  • facial recognition technology reduces physical contact
  • makes the experience more efficient by instantly scanning a guest
  • 's face for verification and payment.
  • safest technology in identity verification, dramatically reducing the risk of payment fraud.
  • 2. Social distancing and capacity requirements
  • Facial recognition technology helps with social distancing and capacity measures by identifying the proximity between individuals
  • keeps track of the number of people in the store
  • 3. Customer loyalty programs and personalized dining experiences
  • allows restaurants to create personalized experiences for loyal customers, and encourage first-time guests to return.
  • recognized as VIPs,
  • weekly regular who likes his burger rare with no lettuce or tomato, thus increasing customer satisfaction
  • 4. Fast-food restaurant transformations
  • with facial recognition
  • customers
  • don’t need to remember a password or log into an app
  • FaceMe Health
  • turns these kiosks into interactive experiences by recognizing loyalty program members and presenting pe
  • ased on
  • Facial recognition
  • past orders
  • also being employed in drive-through lines
  • saving time
  • 5. Employee systems: access control, time and attendance clocks, and ordering terminals
  • Advanced technologies like FaceMe® can be installed at staff entrances to check body temperature and mask-wearing while accurately identifying employees
  • simplifies clocking-in/out
  • accurate login capabilities without the need for keys or cards.
  • FaceMe SDK
  • FaceMe
  • facial recognition engine
  • to create personalized and efficient customer experiences
  • FaceMe Security
  • It can also display body temperature (when connected to a thermal camera), identify opted-in VIP customers, clock-in/out employees, flag block-listed individuals, and send real-time alerts to security personne
  • software solution that performs facial recognition even if users are wearing a mask.
  • Facial recognition t
  • installed on a PC connected to a camera with thermal imaging capabilities.
  • asanc036 on 22 Sep 22
     
    Biometric Technology is being implemented in restaurants offering better health and safety, personalised dining experiences and efficient payment methods. Restaurants are using facial recognition for the following: 1. Contactless payments - scanning customers' faces for safe payment verification. 2. Social distancing and capacity measures - helps identify proximity between individuals and tracks number of people inside a store. 3. Loyalty programs and personalized dining - opted-in diners are recognized as VIPs giving them personalized service and suggesting past preferences. 4. Fast-food restaurants - customers don't need to remember a password or long into an app. Facial recognition is being implemented in drive-through lines to save time. 5. Employee systems - technologies can check body temperature and accuracy of mask wearing, it also simplifies cocking in and out and gives them login access to the POS terminals.
anaferia

How E-Waste Affects the Environment - Human-I-T - 1 views

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  • As the world’s fastest-growing waste stream for almost a decade now, e-waste affects the environment in truly detrimental ways. And it’s not slowing down
  • e-waste generated annually has grown by over 7% since 2020
  • 59.4 million metric tons projected by the end of 2022
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  • expected to grow 26% by 2030 and double by 2050
  • two big factors contributing to its current acceleration.
  • first is growing incomes in low- and middle-income countries which allow more people than ever to access consumer electronics
  • second is the increasing availability of previously unthought-of electronic products to consumers in middle- and high-income countries
  • Products like e-cigarettes and electric vehicles are just two examples of products that, due to their increased popularity, have begun contributing more e-waste to landfills over the past decade.
  • electronics which power our lives are composed of substances which are harmful to the environment and our health.
  • e-waste negatively impacts the environment: air, water, and soil.
  • E-waste pollutes the air primarily as a consequence of improper recycling processes that are typical at informal e-waste processing plants located in developing economies
  • E-waste workers dismantle and shred electronics at these plants, which flings large amounts of dust and other particulates into the air.
  • e-waste workers use acids, desoldering materials, and other chemicals to dissolve e-waste with high-value materials like gold and silver . These techniques then release additional damaging fumes into local communities.
  • Recyclers dispose of acids and other chemicals they rely on to strip precious metals from e-waste into streams, ponds, and rivers. Then, the heavy metals inside of e-waste – like lead, arsenic, and cadmium – then compound this damage by seeping into water tables from landfills and e-waste dumps.
  • Increased acidification of waterways leads to more marine life and fish dying.
  • The heavy metals that are present then leach into those same waterways where they damage fishes’ tissues and gills.
  • two contaminants – acid and heavy metals – decimate biodiversity. This creates a domino effect where some organisms – previously constrained by predators – are then able to flourish and dominate the area
  • increased exposure to e-waste leads to ecosystem collapse in and around our waterways.
  • the dismantling, shredding, or burning of e-waste can also release large, coarse particles into the air.
  • due to their size and weight, these particles then quickly fall back to Earth where they subsequently contaminate soil. Shredding and burning of e-waste also produces toxic ash containing heavy metals and flame retardants which then leach into soil.
  • If we want to protect our planet from scourge e-waste, we’re going to have to start prioritizing reuse above all. By embracing this central principle of the circular economy, we can begin diverting valuable electronics away from landfills and back into the hands of people who need them
  • anaferia on 28 Sep 22
     
    To summarize, E-waste has been the fastest-growing waste stream in the world for nearly a decade, and it has a really negative impact on the environment. And the pace is not decreasing. E-waste is made of the materials that make up the electronics that run our life which are bad for the environment and for our health. Additionally, the three primary impacts are air, water, and soil that negatively affects the environment. Finally, to protect our planet from e-waste is prioritizing reuse of products.
carine_elie

`Benefits of Digital Menus for the Restaurant Industry - Cardinal News - 0 views

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  • Having digital menus in your restaurant can improve your sales. Electronic menus make it easier to promote certain items, test specials, and share limited-time offers.
  • Easy Customization When you have several menus for different parts of the day you risk customers demanding dishes from time-sensitive parts of the menu
  • Environmentally Friendly Using a digital menu can help your restaurant become more environmentally friendly and cost effective.
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  • Health/Safety Since almost everyone has a smartphone, you can also consider developing an online menu that is designed to enhance the experience while diners are seated or waiting at the restaurant. This would be an enhanced menu compared to an online menu that is used for carryout or delivery menus. The menu is accessed on diner’s very own phones, which promotes health concerns about handling menus that other people have just handled — digital or traditional.
  • carine_elie on 12 Sep 22
     
    This article lists the benefits of restaurants having eMenus at their establishments and why they may want to consider the benefits: improved sales, easy customization, environmentally friendly, and health safety concerns for patrons. Even though this article may have been a short read, it is very informative. It touches on all the aspects of how eMenus is more beneficial in more ways than one.
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What is LEED Certification in Real Estate? - 0 views

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Hotel business LEED

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  • LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It’s an internationally accepted green building certification system designed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit organization consisting of members from real estate, construction, finance, and technology sectors.
  • LEED certification means that your hotel has met certain standards for sustainability. There are four LEED levels
  • LEED commercial projects earn points
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  • Sustainable sites Water efficiency Energy and atmosphere Materials and resources Indoor environmental quality
  • LEED certification is good for your guests and employees, the planet, and, ultimately, your bottom line.
  • LEED buildings are shown to improve worker health and wellbeing, in addition to being a better experience for your guests. LEED buildings bring in clean air and natural light, and discourage the use of harmful chemicals found in paint and other building supplies that can impact our health over time. Employees feel better, and that impacts morale
  • melnetra112 on 14 Feb 22
     
    LEED certification system is designed by USGBC a non-profit organization. LEED certification mean that a certain standard has been removed in order to build a better environment. The certificate of LEED is shwn to improve worker health and wellbeing
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