Demystify Health Care Analytics: How Low-Cost Automation Can Improve Care and Reduce Costs
By Richard Queen “Our health care system is designed to address medical fires versus fire prevention.” Quoted in a study titled “Most Adults Don’t Receive Preventive Care,” Dave Chase, co-founder of Health Rosetta, speaks of the need for reform in traditional fee-for-service U.S. health care. While industries like manufacturing have long understood the need for […]
Santa’s Christmas Adventure at The Resort at Glade Springs
By Bridget Gibson The Resort at Glade Springs is once again playing home to Santa’s Christmas Adventure. An interactive North Pole experience that features reindeer, elves, cookies, hot cocoa and, yes, Mr. and Mrs. Claus themselves, this experience is one kids and families will remember for a lifetime. The event is now entering its seventh […]
Finding Future Workers: West Virginia Manufacturers Association Launches Two New Programs
By Monica Cross In effort to expand outreach programs from middle schools to students at the high school level, the West Virginia Manufacturers Association Educational Fund (WVMAEF) has launched two Explore the New Manufacturing Programs for the 2019-2020 school year. These new programs—Scrap and Manufacturing Innovation Challenge—have been rolled out in several high schools across […]
The Puzzling Challenge of Pragmatic Judgment
By Stephen Dowdie This article is part of a companion series to “Crisis Management: Seven Steps to Prepare Your Organizations,” which appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of West Virginia Executive magazine. Imagine for a moment that you are given the task of completing a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. You are provided a box of puzzle […]
Catamounts Signing On
By Derek Artimez and René Trezise Maddie Kaley is not the fastest runner nor can she throw a deep ball, but she is attending college on scholarship and competing as a Division 1 athlete against universities in the Big XII Conference and beyond. More importantly, not only is Kaley contending, but she’s winning—all from the […]
The Road to Success
By Brooke Buchanan “It doesn’t matter how old you are, it is never too late for reinvention. You can always write your own happy ending.” Callie Lyons, a senior at West Virginia University (WVU) Parkersburg, has followed this motto throughout adulthood. Many people think life needs to be planned out and certain things need to […]
