How Wearables are fueling Healthcare Innovation

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by Marc Fischer, Co-Founder and CEO of Dogtown Media Wearables are making an unprecedented impact on the medical field. Users are able to form a more complete picture of their health, and physicians are able to glean insights and take action faster. Countless opportunities have opened up for innovators to improve how we manage medical […]

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Litigation Finance in the Post-Madoff World

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by Gary Chodes, Litigation Finance Industry Pioneer and founder of industry leaders Oasis, Courthouse Investments and Signal Funding We are now seeing substantial litigation financing activity involving brand name hedge funds players as well as publicly-traded closed-end funds and business development companies (”BDCs”). Activist investors and boards of directors may now use (or be exposed […]

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SUSTAINABILITY TRENDS IN EXPEDITION CRUISING

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by Hans Lagerweij, President of Albatros Travel THE CRUISE INDUSTRY AND SUSTAINABILITY The cruise industry is a hot topic in the global sustainability conversation, often for unflattering reasons. Princess Cruises’ recent illegal dump of plastic material in the Bahamas highlights a history of environmental violations. The cruise industry’s carbon emissions are under scrutiny, as the average large cruise […]

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EXTERNAL DATA INCREASES INFORMATION GOVERNANCE RISKS

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by Matthew Bernstein, Information Management Strategist at MC Bernstein Data Companies are more and more reliant on finding value in their data, while regulators, politicians, and the public are increasing their scrutiny of how companies use consumers’ data. Massive amounts of available data, commoditized IT infrastructure (e.g., storage and compute), and presumed value to be […]

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Expert Network: Oklahome Opioid Trial Result: a Pig in a Poke?

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by Andrew S. Pollis, Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law We now have the long-awaited result in the Oklahoma trial against Johnson & Johnson (J&J). While the State of Oklahoma convinced the trial judge that J&J engaged in a public nuisance and that it must now pay $572 million to abate, the amount […]

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DETERMINING THE REAL “HIDDEN” VALUE OF A DATA CENTER

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by Gerrit Jan de Vries, Senior Sales Manager of Global Connectivity at VEON Are you an investor or customer considering investing in data centers? Chances are, you have already asked yourself how do you determine the real value of a data center? Before investing, you should learn what data center cross-connects are and why they […]

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Expert Network: Think of Compliance Before Selling or Buying a Small Business

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by Michael Lamm, Owner and Managing Partner at Corporate Advisory Solutions, LLC Only one-third of the approximately 32 million small US businesses counted by the US Census Bureau have employees and must meet a weekly payroll. While all small businesses are vital to the economic health of our country, I am only referencing the one-third […]

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Expert Network: BUILDING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION

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by Joseph E. Fournier, President & Vice Chairman, Invenias Partners Forbes annually publishes its roster of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. The 2018 list is more than a roll call of Silicon Valley tech companies, with Alphabet only ranked #75 while ServiceNow ranked #1. Sipping a coffee at Starbucks (#30) and reviewing a few firm […]

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Expert Network: Evaluating anti-cancer prescriptions

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CLIENT SITUATION A healthcare team working on behalf of a pharmaceutical company wanted to better understand how anti-cancer pharmaceuticals are evaluated for inclusion on payer prescription lists. They were conducting strategy research and needed a large volume of experts across a variety of perspectives, including Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee members at Integrated Delivery Networks […]

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Expert Network: conducting diligence on practice management it solutions

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CLIENT SITUATION A healthcare team at a major consulting firm was conducting due diligence for a private equity case on practice management IT solutions. They needed to speak with experts working in the industry, as well as IT decision-makers at health networks and clinics, to discuss trends in the space, including new technology adoption rates […]

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