With a simple device that fits onto heating ducts, a Colorado Springs company has created a method of protecting businesses from biological and chemical weapons, as well as from other environmental hazards.
Directed Energy Solutions received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to finish work on the prototype that will kill all bacteria and viruses in the air.
“The thing that is unique about health care is that, as a
society, we’ve said it is a right. But society hasn’t stepped up and accepted responsibility for that right.”
As a nurse, Joy Powell stepped outside traditional medicine to learn business and finance roles in a hospital setting.
As an administrator, she became a champion of diversity as director of human resources, winning an award for the hospital.
And as the new vice president for Memorial Hospital North, Powell faces the challenge of recruiting a work force for an entire full-service hospital.
Novel cancer drugs, innovative treatments for blood cancers and clotting, new ways to attack inflammatory and infectious diseases, ground-breaking compounds to treat osteoporosis and metastatic bone disease, pioneering devices for orthopedic surgery, commercializing biofuels from algae and revolutionary wearable rehabilitation systems comprise the seven finalists in this year’s BioWest Venture Showcase competition, according to Christine Shapard, director bioscience and emerging technologies for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.
Continue reading …A resurgence in consumer technology spending and the expansion of Web 2.0 helped drive tech-sector job-cut announcements to the lowest quarterly total in nearly six years, according to global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.
Job cuts in the tech sector, which encompasses telecommunications, computer, electronics and e-commerce, fell to 29,226, down 25.8 percent from 39,379 in the previous quarter. The second-quarter figure was the lowest since 26,583 job cuts in the third quarter of 2000.
The business world might be nearing a “tipping point” — as companies focus on becoming more efficient, using less energy and implementing renewable and sustainable practices.
Businesses including GE Electrics and DuPont are moving toward sustainability, said Christopher Juniper, a director at National Capitalism Solutions in Boulder, a nonprofit organization that helps businesses develop sustainability goals.
Novel cancer drugs; innovative treatments for blood cancers and clotting; new ways to attack inflammatory and infectious diseases; ground-breaking compounds to treat osteoporosis and metastatic bone disease; pioneering devices for orthopedic surgery; commercializing biofuels from algae; and revolutionary wearable rehabilitation systems comprise the seven finalists in this year’s BioWest Venture Showcase competition, said Christine Shapard, director of bioscience and emerging technologies for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT).
Continue reading …Colorado is joining the bandwagon of states that are providing grant money to encourage bioscience research.
The legislature has earmarked $2 million of state gaming proceeds for small grants to encourage bioscience research and development of new technologies. That money, available only once, could be the catalyst for job and industry growth, said Brian Vogt, director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the agency responsible for administering the grants.
No matter how small or large, companies say philanthropy is smart business — and part of being a responsible corporate citizen.
“It’s definitely a very important part of who we are as a company,” said Bill Hurt, founder of ERA Shields Real Estate. “We’re very lucky, and we’ve been blessed with an exceptional, bountiful quality of life. Not everyone enjoys this same level, so we want to help those who are not as fortunate.”
Consumers now have access to updated information about the quality of care provided in Colorado’s hospitals.
The Colorado Health and Hospital Association (CHA) Performance and Quality Group, which released risk-adjusted mortality information (death rates) in April 2005 detailing 11 common reasons why patients are admitted to a hospital, has updated the information to include 2004 data.
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