American Diabetes Assn. holds 'Kiss -A-Pig' fundraiser
Wilbur, Arnold, Piglet. Miss Piggy, Porky, Petunia. The Three Little Pigs. They are pigs (and piglets) people have loved for decades. However, with the exception of the precocious Miss Piggy (who knows exactly what she was selling), there is little documentation of people actually paying money to kiss a pig. Generally, people tend to eat [...]
What’s keeping El Paso County’s health care leaders awake at night? First, there’s the current shortage of doctors and nurses – most of whom are 45 to 50 and older. Then there are overwhelmed emergency rooms that must often treat alcohol and substance abuse patients instead of handling more serious cases. Finally, there are the [...]
Continue reading …The complexity, poor customer service and inefficiencies of managed health care create opportunity for health and medical organizations that want to operate outside the norm. Take Wellspring Health, for example. Founded and opened by Robert Wolfson, M.D. in February 2002 after years of planning and study, the firm represents a collaboration of thirteen associates – [...]
Continue reading …A man followers call the “young Gandhi” says everyday stress, as well as stress suffered because of last year’s terrorist attacks, can be eased through simple meditation techniques. Mansukh Patel, whose parents worked with Mahatma Gandhi for nearly two decades, told the Business Journal that many people suffer from stress resulting from the daily hassles [...]
Continue reading …When Frank Davis, director of facilities at Phil Long Ford, went looking for bids on building maintenance, he interviewed local firms and chose Aspen Diversified Industries (ADI) to do the job. Pretty typical, right? But ADI is not a typical company.In truth, ADI’s chief, Ken Barela, is actually an “executive director”, and the company’s 120 [...]
Continue reading …Last week I received notice (as did most RCIS members) from Andy Oyler at Grubb & Ellis Quantum Commercial of “wants and needs.” Don’t you love it? Even in a slowed commercial real estate market, there are always clients looking for a diamond in the rough or a good property in a key location. It [...]
Continue reading …What do a Baptist church in Texas, Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville in Key West, Florida, an oil and gas company in New Mexico, several Texas school districts and a well-known Colorado Springs architectural firm all have in common? The answer: BDA Administrators, a third party administration (TPA) company, based in Colorado Springs. BDA Administrators, started by [...]
Continue reading …CO Springs medical equipment co. grows by specializing in rehabilitative services
September 28, 2001 Comments OffMaxMed Rehab and Medical Supply is on the move, and there’s no slowdown in sight. The durable medical equipment (DME) provider first opened five years ago, and recently moved into a 16,500 square foot showroom with a 10,000 square foot service department near the East Library on Union Boulevard. Our growth and expansion has surprised [...]
Continue reading …Educating employers to the value and the cost of employing aging workers
September 7, 2001 Comments OffEducating employers to the value — as well as the costs — of employing aging workers has been the main focus of the “Aging Workforce” series. The figures have told of growing numbers of workers over the age of 40 and the difficulties many of them face after downsizing, military separation or simply trying to [...]
Continue reading …A new blood test that can aid in early breast cancer detection will increase in availability by October, which just happens to be Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So far, the Mammastatin Serum Assay (MSA) test has been limited to just a handful of labs in the United States, but with the impending sale of the [...]
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