Locating First Responders Inside Buildings: Competing Technologies To Be Tested Side By Side Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:00:00 -0700 At the 2008 Workshop on Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking for Emergency Responders, to be held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) August 4-6, four solutions to the enormous technical challenge of precisely locating first responders inside buildings will be demonstrated in carefully controlled trials. SEM Thought-Leaders To Gather For Eyeforpharma's Search Engine Marketing Summit 2008 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0700 eyeforpharma has announced the launch of the premier pharmaceutical Search Engine Marketing Event on October 22nd in Boston. The conference has been highly anticipated and in a sneak preview of the agenda, Gerard Moore, the Event Producer, has announced that the following Search experts will be speaking at the event. Pharma Sales Executives Meet At Annual Summit To Exchange Sales Force Effectiveness Best-Practice, Network Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:00:00 -0700 The Russian-CIS pharmaceutical market is exploding. PriceWaterhouseCooper records suggest that the Russian Pharmaceutical market is growing by over 1/3 every year. This growth creates new challenges. How do you make your Sales Force more effective and not just larger to ensure long-term success? The Sales Force Effectiveness Summit, October 7-8, Moscow, addresses these issues head-on and presents best practices in meeting these challenges. International Chemical Senses Symposium In San Francisco To Focus On Little-Known Impacts Of Smell And Taste On Health Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0700 What: The senses of smell and taste may have greater bearing on health than is generally accepted by both doctors and patients. Recent research suggests that these senses and their influence on behavior have implications for nutrition, aging, mental health, obesity, diabetes and safety. Call For Proposals For 2009 Emergency Preparedness Conference Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0700 The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources are now accepting proposals for presentations for the 2009 Annual Emergency Preparedness Conference. JCR is a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission. Presentations at the April 2009 conference, in Washington, D.C., should focus on practitioner-based, change-focused practices. Premier Healthcare Alliance Experts To Present At Conferences Around The World In July Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0700 Leaders from the Premier healthcare alliance will speak around the world in July, sharing insights regarding patient safety, efficient supply chain expenditures and pay-for-performance (P4P) based on Premier's Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) project with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Premier President and CEO Richard Norling will be a featured speaker at the 28th annual HFMA US/UK Exchange on July 23 in Toronto.