IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 2416: Total Worker Health: A Small Business Leader Perspective
Newman
Total Worker Health® (TWH) frameworks call for attention to organizational leadership in the implementation and effectiveness of TWH approaches. It is especially important to study this within in the small business environment where employees face significant health, safety, and well-being concerns and employers face barriers to addressing these concerns. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of how small business leaders perceive employee health, safety, and well-being in the context of their own actions. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 small business senior l...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - October 31, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Janalee Thompson Natalie V. Schwatka Liliana Tenney Lee S. Newman Tags: Article Source Type: research
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Substantially more small-business owners and their workers have health insurance coverage today than before the Affordable Care Act, new Commonwealth Fund–supported research shows, mainly because of the subsidized coverage options made available in the individual market and the expansion of Medicaid in many states.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications - October 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mark A. Hall, Michael J. McCue Source Type: research
Crashes and traffic signal violations caused by commercial motorcycle couriers
ConclusionThe findings of this study can be used as a baseline in devising policies for preventing crashes of motorcycle couriers. (Source: Safety and Health at Work)
Source: Safety and Health at Work - October 17, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research
Digital business model effectuation: an agile approach
The objective of this research is to investigate alternative approaches under a time-constrained setting. A recent national open innovation initiative of Finland challenged practitioners and researchers to transform technologies into commercializable innovations in under six months. A high-tech case within the challenge piloted the agile effectuation of a business model with three parallel approaches: effectuation, causation and lean startup method, thus providing antecedent on how effectuation theory can be integrated with agile development and business model theory. (Source: Computers in Human Behavior)
Source: Computers in Human Behavior - October 16, 2018 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
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More small-business workers, solo entrepreneurs, and other self-employed Americans have insurance coverage since the ACA's insurance market reforms, consumer subsidies, and Medicaid expansion took effect, according to a new report by authors David Chase and John Arensmeyer of the Small Business Majority.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications - October 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Small business challenges and the triple bottom line, TBL: Needs assessment in a Midwest State, U.S.A.
Publication date: October 2018Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 135Author(s): Diane Depken, Catherine ZemanAbstractFew resources or published studies exist identifying the informational needs or motivational factors that would assist small businesses wishing to develop, follow, or institute a business model using sustainable and triple bottom line, TBL practices in the U.S. Further, little was known in this mid-western State about the depth of green business practices or the desire of business owners to learn more. A cross-sectional, convenience sample was surveyed to define the needs and interest...
Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change - September 5, 2018 Category: Science Source Type: research
Managing Employees Undergoing Total Hip and Knee Replacement: Experiences of Workplace Representatives
Conclusions Employers are motivated to effect supported RTW for employees undergoing THR/TKR but have insufficient guidance. Strategies are required to signpost employers to existing RTW advice, and to develop recommendations specific to lower limb arthroplasty. Communication between medical practitioners and employers should be facilitated in order to enhance the RTW experience of individuals undergoing THR/TKR. (Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation)
Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation - August 21, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research
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Two states so far have taken advantage of the federal government's decision to give them more leeway in defining the essential health benefits that individual and small-group insurers must offer consumers. Those states — Alabama and Illinois — diverged significantly in how they responded to that flexibility. In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule that would allow states to determine the minimum essential health benefits that individual and small-business health plans operating in the state are required to cover, beginning in 2020. While the agency said the extra flexibility woul...
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications - August 2, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
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"If association health plans ever become widely popular, small businesses will either be forced to buy plans that offer less comprehensive coverage or pay much more than they do now for higher-quality insurance." - John Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications - August 2, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
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Two states so far have taken advantage of the federal government's decision to give them more leeway in defining the essential health benefits that individual and small group insurers must offer consumers. Those states — Alabama and Illinois — diverged significantly in how they responded to that flexibility. In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule that would allow states to determine the minimum essential health benefits that individual and small business health plans operating in the state are required to cover, beginning in 2020. While the agency said the extra flexibility woul...
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
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"If association health plans ever become widely popular, small businesses will either be forced to buy plans that offer less comprehensive coverage or pay much more than they do now for higher-quality insurance." - John Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
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President Donald Trump handed an influential business advocacy group what should have been a historic lobbying victory when he recently rolled out new rules encouraging small businesses to band together to offer health insurance. Trump, who's touted the expansion of so-called association health plans as a key plank in his strategy to tear down Obamacare, even announced the rules at the 75th anniversary party of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) last month, claiming the group's members will save "massive amounts of money" and have better care if they join forces to offer coverage to workers. But the NFI...
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications - July 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
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"Any action to stop disbursements under the risk adjustment program will significantly increase 2019 premiums for millions of individuals and small-business owners, and could result in far fewer health plan choices. It will undermine Americans’ access to affordable care, particularly for those who need medical care the most." — Justine G. Handelman, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Publications - July 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Potatoes and livelihoods in Chencha, southern Ethiopia
Publication date: Available online 18 June 2018Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life SciencesAuthor(s): Yenenesh Tadesse, Conny J.M. Almekinders, Rogier P.O. Schulte, Paul C. StruikAbstractPotato is highly productive crop and can provide a cheap and nutritionally-rich staple food. Its potential as a cash generator and source of food is much under-utilized in many emerging economies. In this paper we study the impact of an intervention that introduced improved potato technologies in Chencha, Ethiopia on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. We collected information through in-depth interviews in order to explore possi...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - July 11, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
New approach to the innovation process in emerging economies: The manufacturing sector case in Chile and Peru
Publication date: Available online 13 March 2018Source: TechnovationAuthor(s): Jorge A. Heredia Pérez, Cristian Geldes, Martin H. Kunc, Alejandro FloresAbstractThis paper focuses on paths towards innovation and considers different types of innovation. It develops a new framework to analyze the internal and external factors that influence the types of innovation and their relationships with business performance in the manufacturing sector. A proposed theoretical model is tested and used to evaluate the process of innovation by country (Peru and Chile) and companies by size, type of industry, financial aspects and level of ...
Source: Technovation - July 11, 2018 Category: Science Source Type: research
