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"Please go home! Indian firm deploys software for work-life balance"

"A small IT company in the central Indian city of Indore has come up with an unusual way to ensure its employees maintain a healthy work-life balance - by creating software to remind them when their shift is up and it is time to head home."

Read More: Please go home! Indian firm deploys software for work-life balance | Reuters

"How nonprofit hospitals get away with the biggest rip off in America"

"All across the nation, cities big and small are having their pockets picked and their communities decimated by their local nonprofit hospitals."

Read more: How nonprofit hospitals get away with the biggest rip off in America (medicaleconomics.com)

 

Plants And The Flu

"Plants are well-established partners that when brought indoors can help alleviate stress, and purify the air, and are well worth the constant watering.

However, a new study from Australia found their beneficial properties may not yet be fully established, since it could be that our leafy brethren have the power to remove viruses that cause cold and flu from the air."

 

Read more: Rooms Filled with Plants Could Protect Us from Colds and Flu by Disinfecting Air, Study Finds (goodnewsnetwork.org)

   

Life Improving Innovations

"The Wonderbag is a much-needed innovation for the billions of people that cook over an open fire.  It allows food preparation without suffering from air pollution caused by firewood, charcoal or other fuels.

How it works: bring food to an initial boil, place it inside the bag, and let it slow cook for up to 12 hours. It so reduces air pollution, carbon emissions and saves energy."

Read more: 10 Innovations That Are Improving Lives (wipo.int)

 

Smart Technologies for Health Care

"Digital transformation is changing the face of every industry, including healthcare. From a lack of access to basic healthcare services in many places around the world to a general staffing shortage that's expected to reach 18 million by 2030, there are plenty of gaps that technology like 5G, cloud and AI are primed to offset."

   

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