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Recent Articles from Margie Hyslop
Modernizing the state’s procurement system
Maryland has a new streamlined, more integrated electronic eProcurement platform. The improved system, eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA), went online July 22 and makes it easier to submit bids and proposals […]
Can workplace wellness make you healthy?
How effective employee wellness programs are depend greatly on how well a program is designed and aligned with workers’ needs and abilities to access what is offered, health experts agreed. […]
In Maryland, recovery steps up with advances in joint replacement
Advances in joint replacement tools and materials may lessen chances that patients will have to return to the operating room, Maryland physicians report. Already advances in replacement procedures, pain management […]
Confidence boosted as Md. sees growth in cyber, defense, healthcare
Maryland bankers and economists report encouraging signs for both lenders and borrowers – but are serving that optimism with a side of caution. Despite reasons to be hopeful, there is […]
Maryland ascends rankings, drawing new business, jobs
Like any player, Maryland has had some wins and losses on the business and economic fronts. But things have been looking up for the state, long ranked at, or among, […]
Survival high for ‘incompatible’ kidney transplants, Hopkins finds
Transplant innovations pioneered at Johns Hopkins University and its hospital are giving patients with failing kidneys better and longer lives. Kidneys that would not have been usable transplants for many […]
For women legislators, help from their peers
Two years after its founding, a mentoring program in the Maryland legislature’s Women’s Caucus is struggling to grow. The goal is to keep it going, said state Sen. Nancy King, […]
Some law firms not prepared for cyber attacks
Law firms and lawmakers in Maryland, as well as Virginia and Washington, D.C., have not been are not doing enough to protect lawyers’ and clients’ personal and sensitive information, experts […]
Cyber threats
Recognizing risks posed by working with computer technology and electronic devices is the first step each company must take toward cybersecurity. Part of the difficulty in fending off threats is […]
How long-term care should factor into estate planning
Health care advances that have added years to humans’ lifespan also mean that millions who retire during the next decades will live more years while not drawing a paycheck than […]
New credit card chips help prevent fraud
Many more stores and their customers will be swapping the swipe for the dip, by next month, in a new routine expected to put a significant dent in credit card […]
Law firms move to the cloud
Cloud computing, which allows lawyers to access client files securely from home or other locations outside the firm’s offices, can improve productivity and convenience, particularly for practices that have a mobile workforce.
