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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 across an electronic platform. After several rounds of upgrades expected ...

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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. “It’s like any other product or service – some are ...

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 and more thorough patient education and preparation are enabling surgeons ...

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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 little evidence yet that many companies are ready to add ...

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, the top for household income and education of its workforce. ...

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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 patients 15 years ago can now work for them, thanks ...

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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, who started the group in 2014. “We want to see ...

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 say. Sole practitioners and small law firms in particular have ...

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 that it is often easy for employees to click right ...

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 their parents did. “The date of retirement hasn’t changed that ...