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The Forgotten (or Missing) Element to Achieving Goals
Is it just me or does it seem like everyone talks about setting goals, yet only a handful seem to accomplish their goals? I've learned about setting goals since elementary school, so I’m pretty good at writing my goals, but only after employing techniques that helped me accomplish my goals…
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Help, I’m Stuck in a Rut: Planning for Change
You feel stuck. Every day feels the same and you have a distinct impression that you’re not supposed to be here. You’re not quite sure how you got here and you’re worried that you’ll never break free from the dull routine that your life has become. Does this sound familiar?…
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No Excel Multiplication Formula? 3 Ways to Multiply in Excel
While there is no “Excel multiply formula” there are multiple ways to multiply in Excel. For instance, do you use an asterisk (*) to multiply, but hit a brick wall when you apply other arithmetic operators? What about shortcuts for multiplying many numbers in one step? Read on for three…
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How to Hide Formulas in Excel and Protect Your Spreadsheet
Excel makes it easy to decipher why a formula produces its result. When you click on the cell, the formula is displayed in the formula bar. If that’s not enough, you can select the Formulas ribbon and click Evaluate Formulas for a step-by-step walkthrough. But what happens when you don’t…
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Visually Display Composite Data — How to Create an Excel Waterfall Chart
Have you ever needed to present a chart that displays component data that roll up to a total? If all of the values are positive, Excel’s stacked column chart works beautifully; but it breaks down when your data includes both positive and negative values. The answer is an Excel waterfall…
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Ease the Pain of Data Entry with an Excel Forms Template
Excel makes it easy to work with data tables, but first you must get that data into tables. Keying data into a spreadsheet and moving the cursor after each entry can be frustrating at best; at worst, it can leave you with mangled data in an unusable format. Fortunately, Excel…
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Avoid the Five Big Mistakes that Medical Practices Make When Marketing
Marketing Your Medical Practice Accessing information on the internet has become a much larger component for people gathering health information and deciding where they want to access healthcare. In a recent Pew research study, 72 percent of internet users have said they looked online for health information in the last…
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Improve the Patient Experience through Technology
Improve the Patient Experience Whether you need a simple checkup or are having a major procedure, venturing into a doctor’s office, clinic, surgery center or hospital can be an intimidating, worrisome and even frightening. One of the greatest challenges faced by medical and support staff is how to ease patient…
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Healing with HEARTS
Dealing with Difficult Patients and their Caregivers Dealing with patients and their caregivers is the reason most of us got into healthcare in the first place, but they are also potentially the most challenging aspects of any given work day. A number of factors can contribute to a patient or…
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Excel Formulas Not Calculating? How to Fix it Fast
You’ve created the reports for your management meeting, and, just before you print copies for the executives, you discover that the totals are all showing last month’s values. How do you fix it—fast? 1. Check for Automatic Recalculation On the Formulas ribbon, look to the far right and click Calculation…
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