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Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Emerging AI Ascendancy and Shifts in Health Informatics Careers
This panel, with eminent experts from industry and academia, will address the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on healthcare and health informatics careers. These experts will present their views on topics of growing importance of AI in healthcare. They will also provide insights into the advanced data science, analytics and AI education and preparation needed for health informatics jobs and careers.
NJSPL Report: Transportation Priorities for Camden County
This report offers recommendations around enhancing reliability, expanding coverage and access, improving the infrastructure and access to information, and promoting environmentally sustainable practices in Camden County’s transportation system.
Why are more and more local governments communicating through public relations firms?
“It has become more difficult for responsible and caring elected officials to have trustworthy relationships with the press,” Pfeiffer said. “The degradation of that relationship has contributed to the decisions made by some government agencies to have third-party representatives or communications professionals to face the press.”
Matthew Rivera (MHA ’25) Wins ACHE Student Associate Award
Matthew stated, “I’m looking forward to continuing my dedication and passion to the healthcare industry, as well as my commitment and participation in ACHE-NJ.” The awards were presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner on December 9, 2024 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
Residents want Lakewood Township Committee meetings to be in person again. Town says no.
Pfeiffer has said holding meetings online risks technical problems, as well as online infiltration: “You should carefully consider the risks of meeting disruptions and make sure you balance the interests of people.”
Pfeiffer Discusses Modernizing Legal Notice Requirements
While the need to modernize legal notices has been discussed in policy circles for years, we now face a hard deadline to update state law. However, rushing to implement permanent changes would be a mistake.
N.J. voters set a record this election. But not in a good way.
“As with the 2021 governor’s race, the expectation was that Democrats would win so there was not a pressing need for Democrats to turn out,” Rubin said.
Notes from Central Taiwan: Taiwan’s urban ‘planning’: from crisis to crisis
A Rutgers-based scholar, Mi Shih (史宓), has written a series of papers on planning and the conversion of the domestic economy to a real-estate based economy.
Drs. Porumbescu, Walsh and Hetling on SNAP Learning Costs
Our findings demonstrate that enhancing the SNAP information structure lowers learning costs and indirectly improves public support and perceived deservingness of beneficiaries. We discuss implications for theory and practice.
New Jersey’s ballot is supposed to look different next year. How exactly, though, is a lingering question.
“The sad thing is that in New Jersey, for the most part, our politicians — especially at the legislative and county level — they don’t know what campaigning means,” said Julia Sass Rubin
NJSPL Rethinking School Zone Safety Metrics
School zone safety improvements should incorporate the Safe System Approach, meaning that vehicle speeds must be addressed. Infrastructure improvements, such as sidewalk additions, should be coupled with traffic calming measures in order to improve safety.
Newark public schools superintendent’s ‘staff fun day’ squandered $33,000 in state aid
Rutgers policy expert Marc Pfeiffer highlighted that, in such circumstances, districts have alternative means of funding staff appreciation events — such as through independent foundations — rather than dipping into the public coffers for extravagance.