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The Role Community Colleges Are Playing in the Healthcare Landscape
With a healthcare professional shortage in America there is a huge need for new and emerging healthcare workers. Community colleges play a vital role in educating future healthcare professionals and...
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LEAN, Six Sigma & Quality: Continuous Process Improvement Models
One of the most influential philosophies in business over the past half-century has been the concept of continuous improvement. Businesses and professionals are now constantly striving for ways to...
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Why Price Doesn't Matter to Your Best Customers
It might be counterintuitive, but price is often not a significant factor to your very best customers. Creating value around your brand and providing great customer service actually tend to be more...
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Ways to Stay Healthy While Working as a Healthcare Professional
Going into the healthcare field is one of the most rewarding career choices one can make. But, due to the nature of the industry, it often doesn’t leave much time — or energy — for basic personal...
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Take Your Organization to the Next Level With a Quality Certification
Now that it’s a new year, you may be looking for new ways to improve your organization. For businesses focused on efficiency and overall quality of their products and services, a quality certification...
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How Effective Communication Can Save Lives in the Healthcare Industry
Illness — acute or chronic — or injuries can interrupt life dramatically. The rise and fall of emotions in reaction to an illness, injury, or surgery can create instability, numbness, and a sense of...
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3 Steps to Becoming a Quality Professional (and Why it Matters!)
Quality assurance is essential to the success of any business and in many different industries it requires someone to ensure a certain level of quality is maintained. For working professional and...
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10 Things to Ask Yourself When Choosing a Name for Your New Business
Are you just starting to develop your small business idea or plan? Maybe you’re already up and running, but looking for ways to improve and expand? Marketing and branding are key elements to developing...
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How to Determine Your Value Proposition to Attract New Customers
Developing your value proposition is critical to successfully moving forward with your business. By learning how to create a value proposition you will be making a commitment to appeal to your target...
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6 Reasons to Take Your AHA BLS, ACLS and/or PALS Training at PCC IHP
At the PCC Institute for Health Professionals (IHP), we pride ourselves on providing a wide variety of thorough, engaging, and student-focused courses for today’s health professional. Since 1997, IHP...
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How to Increase Online Sales With These Website Improvements
Starting out and developing a small business is no easy task, especially when it comes to developing your presence online. More than likely you’ve already designed a website and started to generate...
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Top 5 Advantages for Becoming a Quality Management Professional
Whether you're looking to add value to your business, your position or you're looking for a way to alter the direction of your career, becoming a quality management professional offers the skills and...
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Understanding the Important Role of the Sterile Processing Technician
There's something especially rewarding about careers that allow you not just to make a living, but help people as well. That’s the precise reason why many people choose to work in healthcare. But you...
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Podcast Biz503: Reinventing Retail
The PCC CLIMB Center is a proud sponsor of Portland Radio Project's Biz503 show - the new Portland-centric startup and small business talk show on PRP.fm.
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5 Questions Answered about Becoming a Patient Access Specialist
If you’ve decided you would like to pursue a career in healthcare and you love working with people, then consider becoming a patient access specialist. The following post will seek to answer your...
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5 Ways You Can Improve Customer Service with Better Emails
Aside from offering quality products and services, your business undoubtedly relies heavily on customer service. Ensuring customer satisfaction through the sales process is one thing, but as you...
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Growing Your Food Business Vertically vs. Horizontally
As a food entrepreneur (even an aspiring one) you already know that you belong to a creative group that's always looking for new flavors to love, restaurants ready with a fresh take on favorites, and...
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PODCAST Biz503: Access to Capital
The PCC CLIMB Center is a proud sponsor of Portland Radio Project's Biz503 show - the new Portland-centric startup and small business talk show on PRP.fm.
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Helping Reach Goals: CLIMB's CNA Program
Jessica Larsen has a dream of someday becoming a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Today she is one giant leap closer to her dream thanks to her Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) 1 and 2 training at PCC...
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