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Rare Diseases: Advocating For Your Child
How to be your child’s advocate in the doctor’s office: navigating the healthcare maze for children with rare diseases By Lesley Holmes As a mother of two, including a daughter diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)–a genetic disorder that causes tumors to form throughout the body's organs–I've witnessed the challenges of securing adequate care for children with rare diseases.
'I’m holding out to go to the toilet': Why monitoring employees – inside and outside the office – is rocketing anxiety
How would you like it if your working day was monitored, and the time at the computer, the number of keystrokes and non-work-related searches all counted by your employer? Despite knowledge workers pleading for greater flexibility and autonomy in this messy post-pandemic period, and a clear shift to measuring outcomes rather than time, there has been a massive surge in worldwide demand for solutions to keep tabs on staff, wherever they are working.
How to maintain employee productivity without Big Brother
MHR’s Lesley Holmes discusses the problem with employee monitoring software and an alternative way to ensure productivity. Employee monitoring software uptake accelerated during the pandemic, especially as the majority of the Irish workforce worked predominantly from home during 2020. In fact, the demand for workforce monitoring solutions has risen exponentially since the start of the pandemic, with many companies having either installed such technology or plans to do so.
Build a Strong Security Culture by Starting with Your Data
The first episode of the series features skilled data security practitioners Lesley Holmes (Data Protection Officer at MHR), Josh Purdin (Security Engineer at WellDyneRx), and Van Ngo (Incident Manager at John Deere). In this moderated session, our guests will discuss their data security journeys, share practical advice on dealing with data protection regulations and answer any questions you might have for them.
Avast CFO battles to keep anti-virus giant on track
Big Data Leadership & Management Days before coronavirus became an existential threat to the global economic system, Avast Software received a dramatic jolt that led to a fight for its future. Until the last days of January, the world’s biggest provider of anti-virus software with around 450 million users had been a darling of the FTSE-250 since its IPO in September 2018, that valued it at £3bn after a series of major acquisitions.
UK CFOs and regulation around AI, ML and data
Big Data C-suite Communication GDPR Regulation Technology Back in June this year, Minister for Implementation, Oliver Dowden, set out plans detailing how new technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionise businesses in the UK. What’s more, the Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Office for Artificial Intelligence (OAI) published joint guidance on how to build and use AI.
Data and insights – The silent growth economy? - Financial Director
Big Data When the news broke early this year that Twitter had, for the first time, turned a profit, many outside certain industry bubbles thought it staggering that such a huge and ubiquitous organisation hadn’t been covering its costs for years. Of course, its valuation was built on potential, and that potential was grounded in data.
GDPR: One year on and where’s it gone?
GDPR was the hot topic of 2018, but what now? Nobody seems to be talking about it, but it hasn’t gone anywhere. As GDPR drew closer, there were rumours of multi-million pound fines and people being sued over broken rules or misunderstanding what GDPR meant…so did it happen? Well kind of, yes.
A guide to - GDPR
GDPR was the hot topic of 2018, but what now? Nobody seems to be talking about it, but it hasn’t gone anywhere. Contributor Lesley Holmes, Data Protection Officer – MHR. As GDPR drew closer, there were rumours of multi-million pound fines and people being sued over broken rules or misunderstanding what GDPR meant… so did it happen? Well kind of, yes.
CultureLab: Exploring technology's dark side
Illuminated in a dark room, a black external hard drive is raised on a plinth. It’s only when viewers are told what the drive contains - five million dollars worth of illegally downloaded content, according to the copyright holders - that the artwork takes on meaning. The piece, titled 5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte, forms part of the flagship exhibition at Transmediale - a popular Berlin festival that focuses on the intersection of art and digital culture.
Lesley W. Holmes - Fredericksburg.com: Obituaries
Lesley W. Holmes, 88, of Hustle passed away Monday, May 23, 2016, at Fort Washington Hospital in Fort Washington, Md. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 30, at Mount Olive Baptist Church, Hustle. Remains may be viewed one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Online guest book is available at brooksfuneralhome.com.
Lesley Holmes - Fredericksburg.com: Obituaries
Lesley Holmes, 88, of Hustle passed away Monday, May 23, 2016, at Fort Washington Hospital in Fort Washington, Md. Arrangements are incomplete at Cedell Brooks Funeral Home, Port Royal.
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