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Lyft Links Up Ride-Hailing With Epic’s Medical Records System

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Nurses, case managers, and other healthcare workers are already familiar with Epic — adding notes to patient files, scheduling appointments, and discharging patients.”. percent jump in ride operations in August from the month prior, rides in Canada and the U.S. Lyft for Epic will “simplify sending rides,” the release said.

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Waitr And Olo Team Up For Delivery Efficiency

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Teaming up with Olo allows us to increase operational efficiencies for these brands by streamlining orders and simplifying the delivery fulfillment experience, allowing for more efficiently timed and accurate orders. Waitr was started in 2013 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Olo works with upwards of 70,000 restaurants.

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Simon Properties Earnings Show Positive Trends For Brick-And-Mortar Retail

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The mall and outlet center real estate investment trust managed to post a profit despite a 91 percent occupancy rate and collecting on only 85 percent of its rents. Simon addressed several issues on the company’s earnings call from tax relief to the pandemic to its joint venture with Brookfield Properties to take over operations at JCPenney.

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‘Ship-ageddon 2020’ Just Keeps Getting Worse

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“Every mode of shipping is already under tremendous pressure due to COVID-19-related and holiday shopping constraints, and vaccine delivery just adds another element of disruption to the already fragile mix," Sean Maharaj, managing director in the logistics practice of AArete, a global consulting firm, told USA Today.

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Casey’s Considers $2B Kroger Convenience Store Acquisition

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Under pressure from an activist investor, JCP Investment Management, convenience store chain Casey’s General Stores has reportedly placed an initial bid to acquire grocer Kroger’s $2 billion C-store business. That line operates under brand names like Kwik Shop, Turkey Hill and Tom Thumb, CNBC reported Friday (Jan.

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Amazon Loading Whole Foods With Its Own Executives

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What’s more, instead of reporting to Amazon’s head of worldwide consumer business Jeff Wilke, Mackey and the two Amazon executives are overseen by Steve Kessel, who is in charge of all the physical store operations. Ever since Amazon acquired Whole Foods, the combined company has been busy integrating the businesses.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

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Fortunately for Red River Bank, loan demand is picking up in Louisiana as cities stabilize from the pandemic and businesses reopen. Badger Bank is having trouble finding staff “across the board,” from operations to tellers and trust officers. “We Blake Chatelain, president and CEO of $2.9 billion-asset Red River Bank in Alexandria, La.