OBJECTIVES Increased utilization of preventive services among the aging has been associated with improved health status and decreased medical costs. We sought to examine the use of the Health Risk Appraisal (HRA) in benchmarking compliance and characterizing those retired employees who met preventive service guidelines. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study of retired employees age 65 and older...

Preventive maintenance practices have been proven to reduce costs in many industries. In the mining industry, preventive is main form of maintenance, especially for mobile equipment. With increase sensor data and installation wireless infrastructure within underground mines, predictive are beginning be applied equipment process. However, transition from succeed, researchers must first understan...