Virtual doctor’s visits becoming more widely available – not just for routine illnessesTri-Citypatients are connecting with medical specialists for more types of care, thanksto the growing use of telemedicine, or telehealth, which can allow a providerto make some diagnoses of a critical patient without even being in the sameroom. “Telehealthstarted...
By Byron Martin and Ty MulhollandWhen asking people for aword to describe the Tri-Cities, some of the answers that you hear might bewine, water sports, Hanford, agriculture or tumbleweeds. The last thing youwould expect to hear is “technology.” What most people don’t realize is thatthe Tri-Cities has a long and...
By Andrew KirkThemultitude of desktop apps to help business owners run their companies arenothing short of miraculous, but how many of those apps have good mobileversions? Andhow many of those “there’s an app for that” ideas are actually worth thedownload and time to learn? You’renot alone in wondering. There are...
Number of employees you oversee: About 4,500. Brief background of your business:Pacific Northwest NationalLaboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national lab proudly operated byBattelle since its inception in 1965. PNNL’s talented scientists, engineers andsupport professionals draw on signature capabilities in chemistry, earth sciencesand data analytics to advance scientific discovery,...
By D. Patrick JonesMosteveryone knows that the tech pulse is strong in the Tri-Cities. The problem is,it’s hard to find the pulse in official data. The same challenge applies for presenceof the technology sector in Benton-Franklin Trends.Where in the trends site might we find some coverage? Consider data from the...
Mission Support Alliance is using industry bestpractices and 3D modeling software to help design a new water treatmentfacility on the Hanford site. The Hanford contractor’s 3D modeling is a vital designtool, enabling timely completion of complex projects. In this approach, alsoknown as building information modeling, or BIM, the designers “build”...
By George HefterOn Jan. 14, 2020, three widely-used Windows Operating Systems reach the end of their useful lives and will no longer receive updates and security patches from Microsoft: Windows 7, Server 2008 and Small Business Server 2011 (which is based on Server 2008). This so-called “end-of-support” doesn’t mean that...
Members of the Benton Rural Electric Association bought out a new solar co-op program in just a week, despite declining incentives for the renewable energy source.Troy Berglund, community development and member relations manager at Benton REA, said he did not know how the program would be received.“I was...
Nearly one in five Americans now listen to audiobooks.That’s because smartphones have helped usher in a new way for consumers to digest books, and audio has quickly become the fastest growing format in the publishing industry.That’s according an Audio Publishers Association’s May 2017 survey.Despite the surge in popularity of audiobooks,...
Small businesses face a lot of challenges. And the least of business owners’ worries should be accepting payments from customers.In the modern era of chip cards, cryptocurrencies, Apple Pay, and other emerging payment methods, processing transactions can be a tedious and frustrating part of running a business.That’s where Kennewick’s BlockChyp...
