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Quality Initiatives The Nation’s Top 100 Hospitals Named for 1997 The 1997 list of the nation’s top 100 hospitals were released earlier this month by William M. Mercer, an Atlanta-based human resource consulting firm and… Continued

To secure its state funding of $19 million, the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center in Morgantown, W.Va., went full speed ahead with its communications plan to become the health information leader for the state… Continued

Jan. 6: "Lobbying Clinic On State And Local Governments," Public Affairs Council, ANA Hotel, Washington, D.C., 202/872-1790; http://www.pac.org. Jan. 6-9: "Introduction to Investor Relations," National Investor Relations Institute, Loews Hotel, Santa Monica, Calif., 703/506-3570, http://www.niri.org.… Continued

New Title? Not Necessarily: More Bang for the Buck Executives’ Greatest Anxieties About Job Security 1997 1991 1989 Loss of job due to acquisition or merger 51% 45% 54% Burnout 24% 12% 25% Being fired… Continued

Phillips Business Information, Inc. 1201 Seven Locks Road, Potomac, Md. 20854; 301/340-7788 Editor’s Note: Multimedia Week , also a sister publication of PR NEWS, has a proclivity for insider-track-styled news. It’s an eight-page weekly that… Continued

Phillips Business Information, Inc. 1201 Seven Locks Road, Potomac, Md. 20854; 301/340-7788 Editor’s Note: CableFAX Daily, a sister publication of PR NEWS, has a reputation in the cable industry for sniffing out breaking news and… Continued

Leaders in U.S. Sponsorship for 1997 $140 million-$145 million: Philip Morris Cos. – its companies Kraft Foods, Inc. and Miller Brewing Co. accounted for the increase in spending; $130 million-$135 million: Anheuser-Busch Cos., which signed… Continued

New Workshop Designed To Alleviate Your Crisis Concerns PR NEWS Seminarsc is hosting a one-day Advanced Crisis Management Workshop on Feb. 17 at the Sheraton Washington in D.C. More than 15 industry leaders will offer… Continued

Marketers/PR Pros Should Study Which Consumers Are Most Influenced by Sponsorships Corporate sponsorship, which includes the red-hot trend of cause-related marketing, is expected to be 15 percent higher in 1998 over last year, according to… Continued

PR professionals will likely be meeting crisis management issues head-on this year – and going into the next century. But part of what will make your crisis planning run smoother is reaching consensus at all… Continued