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3D Printing Points Way To Smarter Cancer Treatment
British scientists have developed a new use for 3D printing, putting it to work to create personalized replica models of cancerous parts of the body to allow doctors to target tumors more precisely...
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3D-Printed Cast Uses Ultrasound To Speed Healing
A stylish-looking 3D-printed cast for broken bones uses an ultrasonic pulse generator to help stimulate the growth of new bone. The wonderful thing about new ideas is that they are often spun off into combinations with other ideas into something excitingly different.
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3D-Printed Huts To Revolutionize Home Building In Poor Countries
An Italian company believes they have come up with an idea that could improve the lives of hundreds of millions. They have developed an easily transportable printer that can build houses out of natural materials, such as mud or clay...
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4 Reasons U.S. EMR Firms Won’t Try China
If you have something to sell, chances are you’ve thought about selling it in China. Read More »
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40% Italian Public Administrations Uses Open Source
Just over 40 per cent of Italy's public administrations are using open source software solutions, the country's National Statistical Institute, Istat, reports. According to its 'Public institutions' 2011 Census' report, published on 31 March, this is especially the case among state, regional and provincial administrations. Read More »
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45 New Ebola Cases Caused Daily By Patients Being Turned Away By Overwhelmed Volunteers
The collapse of Liberia's healthcare system due to the Ebola crisis is spurring as many as 45 new cases of the illness daily, according to new data. Researchers from the UK figure that each patient turned away from already full clinics is inadvertently spreading the disease to 1.5 other people, a rate of reproduction that could result in a full-on "nightmare doomsday scenario."...
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5 "Crazy Ones' Reshaping Health IT
...With a nod to Apple and its famous 1997 TV spot, which highlighted doers and dreamers in all fields of endeavor who colored outside the lines, we put the spotlight on just five of the many 'crazy ones' who are helping transform health IT in new and unique ways...
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5 Best Open Source Web Browser Security Apps
The Web browser acts as the gateway for myriad online services these days. Computer security problems are far from solved, and technology advances provide new ways for malware to infect our devices and enter our business networks...
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5 Biggest Barriers To Google Glass Adoption In Healthcare
Google Glass adoption in healthcare is promising, but also has its share of challenges to overcome. We examine the thoughts of Dr. Rafael Grossmann and Pristine’s Kyle Samani on the subject. The little wearable optical computer that could, may be helping physicians and medical professionals see things a bit differently these days—but how Google Glass will seamlessly replace other devices to enhance clinical care has yet to come fully into focus.
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5 Digital Health Trends You'll See In 2015
2014 has been a huge year for health tech. According to digital health incubator StartUp Health, digital health funding in the first three quarters of 2014 has already surpassed $5 billion, close to double what was invested in all of 2013 ($2.8 billion)...
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5 Health Challenges The World Will Face In 2015
What comes next for the future of the world's health?... But these are the issues reason would suggest will set the world's health agenda next year...
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5 Health IT Pieces Of Congress Agenda For 2015
With Republican majorities poised to take control of the Senate and House of Representatives, the 2015 Congress is expected to address several health IT programs. Although controlling spending and promoting free enterprise remain GOP tenants, the approach by Congress to various health IT issues will vary...
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5 Telehealth Bills To Watch
Federal and state legislation on the use of telehealth has been a hot topic for lawmakers over the past year.
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5 Tips For Cybersecurity Incident Response
Experts and politicians agree that security and privacy incidents are a given...And as the new cyber-risk handbook from the National Association of Corporate Directors puts it: “If a sophisticated attacker targets a company’s systems, they will almost certainly [be breached].”...
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5 Ways ONC Plans for Interoperability
Interoperability, the Achilles heel of electronic health record progress has been in the limelight since the beginning of the stimulus package incentive funding for EHR adoption. And though EHR implementation rates have proven successful, interoperability leaves something to be desired...
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