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Startup Strategy: HIT And Device Entrepreneurs Name 2014 Risks And Opportunities
While healthcare reform is well underway, a true shift in care delivery and economics appears to be more of a looming threat than a proven reality. The question remains: How do you manage and grow a successful business in the dynamic environment of today while positioning for the future? Read More »
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Startups Developing DIY, Open Source Spaceflight Technology
Backyard stargazers dreaming of launching themselves into space will like the direction that modern spaceflight is taking: a hands-on, do-it-yourself approach is emerging to fill the gaps behind large commercial companies such as SpaceX, which in turn inherited the low-Earth orbit role from NASA. Read More »
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State And Local Governments Stagnant On Big Data
Only two percent of state and local governments have a complete big data strategy. That’s despite one in three surveyed agencies indicating that their data set has grown too big to analyze with the current processes and technologies in place, according to a report published Monday by MeriTalk, The State and Local Big Data Gap... Read More »
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State CIOs Eye Enterprise IT, More Federal Flexibility
Interoperability, IT funding and the yet-to-be-built public safety broadband network are a few of the national issues weighing heavy on the minds of state CIOs in these early days of 2013. Read More »
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State Department Launches Imagery To The Crowd
The State Department Humanitarian Information Unit has launched Imagery to the Crowd! Read More »
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State Department promotes open access to educational materials in Arabic
The State Department on Monday launched the Open Book Project, an initiative designed to promote and create open-access Arabic language educational resources. Read More »
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State Grappling With Costs Of Veterans Homes
Pressure is mounting on California officials to contain the ballooning costs of retirement homes for veterans so more money can be freed to provide other essential services for the next generation just returning home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read More »
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State HIEs Prep For Disaster Recovery
Direct protocol to enable data exchange among providers caring for patients displaced from their homes Read More »
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State Insurance Exchanges: Hospital IT's Next Challenge
As state insurance exchanges take hold, hospital IT departments must figure out how to keep up with patients' insurance eligibility, health status and benefits in fluid environment. Read More »
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State of the Map US By the Numbers
More than two weeks have passed since a packed long weekend in San Francisco for State of the Map US, and we’ve had some time now to reflect and run some numbers. Read More »
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State Of U.S. Health 'Mediocre': Report
The United States is falling behind its economic peers in most measures of health, despite making gains in the past two decades, according to a sweeping study of data from 34 countries. Read More »
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State to Host African Leaders for Innovation Summit
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton will welcome more than 60 young African leaders to the Innovation Summit and Mentoring Partnership starting June 13.
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States Rack Up Victories In Bids To Collect Online Sales Taxes
The days of shopping online without paying sales taxes may be ending. States are cracking down and a nationwide system for collecting sales tax on online sales may be coming soon.
The days of shopping online without paying sales taxes may be ending. States are cracking down and a nationwide system for collecting sales tax on online sales may be coming soon. Read More »
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States Seek Ban To Employers' Social-Media Snooping
When EFF considers a job applicant, we ask for the usual information: a resume, references, maybe writing samples. When we decide to hire someone, we require a few more pieces of personal data, the standard HR stuff, to ensure the lucky employee gets paid on time and is covered by health insurance. Read More »
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States Spend $28M, Then Leave Exchanges To The Feds
Late last year, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced that her state would not build its own online insurance marketplace, a pillar of the Affordable Care Act, because there were too many unknowns. Read More »
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