UCLA researchers have developed a software program that simulates the response of the human thyroid hormone regulation system to a variety of treatments and diseases. The open-source program, Thyrosim, can be used by clinicians, researchers and educators to accurately gauge the impacts of thyroid treatments and to develop more effective remedies for thyroid problems. The research appears on the cover of the peer-reviewed journal Thyroid.
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Ubuntu Edge: 3 Things To Think About
Jason Hiner | CNET | July 23, 2013
The cross-over Android device wants to break through barriers and smash records. TechRepublic's Jason Hiner boils down the three key takeaways. Read More »
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Ubuntu Launches OpenStack Interoperability Lab
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | ZDNet | November 6, 2013
Canonical and its partners will certify Ubuntu OpenStack cloud compliant hardware and software. Read More »
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Ubuntu Linux Enters The Smartphone Wars
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | ZDNet | January 2, 2013
Instead of going after both the tablet and smartphone market, Canonical is bravely starting 2013 by trying to become a major player in the smartphone market with an upcoming version of Ubuntu Linux. Read More »
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Ubuntu Superphone Fundraiser Rakes In $1M On Debut
Klint Finley | Wired | July 22, 2013
Canonical — makers of the Ubuntu distribution of Linux — is asking geeks to collectively cough up $32 million dollars in the next month to crowdfund a smartphone that could serve as a laptop replacement. Supporters have already pledged over $1 million in the first five hours of the fundraiser. Read More »
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UC Davis Health System Health Policy Leaders Named to "Let's Get Healthy California" Task Force
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UC Davis Health System, Let's Get Healthy California Task Force |
June 5, 2012
Joy Melinikow and Kenneth W. Kizer, physicians at UC Davis Health System and national leaders in health policy and research, have been appointed to the Let's Get Healthy California Task Force, a group established in response to Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.'s executive order of May 3 to develop a 10-year plan to make Californians healthier.
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UC Davis Health System Partners with State to Direct World-renowned California Cancer Registry
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UC Davis Health System |
June 26, 2012
The University of California Davis Health System announced today that it will partner with the California Department of Public Health to run the day-to-day operations of the California Cancer Registry, one of the world's leading resources for population-based data on cancer. Read More »
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UC Davis Offers Guide To Health Information Exchange Standards
Kathy Robertson | Sacramento Business Journal | November 7, 2012
The UC Davis Health System has system has released the first edition of its free buyers’ guide to health information exchange. Read More »
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UC Davis Population Health Institute Publishes HIE Buyers' Guide
Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | November 5, 2012
Physcians, hospitals and other providers looking to link into a health information exchange or a regional health information organization now have a buyers' guide to the products on the market, from the University of California Davis Health System's Institute for Population Health Improvement. Read More »
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UC Davis To Lead Electronically Linking Hospitals, Docs Across The State
Kathy Robertson | Sacramento Business Journal | September 25, 2012
The UC Davis Health System has signed a $17.5 million agreement with state and federal health officials to lead an effort to electronically link hospitals, doctors and emergency rooms statewide by 2014. Read More »
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UC Now Paying For Open Access!
Staff Writer | The NIF Blog | October 30, 2012
Hot off the press, from the desk of the Chancellor we just received a note about open access publishing that I would like to celebrate and share. Read More »
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Uchaguzi Kenya 2013 Launched
Daudi Were | Ushahidi | February 11, 2013
...This makes us very proud today to announce the official launch of the Uchaguzi Kenya 2013 partnership. Uchaguzi’s aim is to help Kenya have a free, fair, peaceful, and credible general election. Uchaguzi’s strategy for this is to contribute to stability in Kenya by increasing transparency and accountability through active citizen participation in the electoral cycles...
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Uchaguzi – Community Next Steps
Heather Leson | Ushahidi | January 21, 2013
The Kenyan 2013 Elections are just over a month away. If this past weekend’s political nominations are any indication, there will be a rise of people’s voices and stories to share. You may be asking: how can I contribute? From researchers to developers to online strategists to translators and sense-makers, we aim to connect and build Uchaguzi together. Read More »
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UCHealth’s OpenNotes Journey: From a Few Docs to Enterprise-Wide Acceptance
Rajiv Leventhal | Healthcare Informatics | March 16, 2017
Although the OpenNotes initiative—designed to give patients access and ability to read visit notes online—has now reached 12 million patients in the U.S. alone, there have been challenges and pushback along the way, dating back to the beginning of the movement. In fact, says CT Lin, M.D., chief medical information officer (CMIO) at UCHealth, a 7-hospital, 400-clinic system in the Rocky Mountain region, the “original” OpenNotes was actually called “SPPARRO,” or “Systems Providing Patients Access to Records Online”...
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UCLA Researchers Develop Sophisticated Open Source Program For Analyzing Thyroid Health
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UCLA |
March 28, 2016
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UCLA Targets Malaria with Online Gaming
Mike Miliard | Healthcare IT News | May 3, 2012
UCLA researchers have created a crowd-sourced online gaming system in which players distinguish malaria-infected red blood cells from healthy ones by viewing digital images obtained from microscopes. Read More »
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