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Beijing, a Boon for Africa
In 2009, China became Africa’s single largest trading partner, surpassing the United States. And China’s foreign direct investment in Africa has skyrocketed from under $100 million in 2003 to more than $12 billion in 2011.
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Bend, Twist, Pose – Kitware’s Bender Brings Movement To The Visible Man
The new, open-source Bender toolkit enables anatomical repositioning in volumetric images for the computation of specific absorption rates and how their effect on the body changes with various poses. Read More »
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Benefits Of Electronic Health Records Held Back By Poor Design
Did the rush to implement Electronic Health Records (EHRs) prevent the best system implementations? Larry Pawola, Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago Health Informatics, asks. Read More »
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Berea College To Open Its Own Farm Store
A new kind of Berea College business will open soon: the Berea College Farm Store, bursting with the bounty of the college's 400 acres of farmland. Read More »
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Berg Insight Says 2.8 Million Patients are Remotely Monitored Today
Approximately 2.8 million patients worldwide were using a home monitoring service based on equipment with integrated connectivity at the end of 2012. The figure comprises all patients that were using dedicated devices for remote monitoring. Read More »
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Berlin 'Open Access' Conference Recap
As open access (OA) and other “open” movements become more of a part of the mainstream consciousness, conversations surrounding OA continue to evolve—moving from whether OA is a good approach to far more provocative questions such as, how do we move past the legacies of the print publication world and what is a journal in today’s environment? Read More »
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Best Health and Fitness Tools for Linux
In our busy work schedule as Linux professionals or home-users, it becomes essential to keep track of our health as studies have shown that continued usage of sitting in front of a PC is absolutely not recommended for long hours. It hampers the productivity. While we already covered productivity tips and tools for Linux earlier, today we are going to look for some Linux tools that will help you to stay healthy while working on Linux. There are plenty of mobile apps to help keep us stay fit and healthy by getting us used to ergonomic habits. You can always use them, but you can always benefit from some native Linux apps. In this article, we have compiled a list of the best health Linux apps we could find...
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Best Of Opensource.com: Top 10 Open Source Projects In 2013
We cover a wide range of open source projects on Opensource.com. From beehives to Linux, from the Netherlands to India, featuring a diversity of open source projects is part of our mission. It's a goal we achieved in 2013 and one we'll continue to strive for in 2014. Read More »
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Better Care Not Always Better Business
Healthcare not incentivized to eliminate profitable procedures that may not benefit patients Read More »
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Better IT, More Efficiencies Needed At Joint VA/DOD Health Centers, GAO Finds
There are several barriers to healthcare collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, especially in the area of health IT, a Government Accountability Office report has found (PDF). Read More »
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Better Quality Measures Mean Better Quality Care
Healthcare has a long way to go to close quality and cost gaps, a task that requires meaningful, well-understood quality measures, former Medicare Administrator Mark McClellan, M.D., told the Senate Finance Committee yesterday at a hearing on healthcare quality. Read More »
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Beyond Apps: These Startups Are Tackling Real-World Problems
Startup incubator Y Combinator demos a refreshingly high volume of companies tackling real issues, from hearing loss and elderly care to immigrant hiring and sending money home. Read More »
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Beyond Disney And Tinkerbell: Moving The Needle On Stuck Patient Satisfaction Scores
I've heard countless hospital executives say it: They worked their butts off to improve patient satisfaction scores at their organization and those efforts paid off. They moved the needle … until the needle got stuck. Read More »
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Beyond EHRs: Positioning Hospitals For The Pay-For-Performance Era
Fierce competition ahead. That’s what hospitals can expect in the pay-for-performance landscape that is already unfolding on the national regulatory scene. Read More »
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Beyond MOOC Hype
As scores of colleges rush to offer free online classes, the mania over massive open online courses may be slowing down. Even top proponents of MOOCs are acknowledging critical questions remain unanswered, and are urging further study. Read More »
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