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Could Opening Up The Doors To The World’s Medical Research Save Healthcare?
What if you had access to all of the medical research in the world? Or better yet, what if the physician treating your particularly complex or rare condition had access to the latest research? Or what if a public health organization in your community could access that research to inform policymakers of measures to advance public health? Read More »
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Could Prototyping Be the New Policy?
You can prototype a working project in less time than it takes to fill in an arts funding application, says Dan McQuillan. Read More »
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Could Taking Down Zombie Satellites Be As Lucrative As Launching Them?
The European Space Agency’s conference on space junk, which just wrapped up in Germany, brought news both bad and good for the space industry. Read More »
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Could There Be a Blockchain Solution to High Prescription Drug Prices?
Prescription drugs are one of the biggest contributors to soaring healthcare costs in the U.S. And for both individuals and families, particularly where multiple prescriptions are needed, drug expenses can quickly escalate to thousands of dollars. According to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 8 in 10 Americans would like the government to negotiate prices for those on Medicare. Additionally, Americans want limits set on the amount drug companies can charge for high-cost drugs, such as those to treat cancer...
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Could Yellow Fever Return To The United States?
Peter Hotez and Kristy Murray from Baylor College of Medicine highlight the potential for yellow fever to return to the southern cities of the United States Read More »
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Count Down To Health Datapalooza IV
The Health Data Initiative (HDI) was launched in 2010 by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) which has now grown into the Health Data Consortium... Read More »
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Countries Save Over $100 Million With Open Source Software And Powerful Data
The free, open source iHRIS software has now given 16 countries powerful data-management capabilities that, if purchased from for-profit companies, would have cost over $100 million in combined licensing fees. Instead, government agencies in Africa, Latin America, and India now use the affordable iHRIS to store over 675,000 health worker records, allowing officials to track, manage, and plan for their health workforces. Read More »
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Court Hands Huge Victory To Universities' Digitization Efforts
Universities can proceed with their efforts to scan books, not just because of the ability to search, but because of the huge benefits to blind students. Read More »
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Court Rejects 'State Secrets' Excuse For Why Feds Want Out Of Lawsuit Over NSA Warrantless Wiretapping
While there have been a number of new revelations lately about the NSA's surveillance efforts, there have been some long-running on-going legal disputes about it as well. One of the biggest is Jewel vs. the NSA. Read More »
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Court Upholds Rx Transparency Law
Advocates for healthcare transparency scored a small win in California, where the state Supreme Court upheld a law requiring pharmacy benefit managers to disclose their pricing. Read More »
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Cover Oregon Should Have Used Open-Source Software: Guest Opinion
To me, guest columnist Charles Jennings accurately represents the old school IT mentality - "No one ever got fired for buying IBM." I couldn't gather from his essay whether he knows anything about modern software development methodology.
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Coverage Expansion Fail: Less Than One-Third Of Obamacare Exchange Enrollees Were Previously Uninsured
At the end of the day, for all of the rhetoric and promises about what Obamacare would achieve, the health law’s most ardent supporters have stuck to their guns because of one thing: coverage expansion. But new data suggests that Obamacare may fail even to achieve this goal. Instead of expanding coverage to those without it, Obamacare is replacing the pre-existing market for private insurance. [...] Read More »
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Cracking The Apple Trap
At first, I thought it was my imagination. Around the time the iPhone 5S and 5C were released, in September, I noticed that my sad old iPhone 4 was becoming a lot more sluggish. The battery was starting to run down much faster, too. But the same thing seemed to be happening to a lot of people who, like me, swear by their Apple products... Read More »
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Crafter Software Announces New Customer Win In The Canadian Healthcare Industry
Crafter Software...announced today a Canadian healthcare association, widely recognized for promoting safe and innovative medical care, has selected Crafter CMS for their next generation digital experience. Crafter CMS prevailed in the selection process based on user-friendliness, personalization features, and its ease of integration with existing applications. The healthcare association plans to use Crafter CMS platform to create, manage, and deliver personalized content through all of its digital channels including its website and mobile apps. Read More »
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Crafter Software Announces Partner Award Winners
Crafter Software, an award-winning provider of Web content management system software that drives high performance, personalized digital experiences, announced today the winners of its annual partner awards. The partner awards recognize exceptional and innovative implementations of digital experience solutions for our joint customers. These partner-led solutions demonstrate the valuable benefits our customers realize with the Crafter CMS digital experience platform...- Login to post comments