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New Wireless Sensors Tackle Old Problems Like Pneumonia
For the past seven years, wireless sensor technology developed at the University of Missouri (MU) has helped detect disease in its early stages among residents living at the TigerPlace assisted care facility in Columbia, Mo. Now, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, that technology soon will be expanded to remotely monitor the elderly in another facility in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Read More »
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Target Breach: Are Pharmacy Records Safe?
Target has not indicated that pharmacy records were exposed, although some say the recent data breach amplifies concerns about “medical identity theft” at retail chains with pharmacies. Read More »
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The Open Patient: Advocating for Open Access to Medical Data
Steven Keating had always been interested in data and learning about things, which is why he volunteered to do a research scan when he was a student. The scan revealed an abnormality. In 2014, the abnormality had grown into a massive tumor. Soon he learned that there were many barriers keeping him from accessing his own data. "And that's what I've been sharing, which is this question: How come as a patient we're last in line for our own data? How come my doctors and my university researchers can see my tumor genome and I can't?"
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Todd Park on The Awesome Potential of Hidden Medical Data
Todd Park, the Chief Technology Officer of the United States, spoke at the last TEDMED about vast amounts of data trapped within government agencies that needs to be “liberated” so that private players can create “awesomeness” out of it. Read More »
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VA Harnesses Big Data For Broader Impact
Dr. Stephan Fihn is sitting on the edge of a revolution at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where big data is becoming easily accessible for clinicians and analysts throughout its 160 hospitals. Read More »
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Winner Of The 2012 Government Big Data Solutions Award
The Government Big Data Solutions Award was established to highlight innovative solutions and facilitate the exchange of best practices, lessons learned and creative ideas for addressing Big Data challenges. The Top Five Nominees of 2012 were chosen for criteria that included: Read More »
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Zoeticx Streamlines Healthcare System Connectivity for Government and Private Insurers Covering Annual Wellness Visits
Zoeticx, Inc., the developer of medical software that bridges the gap between medical data and quality patient care, announced today it has launched ProVizion Wellness, a cloud application that streamlines data integration for Annual Wellness Visits (AWV) covered by CMS and private insurers. Hospital systems and other healthcare facilities will benefit by offering this service and creating new revenue centers through reimbursements by government and private insurers.
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Strata 2014: Making Data Work
Join us at the O'Reilly Strata Conference in Santa Clara to get a clear perspective on the future of big data—as well as all the analytics, architectures, techniques, tools, and technologies you need to use data successfully right now.
The depth and breadth of what's covered at Strata requires 7 different tracks just to organize it all. You can follow one track from beginning to end, or just select the individual sessions that most interest you.
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