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Soom Launches Mobile App That Notifies Patients, Caregivers and Nurses of Medical Device Recalls
Soom, a pioneer in utilizing barcode and knowledge graph technologies to bridge information gaps between data sources and physical products, has introduced SoomSafety, an iOS mobile app that allows users to scan a medical device and receive instructions for use, safety and recall information directly from the device manufacturer and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). "We built SoomSafety to help patients and caregivers relying on implanted medical devices and using medical devices at home answer one critical question, 'Is this medical device safe to use?'" said Charlie Kim, President and CEO of Soom. "Our technology makes it possible to connect previously siloed medical device data, giving patients-and their caregivers-more proactive control over their health and safety."
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Sourcemap Crowdsources Data About the Food You Eat
“Knowing where your food comes from” is arguably today’s biggest food trend. But to Sourcemap CEO Leonardo Bonanni PhD, traceability is far more than a fad. He and his team have created a crowdsourced directory of product supply chains and environmental footprints, making possible public information on everything from laptop computers to orange juice. Read More »
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South Carolina Awards BIS Contract: the First Multimillion-Dollar Opportunity of Many
On December 30th, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) indicated its intent to award the SAS institute with a substantial contract to furnish a new Business Intelligence System (BIS). The contract, finalized on January 10th, represents a $45 million dollar, seven-year commitment on behalf of South Carolina. Other bidders on the contract included Truven Health Analytics, Deloitte, Optum, and Elder Research. James Samimi-Farr. This business intelligence platform constitutes part of South Carolina’s overall Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) replacement project.
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SparkFun CEO Nathan Seidle To Speak At TEDxBoulder Event
SparkFun Electronics, a provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, is proud to announce CEO Nathan Seidle will be presenting at the third annual TEDxBoulder event on Saturday, Sept. 22. Read More »
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SparkFun Engineer To Speak At 2012 Open Hardware Summit
SparkFun Electronics (http://www.sparkfun.com), a provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, is honored to announce Engineer Mike Hord's presentation at the 2012 Open Hardware Summit (http://summit.oshwa.org/). Read More »
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SparkFun’s Chris Taylor: Community Key To Open-Source Hardware
When it comes down to it, engineer and seven-year SparkFun Electronics veteran Chris Taylor believes anything can be open source, to be shared and improved. He recently spoke with EDN about open-source hardware (OSH). Read More »
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SPIE Medical Imaging Conference: Live Demonstrations Workshop
Kitware is proud to continue its support of the SPIE Medical Imaging Live Demonstrations Workshop for 2012. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for systems and algorithms developers to show off their creations. Read More »
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Spiralling Expenditure Creates Pressing Need for Sustainable Business Models in Healthcare IT, Says Frost & Sullivan
Healthcare expenditure is reaching unsustainable levels on a global scale. There is an urgent need for sustainable business models that can curb expenditure and promote better healthcare delivery. The focus is shifting from traditional to newer, more sustainable business models...[Their] research analyses software as a service (SaaS), Managed Services, Open Source and the Freemium business models. Read More »
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Spotify And NASA To Speak At Next Cloud World Forum
The next Cloud World Forum, due to take place at National Hall, Olympia, London on the 26 to 27th June this year, has announced two more keynote speakers will be in attendance, representing Spotify and NASA. Read More »
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Standing Out With Open Source
All companies, regardless of size, know differentiating themselves from their competition is a key to their success. [...] When FOSS becomes a key component of an enterprise’s business, minor annoyances for a small organization become major problems which must be solved in order to do Open Source “right”. Read More »
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Stanford Makes Coursework Available On New Open-Source Platform
Stanford online coursework will be available starting this summer on a new open-source platform, OpenEdX, the university announced Tuesday. Read More »
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Stanford Medicine Launches Health Care Trends Report
Stanford Medicine today published its inaugural Health Trends Report, a comprehensive review and analysis of existing health care research and open-source data, combined with insights from Stanford faculty and external health care experts, on the current and emerging trends facing the health care sector. The report, which will be published annually, found the promise and challenge of big data to be the most important forces driving change and improvements across health care...
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Stanford Online Course On Statistics And Medicine Teaches Students Worldwide How To Interpret Data
This summer, nearly 16,000 students are learning how to interpret data and analyze provocative medical questions through Stanford’s free online course “Statistics in Medicine.” Read More »
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Stanford Online Coursework To Be Available On New Open-Source Platform
As part of its effort to promote expanded access to high-quality online learning opportunities around the world, Stanford helps launch the OpenEdX open-source platform and begins offering summer coursework on it. 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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