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Shelter Dogs Shine As Psychiatric Service Dogs
...Psychiatric service dogs are trained to bring help, medication, interrupt repetitive behaviors, identify hallucinations to suit the specific needs of each individual...
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Should ONC Decertify EHRs That Block Interoperability?
Interoperability is at the top of the list of industry-wide health IT goals, yet commercial EHR offerings with expensive add-on modules, proprietary data standards, and black-box systems that perpetuate data silos continue to be used to meet important goals like meaningful use attestation.
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Should U.S. Hackers Fix Cybersecurity Holes Or Exploit Them?
Maybe someday we'll patch vulnerabilities faster than the enemy can use them in an attack, but we're not there yet. There’s a debate going on about whether the U.S. government—specifically, the NSA and United States Cyber Command—should stockpile Internet vulnerabilities or disclose and fix them...
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Simple Ways to Deter Improper Antibiotic Prescribing
Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics is a long-standing practice that once seemed benign but whose consequences are coming into sharper focus. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill at least 23,000 Americans annually and cause more than 2 million illnesses in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There are some good ideas that can help physicians steer their patients away from antibiotics when they will do more harm than good...
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Simulation Technology and 'Open' EHR Systems for Medical Education & Training
Models of human patients have been used in medicine for thousands of years. Some of the first medical 'simulators' were simple representations in clay and stone that were used to demonstrate the clinical features of disease states and their effects on humans. Today, ever more sophisticated medical simulation tools and techniques have been developed and integrated into the education and training programs for medical professionals. There are now approximately 300 medical simulation centers in the U.S. Most are affiliated with medical schools, nursing schools, and major teaching hospitals.
Since Copyright Is So Handy For Censorship, It's Tempting To Use It To Censor Lots Of Content
Matt Schruers, over at the Disruptive Competition Project blog has a great post discussing the harm of the increasing pressure to abuse intellectual property law to do a variety of things that it was clearly never intended for. He calls this intellectual property's "immigration" challenge, noting that these uses have "at best, a tenuous relationship to 'promot[ing]... Progress.'"...
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Singapore Working On Having More 'Open Data Architecture'
At the Roundtable of Thought Leaders on Innovation in Cities, Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Programme Office Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said the wider availability of data will benefit society as a whole...
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Single-Payer Proponents Take To The Hill
Advocates for a single-payer “Medicare for all” health system are fanning out across Capitol Hill this week, lobbying members of Congress.
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Six Funders Working To Set Science Free
Sharing information is easier than ever, but much scientific research remains maddeningly walled-off in publications charging thousands of dollars for access. Some prominent funders are part of a growing movement to make science more open...
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Skypotherapy : Zesty Guide To Online Medical Consultations
...[V]ideo calling could reduce waiting times, cut missed appointment rates, increase efficiency and improve access to healthcare for those who need it most. Video calling services such as Skype are free to use for anyone with an Internet connection and considering over 80% of us now have access to high speed Internet, why are these appointments still considered a novelty in the UK?...
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Sleep Deprivation Is Killing You And Your Career
The next time you tell yourself that you'll sleep when you're dead, realize that you're making a decision that can make that day come much sooner. Pushing late into the night is a health and productivity killer...
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Slow Ebola Response Blamed On False Assumptions About Its Course
Health experts and humanitarian organizations waging war against the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa hope plans announced Tuesday by the Obama Administration to send additional aid to affected regions will encourage more philanthropic support and health worker recruitment. Both money and volunteers have come in at a slower pace in this crisis than in past disasters...
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Small Banks Turn To Open Source Solutions To Cut Costs
Co-operative banks and newly-licensed ones are increasingly adopting open source and cloudbased solutions as they look to bring down costs. More than 1,000 banks will implement these core banking solutions by the end of the year...
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Small Business Lending: Banks And Credit Unions Are Getting Left Behind
It’s a fascinating time to be active in the small business lending market. There is a tremendous amount of activity and innovation from new and existing small business lenders in the market.
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Small Firms And Open-Source Software Put Spine Back Into NHS After IT Fiasco
Without the fuss and delays that have plagued so many large government IT projects, a key part of the NHS digital infrastructure was recently migrated and updated in a single weekend...
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