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Small Town Mayor Leads 283-Mile Walk from North Carolina to D.C. June 1-15 to Protest Potential Closing of 283 Rural Hospitals
In 2015, 283 of America’s rural hospitals face the very real possibly of closing down. To draw attention to a life or death situation for some 62 millionAmericans who rely on rural healthcare, The Walk will begin in Belhaven, North Carolina on June 1 and conclude on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on June 15. The Walk will be led by a most unlikely pair, conservative GOP Mayor Adam O’Neal of Belhaven and Civil Rights legend Bob Zellner, whose purpose is to keep hope alive in the rural town of Belhaven (pop. 1,687) and other small towns across the nation, as well as to encourage Congress to enact legislation to sustain rural hospitals.
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Smart Meters Highlighted In Updated NIST Smart Grid Standards
Over the past few years, the federal government has devoted billions of dollars to help improve the nation’s energy grid. As we move toward an interoperable smart grid, the grid’s standards are changing as rapidly as its associated technology...
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SNSF launches OAPEN-CH pilot project for Open Access book publications
In February 2015, the SNSF will start the OAPEN-CH pilot project in collaboration with interested academic publishers in Switzerland and Germany. The aim is to learn more about Open Access publishing and collect data on the use and the production costs of Open Access book publications...
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Soaring Clinical Trials Costs And Effects On Drug Prices
The cost to bring a new drug to market has skyrocketed over the past several decades and, in large part, is due to the rising cost of clinical trials. In 2013, Forbes magazine estimated it would cost a company over $350 million for one drug to reach patients...
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Soaring Generic Drug Prices Draw Senate Scrutiny
Some low-cost generic drugs that have helped restrain health care costs for decades are seeing unexpected price spikes of up to 8,000 percent, prompting a backlash from patients, pharmacists and now Washington lawmakers...
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Socrata Partners With Ethos To Deliver Government Open Performance Solution In The United Kingdom And Europe
Socrata, a Seattle and London-based, open government, open data, and open performance solutions company, has announced a strategic partnership with UK headquartered, Ethos, the leading provider of “Smart City” solutions. Together, Socrata and Ethos will partner to deliver an open performance solution specifically designed to create measurable outcomes for cities and municipalities in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe.
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Socrata’s New 2014 Benchmark Report Shows Rapid and Widespread Adoption of Open Data By Governments
...the research confirms that open data is growing quickly; that governments throughout the country have already realized the benefits of open data; and that open data is, and will be, a primary tool for governments to interact with their many stakeholders.
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Softbank’s Humanoid Robot Will Be Great For Tending To Japan’s Elderly
The Japanese telecoms firm Softbank has unveiled a humanoid robot named “Pepper,” promising that it will be able to read and express emotions, and eventually serve as a medical worker, party companion, or even a babysitter...
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Software Licensing: This Man Thinks It's Time Someone Stood Up For The End User
Software licensing is often impenetrable and costly for the CIO who makes a mistake. Mark Flynn leads a new body that aims to redress the balance and fight the corner for end-user companies...
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Solar powered healthcare facilities in Haiti
The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit working to eliminate energy poverty through the use of solar power, today announced the successful installation of solar electric systems at 11 health care facilities and one hospital along the southwest coast of Haiti. Read More »
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Some Good VA News: Agency Processed Record-Setting 1.3M Claims In Fiscal 2014
The Department of Veterans Affairs said it processed more than 1.3 million disability compensation and pension claims in fiscal 2014, which ended last week. That’s the highest number in history, surpassing last year’s record-breaking production by more than 150,000 claims...
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Some U.S. Hospitals Weigh Withholding Care To Ebola Patients
The Ebola crisis is forcing the American healthcare system to consider the previously unthinkable: withholding some medical interventions because they are too dangerous to doctors and nurses and unlikely to help a patient. U.S. hospitals have over the years come under criticism for undertaking measures that prolong dying rather than improve patients' quality of life...
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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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Sorry VistA, DoD's health record won't be open source
The Defense Department's next electronic health record will not be based on the open source architecture that supports the Veterans Affairs Department's EHR. A change to the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization solicitation narrowed down the field of contractors vying for the $11 billion program – eliminating the only proposed solution built on the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, or VistA.
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SPARC Announces ‘Generation Open’ As Theme For 2014 International Open Access Week
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the theme for this year's International Open Access Week is "Generation Open". The theme will highlight the importance of students and early career researchers as advocates for change in the short-term, through institutional and governmental policy, and as the future of the Academy upon whom the ultimate success of the Open Access movement depends...
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