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Nobel Prize-Winning Economist: We're Headed For Oligarchy
In a recent interview at the Economic Policy Institute, Nobel Prize-Winning economist and MIT professor Robert Solow riffed on the political effects of increasing inequality and concentration of wealth at the very top. "If that kind of concentration of wealth continues, then we get to be more and more an oligarchical country, a country that's run from the top," he said.
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Northrop Grumann steering big data analytics toward health agencies
With an eye on the mountains of health data that federal and state health agencies are collecting, Northrop Grumann is developing a customizable platform to tie the data sources together and, ultimately, analyze it for the betterment of public and population health.
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Not Impossible Labs’ Award-Winning ‘Project Daniel’ Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
Not Impossible Labs’ Award-Winning ‘Project Daniel’ Celebrates One-Year Anniversary...Ebeling remarks, “The thing I'm most excited about is this has awoken the realization that helping people gain access to solutions is not limited to big corporations and institutions. If we can continue to show people that technology is not this foreign, inaccessible thing, but is something that is very real and can help individuals in their worlds, then Project Daniel is just the first fuse lit for the many ideas to come.”
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Not Just The Government’s Playbook
The 13 principles in the U.S. CIO's Digital Services Playbook are applicable for everyone...
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Not Just The Tea Party: IRS Targeted & Turned Down Tax Exempt Status Tied To Open Source Software
...Yes, it seems that the IRS has it out for open source software. The 2010 BOLO list included “open source software” as a significant watch issue, noting “There is no specific guidance at this point. If you see a case, elevate it to your manager.”...
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Nothing Good Is Free: How Linux and Open Source Companies Make Money
We all know how popular and helpful Linux and open source products are, but since most of them are available for free, how do the companies that produce them make any money to pay their bills? As it turns out, lots of ways. Last week's article on Linux for older hardware set a new record for Linux-related articles, in that I did not get even one threatening letter. I did, however, get a bunch of email asking business-related questions about Linux and open source...
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Novaseek Research Wins Pistoia Alliance President's Startup Challenge 2015
Novaseek Research today announced that it is a winner of the inaugural 2015 Pistoia Alliance President's Startup Challenge. The Pistoia Alliance is a global, not-for-profit alliance of life science companies, vendors, publishers, and academic groups that work together to lower barriers to innovation in R&D. The Startup Challenge 2015 panel of expert judges, drawn from the Pistoia Alliance's membership, evaluated more than 30 start-up companies from around the world who are developing new ideas to lower the barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D.
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NSFW: Apple, iOS 8 Health, And The Gordian Knot Of Healthcare Bureaucracy
This year I've spent a lot of time in doctor's offices and I see what a giant mess the electronic health records (EHR) industry really is. And I don't think Apple's going to solve the problems facing the American healthcare industry...
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Number of DirectTrust Users, Transactions, and Addresses Continue to Grow
DirectTrust today announced continued steady growth in the number of Direct exchange users, addresses and transactions. The organization also announced the addition of eight new members since the beginning of the year.,,According to end of first quarter 2016 metrics, the number of health care organizations served by DirectTrust health information service providers (HISPs) and engaged in Direct exchange increased 46% to more than 58,000, compared with the same time last year.
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Nurse CIOs Are Taking On Bigger Roles In Healthcare
...[M]any hospitals and health systems have hired nurse informaticists. And technology vendors are engaging nurses with IT backgrounds to help them execute successful EHR installations, knowing that nurses are key users of patient data...
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Nurses Charge Hospital Giant Censors Public Right To Know About Price Gouging As Billboards Pulled
The nation’s largest organization of nurses today accused corporate hospital giant Community Health Systems (CHS) with suppressing free speech and censoring patients’ right to know about its pricing practices by pressuring a billboard company to pull down billboards warning the public about high charges at CHS hospitals.
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Nurses Launch New Campaign To Alert Public To Dangers Of Medical Technology And More
Nurses Launch New Campaign to Alert Public to Dangers of Medical Technology and Erosion of Care Standards
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Nurses Not Happy With Hospital EHRs
'A poorly implemented EHR with chaotic processes and bungling IT support is becoming a detriment to hospital nurse retention and recruitment'...
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Nurses Not Included In Hospital EHR Planning
Nurses are being left behind when it comes to planning and implementing electronic health records...The survey of nearly 14,000 U.S. nurses found that 98 percent of licensed RNs say that they have never been included in hospital technology decisions or design...
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Nursing Home Care May Be Out Of Reach For Many Aging 'Boomers': Study
With higher rates of illness but fewer adult children to care for them, many of America's baby boom generation may find themselves unable to pay for the nursing home care they need, a new study warns.
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