The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ran a study examining ways to interpret data on electronic medical records to best address patient safety concerns. A developed a set of 20 measures, known as patient safety indicators, use administrative data to screen for potentially adverse events that occur during hospitalization.
The security of information has never been more important. With the evolution of technology, unfortunately that includes the virus technology, hackers can seemingly reach right into your purse, a.k.a. enterprise, and take what they want. Trends in information technology define the security evolution as well. What does the next 10-20 years hold if cloud computing and semantic web are the catalyst for technology advancement?
It is no surprise to anyone how much healthcare costs these days. Well, maybe it is still a surprise, but not in a pleasant one. The US spends far more per capita on healthcare than any other developed country -- $7,538 per person, compared to $3,129 in the UK, $4,079 in Canada, and $5,003 in Norway (the second-biggest spender), according to 2008 totals compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
RiseSmart has been named "Innovative Company of the Year" at the 3rd Annual 2011 Golden Bridge Awards. This provider of next generation outplacement services was honored as the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, along with eight other winners, including such names as Apple and Twitter.
Kyield and its founder/CEO Mark Montgomery has received an artificial intelligence patent titled “Modular System for Optimizing Knowledge Yield In the Digital Workplace” from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
A new and more accurate measure of the reading difficulty of texts has been created. The Pearson Reading Maturity Metric was developed by scientists at Pearson’s Knowledge Technologies group and measures how close individual students' reading abilities are to what they will need to succeed in college and careers.
HealthMash has released an upgrade to their search feature for the iPhone and Android based upon customers’ feedback. Part of the upgrades includes better visual appearance and some tweaking of the spelling correction feature.
Reading anything on digital devices has many physical, behavioral, and psychological limitations as well as advantages. At the very least, eye fatigue sets in even before the battery warning light starts scolding you. A digital summer read at the beach becomes fraught with hazards as sand starts creeping into your iPad and the glare has given you a crushing headache. Will your pursuit of a great vacation read drive you indoors? Under the porch? Into the deep woods? Will you become a pasty white, reclusive figure forever lurking in the darker recesses of society in search of shadowy environs so you can catch, glare free, that illusive, perfectly crafted phrase? Digital readers are getting better at handling varied lighting conditions, but there are still challenges.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Nuance Communications have announced a new collaboration. As makers of Dragon Medical Enterprise, Nuance’s new affiliation will offer several advantages, including more effective use of the EMR by physicians, cost savings, and the use of natural language processing will improve clinical decision-making.
Technology continues to evolve and grow at a rampant pace. In the not so distant future, the technology will exist that allows us to scan our purchases with our smart phone and learn not only the nutritional information, but information on the “fairness” of the food. It is The Jetsons meet Michael Pollan.