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Park: Health Data ‘Out of Control’
Health data is starting to get out of control. Fortunately, says Federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park, that’s a good thing, especially with the number of new companies taking to the data and entering government challenges.
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Patient Engagement Gains Momentum
Consumers and patients are gradually taking a greater role in their health but still are the most under-utilized resource in healthcare. Mobile health devices, sensors and information technology are helping them participate more fully. Read More »
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Patient With Deadly MERS Virus Waited Hours In Florida ER
The second US patient to be diagnosed with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) waited four hours before he was seen by doctors in Florida as 20 health care workers await test results for the deadly virus.
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Peak Soil: Why Nutrition Is Disappearing From Our Food
The fountain of youth may be made of dirt. So supposes Steve Solomon in The Intelligent Gardner: Growing Nutrient-Dense Food. He asserts that most people could "live past age 100, die with all their original teeth, up to their final weeks, and this could all happen if only we fertilize all our food crops differently." Read More »
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PLOS & DNDi Launch A New Collection Celebrating A Decade Of Open Access And NTD R&D
As part of a collaborative initiative, PLOS and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) are delighted to launch a special Collection—PLOS & DNDi: a decade of Open Access and Neglected Tropical Diseases R&D—to coincide with a joint event at the Institut Pasteur in Paris celebrating the 10 year anniversary of DNDi... Read More »
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Policy And IT Challenges To Achieving Big Data Outcomes, Part 2
In part one of this series we provided a loose definition of Big Data, described some of the ways that Big Data tools can be used in health, and identified the high degree of alignment of Big Data capabilities with quality and efficiency analytics as well as observational health research... Read More »
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Pollution From China Is Hitting America's West Coast
Pollution from China travels in large quantities across the Pacific Ocean to the United States, a new study has found, making environmental and health problems unexpected side effects of U.S. demand for cheap China-manufactured goods. Read More »
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Poor Mental Health Is A ‘Signature Scar’ Of Afghanistan And Iraq Wars
Persistent mental health conditions -- anxiety, depression and sleep disorders -- along with neck, back, and joint pains among Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans may someday “be recognized as signature scars of the long war,” that began with the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the Armed Forces Heath Surveillance Center reported today. Read More »
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Prescribable Mobile Apps Huge Threat For Pharma
With the proliferation of mHealth apps, it was only a matter of time before healthcare providers would start prescribing apps as soon as apps proved to be as or more effective than prescription drugs. Read More »
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President Obama’s Tech Gurus Are Coming To TechCrunch Disrupt
We’re thrilled to announce that two of President Obama’s technology gurus, Todd Park, the US Chief Technology Officer, and Steven VanRoekel, its Chief Information Officer, will be joining us on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC on Wednesday, May 23... Read More »
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Product Team Releases Kujua, A New Tool For Global Health
We are excited to release KujuaLite, an open-source communication and information hub for clinics. Medic Mobile has deployed KujuaLite for over a year in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and we are ready to share this tool with the world. Read More »
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Protecting Native Pollinators: Understanding Their Important Roles In Your Garden
Native pollinators are extremely important members of any ecosystem, and should be cared for and stewarded especially by those of us who grow gardens. [...] These creatures work hard to provide us with the food we eat, support biological diversity and protect wildlife survival. Use our short guide on pollinators to learn how to create landscape friendly to the native pollinators in your yard that will help sustain the health of our natural world. Read More »
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Psychiatric Tsunami: 1 In 5 Children Now Have A Mental Disorder
Last week the CDC released a report titled “Mental Health Surveillance Among Children — United States, 2005–2011”. For the first time the US government has taken a close look at the incidence and prevalence of common childhood disorders such as ADHD, depression, anxiety disorders, serious behavior problems and similar conditions. Read More »
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Public Health Departments Get Nods For Novel Data Use
Three local health departments in Oregon, North Carolina and Colorado have won awards from the National Association of County and City Health Officials for data- and IT-driven projects in sustainable transportation planning, health disparity reductions and mobile immunization collections. Read More »
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Public Health's 5 Big Data Hurdles
Public health entities are inevitably sitting on massive data sets. Growing archives of stored patient records, population reports, and lab results are thrusting data volume measures into the petabyte scale.
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