December 2012

How crises drive change and lead to success stories in the healthcare ecosystem

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How crises drive change and lead to success stories in the healthcare ecosystem Summary The healthcare ecosystem is complex, and crises can sometimes become an incentive for change. Patient advocacy groups have a significant role in advocating for better healthcare and have led to success stories, such as the accelerated approval pathway for new HIV …

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Scout: A Revolutionary Educational Device for Personal Health

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Scout: A Revolutionary Educational Device for Personal Health Summary Scanadu’s Scout is an exciting new device that can help individuals monitor their vital statistics and health indicators through the use of tiny sensors that are 3D printed. Scout serves as an educational tool that helps people beyond what has been available in the past, and …

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Synthetic Biology: Designing and Creating Entire Genomes

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Synthetic Biology: Designing and Creating Entire Genomes Summary In this Q&A session, we discuss the field of synthetic biology, which involves designing and creating entire genomes in the computer and then synthesizing it in DNA to insert into a recipient cell. The aim is to change the recipient cell’s genetic software to make a new …

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Barriers to Adoption of InTouch Telehealth in Healthcare

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Barriers to Adoption of InTouch Telehealth in Healthcare Summary In this Q&A, we explore the barriers to the adoption of telehealth technology, specifically the RP7 robot and RPVita, at InTouch Health. We discuss the varying attitudes of doctors towards using the technology and the need to address these barriers to enable successful implementation of new …

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IBM Watson in Healthcare: Utilizing Both Structured and Unstructured Data for Better Patient Outcomes

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IBM Watson in Healthcare: Utilizing Both Structured and Unstructured Data for Better Patient Outcomes Summary IBM Watson is a technology that helps doctors analyze patient information to make faster, more accurate diagnoses, and improve hospital operations. In healthcare, there is a need to utilize both structured and unstructured data to gain insight and understanding of …

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Military Fitness: Beyond Physical Training

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Military Fitness: Beyond Physical Training Summary Military fitness is not just about physical training, but also psychological fitness. In this Q&A, we talk to an expert in the field who explains how the military approaches psychological training for new recruits. The key is to teach recruits to communicate better, make better decisions, and look at …

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Collecting Information on Everyday Behaviors with Instrumented Artifacts

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Collecting Information on Everyday Behaviors with Instrumented Artifacts Summary Our technology aims to collect information about everyday behavior by instrumenting the artifacts that people interact with in their daily routine. One of our inventions is a pillbox, which looks like a regular pillbox on one side but has sensors, batteries, and hardware on the other …

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Resilience 101: How to Train Your Mind to Handle Adversity

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Resilience 101: How to Train Your Mind to Handle Adversity Summary In this interview, Rond, a former brigadier general in the army and creator of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Initiative, discusses the importance of psychological preparedness and resilience training in handling adverse events. Rond emphasizes that resilience can be taught and practiced preventatively, rather than …

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Destroying the Myth of 98.6: The Importance of Temperature Curve

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Destroying the Myth of 98.6: The Importance of Temperature Curve Summary In this blog post, we will discuss the importance of managing health data, specifically temperature, and why destroying the commonly held belief of 98.6 as the normal human body temperature is critical in making informed decisions. We will go through the history of this …

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The Human Face of Big Data: Capturing Visual Representations of Big Data

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The Human Face of Big Data: Capturing Visual Representations of Big Data Summary Rick Smoli, the photographer behind the Day in the Life series, presents his latest project called the Human Face of Big Data at the Wired Living by Numbers Conference. He explains how his project involves capturing visual representations of “big data.” He …

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