This NYTimes article says that eight of the heavies in the computer and softwared industry have agreed to adopt open standards for a health information network. So there’s hope of getting somewhere…
Eight of the nation’s largest technology companies, including I.B.M., Microsoft and Oracle,
have agreed to embrace open, nonproprietary technology standards as the
software building blocks for [...]
If you’re looking for a good site for stem cell news and information, check-out Hype & Hope. It’s got news about stem cell scientific developments and about the competition going on in California, the US, and around the world for scientific and economic leadership in stem cells. The site is run by Zoomedia, a leading [...]
Pressure groups and charities have overtaken goverments, media and big business to become the worlds most trusted institutions, according to an international poll to be presented this week to the World Economic Forum.
An annual survey of attitudes suggests public trust has been eroded by scandals such as corporate malfeasance and discredited journalism. The survey found [...]
Using technology to manipulate the value of stocks may be easier than apparent. ABC World News had a report that companies were placing errant phone messages designed at duping investors into thinking that they are receiving a hot insider stock tip designed for someone else ears. The hope is the unsuspecting investor will act on [...]
The Futuring and Innovation Center’s third-funded project, Team ACS, has reached yet another milestone — hitting the $100,000 mark!
Additionally, since its launch Team ACS has received more than 795,000 hits to the Team ACS Web site, housed on cancer.org.
Designed for the philanthropic athlete, Team ACS is an online fundraising tool that empowers [...]
This is kind of a follow-on the my earlier post about the intricacies of gene regulation. Those busy little RNAs have a role in editing nucleotide sequences during the transcription/translation steps of turning a gene sequence into proteins. It’s a way that a few genes can generate a lot of different outcomes. From Science Daily. [...]
From Wired, an author describes why he thinks blogs are a permanent part of Internet evolution and not some passing fad.
Once again the right of taxpayers to see the results of NIH research they paid for promptly was hobbled to protect the profits of publishing companies. Surprize, surprize! From the WP:
An ambitious proposal to make the results of federally funded medical research
available to the public quickly and for free has been scaled back by [...]
Peoplesoft employees are updating their Linkedin Profiles at an alarming rate. As Oracle prepares to terminate employees from the acquired company what can we learn about basic employee retention, and the mob mentality of jumping ship? more commentary on Community Mobilization
One thing nearly everyone agrees would benefit our health care system is moving to digital, computer-based records. It’s a massive undertaking and the key would be to seamlessly link hundreds of thousands of service providers and payers together while giving patients a sense of security about their medical information. The Bush administration has talked a [...]
