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Information technology has revolutionalized financial services. So why is healthcare so far behind? Phil Fasano, Guest Contributor, gigaom.com The U.S. leads the world in healthcare expenditures – an astounding $2.7 trillion in 2012 and rising every year. Yet in one recent study of medical outcomes in the world’s most highly developed countries we ranked last.…
Box gets hip to HIPAA, adds health-record apps Jordan Novet, gigaom.com Think some cloud-storage options are no good for privacy-sensitive applications like health care? Box wants you to think again. Keen on boosting its enterprise customer base and prepping for an IPO, the company said Wednesday it’s now… Box gets hip to HIPAA, adds health-record…
Tweet-Mining For Crowd Management, Social Weather, And Emergencies BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com It’s not just for insane hashtags anymore! Twitcident is mining the service to help manage everything from fires to crowded concerts. Twitter might seem like an enormous stream of aimless chatter. But, to an increasing number of agencies,… Tweet-Mining For Crowd Management, Social…
The Ultra-Popular App That Has Convinced Doctors To Give Their Services For Free BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com HealthTap gives you access to medical professionals to answer your health queries, and it doesn’t cost you a dime. There was a time not too long ago that doctors lived in an analog world. They only answered questions…
A New Solution For Bedbugs: Kidney Bean Leaves BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com It’s actually an old solution, which was mostly lost when bedbugs were eradicated. Now that they’re back, this natural remedy might be better than any pesticides we’ve thrown at them. It only takes one infestation with bed bugs to make you an… http://flip.it/olFwT…
Pack Multi-Layered Meals in Mason Jars for a Grab-and-Go Lunch You Can Make in Advance Alan Henry, lifehacker.com Finding time to pack a lunch ahead so you can eat well and save a bit of cash can be tricky. Thankfully the solution to making a healthy, tasty lunch that you can grab in the morning…
Why You Should Have More than One Oil In Your Kitchen (and How to Choose The Best Ones) Alan Henry, lifehacker.com Anyone can toss some oil into a pan and cook, but if you want to up your cooking game, consider using different oils based on the dish you’re making and how you plan to…
sarahpetersmiller1969, grist.org WikimediaAll by myself. I don’t need anyone at all. I know I’ll survive. I know I’ll stay alive. Perch are shy. They like to band together for protection, swimming together in schools the way nerds all share the nerd table in the high-school… Fish swimming in water contaminated by anti-anxiety drugs turn into…
Eco Market is like Etsy for Eco Chris Tackett, treehugger.com Eco Market is bringing together organic and natural product producers in what has been called an “Etsy for Eco” model. http://flip.it/pUD6b Related articles [Etsy Treasury] Etsy team “Let’s support and promote each other” bundle of treasuries (funkyboxstudio.wordpress.com)
LifeSaver Jerrycan purifies 5 gallons of water for drinking and showering C.C. Weiss, gizmag.com The LIFESAVER Jerrycan is a large water purification jug that could be of great use to everyone from campers to inhabitants of remote villages. The Jerrycan incorporates a built-in filtration system which can purify 18.5 liters (4.9 gallons) of wa… LifeSaver…
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