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. … Continue reading IT has disrupted finance so why is healthcare lagging behind?
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 … Continue reading Box gets into health IT with HIPAA compliant apps
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 … Continue reading Healthtap: health professionals give free advice online
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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 … Continue reading Fish swimming in water contaminated by anti-anxiety drugs turn into weird loners
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)
Formaldehyde in Wrinkle-Free Clothing May Cause Skin Problems ecouterre.com Photos by Laura Pedrick for the New York Times Wrinkle-resistant clothes are a boon for folks who’d rather never see the business side of an iron again, but the permanent-press finish we so covet com … RT @inhabitat: The awful truth about “wrinkle-free” clothing http://flip.it/aHAB5 http://flip.it/lG9GS … Continue reading Formaldehyde in wrinkle free clothing causes health problems
April Joyner, inc.com Inc. magazine Apr 8, 2013 New apps and devices are bringing diagnosis and treatment straight to the end consumer. featured company Wellframe brings artificial intelligence to heart care. The Affordable Care Act put a… Thinking of Starting a Business? Check Out Consumer Health Technology http://flip.it/DF2GI http://flip.it/mkzag Thinking of Starting a Business? Check … Continue reading Thinking of Starting a Business? Check Out Consumer Health Technology
Living With Less. A Lot Less. By GRAHAM HILL, nytimes.com I LIVE in a 420-square-foot studio. I sleep in a bed that folds down from the wall. I have six dress shirts. I have 10 shallow bowls that I use for salads and main dishes. When people come over for dinner, I pull out my … Continue reading Living with a lot less
How Chronic Pain Has Made Me Happier Rob Heaton, lifehacker.com Seven years ago I did so much cycling that my legs blew up. My body completely gave out and my brain decided that from now on everything was going to hurt all the time so that I would stop running myself into the ground. Since … Continue reading Chronic pain and happiness
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How Winter Woes Inspired A Nanotech Fix For Everything From Cold Necks To Knee Pain By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com Kranthi Kiran Vistakula developed technology that can keep your body comfortable in outside temperatures that range from -50 to 50 degrees Celsius. With the exception of Russian novelists, not many people can say their big break … Continue reading Nanotechnology heater and cooling body wear
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