Tag: Israel

Nurses will assess whether your health tech is usable

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Nurses will never adopt your tech if the usability sucks Meghan Kelly, venturebeat.com Nurs­es are the unsung heroes of the hos­pi­tal who nav­i­gate crap­py soft­ware on out­dat­ed hard­ware to keep you healthy — and it needs to stop. Exec­u­tives from Cedar’s-Sinai and Kaiser Per­ma­nente explained at Ven­ture­Beat’s Health­Beat… http://flip.it/HXB4e Related articles Nurses will never adopt … Continue reading Nurses will assess whether your health tech is usable

Age of context

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management

Age of Context Draft Introduction Shel Israel, forbes.com [NOTE: I am writ­ing a new book called Age of Con­text with Robert Scoble. We hope it will be ready at the end of Sep­tem­ber. This is a draft intro­duc­tion. It will be changed sev­er­al times before we pub­lish the book and what we want the m… … Continue reading Age of context

A Tool To Let Companies Design Products Without Harmful Chemicals

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

A Tool To Let Companies Design Products Without Harmful Chemicals BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com We all know BPA is bad, but so are a lot of other chemicals we don’t know too much about. A new service lets companies find out if what they’re selling us might end up being the next BPA—so they can … Continue reading A Tool To Let Companies Design Products Without Harmful Chemicals

Fred Trotter, health IT hacktivist

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Data: Bringing Hidden Healthcare Data Into the Open Sarah Mitroff, wired.com Self-described health IT hack­tivist and author Fred Trot­ter has hatched a plan to bring hid­den health­care data into the open. http://flpbd.it/ncJYs Related articles 'Hacktivist' group Anonymous strikes at Israeli government websites (washingtontimes.com) HIT firm ranks hospitals based on patient engagement tools, social presence & … Continue reading Fred Trotter, health IT hacktivist

Cyberwar of personalized data

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata

The cyber war: Deus ex machina economist.com THE scene could be in Tampa, or Santa Bar­bara, or Chica­go. Mr and Mrs Six­pack are relax­ing after din­ner with their iPads. Each is look­ing at the same news web­site, but each will be shown dif­fer­ent polit­i­cal adver­tis­ing. He sees… http://flpbd.it/I9SWg Related articles NATO cyberwar directive declares hackers … Continue reading Cyberwar of personalized data

Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan: ‘A Political Document Not Worth Serious Analysis’ By Climate Guest Blogger on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm, thinkprogress.org by Wal­ter Frick, via BostIn­no The cen­tral ener­gy chal­lenge we face as a nation and a plan­et is the tran­si­tion away from fos­sil fuels, which con­tribute to cli­mate change, to clean … Continue reading Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan