Thứ Hai, 22 tháng 6, 2009

A new landmark in computer vision

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Science fiction books and movies have long imagined that computers will someday be able to see and interpret the world. At Google, we think ...
Chủ Nhật, 21 tháng 6, 2009

Bungled Brachytherapy, Computer Interfaces and Other Mysteries At The Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital

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The Philadelphia VA Hospital has had some problems with brachytherapy (implantation of small radioactive pellets for prostate cancer) recen...
Thứ Bảy, 20 tháng 6, 2009

Improving Patient Safety In The EU: HIT Should Be Classified As Medical Devices. And, Can We Drop the "Massive Cost Savings" Fable?

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Here is some sense on healthcare IT from the European Union, echoing a number of themes I've written about at Healthcare Renewal and my ...
Thứ Sáu, 19 tháng 6, 2009

Scrushy Owes $2.88 Billion for Damages

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As reported by the Wall Street Journal , here is another reminder about just how bad the leadership of health care can be, Richard Scrushy w...

Synthes Indicted

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Last month, we posted about a legal settlement in which device manufacturer Synthes agreed to stop creating conflicts of interests by payin...

Managed Care Executives Will Not Limit Rescissions

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We have posted before about how certain health care insurance companies/ managed care organizations in California were found to have cancell...
Thứ Năm, 18 tháng 6, 2009

Google translates Persian

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Today, we added Persian (Farsi) to Google Translate . This means you can now translate any text from Persian into English and from English i...