True health information exchange won't happen until a majority of providers have installed and are successfully capable using EHRs, report says. Substantial interoperability has yet to be achieved across healthcare, a recent report to Congress from the Office of the National Coordinator's Health IT Policy Committee...
Communication today is faster and more ephemeral than ever. We fire off emails, skip the punctuation in our texts, and watch our photos and messages vanish in seconds on Snapchat. Digital tools have made communicating with others easier but not necessarily more thoughtful, and this bothered...
The next time you stop by your local supermarket, take a long, hard look at the yellow bananas in the produce section. That’s because bananas might be extinct within just a few years, say Dutch researchers, and that could open the door for synthetic biologists...
Hail Mary passes in American football are named after a prayer for a reason. The chances of the quarterback connecting to a receiver over a long distance make this kind of pass look like an act of desperation when the clock is close to Game...
If on-demand is the future of delivery, a startup called Bringg aims to help established businesses better compete with the likes of Amazon and Uber going forward. The company has now raised $5 million in Series A funding to further develop its web and mobile...
Slack, the increasingly popular team-messaging software, wants more developers to build apps that hook into its work-chat software. So it's announcing new software, Botkit, to simplify the building of such apps; a directory to make it easier to find them; and an investment fund to back...
3D printing technology has made a lot of advancements lately, prompting people to create more useful objects. People have always dreamed about being able to select a car online, download a design, and print it in the privacy of their own home. That dream is...
Headlines in 2015 have been particularly worrisome for global investors. Front pages talking about “The Great Fall of China” and a “Wild Week for World Markets” have seen stocks and share investors around the world make a dash for the door. Yet while we see listed...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday announced new rules that will require nearly all owners of remote-controlled recreational drones to register the machines in a national database, an attempt by the agency to address safety fears. Federal officials have rushed to issue new rules...
They say there's nothing new under the sun. Well, whoever "they" are, they likely never tried to build a business. Because in business it's always about finding something new that somehow allows you to differentiate and capture an advantage-fleeting though it may be. So, for...