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May
29
0 comments Tags: business of healthcare, Innovation
This past week the innovation accelerator Pulse, a part of Mass Challenge, hosted an event with Innovation Leader about transforming healthcare. The Pulse accelerator is start up friendly health lab where entrepreneurs are connected to experts, institutions, and resources. Our health care system is facing serious issues, as can be determined from the news and… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary
Dec
20
0 comments Tags: business of healthcare, grants, hospital librarians, public libraries
Definition of Resolve, transitive verb 5: to reach a firm decision about: resolve to get more sleep; resolve disputed points in a text. Source: Merriam-Webster In the work world, there are all sorts of “new years”, usually tied to the fiscal or funding cycles of the workplace. When I worked in public libraries, our fiscal… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary, Webinars
Nov
20
0 comments Tags: integrative health, MedlinePlus, professional development
The first week in November, I felt a tickle in my throat. Within twenty-four hours, this developed into a full-fledged head cold. Fever, sore throat, stuffy nose. Misery. As the symptoms dragged on, I found myself wanting a miracle cure. As the article suggests, I learned that the miracle cure is rest, plenty of fluids… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary, NLM Resources
Oct
11
0 comments Tags: graphic medicine, Teaching
Last week I had the great pleasure to travel to Philadelphia to participate on the opening panel for this year’s MEDstudio@JEFF collaboration with Design Philadelphia. The short description of the event is that artist Tom Judd is spending a week creating a mural of 7,500 apples, with each apple representing 100 people, in order to… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary, Graphic Medicine
Nov
28
Assessment, Big Data and Bias
Posted by karencoghlan on November 28th, 2018 0 comments Tags: Data, data_science, eScience, RDM
We are currently living in the age of big data. Vast amounts of data are collected on everyone, everyday. The data may come from the phone, tracking where you are in an effort to connect to the closest tower. It might be in the security cameras or the software used by a child writing a… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary, Data