Last week, Apple announced that its new iOS 9 operating system will allow developers to create tools and extensions allowing users to block ads from appearing on its mobile Safari browser. Across the Internet, this news is causing a major meltdown. Journalists, marketers and advertisers alike are taking to the web to air their concerns. […]
Month: June 2015
How One Woman’s Tattoos Convinced Her Doctors That She Had Cancer
A cancer diagnosis can be one of the most devastating, life-altering things a person can possibly receive. But imagine being mistakenly told that your cancer is worsening and spreading rapidly when it actually isn’t. This exact thing recently happened to one 32-year-old woman from California. Dr. Ramez Eskander, an Orange County surgeon, mistook her tattoos […]
Los Angeles Content Management Company Acquired By DoxTek, Inc.
On June 5th, DoxTek, Inc., a software company, announced its acquisition of the ECM Systems Division of Los Angeles-based content management and document imaging company Matrix Imaging. PRWeb.com reports that DoxTek, Inc.’s acquisition will give Matrix Imaging clients more customer support options, as well as give the company itself extensive expertise in engineering, content management […]
Should We Be Building a Public Platform to Standardize Health Apps?
Electronic health record systems are becoming more and more ubiquitous each year, with the global EHR industry on track to be worth $29.81 billion by 2022, according to the latest projections. Electronic records improve overall efficiency (to the tune of 6% annually), and — theoretically — allow both clinicians and patients better access to data […]
Want to Reduce Malpractice Lawsuits? Focus on Patient Care, Study Suggests
Initiatives to improve the quality of medical care are just as successful in reducing medical malpractice lawsuits as tort reform is, according to a new study. That’s a particularly relevant finding, as many states are considering the latter measure, which puts limits on how much money patients can recover in malpractice suits. “No other study […]
North Dakota Housing is Booming — As is Its Homeless Rate
As new residents flooded into North Dakota to ride out its current shale oil drilling boom, the state saw more new home constructions than any other state during the years between 2010 and 2014, a new report reveals. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent annual report shows that North […]
Softheon, Inc. Offers New Software to Aid Healthcare Companies Transition to Obamacare
Medical equipment rental has improved expeditiously over the past few years. There are multiple ways to rent out medical equipment nowadays, with a notable increase in the rent to own medical equipment as well as the hospital type bed rental options. Medical supply hospital bed rental has opened up the discussion about expanding the rental […]
3D Printing Gives Doctors Guidance on Separating Conjoined Twins
3d printing is a fairly new technology with lots of potential uses. However, in order to get those uses out of it, you’ll need to have the equipment to do 3d printing. 3d printing companies are available in many communities. Many of these will offer 3d printing large objects service, making them a practical choice […]
Police: Teens Texting While Driving Increasing In 2015
The statistics on texting drivers might just be scary enough to make you put a pedestrian accident lawyer on speed dial. Not only do distracted drivers cause 20% of all accidents in the U.S., but one pedestrian is struck and injured every seven minutes. All over the country, local police departments are looking for creative […]
Exonerated Florida Man’s Wrongful Conviction Inspires His Songwriting
Before his exoneration for a murder he didn’t commit, Bill Dillon said that music played a key role in helping him endure life in prison. Now a free man, Dillon uses his experience as a wrongfully convicted inmate to inspire his songwriting. The first song the Brevard County, FL native wrote was a tune called […]