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Darwin's bills discovered

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- You've seen the documentaries and read the book - now, for the first time, you can find out how Charles Darwin spent his money.





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Barriers to adoption of electronic personal health records outlined

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Interest in personal health records as an electronic tool to manage health information is increasing dramatically. A group led by a UCSF researcher has identified cost, privacy concerns, design shortcomings and difficulties ...


Projections of savings from health IT are baseless, researchers say

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The increased computerization in U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, Harvard researchers say, although it may have modestly improved the quality of care for heart attacks.


Medical insurance documents shed light on kidney transplant patients' health

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Billing claims from health insurance companies can provide insights on the long-term health of kidney transplant patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Ne ...


Opening the door to Europe's archives

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 21, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Historical archives can be difficult to search, especially when relevant documents are held by institutions in different countries. A European project has shown how a single online portal with a simple graphical ...


Ariz. court rules records law covers 'metadata'

Technology / Internet

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Hidden data embedded in electronic public records must be disclosed under Arizona's public records law, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case that attracted interest from media and government organizations.


Elderly Medicare, Medicaid patients not receiving quality care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 17, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If the care received by vulnerable older people concurrently enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid was evaluated on a grading scale, it would squeak by with a barely passing mark, a new UCLA study has found.


New study looks at re-identification risks

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, found that the information in hospital prescription records can quite easily re-identify ...


African Americans are more vulnerable to welfare penalties

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

African Americans are significantly more likely to be sanctioned by the United States welfare system than whites, according to research published in the June issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journa ...


Databases must balance privacy, utility, says statistics professor

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 30, 2007 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Agencies like the U.S. Census Bureau produce a voluminous amount of data, much of which is of tremendous value to social scientists and other researchers. But the data also includes personal information that, under the law, ...


Everyday text shows that Old Persian was probably more commonly used than previously thought

Everyday text shows that Old Persian was probably more commonly used than previously thought

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 18, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 0

For the first time, a text has been found in Old Persian language that shows the written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display. The text is inscribed on a damaged clay tablet ...



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