News tagged with videoconference


Study finds virtual doctors visits satisfactory for both patients and clinicians

Medicine & Health / Other

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

Travelers book plane tickets online, bank customers can check their accounts at any computer, and busy families can grocery shop online. Someday, even doctor visits could be among the conveniences offered via the Internet. ...


Cisco announces its first servers, riling rivals

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. wants a bigger chunk of the corporate computing market, and plans to start selling servers in competition with old partners like Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM Corp.





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A frenzied rumor mill has been working overtime in anticipation of Apple's latest media event on Wednesday

Anticipation builds ahead of Apple event

Technology / Business

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A frenzied rumor mill worked overtime in anticipation of Apple's latest media event Wednesday with Beatles on iTunes, a tablet computer, an appearance by Steve Jobs, all mooted as stars of the show.


Doctor in dramatic South Pole rescue dies in Mass. (AP)

Doctor in 1999 South Pole rescue dies in Mass.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole a decade ago, has died after the disease recurred. She was 57.


Head movement is more important than gender in nonverbal communication (w/Video)

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

It is well known that people use head motion during conversation to convey a range of meanings and emotions, and that women use more active head motion when conversing with each other than men use when they talk with each ...


Telemedicine can dramatically improve child sexual assault examinations in rural areas

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created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The use of telemedicine can dramatically improve the quality of child sexual assault examinations in rural communities where rates of abuse and neglect are highest — sometimes more than double the statewide rate — a study ...


The next step in health care: Telemedicine

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Imagine a scenario where doctors from different hospitals can collaborate on a surgery without having to actually be in the operating room. What if doctors in remote locations could receive immediate expert support from top ...


Videoconferencing more confusing for decision-makers than face-to-face meetings

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 28, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Although videoconferencing has become a billion-dollar substitute for flying business people to meetings, it leaves distant participants less likely to make sound judgments about speakers being viewed over a screen, according ...


Children are hurt by chaos at home

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 29, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Historically, U.S. children have experienced chaos for decades due to the nation's high rates of migration, poverty, and maternal and child mortality. But today, chaos in children's lives is largely on the ...


Doctors must step up to the challenge of climate change

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 27, 2008 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Doctors must lead by example on climate change, according to experts in this week's BMJ. Health professionals were powerful catalysts in changing society's view of smoking from a normal lifestyle choice to that of a harm ...


Study finds health professionals, public unprepared for genomic medicine

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 18, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Although advances in genomic medicine for common adult chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer hold promise for improved prevention, diagnosis and treatment, health professionals and the public are not ...


Google Buys Videoconferencing Tech

Technology / Internet

created Apr 22, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

On the heels of its stellar first quarter results, Google announced Friday that it would add video conferencing software from Swedish company Marratech to its acquisition arsenal.



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