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How CareSource IT is addressing data interoperability challenges in healthcare

CIO Business Intelligence

One key challenge facing the healthcare industry today is the inability to easily access and share electronic medical information between healthcare providers, clinicians, and patients.

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Two efforts fill surprising tech gap between restaurants, donors and those who are hungry

GeekWire

Katherine Cheng , head of global and community impact at Expedia Group , had been working on a project with her company to employ out-of-work tailors from arts organizations to sew personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. FoodPair will be run as a nonprofit. Serving up smarter logistics.

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Junior Geek of the Month: Mona Li empowered girls in high school and seeks similar path in college

GeekWire

Bank of America recognized that leadership this past summer by selecting Li as one of hundreds of Student Leaders for 2021, a program that helps prepare young people to enter the workforce through hands-on skill- building and leadership development. It appealed to her because she’s on pre-med track and hopes to become a physician.

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Here’s how Microsoft is helping India with its COVID-19 catastrophe

GeekWire

To alleviate India’s severe oxygen shortage, Microsoft worked with the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum to provide oxygen concentration devices to healthcare facilities in India. The company is also working to provide 25,000 oxygen concentration devices to healthcare facilities in India. The first arrived last week.

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The Data Impact Awards: This is the “academy awards” of data solutions

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Second Annual Awards Program, Presented by Cloudera, Honors Big Data Achievements. Social Impact. ? Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. ? Government, Nonprofit, & NGO. ? Dan Vesset, Program Vice President, Business Analytics and Big Data, IDC. Read about finalists at the press release below. Oct/09/2014.

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7-year-old boy saves Seattle from robot invasion — with help from VR engineers and Make-A-Wish

GeekWire

One of his healthcare providers suggested that his family apply to the program, and Price described his excitement about fighting villains and a fascination with robots. Tarcha talked to the nonprofit Virtual World Society , which put out the request to its network to see who could help. Christina Wright / Make-A-Wish Photo).

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As mental health needs surge, this Seattle startup offers AI-powered analysis of therapy sessions

GeekWire

The novel coronavirus has brought with it fears of infection, massive job losses, the challenges of teaching kids at home, social isolation, and the list goes on. “The need for high-quality mental healthcare is probably higher now than any point in our recent memory.”. The toll on our collective mental health is massive.

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