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The impact of health IT on workflow
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationA new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality examines the enhanced understanding of the causal relationship between health information technology implementation and various ambulatory care workflow aspects. The report was conducted across six ambulatory care practices from across the United States, and reviewed health systems that had implemented different health IT products or systems.
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Wearable technology’s impact on the manufacturing industry
Alan Kelsky Science & TechnologyIf you think wearable technology like Google Glass or the Apple Watch are just part of a fad, think again. According to a study released by Juniper Research, titled "Smart Wearable Devices: Fitness, Healthcare, Entertainment & Enterprise: 2013-2018," many people are already thinking of the ways to use wearable technology for manufacturing.
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What manufacturers, developers should consider when investing in 3-D printing
Mark Eaton ManufacturingInvesting in 3-D printing technology can provide significant business advantages. Product development, customer value, manufacturing costs and product life cycle management can all be positively impacted by this technology. Determining where to make the investment requires careful consideration of the expected outcomes and thorough analysis of the business, processes or products that will be impacted by the investment.
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How smart technology can put an end to thermostat wars
Michael J. Berens Facilities & GroundsWashington Post columnist Petula Dvorak hit an icy nerve with her recent piece on gender disputes over thermal comfort in office spaces. "Every single woman I talked to in downtown Washington on a hot, humid July afternoon was thawing out," Dvorak writes. "It's the time of year desperate women rely on cardigans, pashminas and space heaters to make it through the workweek in their frigid offices. And their male colleagues barely notice."
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Stop checking your email
Candice Gottlieb-Clark Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementI mentioned to a colleague my desire to have a day of work — when everything else in the world is on hold — so I could feel caught up. He laughed and expressed a shared interest in that "extra" time. I started wondering: If everyone I know is feeling overextended, why does no one seem to have a handle on what's causing it?
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Massive growth continues in mHealth market
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe mHealth market continues to see sizable gains, with its current valuation at more than $10.5 billion, according to a new report by Allied Market Research. The sector is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 33.5 percent from this year through 2020. According to the recent report, blood pressure monitors have the largest share of the global mHealth device market, followed by blood glucose monitors and cardiac monitors.
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Plastic materials and processing advancing wind energy
Don Rosato EngineeringThe vast majority of the total tonnage used in wind turbine blade manufacturing are glass fiber and thermoset (primarily epoxy and vinyl ester) resins. Let's take a look at new wind energy resin/fiber material, processing and testing advances. The increasing size of wind turbine blades poses a big challenge to designers and engineers to design lightweight structures that meet the requirements in terms of stiffness and, predominantly, fatigue.
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Game of drones: Who will be crowned king of unmanned commercial flight?
Jessica Taylor Transportation Technology & AutomotiveTechnology is flying past us every day — literally — in the form of new airborne inventions. But did you realize the sky is on the verge of opening up a big new world for small and large businesses? Without a doubt, drones are a big topic of today's tech talk. And with the talk comes innovation — innovation that could change your company.
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Bye-bye, Adobe Flash! Hello, HTML5 video
Lonny Alfred CommunicationsOnce an unquestioned component of multimedia on the Web, Flash Adobe and other third-party media plugins are heading toward the end of their days. For businesses that use video, this means yet another item to add onto their to-do list.
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Documentary takes viewers inside the world of Internet addiction
Ross Lancaster Mental HealthcareThe first scene of the Sundance-featured documentary "Web Junkie" begins with a group of young men playing the popular online role-playing game "World of Warcraft." With the game responsible for more than 100 million accounts worldwide, it's a scene that could take place in any country with broadband Internet access.
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