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As Smartphones Get Smarter, You May Get Healthier: How mHealth Can Bring Cheaper Health Care To All | Fast Company

As Smartphones Get Smarter, You May Get Healthier: How mHealth Can Bring Cheaper Health Care To All | Fast Company | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
Smartphones and tablets are transforming the future of health care. Can we really trust them to save lives?
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Are You Scared Going from a LVN to a RN?

Are You Scared Going from a LVN to a RN? | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
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140,000 New Government Diagnosis Codes Doctors Hate

140,000 New Government Diagnosis Codes Doctors Hate | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
VideoThe health care industry is “not progressing at a suitable pace” to be ready for tens of thousands of new government-mandated “ICD-10” codes used to describe diseases and hospital procedures in the insurance billing process, a new analysis...

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Are You Scared Going from a LVN to a RN?

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Storytelling Is The New SEO

Google Panda and Penguin algorithm changes have a secret implication - that content is truly and finally KING. Not all content is equal. Some content has higher engagement potential.

Storytellig Is The New SEO discusses how leading online storytellers such as RIE.com and Patagonia.com weave stories into their website, communication and marketing.

Developing a gamification layer is key to making stories resonate over time. SEO is the New Storytelling discusses how to create three types of gamification: Active, Passive and Real Time.

Presentation was created for Raleigh SEO Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/RaleighSEO/ on Tuesday 3.26 and will be broadcast live via a Google Hangout.

Join Google Hangout here: https://plus.google.com/events/c46hqgi89ig21oef90qafggoiho  ;

 

And yes, SEO is the great white whale :).

COOL, tendingn on SlideShare with over 2,000 views in a day! LIVE tomorrow night. 



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Parker Donat's curator insight, April 9, 6:53 PM

I'm a huge fan of this Slide by Marty Smith. 

Martin (Marty) Smith's comment, April 10, 10:46 AM
Thanks Lisa, Jonny and Parker. You guys ROCK :). Marty
Martin (Marty) Smith's comment, April 10, 10:47 AM
Thaks to the "other Martin" too. Martin Sturmer ROCKS too.
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Chef Uniforms - Own or Rent?

Chef Uniforms - Own or Rent? | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
By Ken Buben  Many Restaurants, hotels, caterers, nursing homes, and other foodservice establishments choose to “rent” their kitchen uniforms from a linen supplier which in turn services these unif...
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Can a dirty uniform affect your health too? 

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Finding Intestinal Parasites Via an iPhone

Finding Intestinal Parasites Via an iPhone | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
Doctors can now find intenstinal parasites via an iPhone with adding a glass lenses, double sided tape and a cheap flashlight to detect for parasites today
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IBM: Watson will eventually fit on a smartphone, diagnose illness

IBM: Watson will eventually fit on a smartphone, diagnose illness | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
IBM executives are working with healthcare systems to perfect supercomputer Watson's ability to diagnose and suggest treatments. And by 2020, Watson could fit on a smartphone.

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Man speaks after 27 years using app

Man speaks after 27 years using app | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
For the last 27 years, Kevin Beverley has been unable to speak, after a violent attack left him brain damaged and paralysed. (RT @RCSLT: Here's a heartwarming story about a man and his iPad.
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Why the new nororvirus is hitting people harder this year

Why the new nororvirus is hitting people harder this year | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
The new norovirus is hitting people harder this year than ever before and can be deadly to those with compromised immune systems or with complications
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Canine Influenza Virus

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Can your dog get the canine influenza virus too? Read more on what may be making your dog sick with a canine flu and how its different from the human flu
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Digitizing the doctor's office: 7 ways technology will shape healthcare in 2013

Digitizing the doctor's office: 7 ways technology will shape healthcare in 2013 | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
What does the boom in digital health mean for the health care industry overall? As a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report lists the top issues in health care, we take a look the ways in which technology could shape the industry in the coming year.

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Flu picks up steam across the U.S.

Flu picks up steam across the U.S. | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
Flu season has started earlier and cases are more severe than last year, with more than half of states reporting widespread activity. (“@CNN: Flu spreading across the U.S.
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Are Your Nausea Symptoms a Norovirus Infection?

Are Your Nausea Symptoms a Norovirus Infection? | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
Could your nausea symptoms be the raging norovirus infection that is spreading quickly and quite hard this time of the year? Check to see if it could be.
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140,000 New Government Diagnosis Codes Doctors Hate

140,000 New Government Diagnosis Codes Doctors Hate | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
VideoThe health care industry is “not progressing at a suitable pace” to be ready for tens of thousands of new government-mandated “ICD-10” codes used to describe diseases and hospital procedures in the insurance billing process, a new analysis...

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Bird to Human Transmission of Latest Bird Flu Virus

Bird to Human Transmission of Latest Bird Flu Virus | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
Researchers have confirmed the new bird flu H7N9 is from bird to human transmission in the wet poultry markets mostly found in Asian countries like China.
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A New H7N9 Bird Flu Kills 2 People in China

A New H7N9 Bird Flu Kills 2 People in China | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
A new strain of bird flu called H7N9 bird flu has killed 2 people in China and scientists are not sure how this new strain infected people
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HealthKeep Social Network Catalogues Your Medical Records

HealthKeep Social Network Catalogues Your Medical Records | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
HealthKeep, a health-based social network, is looking to help people organize their patient history with a timeline of symptoms, medications and conditions.

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This is very interesting and timely as people are becoming more proactive when it comes to health concerns.

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The Rare Disease Search Engine FindZebra That Outperforms Google | MIT Technology Review

The Rare Disease Search Engine FindZebra That Outperforms Google | MIT Technology Review | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
A powerful new search engine designed to help diagnose rare diseases could prove a boon for both medics and the public

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Success Is Based On Your Answer To The Question, 'How Happy Am I?'

Success Is Based On Your Answer To The Question, 'How Happy Am I?' | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
Cendrine Marrouat - www.cendrinemarrouat.com's curator insight, March 17, 3:20 AM

Whatever you do, do it with a sense of purpose. 

 

Excellent article with great tips for all of us. 

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Do You Really Want Cheap Scrubs?

Do You Really Want Cheap Scrubs? | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
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Do you really want to wear cheap #medical scrubs? 

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Genomics at your fingertips: DNA Sequencing in the Primary Care Office - The Doctor Weighs In

Genomics at your fingertips: DNA Sequencing in the Primary Care Office - The Doctor Weighs In | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
RT @EricTopol: Genomics at Your Fingertips http://t.co/iehVcVfP by @drkevincampbell HT @cyphergenomics #CDoM

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Interesting article on the possible future development of sequencing in the primary care office.  The article builds off a new technology reported by Anne Eisenberg in a recent NY Times article. This technology from a company called Knome, allows a single Lab or office to sequence a person's genome.  The technology costs about $125,000.

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Do You Have The 4 Traits for Working in Health Care?

Do You Have The 4 Traits for Working in Health Care? | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
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Handle With Care: Success of Digital Health Threatened by Power of Its Technology

Handle With Care: Success of Digital Health Threatened by Power of Its Technology | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
Digital health aspires to elevate human health and the practice of medicine by enabling providers to offer compassionate care with engaged patients, care that is informed by both updated, evidence-driven guidelines and patient data of almost...

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Protecting Yourself In A Dirty World

Protecting Yourself In A Dirty World | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
Dirty germs are everyone, do you know how to protect yourself from them? Can you limited your exposure to dirty pathogens?
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The dirty germs are everywhere!

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Exercising Influences Quality of Sleep

Exercising Influences Quality of Sleep | Healthy Informant | Scoop.it
According to a study, people had better quality of sleep and feel more alert during the day if they get at least 150 minutes of exercise a week.
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