Kathy L. Rush, PhD, RN, at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Canada, is doing research on whether or not nurses should be role models for healthy practices. Her work challenges the notion that nurses should follow healthy behaviors to be effective role models. “Whether we believe patients should or should not view nurses as […]
Although the quantity of spam is decreasing (lowest level since March 2009) DDoS attacks are on the rise. This past year, the largest single attack was over 100 gigabits per second, and the trend shows an increase year after year. Arbor Networks has released a report that identifies the targets and detection/mitigation tools used by […]
Google announced on their blogsite optional implementation of a two-factor authentication system. If you choose to use the system, you will configure Gmail to call or SMS text message a numerical code to your telephone number, which must be entered along with your password to gain access to your mail. You can authorize the local […]
According to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, the quality of a nurse’s conversations with his/her patient can potentially affect their satisfaction, how public information is received and understood, and how reimbursements are made from Medicare and Medicaid. In this article, the authors of Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing offer their tips into upholding […]
More and more drives are being sold as “green” drives, usually running at 5400 RPM rather than 7200 RPM. Are they really energy savers, and what might you lose by choosing the “green” drive? Ars Technica opens the question here, noting that the projected use of the drive weighs heavily on the decision to employ […]
A new study, conducted by the CVS Caremark Corp., found that patients who take medications as prescribed by their doctors may save the health care system as much as $7,800 per patient annually. The company said that the study, which analyzed annual pharmacy and medical costs over a three-year period, revealed reductions in emergency department […]
Bought a new Intel Core i5 or i7 processor (or new PC with one of those CPUs) in the last three weeks? ZDNet reports Intel will be handling returns of i5 and i7 processors due to a flaw in a support chip that can lead to degraded performance of SATA drives over time. The chipset […]
Are you checking your sources when researching health information online? With the smartphone and tablet computer market rising, more health information is available online than ever before. The Bupa Health Pulse surveyed more than 12,000 people in Australia, Brazil, Britain, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain and the United States and found that […]
For years, the disparity of Linux package installers (yum in Red Hat, urpmi in Mandriva, apt-get in Debian and Ubuntu, yast in Suse) had divided users of different distributions by forcing them to applications supported by an installer designed for their particular distribution, unless they were willing to compile the application from source code. Now, […]
According to the “Healthcare Performance Management in the Era of Twitter” report published by the Healthcare Performance Management Institute, social media initiatives are helping physicians, patients, and the medical community lower health care costs while improving patient care. Social Media sites enable all doctors to communicate online to coordinate care for their patients. For some, […]