Sentences with phrase «other health technologies»

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The means to achieve this will no doubt come from technology — apps, for example, that aggregate health records on a patient's smartphone or other device.

Today, alongside the debut of this Fortune cover story, we kick off our third annual Brainstorm Health conference — which embarks on the very same crusade: to reveal how a revolutionary kind of analytics and other technologies are together solving some of biology's deepest, darkest secrets.

Technology has outperformed any other sector in the S&P with a nearly 40 percent climb, with health care and financials claiming the No. 2 and 3 spots, respectively.

But Verisante Technology Inc. of Richmond, B.C., had reason to celebrate recently when its Verisante Aura, a device that detects melanoma and other cancers in a quick and non-invasive way, was approved for sale by Health Canada.

It would have been easy for Suja to use other technologies and compromise the health benefits.

In the future, Fitbit could partner with hospitals or clinics that want to run the Twine software platform, or integrate Twine's technology with other software vendors» offerings in the health care market, Adam Pellegrini, Fitbit's vice president of digital health, says.

To build out its health technology business, the company today announced that it has acquired Withings, makers of smart scales, activity trackers, and other health gadgets.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Aspect invests across a broad array of industries including cybersecurity, future of work, digital health, and several other emerging technology areas.

However, there are numerous other sectors where you can find your dream job, including fashion and retail, health and social assistance, educational services, technology, hospitality and, of course, arts and entertainment.

«RxAdvance's transparency, disruptive technology, and unique approach to partnership will help us further improve quality health outcomes for our members and other customers, while managing healthcare costs.»

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The result is a double - crisis: austerity stemming from debt deflation, while public health, communications, information technology, transportation and other basic infrastructure are privatized by corporate monopolies that raise prices charged to labor and industry.

Anthony: I think it's important to note that this whole thing started about a decade ago with a white paper about a peer - to - peer, digital cash payment system, but over the past decade, people have realized that this underlying technology has a ton of applications, not just in financial services and payments, but in other industries such as health care, supply chain and so on.

Compared with other market sectors, technology also has the highest free - cash - flow yield, a key gauge of financial health and strength.

This act has now become the law of the land and requires that patients on admission to a hospital or other institutions in receipt of federal health care funds be questioned about Advance Directives» which are a Living Will, Health Care Agent, Durable Power of Attorney» so that if unable to express an opinion, the patient's wishes concerning life - sustaining technologies will have been made health care funds be questioned about Advance Directives» which are a Living Will, Health Care Agent, Durable Power of Attorney» so that if unable to express an opinion, the patient's wishes concerning life - sustaining technologies will have been made Health Care Agent, Durable Power of Attorney» so that if unable to express an opinion, the patient's wishes concerning life - sustaining technologies will have been made known.

Unlike ice sanitizing technologies that use UV light or other sources that create ozone, which can be hazardous to health, the patent - pending BPi200 uses a small electrical housing and carbon - fiber brushes to release airborne positive hydrogen and negative oxygen ions throughout the ice machine without creating ozone.

Thus, the Basque Culinary World Prize aims to recognize chefs with a transformative vocation whose work brings about relevant changes in areas such as education, health, nutrition, environment, technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, industry, social or economic development, among others.

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This standard addresses health and safety requirements, regulating the sale of food produced using gene technology, other than additives and processing aids.

That's why we're proud to be partnering with the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition, the Department of Health and Human Services, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and others to launch text4baby — a free text messaging program for pregnant women and new moms.

This group is for people who embrace and want to help us collectively realize by joining us in learning to appreciate the Inner Doctor within each of us, learning to communicate and work with the Inner Doctor through the Healing By Design ™ Self - Care Technology and other self - care, self - healing modalities and tools to achieve optimal health, and learning to advocate for the Inner Doctor in our home, our workplace, and our community, by sharing our self - healing experiences.

Your main obligation is to cover the 8 Key learning Areas (KLAs)- science, maths, English, the arts, studies of society and environment, technology, language other than English and health and physical education.

The Baby Elegance cot and cot bed mattress is anti-bacterial, anti-allergy and has anti-insect technology preventing dust mites known to cause or aggravate allergies, asthma and other related health problems.

According to her: «Digital technology can, at its best, ensure quality and standards of care are improved and maintained the ability to track, trigger actions and provide accountability empowers midwives and other health workers to lead the way with quality care, adapting to their own situational awareness.

Launched by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo on Tuesday, May 1, the programme is expected to provide 100,000 job opportunities to unemployed graduates in the areas of health, education, information and technology, revenue mobilization and other key areas.

Appropriates $ 40M to address a variety of capital needs including: the creation of new public access projects to connect hunters, anglers, bird watchers, and other outdoor enthusiasts to untapped State - owned lands; providing for air monitoring infrastructure and information technology investments; and health and safety repairs for dams, State lands, fish hatcheries, and other State infrastructure.

The European Academies Science Advisory Council concurred, stating there «is no validated evidence that GM crops have greater adverse impact on health and the environment than any other technology used in plant breeding».

«The President welcomes the various activities by the association in promoting economic integration of Africa, infrastructure and technology advancement, good governance, health and poverty reduction, among others.

Buhari welcomed the various activities of the association in promoting economic integration of Africa, infrastructure and technology advancement, good governance, health and poverty reduction, among others.

Those include a pleasure boat cruise on the Hudson with PEF members who work at the Department of Health, a picnic in the Albany area for Information Technology workers and a trip with other union leaders to the State Fair near Syracuse.

The Dean of the School of Health and Allied Sciences at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Addae Mensah says former President John Dramani Mahama may do better than any other candidate in his party (NDC) in the 2020 general elections.

The Coalition is made up of all interested eligible scientific associations, professional societies, academies, and other formal networks of scientists, engineers and health professionals that recognize a role for science and technology, scientists and engineers in efforts to realize human rights.

Emma Johnston, the president of Science & Technology Australia, said cooperation between Australia and other influential global partners was paramount for the future health and well - being of the country.

The majority of the funding for the activities of the Project on Science, Technology and Disability came from the National Science Foundation, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, IBM, Xerox and other corporate and private grants.

With funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health, AAAS and 17 other organizations sponsored a Summer 1991 workshop on values and ethical issues in science and technology for minority scholars.

The technology, to appear as the cover article in the March 20 print issue of Science, allows ready - to - use products to be made 25 to 100 times faster than other methods and creates previously unachievable geometries that open opportunities for innovation not only in health care and medicine, but also in other major industries such as automotive and aviation.

Although jobs in the service and manufacturing sector have become a scarcity, there are apparently still thousands of unfilled positions in other fields, such as health care, technology, and R&D.

As Congress develops public policy, I will continue to engage and seek counsel from our world class scientists and technicians working at the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Institute on Standards and Technology, and other federal agencies.

Critical factors to achieve a higher level of information sharing include: a) the development and adoption of global data interchange standards that are harmonized between health care and clinical trials; b) the use of technology that is more acceptable to users; c) clarification of and adherence to regulatory requirements for health care and clinical trials; d) implementation of new technologies that are being employed by other industries to facilitate data interchange, specifically the use of the eXtensible Markup Language or XML.

The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has defined DURC as «life sciences research that, based on current understanding, can be reasonably anticipated to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a significant threat with broad potential consequences to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, materiel, or national security».

Although academic researchers from fields such as computer science and engineering have led innovative Google projects (such as the Internet - connected eyewear known as Glass), Google and other technology companies are increasingly recruiting life scientists as Silicon Valley broadens its reach into health care.

Not surprisingly, as this technology becomes part of our everyday lives, it offers the opportunity for patients and other consumers to manage their own health and wellness, for health care professionals to monitor patients wherever they are, and for physiological functions to be altered via wireless communications.

This innovation promises an almost unimaginable advance in basic medicine and health — a technology that inactivates known and emerging viruses and other pathogens in the world's blood supply.

Those strategies might help to make similar public health initiatives work in other cities, suggests the report by Kimberley Roussin Isett, PhD, MPA, of Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, and colleagues.

The report, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology, has serious implications for the health of residents near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and other airports around the world.

The exhibit however, is curiously light on advertising for «Big Blue» — as the company was previously nicknamed — and focuses more on what the company's technology is doing behind the scenes to address health care, resource conservation, food production and other 21st - century concerns.

«As we know, close relationships with other people are a large determinant of physical health and well - being, and social technology has the potential to cultivate successful relationships among older adults.»

Those benefits include the restoration of tax revenues that can support other critical programs and projects, such as education and health care, as well as the stimulation of new business and technology development around cleaner, more sustainable energy systems.

Software technology gives us the GPS in our mobile devices, CT scans that provide early health diagnostics, and other wonders, but circumscribing such technologies in a patent is difficult.