January 9, 2012, 8:24 pm
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Dr. Farzad Mostashari / National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
ONC earned its nickname as the “Office of No Christmas” during the 2009 Holiday season roughly two years ago when we, along with our colleagues at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the proposed regulations to govern the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs (EHR Incentive programs) established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). CMS’s
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January 7, 2012, 7:13 am
COLUMBUS, Ga. — When Adrian Weldon has a few minutes to spare, he’s probably going to use them to text.
“I came here to kill time and text,” he said, sitting at Lakebottom Park Thursday afternoon. “At least it’s not driving and texting.”
Weldon said he uses his phone mostly for texting, sending quick messages while he’s at work and can’t call people on the phone, and when he’s bored. If you ask him if he’s addicted, he says he’s not sure.
“My girlfriend says I am,” he said.
If Weldon is addicted to his phone, he’s not alone.
A study by Case Western Reserve School of Medicine found that teens who spend a lot of time on texting or on social media are also more like to use drugs or alcohol and get into fights.
But ignoring your phone can be difficult.
A recent article in the New York Times by author and brand consultant Martin Lindstorm claimed the top three most powerful affecting sounds in the world are baby giggles, the Intel chime and a vibrating phone.
Weldon confesses to feeling lost without his phone. He
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January 5, 2012, 12:17 am
We’re at that special time of year yet again for New Year’s resolutions. You know the drill… make plans to lose weight, exercise more, and find a way to make more money in 2012! Sadly, most folks who make resolutions rarely achieve success with them and often feel disappointed a few weeks or months into the New Year. So, this time around, how about considering approaching this issue a little bit differently?
First, as we come to the end of the year let’s acknowledge that it is a natural and reasonable time of year for reflection on where we’ve been and where we might be going. So, go ahead and reflect on 2011 and ask yourself what you are grateful for now. If you are reading this blog post then you are alive and that is something to be grateful for so start there.
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January 2, 2012, 4:47 am
The January issue of the WHO Bulletin features an editorial on non-communicable diseases and post-conflict countries; a public health round-up; an article on Arab health professionals; a research paper on caesarean section rates in China; and a series of round table articles on the Global Fund and the interaction of public and private interests (January 2011).
December 31, 2011, 6:54 am
Just the right vino can make any Thanksgiving dish shine. We tapped a top chef and our favorite sommeliers to find out which wines they serve to round out a meal for which to be thankful.
To serve with everything Pour: Sauvignon Blanc For a wine that pairs with all the classic turkey-feast tastes (from tart cranberries to the meaty bird itself) look for something clean with good acidity and without a lot of oak. The crispness in this white Sauvignon sips well with the entire spread, says John Ash, author of From the Earth to the Table: John Ashs Wine Country Cuisine and owner of the John Ash & Company restaurant in Santa Rosa, Calif. One of our favorites?
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