Health data interoperability group highlights challenges and recommendations for progress – htn

  • November 24, 2023
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The Alberta Virtual Care Coordinating Body has published its ‘Interoperability Saves Lives’ report, identifying several factors hampering provincial progress in health data interoperability and making recommendations on legislation, design, assurance, and oversight. The report was conducted by a working group who performed a cost/benefit analysis of health data interoperability using a number of domains of […]

Journal establishes framework for global medical-imaging data sharing – htn

  • November 24, 2023
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Exploring the challenges of representativeness in AI interpretation of medical imaging, a journal published in The Lancet this week introduces the ‘Medical AI Data for All (MAIDA)’ initiative, described as a “framework for global medical data sharing to address the shortage of public health data and enable rigorous evaluation of AI models across all populations”. The […]

China’s Goldwind installed a 16 MW offshore wind turbine in just 24 hours

  • November 23, 2023
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Chinese wind turbine maker Goldwind has installed its massive 16 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine in a “record-breaking” 24 hours. Goldwind has already brought another of its GWH252-16MW wind turbines online; in September, that turbine set a new world record for electricity generation – in a typhoon – by an individual wind turbine in a […]

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Deaths From Coal Pollution Have Dropped, but Emissions May be Twice as Deadly

  • November 23, 2023
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Coal, the dirtiest of fossil fuels, is far more harmful to human health than previously thought, according to a new report, which found that coal emissions are associated with double the mortality risk compared with fine airborne particles from other sources. The research, published Thursday in the journal Science, linked coal pollution to 460,000 deaths […]

Review: Vanpowers UrbanGlide-Ultra, going Dutch for Black Friday

  • November 23, 2023
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VanPowers sent us its top-of-the-line UrbanGlide-Ultra bike last month which is touted to be a Dutch-style e-bike and top spec in its Urban Glide lineup. But with Black Friday prices starting under $1000, how close to a real Dutch “Gazelle” type bike is this? You might be surprised… Vanpowers isn’t Dutch like it sounds and […]

Elon Musk takes zealot stance against union as Tesla strike expands in Sweden

  • November 23, 2023
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Elon Musk is reportedly taking a zealot stance against union amid a strike in Sweden expanding and potentially now crippling operations for Tesla in the country. Earlier this month, Tesla service workers in Sweden started striking in order to get included in a collective agreement. The automaker has always had a hard stance against unions […]