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Connected Health: A Review Of Technologies And Strategies To Improve Patient Care With Telemedicine And Telehealth

- Joseph Kvedar1,
- Molly Joel Coye2 and
- Wendy Everett3,*
+ Author Affiliations
- 1Joseph Kvedar is director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare System, in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2Molly Joel Coye is chief innovation officer at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Health, UCLA Medical Center, in Los Angeles.
- 3Wendy Everett () is president of NEHI ( Continue reading...

- Activity diagram
- Sequence diagram

What are the different Vulnerable Points in an E-commerce Environment?

An e-commerce environment has many vulnerable points that attackers can get to the system. One of the points of attack is the channel of connection between the client and the ISP provider. The attacker can tap this point and make an attack on the connection. The attacker can intercept the communication between the user and the Internet Service Provider (ISP) and use security threats like spoofing to get data from the client. The client will lose money in the process. Another point of vulnerability is the ISP networks. There could be sniffer programs Continue reading...

English

Technology Revolution
Down through the ages, inventors have been seeking many inventions to benefit humankind and to make lives easier. For example, Alexander Graham Bill invented the telephone and Tomas Edison invented the electric light bulb; there inventions are very useful to all the people all over the world. The inventions are the development and technology revolution. If we were to compare the way of life in the past and nowadays, we would find huge differences and changes in terms of technology. In the past, life was simple and hard at times, while life nowadays is easier. At times, Continue reading...

Introduction

The objective of this study is to evaluate the different leadership behaviors at organizations around the world. In addition, the study focuses on revealing the importance of effective leadership to help an organization to achieve the desired success. Leadership has become an integral part of an organization due to which examples of two leadership styles at different organizations have been taken into consideration. It is important to acknowledge here that the subordinates tend to follow what is done by the leader. For this reason, it is important for the leaders to pursue healthy and productive behavior. The behavioral approach Continue reading...

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Impact on Privacy
Google’s latest invention is being launched across the globe. Described as an augmented reality eyewear, the “Google Glass” brings all features of our smart phones (such as voice communication, web browsing, camera, social media usage and apps) directly into our eyes and under the command of our voice. Ever since the concept was first introduced, and the prototype launched, Google Glass has attracted both fans and critics. While supporters consider this product to be the most significant technological advancement of the 21st century, it has also garnered many criticisms on the Continue reading...

Personal AHA’s about Information Technology

Although the efforts of organizations and technological establishments are to provide quality reciprocity, to service and evade disservice and care for consumers regularly, womenfolk and menfolk throughout the society endeavor to increase the safety and quality of organizations. My AHA visions are important to most organization within the science but primarily the technology and information systems industry. I can foresee the future of technology due to its energy and use of best practices of aiding individuals through their daily lives increasing their sense of self worthiness. Statistically, research has shown that certain types of information technology, such as computer Continue reading...

Management

Over the last few years or so, media has been influential in the way companies conduct their businesses. The technological advancement and the emergence of social media have been a revelation in the world of marketing. The presence of the internet and the ever-increasing consumerism has meant that more people are becoming informed about markets and products thereby having an impact in their decisions. Clearly, the most intense impact has been the use of the media in designing marketing strategies by organizations. Outside marketing, the media also influences the way to conduct the management. Decision-making in the management has Continue reading...

FedEx is made up of several divisions. The most significant division, and market leader in its segment is its FedEx Express unit. The FedEx Express unit is the world's number one express service carrier. FedEx Express delivers three and a half million packages every day to two hundred and twenty countries. FedEx owns a fleet of six hundred ninety airplanes, and fifty thousand motor vehicles and trailers. FedEx Office retail outlets and shops offer document-related and business services. These retail outlets also function as hubs for other FedEx units ("FedEx corporation competition," 2014). When FedEx is measured against all Continue reading...

IPAD Marketing Analysis

Introduction
The competitive nature of the business environment in view of a globalized economy and a tremendous surge in technological developments on a daily basis has made the playground cut throat to not only sustain but also grow the business.
The success of an organization lies in its undertaking to a thorough investigation of potential opportunities in meeting the needs of the customer wants in accordance with the current trends which make them own the product in view of the image created.
Apple’s iPad has been one product which shows what the company is all about in terms Continue reading...

The development on internet technology has posed as a threat in the display of personal information. Large scale of breaches and vulnerabilities to personal information occurs Google is to blame. Large numbers of Americans have put their information on the internet while doing their searches. They put in their information and delete not knowing that a shadow remains. Such personal information includes personal experiences, personal information like bank information and social security number. The advent of social media has even made things worse. People put share their personal experiences and they think once they are done, the information disappears. Continue reading...

Marketing concept and strategies of Apple Company

The Apple Company has employed various marketing concept and strategies in enhancing the customer's relationship. Google and Amazon companies have also considered the same concepts to enhance their relationship with their customers. To maintain this relationship, the companies have considered and given the customers feedback priority in the decision making. The management of these companies has developed customer relation by putting an effort in the understanding their expectations. This leads to translation of the expectation into quality improvement (Corbae, Jensen, & Schneider, 2003). This has gained these companies competitive advantage in computer marketing both locally and internationally.
Customer's retention comes Continue reading...

A strategy is an action or plan that is made to achieve an aim or goal. Overstock.com came to be in the year 1999. It is an online shopping company that serves a certain niche of clientele. Its brands are very affordable. The aim of the company is to become the premier company selling excess inventory through the internet. The company has grown to become an online shopping company that is a force to reckon with in the market. Though the company has received major competition from other online shopping companies like EBay and Amazon, it still remains the Continue reading...

NPV= A1/ (1+k)1 + A2/ (1+k)2 + A3/ (1+k)3 + An/ (1+k)n – C

Where; A- Annual cash flow

k- Cost of capital

C- Initial investment

n- Number of years

Therefore;

NPV= 450,000/ (1+0.11)1 + 639,000/ (1+0.11)2 + 700,000/ (1+0.11)3 + 550,000/ (1+0.11)4 + 1,850,000/ (1+0.11)5 – 2,425,000
= 450,000/1.1 +639,000/1.232 + 700,000/1.368 +550,000/1.518 + 1,850,000/1.685 - 2,425,000
= 405,405.41+518,668.83+511,695.91+362,318.84+1,097,922.85-2,425,000
= 2,896,011.84-2,425,000
NPV = 471,011.84
The NPV of the company is 471, Continue reading...

Facebook acquired the mobile messaging service WhatsApp, a rapidly growing mobile messaging company for close to $19 billion.Facebook’s CEO Mack Zuckerberg stated that the mission of the acquisition was to “make the world more open and connected” (Malik 1). This they aim to do by building services that would enable the sharing of any type of content with any group of people they want. Zuckerberg further stated that WhatsApp would enable them achieve their goal through the continued developing of a service that people around the world would continue loving to use.This move would bring Facebook closer to Continue reading...

PEOPLE:

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897, to a lawyer's family. Her love for aircraft came during the World War I. Amelia was a nurse in the hospital next to the airfield. Not long before the round the world flight Earhart wrote that her two biggest desires were: to be the first woman in transatlantic flight (at least as a passenger) and the first woman-pilot to cross the Atlantic. Both her wishes came true. In June 1928, she flew from the U.S. to England, as passenger. And then four years later, May 20, 1932, she has repeated Continue reading...

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Assignment – Part A
DO NOT FORGET TO USE INTEXT CITATIONS IN EVERY QUESTION
Question 1: What is the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0? (~250 Words)
The main differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 platforms are in the technologies involved as well as the application of those technologies. In the case of Web 1.0, the platform is much more plain and simple, and is used primarily for displaying information on the internet (Harris 2008). This means that application is restricted to the ownership of the platform Continue reading...

IT in business.

3.1The business organization needs to know the type of Computer software that can operate computer programs in the business system. The software is the non-tangible computer component that will enable the computer system of the business to operate its services efficiently. The business need to know the contrast of the computer software contrasts in the organization and its computer hardware that is the physical parts of computers. The software to be acquired should be compatible with the computer hardware .Computer software that business organization will need to buy includes computer programs depending on the architecture that the organization need Continue reading...

Critical thinking

Part 1: Huffington Post analysis
Traditional text-based reporting techniques, such as prints, outdoor, audio and slideshows still play a significant role in the media today. The traditional media is, however, blended with the rich media such as social media and videos. Both two types of the media included at Huffington Post to promote the social channels. The Huffington post, for example, uses video links, photos and text to bring a clear and brief presentation of the news. The post is also open to response and feedback through the Facebook, twitter and Google plus links. The video or the post Continue reading...

Article # 1 - How to Get More Visitors to Click, Buy or Promote on Your Site:

When we talk about perfection in a website, there is no such thing. In other words, it means that there is always a room for improvement and betterment. The point to ponder is how to improve one’s website. The first step is to determine the primary goal of website. What purpose does it serve to the target audience? Is the purpose of the page to promote it on social media, encourage people to call you, get chances to fill out a form or to generate online sales? Once a person understands what the goal is all about, the Continue reading...

D Team

March9, 2014

JAPAN AND THE CREATION OF THE INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE 2
E. Defining the Internet
1. Cultural Context
The global spread of information technology has played a crucial role in the postmodern era of globalization as it is a majorly precondition for intensive worldwide interactions of people and exchanges of goods, information and capital. Information technocrats predict a final convergence of culturally different sectors into one world culture where a standardized information exchange is seamless. However, this is still an illusion as too many non-cultural factors and soft cultural hindrances exist as inhibitors for international association.
Yahoo Japan Continue reading...

1-Strategic rationale: what are the primary reasons for the acquisition?

In September 2013, Microsoft acquired Nokia at a cost of $7 billion in a bid to strengthen its (Microsoft) position as one of the leading players in the mobile universe. The strategic rationale was in response to the fierce competition in the industry. Microsoft desires to enhance its market competitiveness. Before the partnership with Nokia, Microsoft was virtually irrelevant in the mobile market but its acquisition of Nokia has enabled the company makes inroads in the lucrative smartphone industry. Nokia smartphones run on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system. Sale of Nokia smartphones has gradually increased, and Microsoft Continue reading...

Quick facts of Assessment

Formative assessment is an assessment implemented to examine the students’ learning progress during instruction. Summative assessment aims at estimating students’ achievement at the end of the learning process. It provides achievement after its comparison against particular set or scale (Borich and Tom, 2010).
We need clarity of educational objectives, instructional designing and what, why and when learner is supposed to examine are important assessment. We have to identify proofs which conclude the students’ learning. We have to keep proper allotment of time, focus on a specific area, avoiding vague or irrelevant queries in mind. The level of learners is Continue reading...

Web Application Security

1. WebGoat
Webgoat is a project designed and maintained by the Open Wide Application Security Project (OWASP) organization. It is a deliberately insecure web application designed to demonstrate the possible security flaws that can exist in a web application and the significance of testing and protecting the applications against such flaws. It thus provides a testing platform to assess the security of a web application. The testing is done in the Black Box method of testing, and though the source code of the web application is not available, it can be downloaded and viewed. It consists of several lesson Continue reading...

One of the most prevalent online activities worldwide is social networking. It is extremely big and grows each day. It has evolved to become a platform where consumers can interact, shop, share, engage and obtain news and information. Despite the fact that enormous efforts have been put behind creating social channels and building the social media, few have been capable of generating significant revenue. However, the payoff is increasing as various businesses engage their followers and convert customers. Most social media have been able to generate substantial amount of revenue through advertising and various applications where the members can Continue reading...

Having a big government does not in any way mean that the country has a better government. The main reasons why small governments are better than big governments is because in small governments, there is less corruption. Having big governments means having more departments. It is hard for the authority in charge of the departments to dispense their duty well, in terms of ebbing corruption, since they are hard to manage. However, small governments are easy to manage since they have fewer departments, hence transparency and accountability. In addition, it is easy to deliver services to the citizens in Continue reading...

Introduction

In the course of time, there has been a substantive increase in the number of people using the internet globally. The internet serves as a platform that facilitates the realization of a wide range of objectives. There are countries that appreciate the essence of the internet thus they have included the access to the internet as part of their constitutional rights. Nations that are characterized by a relatively high level of internet penetration record higher levels of growth than countries that are embodied by comparatively low levels of internet penetration. This serves as an indicator of the rate of Continue reading...

versus silicone Foley catheters in reducing catheter associated urinary
tract infections in hospitalized patients

Introduction

- Construction of PICO question
- Identification of key terms
- Description of the population, intervention, comparison, and outcome of the question.

Description of at least 2 EBP model(s) appropriate for focus area; critique similarities and differences of models.

Identification and description of articles obtained from searching and possible need for further refinement of question.
Conclusion
- Selection of an evidence grading system such as the one cited in the directions above and rate at least four studies, using the EB Review Matrix to record your assessments.
- Describe the relationship between levels of evidence and grades of recommendations.
versus silicone Foley Continue reading...

Abstract

Hong Kong Disneyland has been opened for over a period of ten years .It is beautiful and attractive place to visit. Being so famous it still has many problems till today. Below discussion describes the issues faced by the Hong Kong Disneyland.

ISSUES FACED BY HONG KONG DISNEYLAND ARE AS FOLLOWS:

- With over emphasis on China market, Hong Kong Disneyland has focussed on China market for a long period. With the opening of Shanghai Disneyland this year, Hong Kong Disneyland predicts that they will lose 50 percent of tourist’s attendance.
- Brand image of Hong Kong Disneyland is diluting because it has created too many issues Continue reading...

English

Introduction
With the growing security threats in the United States such as the 9/11 attacks that claimed the lives of many Americans and foreigners, the National Security Agency put in place security measures that will ensure that the United States’ government is able to monitor its citizen’s communication. Despite the security concerns, the American constitution defends the rights and freedoms of speech of the people by upholding the principles of free living. Consequently, there have been varied reactions on the government’s efforts to monitor the communication in the interests of national security. These opponents of the governmental Continue reading...

Dynamics in technology over the recent years have had a great impact in revolutionizing various aspects of the world. These include communication, transport, health, entertainment among others. Inventions and innovations have continued to be made the day in day out in the concerned fields. These have the effects of making human life easier and less manual. As a matter of fact, the direction in which technological advancement is taking currently aims at automating almost every aspect of human life. Everyday software and systems are produced that automate various fields including the most basic such as farming, lighting and temperature Continue reading...

Yahoo Incorporated was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994. Both of them were students at Stanford University. The acronym Yahoo stands for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle." (Smith and Graham, Internet Law and Regulation). Yahoo is among the leading internet service providers serving both businesses and individuals worldwide. The company brags to be among the largest provider of internet services globally and other integrated services. Yahoo internet search engines are available on World Wide Web. The company provides services to 500 million users around the world. Yahoo Incorporated provides its services in over twenty languages. The Continue reading...

Introduction

In this essay, the studying consumer behaviour important for a marketer has been thoroughly discussed. As there is an intrinsic link between a marketer and consumer behaviour, it is an imperative for marketers to grasp this key concept. Marketers need to study consumer behaviour to understand how individuals or organizations the make decision to select, consume and dispose of products and services which satisfy their needs. Consumer behaviour has an immense impact on the business organization selling products or services (Neal et.al, 2004, p.7).

Discussion

Studying consumer behaviour is important for a marketer as each consumer is unique and posses Continue reading...

Executive Summary

BlackBerry Limited is witnessing a decline in terms of market share and revenue. The company struggles to retain its loyal customer base as the consumers are switching to other brands. This marketing plan emphasizes on different marketing aspects that need to be consider by the company in order to regain its old position. The paper describes major strengths of the company that can help the organization in developing competitive advantages and tapping opportunities available in the market. The company is required to formulate an effective marketing plan in order to overcome its weaknesses such as diversified product portfolio, inventions Continue reading...

Executive summary

I chose to focus on functional strategy formulation and strategic choice in their application to real business world. This would aid me in understanding the topic in this “Strategic Management and Business Policy” textbook written by Thomas L. Wheelen and J. David Hunger. This report will be aimed at analyzing topic seven and eight, as they appear in the above class textbook. Chapter 7 and 8 concentrates on functional strategy formulation and strategic choice that concerns the full cycle of business life. This topic analyzes various strategies a business undertakes in the pursuit of growth and stability as well Continue reading...

Japanese writing uses both Kanji and Kana. Kana includes both Hiragana and Katakana alphabets. A long time ago, there was no alphabet in Japan, so the characters for writing were borrowed from neighboring China. As ancient China was then ruled by the Han (Kan) Dynasty, all the characters were called Kanji and the Chinese writing is called Kanbun. Because kanji has many strokes, it takes a very long time to write and to memorize. Thus, the Japanese invented the Hiragana and Katakana. Women used the Hiragana alphabet in creating their letters and diaries. An example of the literature written Continue reading...

Introduction

Facebook.com made their biggest acquisition with popular IM (internet messaging) service WhatsApp for $19 billion ($4billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook stock and $3 billion in future stock). This deal is a behemoth in comparison to their past purchase of Instagram in 2012 worth $1 billion. This paper will argue over this acquisition and its viability through analyzing the pros and cons for Facebook through this acquisition. Considering everything, the main argument here is if this deal is a ploy to acquire the competition or it is an attempt to diversify into new markets. WhatsApp service allows users Continue reading...

Internal Management

Definitively, motivation can be understood as a psychological state that compels or encourages action towards the achievement of certain goals or objectives. It is an inner drive to act in a certain way (Psychology Today 2014). In organizations, today managers are increasingly faced with the task of motivating employees to better their performance and consequently, the organizational performance as a whole. Lindner explains that employees are not only motivated by financial rewards; employee attitudes towards their work and the reward systems in place (Lindner 2014).
Studies conducted by Mine (2007: 28) suggest that managers can effectively motivate their staff Continue reading...

The Mission and Value of Google Company

The corporate culture and mission of Google Company reflects a philosophy of creating money without doing wickedness or evil. Moreover, work must be challenging and fun. At Google, these beliefs dictate life. The Google’s Inc certified mission statement is arranging or organizing information of the world and making it globally useful and accessible (Corporate Information 3). It has a value of no retaliation. Google Company forbids retaliation against any employee within the firm who participates in or reports an investigation enquiry of a likely violation of their code (Google’s Corporate Information 10).

History of the Google Company

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Continue reading...

In order to ensure thatUSCYBERCOM is effective in its operations, there is need for sufficient communication from the US ARMY. This gives the force a direction on the key areas to focus on. The US government ought to provide sufficient funding since this area can grow and new technologies are always coming up. Sourcing of experts from leading firms and institutions of higher learning to run the facility is another approach of ensuring coverage of a large scope of cyber space security (Winterfeld and Andress, 284).

Lessons to be Leveraged From theOperational History ofCyber Warfare

The introduction of the USCYBERCOM in response to cyber warfare was timely. This Continue reading...

Increasing Trafficking of Men and Boys to USA

Introduction
This paper is an analysis of facts and statistics that present evidence of the increasing numbers of male trafficking victims of all ages into the United States for laboring purposes through fraudulent means or against their will (HHS 1). According to the Department of Health and Human Services the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 defines a victim of trafficking as either involved in;
“A Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained the age of 18 years Continue reading...