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TSTC Marshall highlights online health information technology program | School News

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The Texas State Technical College campus in Marshall recently highlighted the opportunities available through their online-only health information technology program. TSTC described the health information technology program as the cybersecurity of health care. TSTC’s Interim Director of Alignment for Health Information Technology Sarah Brooks said that professionals in the career are often behind the scenes, working with patients’ information throughout their healthcare needs. “We’re behind the scenes in health care,” said Brooks. “We take care of patients by ensuring that patient information is accessible when needed and keeping it private and secure at the same time.” The health information technology…
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Strategic Technology Investment Manager job with Primark

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Our Technology teams are right at the heart of what we do. Surrounded by some of the best Technology Specialists in the industry, you’ll bring your own ideas to the business – helping to shape the experience of our customers as part of a forward-thinking team. As the Strategic Tech Investment Manager, you will be a key member of the Technology team, responsible for providing strategic guidance, counsel and direction to the Technology Function on all technology investments. Reporting directly to the Chief Technology Product Officer, you will play a critical role in shaping and implementing how Technology manages technology…
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IFHA to Hold Global Summit on Equine Safety, Technology

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The International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities (IFHA) will hold its Global Summit on Equine Safety and Technology from 12-14 June in Toronto, Canada, at Woodbine Racetrack. The Summit is part of the IFHA’s ongoing commitment to improving equine safety and welfare, a key strategic priority of the organization. It follows the IFHA’s 57th International Conference of Horseracing Authorities in October 2023, which focused on safeguarding equine welfare and shifts in societal expectations. World-leading research scientists, clinicians, veterinarians, and racing regulators from around the globe will come together during the Summit to examine the most critical horse welfare issues as…
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Inside Audrey Tang’s Plan to Align Technology with Democracy

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Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s 43-year-old minister of digital affairs, has a powerful effect on people. At a panel discussion at Northeastern University in Boston, 20-year-old student Diane Grant is visibly moving, describing Tang’s talk as the best she’s had in her undergraduate career. Later that day, a German tourist recognizes Tang leaving the Boston Museum of Science and requests a photo, saying she’s “starstruck.” At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a trio of world-leading economists bashfully ask Tang to don a baseball cap embossed with the name of their research center and pose for a group photo. Political scientist and former…
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City hires internal candidate for information technology director; one commissioner fights back decision against | WDHN

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DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The city approved 4-1 to make Jessica Kerns the new information technology director for the city of Dothan. Although it was approved, it didn’t go over smoothly for District 3 commissioner Bradley Bedwell as he claimed the city promoted within and didn’t open the search to outside candidates. “My vote didn’t have anything to do with the qualifications of the internal applicant the current software isn’t working and we didn’t do our diligence and we did not add any external applicants to the pool, so I can look at the taxpayers if this doesn’t work out…
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Revolutionizing Medicine and Agriculture for Future Food Security – Rising Kashmir

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In the bustling laboratories of today, a quiet revolution is unfolding, promising to reshape the landscapes of medicine and agriculture by 2050. CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats), a groundbreaking gene-editing technology, is at the forefront of this transformation. This powerful tool allows for precise modifications to DNA, enabling scientists to correct genetic defects, combat diseases, and enhance crop resilience. As we look ahead to the mid-21st century, CRISPR’s impact on healthcare and food security is becoming increasingly profound. Transforming Medicine: A New Era of Genetic Therapies CRISPR’s most immediate and profound impact is in the realm of medicine.…
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Local doctors utilize advancing technology to help treat stroke

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May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and advancing technology is playing a vital role in treating stroke patients.That new technology includes artificial intelligence.Dr. Colin McDonald is an emergency neurologist for Novant Health. He deals with patients suffering from strokes every day.”Stroke is an incredibly common problem,” said McDonald. “Because so many common diseases lead to stroke.”A new, advanced technology is helping local doctors, like McDonald, recognize things like blockages and brain bleeding more quickly. It’s also giving them more access to scans taken at other network hospitals and doctor’s offices across the state.”The majority of our patients don’t begin their…
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With patent restriction over, JF Technology set to regain foothold in US market

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This article first appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly on May 13, 2024 – May 19, 2024 A decade after becoming embroiled in a patent infringement lawsuit in the US, one-stop test engineering and test interface solutions provider JF Technology Bhd (KL:JFTECH) is revisiting its US market strategy now that it is no longer bound by a patent restriction. JF Tech co-founder and managing director Datuk Foong Wei Kuong says the group is now exploring options to re-establish its business presence in the US, as American customers are actively looking for a more competitive high-performance test contacting solution. “We were…