Karim Keshavjee

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Mobile Health Applications to Promote Active and Healthy Ageing

1. Eurostat People in the EU—Statistics on an Ageing Society. [(accessed on 24 October 2016)]. Available online: …

Healthcare Mobile Application Development Company

Schedule a demonstration of the best healthcare mobile app platform. <b>Contact us today!</b><p>“WESTMED’s adoption of the mHealth App Platform was in direct …

10 excellent platforms for building mobile apps

If you've ever wanted to build an app after thinking up a brilliant idea, you're in the right place.<p>Sure, the fear of coding can push you to not act …

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How mHealth Apps Empower Clinicians to Improve Care Management

August 08, 2018 - mHealth apps that offer clinical decision support are fast becoming a vital part of the clinician’s toolkit – not only because they …

Seattle Children’s Works to Turn PRISM Program Into an mHealth App

August 10, 2018 - Physicians at Seattle Children’s Hospital are working to turn a web-based coping program for children with serious illnesses into …

Synthetic data

<b>Synthetic data</b> is "any production data applicable to a given situation that are not obtained by direct measurement" according to the McGraw-Hill …

Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce pledge to remove interoperability barriers

At the White House, technology heavy-hitters promise to work together improving data exchange by embracing FHIR, the Argonaut Project and more.

FOP criticism is mostly baloney…so put a label on it!

Recently, at a playdate, my neighbor asked me if she could give my daughter a snack, and offered something that happens to be quite high in added …

How to Lose Fat Without Losing Muscle

Everything you need to know about how to train, what and when you should eat, and the importance of a better night's sleep.<p>When most people talk about trying to lose weight, what they are really trying to do is lose fat.<p>The problem is, that requires <i>not</i> losing muscle—which your body naturally does …

What Is A Digital Transformation And Why Should You Care?

I’ve been extremely lucky to have spent my entire adult life on the forefront of digital technology – and most of it was by complete accident (but, that will be a story for another day….)<p>My career has spanned IBM, the launch team of the Pentium at Intel, an early Amazonian (I led one of the teams …

Why you should shift from systems thinking to capability thinking

Viewing IT solely through a lens of systems and processes isn't always the best approach. Here's how to pivot your mindset toward capability thinking.<p>…

Building a Linear Regression Model for Real World Problems, in R

In this blog, i will try to make this concept of regression simple and intuitive for everyone. Understanding maths behind a concept is always a must …

The 6 Major Blockchain Trends For 2018 Outlined By Deloitte

While the mainstream viability of cryptocurrency remains in question, one of the technologies that has emerged in its wake is primed to do big things.<p>Blockchain continues to grow in popularity as people across multiple industries find new applications for it. Recently, Deloitte released a report …

Now We Understand How Marijuana Makes Inflammatory Bowel Disease Bearable

No wonder people with IBD often turn to the drug.<p>People who live with inflammatory bowel disease deal with a lot of physical discomfort, and for some …

Keep calm and edit on

Despite spooking investors, new insights into DNA repair and the CRISPR gene-editing system are part and parcel of its progress from research tool to …

Eating Breakfast Later May Increase Your Obesity Risk if You Have Type 2 Diabetes

<b>April 19, 2018</b><p>If you have type 2 diabetes, being a night owl and getting a late start on breakfast may make it harder to manage your blood sugar. …

7 Applications of Machine Learning in Pharma and Medicine

Last updated on July 19, 2018 by Daniel Faggella<p>See more articles like this one in the following categories<p>When it comes to effectiveness of machine …

Learning Is a Learned Behavior. Here’s How to Get Better at It.

Many people mistakenly believe that the ability to learn is a matter of intelligence. For them, learning is an immutable trait like eye color, simply luck of the genetic draw. People are born learners, or they’re not, the thinking goes. So why bother getting better at it?<p>And that’s why many people …

5 Things to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed by Your Workload

Do your to-do lists stretch on and on — and on? Do you dread checking email on Friday afternoons, worried about seeing messages piling up when you’re just trying to get out the door? Or maybe you’ve noticed that anxiety is preventing you from concentrating on whatever you’re currently doing. You …

Dos & Don’ts: After You Tell Your Boss You’re Leaving

You’ve decided to leave your job and you’ve told your boss. But once you’ve gotten through that difficult conversation, you have to figure out how to …

8 Surprising Health Benefits of B Vitamins

The Latest in Heart Health<p>610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. Find out how mobile apps can help you manage heart …

9 Natural Arthritis Remedies

The Latest in Arthritis<p>A lack of physical activity correlates with restless sleep in people living with arthritis, a study finds.<p>These blogs by a sex …

154 hospitals in Turkey elevated to HIMSS EMRAM 6 in 2017

More than 150 hospitals in Turkey reached Stage 6 of the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model in 2017, HIMSS Analytics announced recently, …

How to edit a human

For decades scientists aspired to modify the code of life. Tom Whipple meets Jennifer Doudna, who succeeded<p>This story begins nearly four billion …

Prescriptive analytics 101: What should be done about it?

<i>This article on prescriptive analytics is the fifth in a series of guest posts written by Dan Vesset, Group Vice President of the Analytics and</i> …

Whole30 Program: What to Know Before Starting the Diet Plan

What Is the Whole30 Program? A Detailed Review of the Diet for Weight Loss and Overall Health<p>Medically Reviewed by Kelly Kennedy, RD<p>Giving up a …

Exercise Helps Counter the Ill Effects of Obesity — Even for the Severely Obese

<b>February 14, 2018</b><p>For people who are overweight or obese, is exercise helpful even if you’re not shedding weight? Yes. New data suggests that no …

The Power of Leaders Who Focus on Solving Problems

In front of a packed room of MIT students and alumni, Vivienne Ming is holding forth in a style all her own. “Embrace cyborgs,” she calls out, as she clicks to a slide that raises eyebrows even in this tech-smitten crowd. “<i>Really</i>. Fifteen to 25 years from now, cognitive neuroprosthetics will …