Between 1995 and 2003 superb new local entrepreneurs made fortunes in the sunrise industries of telecoms, air travel, technology and health care.
"Higher education, science, research, technology and health are all remarkable strengths of London, every bit as strong as financial services, " he said.
These behemoths are buying specialist firms in areas such as technology and health care, thus expanding their size and reach by both specialism and geography.
The demand for services was mixed among the various districts, with strength in technology and health care industries offsetting some weakness in other service sectors.
Final note: CATCH (the Center for Assessment Technology and Continuous Health), the new (non-profit) Boston-based innovation initiative I recently co-founded with MGH Chief-of-Medicine Dennis Ausiello (who will lead the effort) and several others, seeks precisely this balance between potential and attained health.
In 2009, President Obama signed into law the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, which was part of the federal stimulus legislation.
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And when that industry shrank and so many jobs were lost, who could have guessed that Pittsburgh would fare better than many other Rust Belt cities, and reemerge as a center for technology and green jobs, health care, and education?
"With this transaction we are taking another step in reshaping the Consumer Lifestyle portfolio and transforming Philips into the leading technology company in Health and Well-being, " said Philips Chief Executive Officer Frans van Houten.
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Subjects affected are identified as engineering, information technology, health and nursing studies, law, business, maths and chemistry.
It is enjoying increased traffic in high-value technology items and in health-care products (an area in which all four firms are developing specialist divisions).
Founded in 2010, Massive Health is comprised of world-class talent from leading consumer software companies and is focused on making the world a healthier place by applying technology and design to health.
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Market-based payment incentives established through exchanges could also be used to promote other largely bipartisan goals, such as the broader and meaningful use of health technology in the delivery of care and greater accountability for lowering the growth of health care spending.
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So, I found it a refreshing change to see so many interesting and engaged people talking health and technology.
When the same question was asked last November, members favored energy and technology stocks, followed by health care and utility stocks.
Along with my co-hosts Assistant Secretary of Commerce Nicole Lamb-Hale and National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, I would like to personally thank the talented health, technology, and professional services representatives who took time out from their schedules to ensure that our Health IT sector remains competitive both at home and abroad.
Recently I had the pleasure of hosting a roundtable to discuss opportunities and challenges relating to the export of Health Information Technology (Health IT) products and services.
Today this means investing in technology, health care and financial services (baby-boomers save for retirement).
Basis is also adding technology investor Esther Dyson and health guru Deepak Chopra to its advisory board.
Mr Obama wants to expand comparative effectiveness studies and health technology assessments.
As chief technology officer of Health and Human Services, Park appeared on stage with Aneesh Chopra who held the newly-created post of Chief Technology Officer.
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The health care industry is one of the last industries to embrace and implement information technology--and other industries are running circles around health care in terms of efficiently delivering high quality products at decreased costs.
Get top dividend stocks and funds in 18 different sectors, including health care, technology and energy.
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Peace Corps staff overseas have been working with Volunteers on a variety of projects in the fields of agriculture, business and information technology, education, environment, and public health.
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There would be subsidies for those who have financial difficulty getting private coverage--we could pay for it by redirecting regular tax expenditures, gaining administrative savings through one-stop enrollment for clients, electronic transfers of medical records and improvements in the health care information technology spectrum, and ending unneeded hospital emergency room visits.
The venture capital firm plans to invest in and support five to eight entrepreneurs at the intersection of food, health, and technology.
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Close coordination with the Regional Extension Center Program, State Health Information Exchange Program, and the National Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC), will ensure lessons learned are shared for the benefit of all.
The first time I saw Todd Park was in 2010 at Health 2.0, an annual conference that showcases up-and-coming health technology start-ups.
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While Pittsburgh produces plenty of skilled graduates--some of whom have traveled from as far as India and China to attend the city's world-class colleges, including Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh--the job market, which today primarily consists of health care and technology positions, simply isn't big enough to provide work for all qualified candidates.
We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost.
To build the infrastructure of tomorrow, we're investing in expanded broadband access and health information technology, clean energy facilities and the first high-speed rail network in America.
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