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...Brooks, only 16.5% of respondents said they had ever even used e-mail with their patients, and only 2.9% used it frequently. The shift to personalized health care has been slow and gradual, but it's led by a young generation of doctors who are accustomed to having easy access to information, and are betting that their patients want to be able to contact their physicians as easily and immediately as they contact their bank. Still, it's not clear that an uber-personal relationship with a doctor is any guarantee of better care - or better health. And not every...
...visible—until the lights went off. A humorous moment in retrospect, this is the reality in many parts of Africa, where even the continent’s most developed countries have consistent problems with lighting. Twenty-six percent of Africa’s population does not have access to electricity. Fortuitously, Van Vuuren was eating among the winners of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa Competition 2008. He is a member of a team of Harvard students and alumni called Lebone Solutions—one of 16 groups to receive a $200,000 grant from...
...boats. According to one aid agency, soldiers have told villagers that any foreigner seen in this forbidden zone during the day will be turned around, and if seen during the night, they will be shot. "Basic needs are not being met, particularly in remote areas, which are difficult to access without boats," says a Western aid worker who asked not to be named. But these logistical problems could be overcome "without much difficulty if it weren't for the [junta's] restrictions...
...said. “But it’s a very complex situation.”Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) began a Gmail pilot in the fall of 2007, assigning a Gmail account to every incoming student. Students then use the Gmail interface to access the e-mail that was sent to a “gsd.harvard.edu” account.Yet relying on an outside provider may lead to privacy issues.“If Google somehow wasn’t reliable enough, how would we be able to switch...
...Getting access to them may be difficult, however. Their doctors have understandably made it clear that the Fritzls' rehabilitation is the priority. "The family has suffered a lot," says Kepplinger. "They require silence and a calm atmosphere." Friedrich agrees: "We have learned from the Kampusch case to pay even more attention to the protection of the victims. These are human beings - children - and not animals in a zoo. They have a right to the preservation of their dignity...