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...those people who figured out early how to aim it with effect. Case in point: the 3 billion often illegibly marked paper prescriptions that Americans get from their doctors each year. Tullman, CEO of the electronic health records company Allscripts, would like to whittle that number to zero. Prescription errors, he points out, injure 1.5 million and kill 7,000 patients annually--and most mistakes could be avoided if scripts were written electronically. "Seven thousand deaths is the equivalent of one Boeing 737 crashing every week for a year," he says. "If one of them crashes, there's an investigation...
...Pearl River Tower, under construction in Guangzhou, China, is aiming for a net energy footprint of zero by relying on such features as on-site wind turbines and recovery and recycling of condensed water. In Paris, a new tower will rely on wind turbines to provide its heating and cooling for the equivalent of five months of the year. And if you're a corporation planning a skyscraper, don't assume you can't afford to go green. The new buildings typically cost about 5% more to construct than conventional ones but quickly exceed that outlay in energy savings...
...started admissions in 1972,” he said. “Some years we were given a target of zero [transfer students], and one year we were given a target...
...lacrosse, the first team to practice in the bubble, felt the effects of stronger muscles and greater focus when they transitioned from last year’s practice facility, the outdoor Jordan Field, to the balmy 60-degree bubble weather.And during the past two months of grueling below-zero days, coaches and players alike have welcomed the change.“We’re so much further along,” captain John Henry Flood said. “You can practice for the full two-and-a-half hours without guys needing to take laps to keep muscles...
...Ground zero for petitioners is the area where the Beijing South train station once stood, which is the location of the main Petition Office run by the State Council, China's cabinet. The urine-scented alleyways and half demolished streets are filled with knots of grimy, exhausted petitioners, most clutching a bundle of documents as though their lives depended on them...