I’ll let you know if I sort it out.Korth mongoose. I’d almost be afraid to shoot it.ĭoes that make it a good gun? Does that make it worth the cost? If you gave me one, I don’t think I’d be able to keep it. Even thinking back on it some time after shooting it.Īnd I think that is, in some ways, telling. But this gun … just sort of leaves me stunned. Lord knows I’m never shy about saying what I think about a gun. In my review of the Korth Combat Magnum revolver, I felt perfectly comfortable in discussing my opinion. If you ask me “how many stars would you give this gun, on a scale of one to five?” I’d say “pinocle” or maybe just stare at you. I felt almost inadequate to judge the thing. Saying anything else seems almost superfluous. It fit my hand fine, operated fine, and the sights were fine.įine. The trigger was smooth, it broke clean and the recoil was minimal.Īccuracy was without a doubt better than I am. But it fit amazingly tight, so tight, in fact, that you’d never, ever have to worry about dust or dirt getting into the gun. Before it would work it needed to be seated and removed a few times. Turned out that it was still in the ‘break-in’ period. They fit so tight into the gun that the first time we used it, we thought the magazine was stuck (it was the first time the extra mag had been used). When you buy a Korth semi-auto, it is best to get the extra magazines (at $150 a pop, 2010 prices) with the gun because each one is handmade for that particular gun. The same was true for every aspect of the pistol. The fit and finish was so phenomenal that I felt like I wasn’t holding a gun in my hands, instead I was holding a work of art. This level of hand fitting is beyond most people’s experience and perhaps even beyond their comprehension. The rest, all of 70 percent, are true “man hours”… The gun Of these operations, only about 30 percent are actual machine work. After machining operations, all components are subjected to a proprietary process to achieve a surface hardness of up to 60 HRc (Rockwell c scale) … Approximately 600 individual operations are required to manufacture one revolver. For example, all important revolver components such as the frame, crane and even the sideplate are completely milled from drop forgings. Here’s how Korth describes it on their website:Īll Korth Arms feature specially selected high alloy steels. Korth’s catch phrase is “Raw steel transformed into precision.” The thing is made completely out of hardened tool steel, which will last through tens of thousands of rounds without significant wear. Everything about it is meant to be perfect. And yeah, I really don’t understand.īut I have … glimmers … of understanding. Well, I guess this is where the old adage of “if you have to ask, you wouldn’t understand” comes into play. Why on Earth would someone plunk down that kind of money on a handgun? Even though the price list is about eight years old, you can rest assured that prices have not gone down in the intervening years. Everything is listed as “Price on Request” (P.O.R.) on the Korth website. As part of the BBTI tests of the 9mm, we were able to include a Korth semi-automatic, a nearly legendary German handgun.Īnd I’m not kidding about the price of the gun. Try and wrap your head around a semi-auto handgun whose base price-with no frills and just one magazine-starts somewhere around $6,000 and can easily climb to $10,000 or more with a few ‘standard’ options. We’re not just talking monetary value, we’re talking about fear of breaking it. However, with such high quality craftsmanship comes a price. That’s not promotional talk, that’s the truth. Korth handguns, like the semi-automatic 9mm and Korth Combat revolver, are made with the utmost quality and care.
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Teenage Love Story: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) Alki Beach Park, the Athenian Seafood Restaurant and Bar in Pike Place Market, and the Dahlia Lounge also pop up throughout the film. Most prominently, Hanks’ character and his son live in a charming Lake Union houseboat that’s allegedly still docked there-and it sold for $2 million in 2014. Though the meet-cute isn’t until the end of the movie and takes place at the Empire State Building in New York City, there’s a lot of Seattle to love in this film. One day, she hears Hanks’ character pouring out his soul on a talk radio program, and the rest is romantic sitcom history. Meg Ryan plays a Baltimore reporter about to marry someone she doesn’t really love. Tom Hanks stars as a widower with a young son who moves to Seattle looking to mend his broken heart. Be on the lookout for Coryell Court Apartments, Gas Works Parks, Chandler’s Crabhouse i, Jimi Hendrix’s grave at Greenwood Memorial Park, and Pike Place Market.Ĭlassic Romcom: Sleepless in Seattle (1993) The wardrobe is authentically grungy, too, as Matt Dillon’s character wears clothing loaned by Pearl Jam’s bassist, Jeff Ament. The film features songs by bands that defined the grunge era: Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden. Singles centers on a group of twenty-somethings living in an apartment complex, looking for love, wearing lots of flannel, and listening to lots of mid-90s bands. Some of Hollywood’s greatest cinematic wonders all have ties to the Evergreen State’s gem of a city. Some of the TV shows and movies on this list weren’t primarily filmed in Seattle, but these seven picks have a love affair with the Emerald City that’s apparent in every scene. Set amid a backdrop of brilliant green forests and mist-shrouded waterways, this jewel of the Pacific Northwest is moody, evocative, hip-and a frequent muse for filmmakers. The site of numerous floating home communities, this area is in close proximity to the University of Washington-many staff and professors of the college have called this area home, and have even been seen kayaking to work! Discover more houseboats and floating homes at RSIRWaterfront.Bruna Barbosa | FebruSeattle on Screen: Movies and TV Shows Filmed in the Emerald City Docks here are nearly twice as long as docks anywhere else in Seattle. One of the largest communities of floating homes and houseboats can be found along Fairview Avenue E in the Eastlake neighborhood. Located just steps away from Seattle’s trendy Fremont neighborhood, living in a floating home or houseboat here allows residents to enjoy life on the water, while still taking advantage of city conveniences and amenities, restaurants, and nightlife. The location of the now-famous home from Sleepless in Seattle, the Westlake neighborhood was also historically the site of numerous logging companies and industry, making it an inexpensive and convenient home base for workers. Where you’re likely to find floating homes in Seattle today: In fact, with only about 500 of these homes left, Seattle still claims more floating homes and houseboats than any other city in the United States. After the end the Great Depression, however, the number of floating homes around Seattle began to dwindle.īut while numbers have decreased and the demographics of these communities’ residents may have changed over the last several decades, Seattle’s houseboat communities have never completely disappeared. But the very short version is …įrom the late 1800s through the Great Depression of the 1930s, floating homes became more popular as an economic alternative housing option for low-income residents. If you really want to dig into the details, you can read about the history of floating homes and the Seattle Floating Homes Association on the organization’s website or in the Seattle Municipal Archives. Well, like most things, it’s complicated. While there used to be as many as 2,000 of these residences dotting the shores of Lake Washington, Lake Union, and the Duwamish River, today there are only about 500 set along the waterfront of Lake Union and Portage Bay. The history of these dockside dwellings and why it doesn’t get more PNW than this.įloating homes and houseboats have been a part of Seattle’s shorelines since the 1890s, according to Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty broker Enrico Pozzo, who is also a bit of an expert on floating homes. Playmates went full force into the mini figures and playsets market with their Strike Force assortment. They had so many of these a year later they had to put them on clearance at most locations. Kay Bee toys was the best place to find these. The idea of including bridge pieces wasn't really new to the Galaxy Series Trek figures from 2009.Īt least eight more 9 inch figures where released in the early months of the warp Factor series featuring such characters as Odo, Bashir, Janeway, and Chakotay. Looking back on them now it seems these Galactic Gear accessories were the precursors to the bridge pieces included with the new movie figures. I really wished we'd gotten more of these 6 inch figures with such cool accessories. Sisko came with a kick ass replica of his command chair from the bridge of the Defiant. This wave eliminated the stupid action features focusing instead on better sculpting and in packaging the figures with some really awesome display pieces in the shape of the characters' respective control consoles. I didn't particularly like these 6 inch offerings until the third wave focusing on characters from Deep Space Nine was released. These figures all had a specific action feature. These three figures did not include the Academy Test Simulation CD-Rom that had been issued with the original assortment.Ī line of 6 inch figures focusing on characters from the Next Generation also showed up at retail early on during the Warp Factor Series run. Playmates also finished up their earlier line of Starfleet Academy figures by releasing figures of Cadet Data, Cadet Crusher, and Cadet Troi completing the assortment of TNG characters in this subset that had originally hit shelves more than 2 years earlier. Subsequent waves included such figures long requested by fans as Ilya from The Motion Picture, Leeta from DS9 and Spock, Kirk, & Edith Keeler from the fan favorite episode "The City on the Edge of Forever". This was a pretty big contest with some major sponsors for a toy line that had already been on the market for over five years. Other companies like Dairy Queen and Pioneer also jumped on the bandwagon offering their own prizes and promotions. Paramount even offered multiple prizes themselves including a trip to Hollywood, a piece of the Deep Space Nine set, and an official Starfleet Uniform crafted by the studio's wardrobe department. The first wave of figures, which focused on the Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" launched with a major promotional push featuring the Triple Tribble Game sweepstakes which was supported by some of Star Trek's major licensees of the time including Interplay, Marvel Comics, Simon and Schuster Pocket Books, and off course Playmates. Along with these five waves of 4.5 inch figures Playmates released a wide assortment of role play toys and miniature playsets to compete with the highly popular mini figures fad of the times that had been so lucrative for such properties as Micro Machines, Mighty Maxx, and Polly Pocket. 5 more waves of figures hit shelves before Playmates officially cancelled the 4.5 inch line at mass retail stores. In Playmates mind if this was going to be the end of the line it would certainly go out with a bang. In prior years the company had started to focus more on exclusive items through specialty retailers. With declining sales and constant battling for highly coveted shelf space in the boys toys aisles, Playmates figured the glory days of Star Trek toys at brick and mortar retailers were probably growing short. This new branding for the line featured one of the widest ranging assortment of Star Trek items ever put out by Playmates. These toys where released under Playmates new Warp Factor Series banner with the Paramount Toys logo right next to Playmates'. Today I'll be taking a look at the line's last big push at retail with the final major assortment of Star Trek items from Playmates. In past articles I looked back at various different aspects of the line. We would also be very grateful for a similarly small model in 1960s Lego and an early MP3 player from 1999 or 2000.If you are a regular reader of this blog you know how much I love the Star Trek Playmates toy line from the 1990s. If you have some old Meccano in the attic and would be willing to donate a model to go on display we would love to hear from you! The case isn’t large – we need a model no more than 12 inches on any side. We have a small place in a showcase reserved for a Meccano model but nothing quite right to fill it some members of staff won’t part from theirs and my personal collection is a bit too sparse to build what we want. Here in the Science and Technology department we know how important toys are – and are hoping for a couple more. It has plastic wheels, so may be too modern.It’s been bodged together in a hurry: it doesn’t illustrate the capabilities of Meccano well.Quick quiz: what is wrong with this model? What is wrong with this model? Both Yeo Joo Da ( APRIL’s Lee Na Eun) and Baek Kyung’s step-brother Joon Hyun (Bae Hyun Sung) are self-aware too. We had our suspicions that there were more self-aware kids running around, and this week, our suspicions were confirmed. When we learn that the self-aware squad is growing Vindictive old men are vindictive, no matter which century manhwa they’re in. Meanwhile, because he has to do Prince Baek Kyung’s bidding, Ha Roo spends more and more time with Dan Oh, and with that, he gradually gains awareness too. Prince Baek Kyung is manipulated into getting close to Dan Oh so that he can overthrow the King. And his plan works because Dan Oh does become smitten with him, that is, until she realizes he’s just using her and calls the engagement off. And when I say relation, I am referring to his relationship with Baek Kyung – He is Baek Kyung’s older brother AND the nation’s King! Everything plays out largely the same in “Trumpet Flower” as it does in “Secret.” (The Writer really needs new ideas!). One of the biggest revelations in this week’s episodes is in relation to Dried Squid Fairy’s ( Lee Tae Ri) backstory. When we learned more about what happened in “Trumpet Flower” She has a heart problem, Ha Roo! Stop saying stuff like this to her! This side of Ha Roo is just icing on an already very yummy Ha Roo cake!ĭo Hwa hands Ha Roo a book and says, “You should study how to win over girls. He’ll tell you he’s holding your hand because he likes it he’ll tell your friends he wants to be alone with you, and yes, he’ll even just admit to everyone that the two of you are dating. But with Ha Roo, there’s no guesswork needed because he will straight up tell you what’s on his mind, and that’s just super sexy. When we learn that Ha Roo can be pretty straightforwardĪnd we love it! Look, sometimes there’s a lot of guesswork involved in a relationship, especially in the very beginning. Warning: Major spoilers from episodes 21-24. Here are some of the major things we learned in this week’s “Extraordinary You”: And through all that, our Ha Roo ( SF9’s Rowoon) is still as swoony as ever and Dan Oh ( Kim Hye Yoon) is still as smitten with him as ever. Just how we like it! This week on “ Extraordinary You,” we are treated to more stories from the “Trumpet Flower” manhwa, and we learn some pretty important things about our characters, both sageuk and present. The standard condition is to have a pH of 4 in the anode half cell but sometimes during nonstandard states, the pH may be higher or lower changing the voltage.This means that the reduction of chloride = 1.31V not 1.36V Concentration of chloride ion = 5.5M not the unit activity of 1M.The reactants may be in nonstandard conditions which means that the voltage for the half cells may be less or more than the standard condition amount. The cathode is the positive electrode, where reduction (gain of electrons) occurs, while the anode is the negative electrode, where oxidation (loss of electrons).There might be more than one electrode reaction that occurs meaning that there may be more than one half-reaction leaving two or more possibilities for the cell reaction.H 2 (g) requires a 1.5 V overpotential, while Pt (s) requires 0 V overpotential This case happens more frequently with gases. An overpotential or voltage excess is sometimes needed to overcome interactions at the electrode surface.There are four primary factors that determine whether or not electrolysis will take place even if the external voltage exceeds the calculated amount: If an aqueous solution of sodium chloride were used in the above system, hydrogen would undergo reduction instead of sodium, because it is a stronger oxidizing agent that sodium. The substance that is the strongest oxidizing agent will be reduced. The substance that is the strongest reducing agent (the substance with the highest standard cell potential value in the table) will undergo oxidation. The conditions under which the electrolyte cell operates are very important.Anode is now positive charged and the cathode has a negative charged. Note the only difference is in power pins. Below you can see the 7 segment display pinout for both common anode and cathode 7 segment display. Common Cathode seven segment display’s color is usually black.
Once the app is uploaded, select the app file along with the device you want to test on.(Note: the app upload limit size is 1 GB). The uploaded app will be visible under the "Uploaded Apps" section. Select the app file you want to upload.Click on the "Upload" button and a system dialog box will open.You will see 3 main options there (to choose/upload the app, a list of Android devices, and a list of iOS devices).Choose the "App Live" (Interactive native & hybrid app testing) option from the Products dropdown.Testing a native mobile application on real devices Hover over the device you want to test on and you will see the supported browsers (like Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, UC browser, etc.).You will then see a list of avialable devices. Choose an OS (Android or iOS) from the list (on the left side).Stop Session - when you finish testing in a specific browser, click "Stop Session" to return to the Dashboard.Report a bug - it gives you the option to highlight a bug, and send the bug report along with a screenshot (via Jira, Trello, GitHub, Slack, or email) or you can download the screenshot.Local Testing gives you the option to test websites hosted on your private network. Local Testing - to resolve all requests to local URLs via your machine, click on the "Local Testing" icon and check "Resolve all URLs through my network" option.Resolution - if you want to test the application on a different resolution, click the "Resolution" icon and a list of available resolutions will appear.Switch Browser - if you want to choose a different browser, click on the "Switch Browser" option (this will take you to the Dashboard screen where you can select another browser).You can test the app the same way as you would do in real system browsers. Once the browser opens, enter the URL of the web application you want to test.Choose a browser version that you want to test on.You will then see a list of browsers with different versions. Choose an OS (Windows or Mac) from the list (on the left side).Choose the "Live" (Interactive cross-browser testing) option from the Products dropdown.Option to run automated test for web and mobile apps.Native app testing on real mobile devices.Cross-browser testing with different browsers on different operating systems. We can run test cases manually or automated by specifying different browsers in automation scripts. These tests are performed to check whether an application works as expected in different web browsers and operating systems. What is cross-browser testing?Ĭross-browser tests are functional tests. Please, do NOT change the login credentials and do NOT enable SSO without consulting with QA Team Lead(s). What is BrowserStack?īrowserStack is a cloud web and mobile testing platform that provides the ability to test websites and mobile applications across on-demand browsers, operating systems, and real mobile devices.īrowserStack consists of four primary products:īrowserStack can be accessed on its login page using credentials found in 1Password. BrowserStack might solve your application testing problem. There is a tool that you can use to make this process easier. Tests run securely on tamper-proof physical devices and desktop VMs, wiped clean of data after every session.Testing a web application on every browser and platform is not a simple task. Real-time debuggingĭebug your cross browser tests on mobile and desktop browsers using our pre-installed developer tools. Test on the real thing - real browsers on real machines with media streaming, developer tools, keyboard shortcuts and much more. Test websites hosted on internal dev and staging environments, or behind firewalls, with zero setup or configuration. Use our cross browser testing tool to test across new and old versions of Edge, Safari, Chrome, IE and Firefox on Windows and macOS. Run your cross browser tests on a range of real Android and iOS devices for the most accurate test results. It’s your personal cloud of 3000+ real devices & browsers, constantly updated and instantly accessible-whenever you need it, wherever you are. Live is more than just a cross-browser testing tool. The essential change in both the BenQ TK800 and the ViewSonic PX747-4K is the switch to a color wheel that has a white (clear) segment to boost white light output.īrightness. And it has keystone adjustment, a feature that is missing on several of its competitors.Īt the current price of $1499 the BenQ TK800 competes most directly with the ViewSonic PX747-4K at $1299, which is ViewSonic's brighter version of the ViewSonic PX727-4K, also at $1299. It has a much better than average onboard speaker with dynamic range that is surprising for its size-again a nice feature for occasional backyard use. The TK800 weighs 9.3 lbs, so it is portable enough for backyard movie night or other transportable uses. For those who have a collection of 3D discs in 1080p HD resolution, this is a welcome feature. Like the HT2550, the TK800 is 3D capable in native 1080p mode, which is one of the primary distinguishing factors between these two models and several other 4K projectors under $2000. The BenQ TK800 is a brighter version of the BenQ HT2550 one of several new 4K projectors to hit the market in the last few months that is built around the latest 0.47" UHD DLP chipset and selling for $1499. David Stone and reflects his work and that of the original reviewer Evan Powell.-Rob Sabin This revision, dated October 2, 2018, was handled by contributing editor M. Our recent second look at the HT2550 following a firmware and lens upgrade prompted us to update that review, and also to look again at the TK800 and edit this review accordingly.
When making the connections with the electronic device be careful and do exactly what we say here. If it’s possible, try to do it without soldering any wires. In order to make the properly connections, the following image will help you. As you may well know, optocouplers are integrated circuits that allow to control another one without any electrical connection between both. To this end an optocoupler will be required to make the circuit. Hacking a button means that Arduino will press the button instead of having to do it manually by someone. Notwithstanding this, everything is going to be properly-explained as in all the previous posts. That’s why our team has decided not to build this project. In this post, the explanations are referred to a digital recording module which records and play back sound.ĬAUTION: you must know that whatever device you use, when hacking it, you will lose de device’s warranty. This button can be from whatever electronic device which has one. We hope you enjoy it!īefore starting you must know that in this project a button is going to be hacked. This is the last project in the Arduino Starter Kit. If there’s anything with which we can help you, don’t think twice and send us a message or leave a comment below and we will be willing to answer, we’ll keep checking the site every once in a while. So, to everyone out there deciding whether or not to face the challenge of building with Arduino, we encourage you to do so. The best about Arduino is that when you’ve managed to learn the basics, the next step is up to you to tinker and build complexer systems that do really cool stuff! We got to learn first-hand about many little details involved in electronics and programming. Therefore we are going to publish this post, which will probably be our last, following through our promise and linking to the pdf of the draft of our project.Įven after almost a year later, the members of the team (pictured in the About us section) all agree that working with Arduino was a great experience. It’s been almost a year since we started the blog, however, we missed the opportunity to post about what we got to build at the end of our class with Arduino. And don’t worry, it will all be explained! The second part will consist in a practical application of the knowledge acquired, a creative project we will make on our own, perfectly described too.Īnd now, we just want to say we are so grateful to take part of this adventure and that we hope to involve our readers too, so let’s start! We will carry out the projects (all of them described in the Starter K it’s book), but also make little changes to them. This blog will be structured in two parts: the first one will consist in sixteen projects (divided into two blocks, eight projects per block) to learn about how does Arduino work. Each one will represent something new, so we wish we can also have the chance to help other Arduino’s beginners. Therefore, we will share our improvements in programming and in using the wide range of available elements (servomotors, switches…) Arduino’s Starter Kit offers, while making small projects. This blog has been created in order to show our moves inside this interesting world. If you already have GitHub desktop installed, the software can be directly cloned by clicking Open in Desktop.We are five engineering students from Catalonia’s Polytechnic University, willing to learn about Arduino. Start by navigating to BlocklyDuino’s GitHub and downloading the zip file. Let’s go through the steps for downloading and installing BlocklyDuino’s software onto a desktop. Users can work on BlocklyDuino directly online or by downloading the program to their desktop. For this reason, it is known as a helpful tool for introducing programming concepts to students. The key to BlocklyDuino’s success is that it allows users to apply programming concepts without having to worry about syntax or curly braces. It uses graphical blocks to represent sets of code, including variables, loops, functions and more. What is BlocklyDuino?īlocklyDuino is a web-based programming editor for Arduino developed by Google and MIT. There is a fun and easy way to grow that knowledge: by using BlocklyDuino to program an Arduino. This article belongs to the STEAM learners, young and old, who want to make cool Arduino projects but are unsure where to start, as they have no prior knowledge of C programming. STEAM education is gaining momentum around the world as a way to help students increase their critical thinking capability, learn through hands-on activities, and apply their knowledge in a comprehensive way. The Mass General Physicians Organization (MGPO) is now exploring ways to use virtual scribes so that more clinicians can benefit in a cost-efficient manner. For example, MGH implemented highly trained scribes to address clinicians’ complaint that the use of EMR requires them to spend more time focused on the computer screen rather than on the patient. For example, the Visit Navigator and Digital Mapping seek to improve patients’ experience navigating MGH’s campus through responsive, web-based, interactive digital maps that show everything from buildings to ATM locations around the hospital.Ĭlinician experience transformations aim to reduce clinicians’ administrative burden so that they can spend more time interacting with patients and less time dealing with paperwork. Patient engagement transformations aim to equip patients with the tools to be active participants in their own health. By bringing together clinicians, engineers, designers, and entrepreneurs from MGH and institutions including MIT and HBS, MGH has implemented digital transformation solutions to enhance patient engagement and improve the clinician experience. MGH’s Healthcare Transformation Lab (HTL) was launched in April 2014 “to improve the experience and value of healthcare through collaborative innovation”. Pathways to a Just Digital Future Watch this tech inequality series featuring scholars, practitioners, & activistsĮnhancing care through digital transformation It is clear that for digital transformations to be successful in the healthcare space, simplicity, flexibility, and listening to the voices of frontline users should be prioritized. That said, clinicians have identified some challenges with the system: too many bells and whistles that detract from easily understanding patient information, hard-coded responses that inhibit clinicians from providing customization in atypical situations, and gaps in understanding of clinical practices (e.g., it is easier to order 12 days of intravenous fluid than 12 hours’ worth). With Epic’s EMR, clinicians can now view vital signs with a single click. For instance, prior to the system’s integration, patients’ vital signs were only recorded in plastic binders (hard to imagine that in 2016, MGH still hadn’t digitalized vital signs!). The rollout was well-received by clinicians. MGH used a staggered implementation approach, whereby Jennings’ team simultaneously kept the home-governed system running, executed data conversions, tested the new system in cycles, and trained employees on the new system. Jennings described it as a “business transformation” rather than simply an IT implementation. The system took 3 years to build and cost $1.2 billion, twice as much the initial price of $600 million. By standardizing patient data across all Partners hospitals, patients visiting different hospitals would receive more integrated care. Keith Jennings, MGH’s CIO, described a vision of “one patient, one record, one bill and hopefully the best care to our patients across the whole continuum in a very efficient or most efficient way possible”. The aim was to have one integrated system across all Partners facilities to allow for more coordinated patient care. In 2016, MGH, along with several other Partners HealthCare hospitals, transitioned off its home-governed EMR system and implemented Epic’s EMR. Integrating care through digital transformation However, although MGH has undergone digital transformations to integrate and enhance patient care, its digital acumen is lagging behind that of other top hospitals. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has consistently been ranked among the best hospitals in the US. On top of that, hospitals are also facing pressure to deliver digital care. Hospitals face some of the most daunting digital challenges: an unprecedented growth in unstructured data, the need to standardize IT platforms, and increases in sophisticated cyber threats. |
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