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  • At Cedars-Sinai, technology spurs improved, lower cost care

    May 13, 2015 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    One challenge of the United States’ health care system involves keeping costs down while simultaneously improving the level of quality care. Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles has adopted electronic medical records in accordance with the Choosing Wisely campaign, which offers guidelines on different tests and treatments to reduce wasteful or harmful ones for patients. The electronic medical records have helped doctors by alerting which prescriptions to avoid, and have overall reduced health care costs by $4 million.

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  • Myanmar's Smart Farmers & Saving Mozambique's Forests

    May 13, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon, Yangon Region

    The effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and hotter global temperatures, are already having drastic impact on many communities, especially the rural, agricultural regions of countries such as Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Mozambique. Earthrise explores how people in these communities are learning new skills, implementing new techniques, and are striving in every way possible to adapt to these environmental changes while creating hope for sustainable growth in the future.

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  • What if we prescribed video games, and not Ritalin, to treat ADHD?

    May 11, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Game inventors have created a new game to help students who suffer from ADHD and other mental problems develop and stimulate their brains in a safer, more targeted way than normal medicines.

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  • Dutch Aquatecture: Engineering a Future on the Water

    May 11, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Netherlands

    As climate change causes global sea levels to rise, nations around the world are increasingly concerned about threats to infrastructure and livelihoods. But the Dutch have been keeping the sea at bay for centuries using a variety of methods and technologies. Their designs and plans - such as floating buildings - may provide solutions for other countries looking to evolve and adapt to changing ocean levels.

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  • With bodies cameras rolling, police use less force

    May 11, 2015 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Police in California have begun using body cameras to record their daily interactions with the public, decreasing altercations and misconduct by both officers and citizens.

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  • Five Cheap Ways Tech Is Transforming Classrooms

    May 06, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Fitchburg, Massachusetts

    Low budget schools across the U.S. are having students use their smartphones as learning tools inside and outside the classroom. At no extra cost they can incorporate technology into the curriculum through a myriad of applications, from homework reminder apps to free cloud document platforms like Google Docs.

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  • Showing doctors the way to lower cost, improved care

    May 06, 2015 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The United States health care system is expensive and enables doctors to prescribe costly brand name medication instead of generic versions. Sutter Health assembles its doctors a few times a week to review with electronic records the prescribing of brand name drugs and the necessity of procedures as an effort to reduce health care costs and to reduce unnecessary tests. In two years, the initiative has saved $30 million.

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  • Music program helps boost dementia patients' moods, trigger memories

    May 05, 2015 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    In Ohio, the Liberty Center of Nursing of Mansfield is using personal iPods and music to help senior residents dealing with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Evidence has shown that music can help patients recall memories, shift mood, help cognitive function, and more - and patients at the Center are already responsive to the program.

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  • Wasting Less of Africa's Harvest in Order to Prosper

    May 01, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania

    Crop production is very high in Tanzania but the farmers have no way of storing crops so most produce goes bad. Researchers are beginning to create storage systems that allow for produce to last longer and help farmers create a greater product and income.

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  • After decades of draining, some MN farmers look to put water back

    April 29, 2015 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Moorhead, Minnesota

    An experiment to recollect water from drainage ditches could open the door to a better way to irrigate fields and manage water in a changing climate.

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