Advantages and Disadvantages of iPad Mini

Advantages and Disadvantages of iPad Mini
This is one gadget which has been widely discussed in various online sites, after a long wait finally sepesifikasi iPad Mini has been revealed as well as the advantages and disadvantages. This device has changed in terms of design and as the name suggests these small devices.

Material used to coat the body is still the same, that still uses metal material, the use of the material components in it will be better protected when compared with plastic material. Besides aiming to protect existing component also aims to produce the best design.

Price to get an apple device is made ​​in respect of Rp 3 million to memory with a capacity of 16GB, while for larger capacity are rewarded with higher prices again. Despite having differences in storage capacity, for the other components remain the same.

Here are some advantages and disadvantages are contained on the iPad Mini

Excess iPad Mini:

•      The main camera has a capacity of 5 MP which is capable of recording video at 1080 p HD quality
•      Been using the dock connector lightning
•      For in addition to the series has been using nano SIM wifi
•      Siri application that makes it easy to perform activities by using voice control

Disadvantages iPad Mini:

•      The selling price of the iPad Mini is still expensive when compared to other tablets
•      Hardwares screen does not have a Retina Display technology
•      The processor used in the iPad Mini is a dual-core A5 chipset 1GHz processor which is the same as the iPad 2
•      The battery can last up to 10 hours

Those are some advantages and disadvantages which are owned by the iPad Mini, which can be used as a guide before buying a product from the producer of apple and other tablet manufacturers.

LG G Pad 8.3 Officially Introduced with Full HD display and quad-core processor Snapdragon 600

LG G Pad 8.3 Officially Introduced with Full HD display and quad-core processor Snapdragon 600
Tablets are often lately coloring rumor news, LG G Pad 8.3 finally officially introduced to the public. The tablet also comes with a screen measuring 8.3 inches which offers full HD resolution of 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA) and quad-core Snapdragon processor with a speed of 1.7GHz 600 in it.

LG also said that the Party Pad 8.3 G is a tablet first 8 inch comes with Full HD resolution. Not only that, they also say that this tablet has a body as light as paper and weighs 338 grams.

Other specifications, this tablet uses an internal memory of 16GB with 2GB of RAM. On the back there is a 5MP camera and a 1.3MP camera on the front. For the operating system, the LG immerse oS Jelly Bean Android 4.2.2 on the tablet.

The tablet is equipped QPair applications that enable it to be connected with other devices. The device was not limited to LG products. With the application QPair, tablet users can receive calls or SMS in G Pad 8.3 as well as reply to a message. To do this, the LG suggested that the paired smartphone or tablet using Android Jelly Bean OS.

Parties LG will release this tablet globally in various areas such as North America, Europe and Asia. Tablet sales process is scheduled to be conducted in the fourth quarter of 2013. And, there is no information about the price of this tablet.

Excess Android The Attract Attention

Excess Android The Attract AttentionCurrently circulating oprasi various systems used to run a telecommunication devices such as mobile phones , ranging from java , symbian , windows phone balckberry up . Although many oprasi system that can be used , there is a very interesting system oprasi the android .
Oprasi android system has several advantages compared to other systems that make oprasi be oprasi this system became popular , the following are some of the advantages that exist for android today .
1 . Open source
Because oprasi this system is open source , anyone can develop it according to the user desire to produce the best . It is also present in the current linux has developed into several versions and many are used for certain purposes.

2 . Continuously developed Android OS
To produce the best quality , as the owner of the Google Android OS continue to develop this proven system oprasi oprasi launch of the latest system android 4.1 jelly bean . Improvements made include ease of use and security sector .

3 . Availability of qualified applications
This platform desediakan for free so any game developer can create applications and games according to keinginnannya without having to pay to the google . If developers want to sell and would like to share the results of its development in the form of games and applications can be distributed through google play .
Nowadays there are a lot of applications and games made ​​by developers , what's interesting is a lot of apps and games available for free or paid , so that the user can choose according to his needs .

4 . The diversity of device options
Many devices have used oprasi android system , so users can select the device as needed . Diesiakan devices by phone manufacturers specs are available ranging from the standard to the specifications of the most powerful and keeps the device is vendor oprasi samsung android system .

5 . affordable prices
Since the number of competitors , many devices made by manufacturers and sold at an affordable price . So manufacturers vying to build tools to segment the low end to high end that can be enjoyed by all people .
6 . Can mengoprek Oprasi system through ROM
For those who like to make changes to the system can be done through a ROM ( Read Only Memory ) to produce different results with oprasi system in general without violating privacy because this action is legal within the Android ecosystem .

7 . Integrated Google services
Because oprasi part of the google android system , then Google has a variety of services ranging from service integrated GMail , Google Maps , Google Docs , Google Talk , YouTube , Google+ , and the search engines also use the facilities of Google . Integrated with all of Google services will allow users to perform various activities .

Health IT Standards in the United States and Around the World

At the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) meeting last week, I gave an update on some of the health IT standards and technology highlights from last year, and a high-level view of the work ahead for this year's standards work.

Obviously, much of the work of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Office of Science & Technology (OST) is focused on the domestic challenges of interoperability and the technology requirements for meaningful use, but one of the committee members suggested that we should look beyond our borders to other countries to learn about (and leverage) health IT developments internationally.

The health care problems that we are trying to solve in the United States are the same health care problems that those in other countries are trying to solve. And they are big problems. So, we need to learn what works (and what doesn't) from other countries, and work together to solve those problems.

A Need for Health IT Standards and Interoperability in Health Care Around the World

At ONC, we frequently have visitors from other countries who are looking to the U.S. to learn about Meaningful Use, and to discuss the shared challenges that we have in managing health information. While there are significant differences in the way in which different countries fund and organize their health care systems, I find that invariably at some point in the discussion the conversation turns to interoperability and standards as part of the solution. Health IT standards and interoperability are both universal needs for health care in the United States around the world.

Fortunately, OST and ONC have been engaged in the international health IT community for a number of years. We support the Departments of State, Commerce, and Trade with health IT standards expertise that is intended to spur economic development and we have ongoing conversations with similar initiatives in:

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Canada
• Mexico
• United Kingdom
• Japan and
• Member states from the European community

Notable milestones from ONC's work with health IT community members from around the world include:

• The 2010 Memorandum of Understanding that was signed by Secretary Sebelius and Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission, which articulated a set of goals and principles that would guide international collaboration around health IT and health IT standards
• The attendance of the Secretary of Health from the UK at a federal advisory committee
• The continued discussions between ONC and NHS that are underway to organize a repeat visit and share progress

ONC's activities in the international health IT community are an important part of the work we do domestically and around the world.

Next week, I'll share some more specifics on the work we're doing with the international community that support our development of national health IT standards for interoperability.

Greater Accountability in Physician Education Drives New Approaches and Technologies

 Greater Accountability in Physician Education Drives New Approaches and Technologies
According to a recent article from Pharma Exec, “there is a new approach to lifelong learning for healthcare professionals”; an approach that is “effective and accountable, and uses technology platforms to deliver tailored content to improve patient care.”  This approach has been adopted in response to digital technology transforming continuing medical education (CME).   
“Gone are the days of dinner with a lecture,” replaced with a “more personalized approach to physician learning that provides the information a clinician needs—anytime, anywhere, on any device.”  Today, a dinner-and-a-lecture package is not good enough, and that is something that “every pharmaceutical executive needs to understand.” 
Instead, clinicians today are “expected to capture and report on clinical measures (pay-for-performance), remain patient-centric through coordination efforts, and stay up to date in their field of practice.  As a result, the need to provide relevant education anytime, anywhere, on any device is more important than ever.”  Consequently, the trend in CME is towards approaches that are more effective and efficient.  This “trend reflects—and perhaps is even driven by—the fact that CME plays such an important role in the healthcare system, providing a critical link in the process of translating evidence-based medicine into daily medical practice.” 

CME is Effective  
CME is the source for “current information and expert perspectives which physicians, in turn, incorporate into their practice.  CME has become an inherent part of the system for one simple reason: It works.  Excellent content, effectively executed, with appropriate measurement and feedback has a positive impact.”   
For example, the article cited a review of 105 articles in the scientific literature, which found that “continuing education—especially when it incorporates multimedia or multiple education techniques—is effective in improving physician performance.”  These findings were consistent with an analysis of “136 articles and 9 systematic reviews by Marinopoulos and colleagues, who found that the consensus of the literature is that CME achieves and maintains stated objectives, including improving knowledge, attitudes, skills, practice behavior, and clinical practice outcomes.” 
In addition, “CME can have a dramatic impact on clinical outcomes, as was demonstrated in a study reported in Annals of Family Medicine,” which we previously reported on.  In that study, Swedish researchers documented that the use of case-based training to implement evidence-based practice in primary care was associated with decreased mortality at 10 years in patients with coronary heart disease.   
Furthermore, technology expands the possibilities for effective education.  “A carefully designed and executed study found that physicians who participated in varied formats of selected Internet CME activities were more likely than nonparticipants to make evidence-based clinical choices in response to patient case vignettes.”  Likewise, a meta-analysis of 201 studies found Internet-based CME to be effective.  In a case-control study, participation in an Internet curriculum on safe medication use measurably improved the practice choices of healthcare providers in case vignette surveys.   
Moreover, the days of simply measuring learners’ satisfaction with more superficial aspects of programming are “long gone.”  Today, supporters of medical education “demand precise, systematic evaluations of whether participants in their program perform at a higher level following education.”   
Because CME is effective, physicians enjoy it and assert that CME “offers several advantages over other medical information resources, including the quality of content, availability of credit, accessibility, and diverse formats.”  “If an issue affects medical practice and quality of care, there is almost certainly a CME activity addressing it”, given the 125,000 activities across the US offered by over 2000 accredited CME providers.   However, as we have recently noted, the quality of CME has been decreasing, and the number of providers has been dwindling as well.   
Nevertheless, physicians prefer educational over promotional activities when seeking information about advances to incorporate into their practice.  “In a survey of 2000 physicians representing 16 specialties, respondents said that they were more likely to turn to educational sources for such information than to colleagues or peers, pharmaceutical promotional meetings, pharmaceutical medical liaisons or sales reps (CE Outcomes, 2010; unpublished data).” 

CME Programming 
The article recognized that “education is not a one-size-fits-all proposition,” and “diversity in programming formats is important.”  Studies of programs using different formats and venues have demonstrated “that multicomponent, multiexposure approaches to delivering instruction information are very effective for improving knowledge retention.  Repetition builds retention, and repetition works best across multiple learning platforms.” 
The article notes that, “the most effective education models match method to need.  Tailored learning, for example, adapts course content to meet the identified needs of an individual learner.  An assessment gauges gaps in areas where additional information may be needed to improve quality of care or practice performance.  Educational activities can then be designed and prescribed to physicians to provide real-time information to remediate knowledge gaps and improve clinical practice.  The net effect is that tailored learning activities connect education to performance and improved patient outcomes.” 
“The trend in CME programming is toward these tailored education programs and away from mass educational efforts,” the article notes.  Leading providers are moving toward programs that “identify and more effectively meet healthcare providers’ needs.”  They are designing programs such as those advocated by Moore and colleagues, that: 

• Start with the desired end in mind
• Are cognizant of physician experiences and current state of knowledge
• Focus on material that can be used in practice; and
• Incorporate practice and feedback in realistic settings 

“The net result should be programs that translate acquired knowledge into daily medical practice, improving competence performance, and ultimately improving patient health.”  
Increasingly, programs offered by leading CME providers will be based on theories form the social sciences that offer insight into changing behavior.  For example, Medscape recently “commissioned a study using the theory of planned behavior to analyze factors that predict whether interventional cardiologists are likely to use radial coronary angiography.”  This theory maintains that one’s intention to use or engage in a new behavior is shaped by attitudes, norms, and one’s perceived ability to adopt the change.   
Researchers were able to identify and measure the impact of factors at the patient level, physician level, and institutional and systems level on physician behavior.  “The result was a detailed understanding of factors that influence interventional cardiologists’ use of radial coronary angiography, factors that can then be addressed in specifically tailored educational programs.” 
Such tailored, “theory-based programs are ideally suited to the delivery platforms made possibly by digital technology.”  These online platforms are much more than an add-on to live CME activities.  “They are unique learning environments that can seamlessly link assessments designed to help physicians identify their information needs with content that expressly meets those needs.  And they can place that information at physician’s fingertips where they are, whenever they want it, on whatever device they are using. 
Already there has been remarkable growth in physician participation in online education, with internet-based offerings accounting for 18% of all physician CME activities completed in 2005, increasing to 39% in 2011.”   

Conclusion
Ultimately, “the role played by online learning is certain to become even more prominent because it is so well adapted to new models of learning in CME, which attempt not only to impart information but also change behavior.”  This technology is “unsurpassed in its ability to provide tailored education that gauges the specific needs of the learner, delivers information to meet those needs and evaluates progress toward the desired goals.”