Digital credential infrastructure: gateways to the future of medicine (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Brogan ◽  
Henry Goodier ◽  
Manreet Nijjar ◽  
Christian Rose
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Critical Moment ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

UNSTRUCTURED The current credentialing process for physicians struggled to accommodate fluctuating regional demands for providers during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. This hurdle highlighted existing inefficiencies and difficulties facing healthcare systems across the world and led us to explore how credentialing can be improved using digital technologies. We explain how this is a critical moment to make the shift from physical to digital credentials by specifying how a digital credentialing system could simplify onboarding for providers, enable secure expansion of telehealth services, and enhance information exchange.

scholarly journals Commentary: We Are a Global Community: What if We Collaborated?

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Julie Lindsay
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Connected Learning ◽  
Global Context ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Connected and collaborative learning that leads to co-creation of ideas and solutions is imperative across all levels of education. To make the shift we want to see, we need to understand the pedagogy of online learning in a global context. This commentary shares an understanding of thought leaders who have developed and shared new approaches that take learning beyond the immediate environment sca olded by digital technologies. It also poses the question, "What if we collaborated as a global community?" and starts a conversation about new pedagogical approaches to support " at," connected learning. This is already happening now—the future is now— it’s time to connect the world.

Keri Facer. Learning Future, Education, Technology and Social Change. Routledge Publications, 2011. 192 pages. US$ 44.95.

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-182
Author(s):  
Zain Rafique
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Climate Warming ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Thinking Differently ◽  
Future Of Education ◽  
Future Education

Learning Future, Education, Technology and Social Change by Keri Facer is an informative book drawing on over 10 years of research on digital technologies, social change and education. The writer makes a compelling argument for thinking differently about the future for which education might need to prepare. Packed with case studies from around the world, the book helps to bring into focus the risks and opportunities for societies and for schooling over the coming two decades. Most people recognise that current education systems are not meeting the needs of individuals and ‘society’ and several books have been written on the future of education. In this context, Keri Facer investigates the scenario of education, technology and social change over the coming two decades by considering nine assumptions about socio-technological change. These include that in next 20 years there would be significantly increased computing and communication at a distance will be taken for granted by the large majority of people. Moreover, working and living alongside sophisticated machines and networks will increasingly be taken for granted and biosciences will produce unpredictable breakthroughs and important new stories about us. Population is ageing globally and energy, mineral resources and climate warming will remain significant issues. And finally we will be facing radical national and global inequalities.

scholarly journals The crystal structure of nsp10-nsp16 heterodimer from SARS-CoV-2 in complex with S-adenosylmethionine

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Rosas-Lemus ◽  
George Minasov ◽  
Ludmilla Shuvalova ◽  
Nicole L. Inniss ◽  
Olga Kiryukhina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Structural Genomics ◽  
Immune Surveillance ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Viral Mrna ◽  
Respiratory Complications ◽  
Mrna Transcripts ◽  
The World ◽  
Respiratory Coronavirus

AbstractSARS-CoV-2 is a member of the coronaviridae family and is the etiological agent of the respiratory Coronavirus Disease 2019. The virus has spread rapidly around the world resulting in over two million cases and nearly 150,000 deaths as of April 17, 2020. Since no treatments or vaccines are available to treat COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, respiratory complications derived from the infections have overwhelmed healthcare systems around the world. This virus is related to SARS-CoV-1, the virus that caused the 2002-2004 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. In January 2020, the Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases implemented a structural genomics pipeline to solve the structures of proteins essential for coronavirus replication-transcription. Here we show the first structure of the SARS-CoV-2 nsp10-nsp16 2’-O-methyltransferase complex with S-adenosylmethionine at a resolution of 1.80 Å. This heterodimer complex is essential for capping viral mRNA transcripts for efficient translation and to evade immune surveillance.

scholarly journals A Possible Path towards Rapid Development of Live-Attenuated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines: Plunging into the Natural Pool

Biomolecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1438
Author(s):  
German Todorov ◽  
Vladimir N. Uversky
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Severe Respiratory Distress ◽  
The World ◽  
Fast Development ◽  
Life Threatening

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic spreading around the world, causing massive distress to the world’s economy and affecting healthcare systems worldwide. Although some exposed individuals have no symptoms and most symptomatic infections are not severe, COVID-19 cases span a wide spectrum, ranging from mild to critical and sometimes resulting in life-threatening complications, such as pneumonia, severe respiratory distress and cardiac problems. Currently, there is no curative drug for COVID-19 and vaccines are still under development. We are presenting here a strategy for the fast development of natural live-attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Our proposed approach is based on screening for, identifying, analyzing and selecting naturally attenuated yet highly immunogenic SARS-CoV-2 strains, which may lead to a shorter cycle of vaccine development, as well as higher vaccine effectiveness.

scholarly journals COVID 19; A SURGICAL PERSPECTIVE

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anwar Ul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Causative Organism ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Contagious Disease ◽  
The World

The novel corona virus disease started  at Wuhan  in Hubei province of China as pneumonia of unknown origin  and it was found that  the causative organism of Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) was Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus –type 2 (SARS-CoV-2).  Healthcare systems all over the world nearly collapsed due to unprecedented spread of the virus and the disease, COVID-19 was notified as a pandemic by WHO on March 11,2020.1,2  Until October 2020 more than 37 million cases and more than one million deaths have been reported worldwide from this highly contagious disease.

scholarly journals COVID-19 in 2020 – a look back from NHS frontline

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Smith ◽  
Toni Collier ◽  
Karen Dixon ◽  
Morenike Adebusuyi ◽  
Tonye Sikabofori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
World Health ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Look Back ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19 defined our world in 2020. In over a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, on 11th March 2020, over 130 million people have contracted the virus worldwide, of whom 2.9 million have died. Healthcare systems have weathered unprecedented stresses, but the modern medical and technological advances have come up with vaccines within a year of the WHO declaration. Consequently, as healthcare workers look forward to more normal and less stressful times, some United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) colleagues have had a retrospective look at their experiences at the beginning of the pandemic.

scholarly journals Future Work: Exploring the Future of Work Spaces in the Context of Wellington

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Adam Mclennan
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Rapid Rate ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Iterative Design ◽  
Work Spaces ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The City

<p>This research analyses the forces that have led to the design of contemporary offices, examining how these forces are likely to change; with the goal of exploring what the future of workspaces might be. Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence are changing the world of work at a rapid rate, threatening to greatly increase effects of automation. Social changes in the way people work are also taking place, seen in the recent explosion in coworking. This gives rise to the question of what the implications of this are on the design of workspaces. This research uses the local context of Wellington as a vehicle to explore what the future of workspaces could be for the city, as well as wider New Zealand. A process of design led research is utilised, as the topic of work in general is vast, encompassing many different areas. This research also reviews how other designers and architects are responding to current workplace design issues, utilising these different approaches in the iterative design phase. The implications of this research relate directly to the city of Wellington, giving an idea of what the future of the office could be. The broad nature of the initial investigation also allows some conclusions to be applied internationally, as work in general is greatly examined.</p>

scholarly journals Future Work: Exploring the Future of Work Spaces in the Context of Wellington

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Adam Mclennan
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Rapid Rate ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Iterative Design ◽  
Work Spaces ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The City

<p>This research analyses the forces that have led to the design of contemporary offices, examining how these forces are likely to change; with the goal of exploring what the future of workspaces might be. Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence are changing the world of work at a rapid rate, threatening to greatly increase effects of automation. Social changes in the way people work are also taking place, seen in the recent explosion in coworking. This gives rise to the question of what the implications of this are on the design of workspaces. This research uses the local context of Wellington as a vehicle to explore what the future of workspaces could be for the city, as well as wider New Zealand. A process of design led research is utilised, as the topic of work in general is vast, encompassing many different areas. This research also reviews how other designers and architects are responding to current workplace design issues, utilising these different approaches in the iterative design phase. The implications of this research relate directly to the city of Wellington, giving an idea of what the future of the office could be. The broad nature of the initial investigation also allows some conclusions to be applied internationally, as work in general is greatly examined.</p>

Building the Present, Creating the Future

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menno de Jonge
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

<p>There is an urgent need to transform the way we shape our built environment. Royal BAM Group is taking a leading role in the digital transformation of the industry. We are building the present while we are creating the future. We “make it before we make it”, in other words: we built it digital first, before we built it physically. After a brief introduction to Royal BAM Group, the WHY, the HOW and the WHAT are discussed, including examples of using digital technologies in real projects. The WHY part focusses on the needs of the digital transformation for the construction industry, showing that the world of construction is changing. In the second part, the HOW part, Royal BAM Group’s vision and strategy on the digital transformation is entailed. In the final part, the WHAT part, actual examples from daily practice in BAM are presented. Final conclusions and a summary of the presentation concludes the keynote.</p>

scholarly journals Embedding Open Science in Reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-115
Author(s):  
John Wood
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Global Connectivity ◽  
The Way

The Open Science (OS) movement has achieved extraordinary results in very few years. In this paper I argue it is now necessary to embed OS in the wider ecosystem of research and innovation, acknowledging some of the outstanding issues that need to be resolved as it beds down into the way research is done in the future. By sticking to a purest approach to OS its impact and current momentum may be lost. Digital technologies and global connectivity have ensured that OS is here to stay and will continue to expand its influence in the future. However, OS cannot stand aloof from what is the reality of what is happening elsewhere otherwise it will do a disservice to itself and the challenges facing the world.

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