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Guido's recommendations for python coding conventions.
I don't follow the function naming conventions - as I'm too used to InitialCapital for function and method names (I think functions should look more like Classes than variables).
6 FaversShareViewed: 6 TimesQuoted: Modules should have short, all-lowercase names. Underscores can be used in the module name if it improves readability. Python packages should also have short, all-lowercase names, although the use of underscores is discouraged.
china has almost completed the installation of what it calls an impenetrable operating system that will work with key government and military servers. That puts them ahead of our government in this department, which is worrisome given that they've already started to hack everything we've got.
Including Berkeley's student records; they harvested 163,000 accounts with personal info. Great....
1 FaverShareViewed: 8 TimesQuoted: Kylin's existence was disclosed to Congress during recent hearings that included new details on how Beijing is preparing to wage cyberwarfare with Washington.
Quoted: The HIPAA database is the first of several regulatory timelines planned by two advocacy groups to help stakeholders track IT initiatives. The timeline predicts that adoption of the 5010 version of HIPAA transactions will be complete by 2014.
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA).
1 FaverShareViewed: 3 Times1 FaverShareViewed: 3 TimesQuoted: Providers wanting to learn more about the WA State Medicaid NPI Implementation Strategy.
1 FaverShareViewed: 3 TimesQuoted: Since 2006, the Healthcare IT Standards Panel has developed more than 900 standards and recommended just over 50. This year, the group will focus on new areas, including remote monitoring and public health case reporting.
Standards development organization Health Level Seven has approved the Personal Health Record System Functional Model as a draft standard for trial use.
1 FaverShareViewed: 7 TimesQuoted: The model defines the functions and security features that personal health record systems might include and offers guidance on exchanging data. It is intended to help consumers compare and select a PHR that meets their needs.
Quoted: A consortium of nine companies will partner with a Texas-based organization to develop a common set of security practices for electronic health records that other companies can adopt as part of an effort to fix loopholes in the way patient health data is exchanged electronically. The group hopes to have 155 companies adopt the standards by the end of February 2008.
Cisco Systems Inc., CVS Caremark, GE Healthcare, Humana, Hitrust, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc., Philips Healthcare and Pitney Bowes Inc.
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A helpful Q&A...
1 FaverViewed: 4 TimesQuoted: The major reversal in breast cancer screening advice is causing a lot of confusion and anger among women who doubt the motivation and timing of the decision. NBC's chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman answers your questions.
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