BACKGROUND With advances in computer technology and mounting pressure to cut health care costs, there is a desire to automate clinical and patient records. METHODS We reviewed the barriers that hindered automation in the past, changes in the business environment, and the recent developments that could encourage automation, including the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accoun...

... With the advent of the new millennium and a rapidly changing international outlook, Japan, China, and Korea have been at the forefront of recent media attention, focused primarily on the rapidly gaining influence and power that these countries wield on a level no longer limited to Asia. ... Some argue that the vagueness inherent in China's description of the role of domestic lawyers or law ...

In this article, we seek to identify the effects of security investments that arise from previous failures or external regulatory pressure. Building on organizational learning theory, this study focuses on the healthcare sector where legislation mandates breach disclosure and detailed data on security investments are available. Using a Cox proportional hazard model, we demonstrate that proactiv...

We conduct a case study of the cyberinsurance industry. We examine the developing cyberliability legislation and the emerging cyberinsurance market. We conclude that cyberinsurers are able to find ways to deal with several problems that could result in the failure of market solution. Although some issues still need to be worked out, we suggest that the direction to be taken should be towards re...

This article responds to criticisms made in a rejoinder (Accident Analysis and Prevention 2012, 45: 107-109) questioning the validity of a study on the impact of mandatory helmet legislation (MHL) for cyclists in New South Wales, Australia. We systematically address the criticisms through clarification of our methods, extension of the original analysis and discussion of new evidence on the popu...

t he holy religion of islam regards god as the real legislator. now the question is: does the holy prophet muhammad enjoys the right of legislation too? this is an issue of disagreement between the experts. the consequence of the viewpoint of those who recognize the above-mentioned right for the prophet and the imams is to hold that the religion is imperfect; that the theory of expansion of sha...

Do tougher environmental regulations cause firms to flee the country? Although several studies document the impact of environmental regulation on domestic production, the question of whether firms increase foreign manufacturing in response to new domestic regulation has remained unanswered. Consequently, our understanding of the efficacy of environmental policy is limited, as is our understandi...

The availability of data on the web and the improvement of technologies have made it increasingly easy to reuse existing data to create new databases and provide valueadded services. Meanwhile, initial database creators have been seeking legal protection for their data. After presenting a brief history of legislation related to legal protection for non-copyrightable database contents, we discus...

The U.S. pharmaceutical industry plays a vital role in shaping the face of American healthcare. As an industry rooted in innovation, its continued evolution is inherent. With major patent expirations looming and thin product pipelines, the industry now must consider new directions to maintain growth and stability. Follow-on biologics, derived from living organisms and marketed after the patent ...

Public geological achievement platform is a part of science and technology infrastructure and related to sustainable development of the economy and society. By literature research, expert's discussion and case study, the paper proposes that centralized sharing with local sharing mechanism and multi-layers network have to be set up to achieve public geological achievements sharing. The operating...