The Psychiatry Milestones 2.0: How Did We Get from 1.0 to 2.0 and What Can Users Expect?

How did we get here from there?

How Did We Get Here?

W hen we talk among ourselves about our business, we use lots of abbreviations and acronyms. We take a lot of things for granted. To understand what I’m talking about all you need to do is try to explain how you get paid to somebody. AWP, WAC, discount, PBM, RA, EOB, DIR, copay, insured amount, rebate, clawback, etc. This is the barrier we face when talking to legislators. We are in a complicat...

How did we get here?

I t is rare that science owes a debt to law. To lawmakers, surely, such as those who regularly make generous appropriations to the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. But law, in the sense of the process and products of litigation? It’s hard to imagine. But this special supplement is deeply in debt to law in just that sense. The funding that supports the research ...

How long can we expect to live?

Female Most developed world regions. Both sexes Least developed countries. Both sexes 1950 50.7 53.4 66.5 35.5 1955 53.9 56.8 68.5 37.7 1960 56.9 60.0 69.8 39.6 1965 59.5 62.7 70.5 41.8 1970 61.4 65.0 71.2 43.6 1975 62.9 66.8 72.2 45.2 1980 64.4 68.5 73.0 47.1 1985 65.7 70.1 74.0 49.3 1990 66.4 70.8 74.2 49.7 1995 67.0 71.4 74.9 52.6 Source: World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision. United...

Machine Translation - How it Works , What Users Expect , and What They Get

Machine translation (MT) systems are now ubiquitous. This ubiquity is due to a combination of increased need for translation in today's global marketplace, and an exponential growth in computing power that has made such systems viable. And under the right circumstances, MT systems are a powerful tool. They offer low-quality translations in situations where low-quality translation is better than...