Jiea Rutland Simpson

Jiea Rutland Simpson is a health care information professional. She has a passion for building communities, marketing ideas and fostering relationships. Jiea was exposed to the pharmaceutical industry at a young age. She attended the historically black women's school Spelman College where she graduated with a degree in Biology. Jiea Rutland Simpson has a wide range of experience. Working in hospitals exposed her to the critical role of electronic medical records within the healthcare industry. As a service line administrator and physician relationship manager, Jiea Rutland Simpson regularly collaborates with hospitals, physicians and local clinics to achieve the best solutions for their patients. She acts as a both a customer advocate and company advocate by facilitating communication between the customer, the vendor, and other involved stakeholders. With skills of prediction and flexibility, she identifies and executives operational improvements for overall success. Jiea is tremendously influential wherever she goes. Jiea Rutland Simpson now resides in Harlingen, Texas. She travels often. Most recently, she has ventured to Panama and Costa Rica. In Panama she visited the historic Panama Canal and visited the Bastimentos beaches. In Costa Rica Jiea tasted delicious coffee and visited a jaguar rescue preserve. In addition to travel, Jiea Rutland Simpson is involved in the fundraising world. She runs the Leukemia & Lymphona half marathon, raising money for the society by asking various individuals for fiscal donations. In 2013 she acted as a mentor for new marathon runners, helping through the fundraising process. Visit JieaRutland-Simpson.com to find out more about Jiea!

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Cave Hospitals in Syria

For several years, Syria has been in a state of turmoil. If you look at comparison pictures of Aleppo in 2007 and 2017, you would see a beautiful city before and a city in ruin as it stands today. The civil war that started in 2011 has resulted in thousands of airstrikes, destroying much of the city of Aleppo and even remote locations of Syria.

  The loss of buildings and landscape of the…

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Traveling Solo: Why You Should Consider Going Alone Traveling is and probably has always been considered a group activity, but it really doesn't need to be.

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Dinosaur Prints by Quinton Wall at The Garden of Edam Follow @travelgurus for the best Tumblr landscapes

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Fall from Heaven by Riccardo Lubrano at Candalla, Waterfalls Follow @travelgurus for the best Tumblr landscapes

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Building Healthier Hospitals

by Lucy Maddox, Mosaic Science

This summer, Laura gave birth to twins. Five weeks early.

Laura’s girls were looked after in the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, England. Laura arrived there after a caesarean section, having lost more blood than expected and with a dangerously low temperature. Despite her condition, she remembers being wheeled through the double doors of the Centre for the first time: “It’s kind of a blur,” she says. “But I do remember the light just really hitting me.”

To reach the Dyson Centre you have to walk, or be wheeled, through the old corridors of the main hospital. It feels hot, that particularly uncomfortable hospital warmth that amplifies the medical smell. Your shoes click on the lino floors and the sound echoes off the plain walls.

As soon as you go through the doors to the Centre, things change. It is light, airy and spacious. Natural wood and soothing greens make it feel more like a Scandinavian spa than part of a hospital. You’re greeted by a wooden reception desk, and to the left, French windows open onto a Zen-like pebbled garden. It smells slightly of chlorine, like a posh swimming pool.

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Engineered Growth Factors Speed Wound Healing

by Charles Q. Choi

When the body gets wounded, it naturally generates molecules known as growth factors that are critical to helping it heal. Now researchers have engineered new versions of these growth factors that can help repair wounds and bone defects in mice faster and more effectively than their own natural versions.

Scientists have long sought to use growth factors to help the body regenerate. These chemicals have led to therapies that help promote new blood vessel and bone formation.

However, low healthy doses of growth factors are often not as useful as one might like, while larger doses “have the potential to be harmful, by generating tissue like bone where you don’t want bone or by inducing cancer,” says Jeffrey Hubbell, a bioengineer at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne. “Growth factors have gotten, as a class, a bit of a black eye.”

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ROBEAR Lifts!

It’s no secret that one of the biggest drivers behind Japan’s full-court press to develop useful robotics is its aging population. Government projections indicate 40 percent of Japanese will be 65 or older by 2060. That statistic actually contains a double whammy–a greying society means that there are fewer women in their childbearing years, which leads to fewer births and a shrinking population. What Japan is left with is a major demographic headache that will make it increasingly difficult to provide all the healthcare and elderly support services the country’s citizens will need.

Potentially stepping into the breach are machines like ROBEAR, a robotic nursing assistant being developed by the Sumitomo Riko Company and RIKEN, Japan’s largest research institution. The bot is designed to lift patients from bed or a sofa and place them into a wheelchair or to help those who can walk but can’t rise from a sitting position. 

We’re just not sure if the bear head is creepier than no head at all. What do you think? Read more and see the video below.

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Virtual home assistants and portable diagnostic devices will help provide better elder care and in turn control medical costs.

By  Reenita Das Via Forbes

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3 Must-See Sights in Italy

3 Must-See Sights in Italy

When some think of sights to see in Italy, their minds immediately go to the biggest tourist attractions — the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Vatican, and so on. Of course, Italy offers more than just these sights alone. The country is packed with rich history and stunning views from shore to shore. Here are a few sights you absolutely cannot miss on your next trip to Italy:

The Duomo in Florence

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Plant Nursery Browsing, Collin County, Texas. 2017

We are planning out the addition of a couple of new flowerbeds this Spring/Summer. Walking around Garden Centers kind of helps scratch the Spring Fever itch too :)

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Sorin Tanase, At the edge (Romania, 2015)

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Horses in Indonesia

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Peniche, Portugal

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Shooting a video on history, culture & food traditions in Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro, Panama with the amazing Lamar. Watch out for the forthcoming Panama tours this fall! 

A little about Bocas del Toro:

Early 1800s Irish, British and Scottish planters from Jamaica, Barbados and San Andres brought enslaved Africans to the archipelago to labor. Later on, workers from the greater Caribbean came to work, whether Panama Canal or United Fruit Company, adding to the rich culture already produced from the indigenous, African and Caribbean peoples. Guari-Guari is spoken here, a language of English, Spanish and Guaymi. 

Many say they have relatives from San Andres & Providence Island and Nicaragua; one reason for the international family lines, was the dry foods used to come from San Andres to Colón [Panama] to Bocas to Nicaragua. This created family lines on ship routes! Find out more when the video drops!

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Panama, Bocas del Toro

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