@bhurst2001

Doctor, writer, founder of http://t.co/AgNbTw0klv, eHealth buff.

 Melbourne
hotdoc.com.au
Joined November 2011
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What I learned from the #Theranos mess: hotdoc.com.au/blog/lessons-f…

Why HealthTech Startups Need Values: A Lesson from Theranos

HotDoc CEO, Dr Ben Hurst, reflects on his early career as a doctor, and what recent developments in the startup industry mean for the future...

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Proof that neurosurgeons aint that smart #bencarson newyorker.com/humor/borowitz…

Ben Carson Shattering Stereotype About Brain Surgeons Being Smart

“People are beginning to understand that you can know a lot about brain surgery and virtually nothing about anything else.”

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abc730@abc7306 Oct 2015
"Going from cricket to acting is like batting at the MCG with not a lot of clothes on," says @BrettLee_58. #abc730
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This is unexpected: Jason Segel plays a nuanced David Foster Wallace in upcoming film 'The End of the Tour' nyti.ms/1HMiUjz

Jason Segel Makes a Career U-Turn as David Foster Wallace in ‘The End of the Tour’ (Published 2015)

Early on, the actor was widely derided for taking the role of the author of “Infinite Jest.” Then the film appeared, and the tide turned.

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#ELDoctorow RIP. nyti.ms/1Kkhu0w

E. L. Doctorow Dies at 84; Literary Time Traveler Stirred Past Into Fiction (Published 2015)

Mr. Doctorow’s popular, critically admired and award-winning novels, including “Ragtime,” “Billy Bathgate” and “The March,” situated fictional characters in recognizable historical contexts.

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HotDoc@HotDocOnline17 Jul 2015
Check out the July Newsletter which covers Diabetes Week, how to increase practice fees and how Telstra's new... fb.me/4L9VSi7iD

HotDoc GP Newsletter July 2015

In this edition… National Diabetes Week launches the ‘280 a day’ campaign We discuss how to increase practice fees in a patient-friendly way And explore how Telstra’s new telehealth service affects...

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Nicholas Winton dead at 106. An Oskar Schindler story you've probably never heard about. nyti.ms/1FSi8gr

Nicholas Winton, Rescuer of 669 Children From Holocaust, Dies at 106 (Published 2015)

A London stockbroker in 1938, he rescued the youngsters from Czechoslovakia but then said nothing about his deeds for 50 years.

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Australia (read Abbott) has totally lost the plot and now rest of the world is laughing at us nyti.ms/1GuyV9T

Australia’s Policy on Migrants Questioned After Smuggler Says He Was Bribed to Turn Back (Published...

If the boat captain’s story is true, the incident may have violated Australian, Indonesian and international laws against smuggling, bribery and the treatment of asylum seekers.

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Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel.
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HotDoc@HotDocOnline3 Jun 2015
The HotDoc GP News June edition is here! Covering the new #AfterHoursPIP payment levels, controversial pharmacy... fb.me/7e2GUs8oV
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HotDoc@HotDocOnline22 May 2015
Video summary: How the Budget will affect General Practice services and practice administration. fb.me/7o9DVC2xN
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Article by my bro about the beginning of the end for Fortescue. bit.ly/1JWJbeT
#AppleHealthKit is about to redefine medical research bit.ly/1GD2UBD
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#HotDoc announces multi-year partnerships with IPN and Healthscope in Pulse+IT. Also unveils HotDoc Reminders bit.ly/1Bf0W6T
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This week's KAL's cartoon econ.st/1BFxiHP
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#charliehebdo. I wish I'd known about this publication before today happened. may they sell one million copies cnn.it/1AOowXL
New HotDoc website hotdoc.com.au. Check it out!
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$117,000 bill from assisting surgeon. Meet the US phenomenon called Drive-by-Doctoring: nyti.ms/1p7VN7k
What does Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) from #BreakingBad like to read? nyti.ms/1z4ZuAW

Bob Odenkirk: By the Book (Published 2014)

The actor and author of “A Load of Hooey” keeps a volume of “hippie philosophizing” on his shelves as a counterbalance to his “angry, skeptical, scowling mind.”

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Infrared light helps health workers find veins. Wish they'd had this when I was an intern. tcrn.ch/1wroqmZ
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