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Embedded Finance Platform: A Buyer’s Guide to Features, Costs, and Providers
An embedded finance platform is the API layer that lets a non-bank software platform add banking, payments, lending, or insurance to its product at the point of need, without becoming a bank itself. It fits ISVs, vertical SaaS teams, and banks evaluating non-bank distribution. Saigon Technology’s fintech software engineering practice helps teams compare embedded finance platforms and build the integration, from KYC checks to AI-driven risk decisioning.
HL7 and FHIR Integration: How Healthcare APIs Actually Connect (and Where They Break)
Most healthcare engineering teams don’t have a data problem. They have a data access problem. Patient records live across dozens of systems: EHRs, lab platforms, payer databases, and pharmacy networks. Each one uses a slightly different format. Getting them to share records reliably is one of the hardest challenges in digital health. HL7 FHIR integration is the modern solution. It connects these systems so they can exchange structured health information securely and at scale.
Elderly Care & Aging-in-Place Technology: A Software Buyer’s Guide for 2026
By 2030, 1 in 6 people globally will be over 60. The caregiver workforce cannot keep up. Most eldercare software was built a decade ago. It was designed for clinicians, not seniors at home. It is fragmented, hard to use, and outdated on compliance. This guide covers the modern aging-in-place stack. It explains what to build, what compliance to meet, and how to engineer it. Why Aging-in-Place Is a Software Problem Now 77% of adults aged 50+ want to stay in their own homes (CDC).
Healthcare Mobile App Development: Types, Features & Cost (2026 Guide)
Building a healthcare mobile app is not the same as building a consumer app. The moment your app handles protected health information (PHI), the entire stack changes: encryption at rest and in transit, audit logging on every data access event, medical category review on the App Store and Google Play, and cloud infrastructure covered by a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA). Add HIPAA, GDPR, FDA SaMD rules, and EHR integration on top of that.
Healthcare Data Security: Threats, Best Practices & Global Compliance Guide
In 2024, the Change Healthcare breach exposed over 100 million patient records and disrupted claims processing across the entire United States. It was the largest healthcare data breach in history, and it cost UnitedHealth Group an estimated $2.45 billion in response and recovery. Healthcare data security protects sensitive patient information. This includes Protected Health Information (PHI), electronic PHI (ePHI), and Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
Patient Portal Development: Features, Cost & Step-by-Step Process (2026)
Your patients expect more than phone calls and paper forms. They want to book visits anytime, message their care team from a phone, and view test results the same day. A well-built patient portal makes all of this possible. Patient portal development has become a top priority for health systems of all sizes. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) found that over 73% of people in the U.S. had access to a patient portal by 2022.
Mental Health App Development: A Complete Guide for 2026
The global mental health app market reached an estimated $7.5 to $10 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow at an 18% CAGR through 2030. Demand for digital mental health solutions has never been higher, driven by a shortage of therapists, growing acceptance of virtual care, and rising rates of anxiety and depression worldwide. Yet most mental health app projects don’t fail because of bad ideas.
When Should You Rebuild vs. Refactor? A Scoring Guide for Engineering Leaders
Most engineering leaders have been in this meeting: the legacy application is slowing everything down, the team dreads touching it, and someone at the table says, “Can’t we just start over?” The rebuild vs refactor application debate rarely ends cleanly. Push for a full rebuild and you risk a multi-year project that delivers less than promised. Stay with incremental refactoring and you risk spending years patching a system that cannot support where the business is headed.
No-Code vs Purpose-Built Software: A Decision Framework for Startup Founders
You have a product idea, a limited runway, and a question that will shape the next 12-18 months of your company: should you build on a no-code platform or invest in engineering a solution from scratch? The honest answer is that neither option is universally better. The right choice depends on what you are building, how fast you need to move, and where you expect to be in two years. Most advice online either oversells no-code as a silver bullet or dismisses it entirely.
Cross Functional Team Roles and Responsibilities: A Practical Guide
Most cross-functional teams don’t fail because of bad ideas. They fail because nobody knows who’s responsible for what. A cross-functional team brings together people from different departments, engineering, marketing, design, operations, and finance, to work toward a shared goal. The cross-functional team definition sounds simple enough: a group with diverse functional expertise working on a common project.
Healthcare Application Testing: A Practical Multi-Market Guide (2026)
Healthcare application testing is how you prove a product is safe, secure, reliable, and interoperable before patients, clinicians, or payers depend on it. For multi-market teams (US, EU, AU, Singapore), the goal is one core testing strategy plus market-specific evidence, not four separate QA programs.
EHR Software Development: A Practical Guide for Healthcare Organizations
If you’re evaluating EHR software development, treat it as a clinical workflow + regulatory + interoperability program, not “just another SaaS build.” Most failures come from (1) unclear clinical workflows, (2) under-scoped integrations, (3) weak data governance, (4) usability debt, and (5) compliance handled too late.
Complexity Reduction Methods for Large-Scale Spatially Explicit Biofuels Network Design
Special Issue Published as part of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research special issue “Net Zero Technologies”. 1. Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! Biofuels, as a renewable energy source, are expected to play a crucial role in the transition to a low-carbon energy system, particularly in the transportation sector. (1) While electrification has penetrated the light and passenger car fleets, heavy-duty vehicles still remain heavily reliant on liquid fuels.
Complexity Reduction Methods for Large-Scale Spatially Explicit Biofuels Network Design
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CD36-mediated endocytosis of proteolysis-targeting chimeras
Keywords CD36 endocytosis PROTAC ERO5 and BRO5 molecules proximity-induced molecules cellular uptake polar and large molecules chemical endocytic medicinal chemistry ADME precision medicine Introduction Passive diffusion across the lipid bilayer in proportion to the concentration gradient is widely recognized as the dominant mechanism for small-molecule drug absorption,1 although a few transporter proteins have been identified to facilitate the diffusion of nutrients and chemicals but in a...
Vietnam’s high-stakes economic pivot
Despite the impact of super Typhoon Yagi and a stormy geopolitical landscape, Vietnam’s GDP grew by 7.09 per cent in 2024, exceeding international forecast figures. But 2024 was not just a reset for Vietnam’s economic metrics — it spelled a complete makeover for the country’s development model. As reported by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, the industrial sector bounced back energetically and tourism recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Estudio exploratorio del léxico disponible del alumnado vietnamita de ELE en Vietnam
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Estudio exploratorio del léxico disponible del alumnado vietnamita de ELE en Vietnam PHUC TRAN [1] ; ANTONIO MANUEL ÁVILA MUÑOZ [2] [1] Universidad Nacional de Vietnam - Ciudad de Ho Chi Minh (VNU-HCMC) [2] Universidad de Málaga Localización: Lenguas modernas, ISSN-e 0719-5443, ISSN 0716-0542, Nº 64, 2024, págs. 57-80 Idioma: español Enlaces Texto completo
Estudio exploratorio del léxico disponible del alumnado vietnamita de ELE en Vietnam
Referencias Ávila Muñoz, A. M. y Villena Ponsoda, J. A. 2010. Variación social del léxico disponible en la ciudad de Málaga. Málaga: Editorial Sarriá. Ávila Muñoz, A. M. y Sánchez Sáez, J. M. 2011. La posición de los vocablos en el cálculo del índice de disponibilidad léxica: procesos de reentrada en las listas del léxico disponible de la ciudad de Málaga. Estudios de Lingüística de la Universidad de Alicante (ELUA), 25: 45-74. Carcedo González, A. 1998.
Exercise training in left ventricular assist device patients: Protocol of an individual participant data meta‐analysis
Introduction Heart failure (HF) remains a global health burden, with increasing prevalence (1%–3%) and high incidence (up to 20 cases per 1000 person-years or 1000 persons) and mortality (15%–30% mortality at 1 year).1, 2 Despite decreased incidence of HF with reduced ejection fraction1 and improved disease management,3, 4 the number of patients with advanced end-stage HF remains high (10%).5 Those patients are candidates for heart transplantation (HT), although due to organ shortage and...
44 Favorite Funny Books to Read Aloud with Your Kids
It's no secret that laughter is the best medicine, and reading aloud is an amazing way to bring joy into any room. Laughing out loud together can be one of the best ways to nurture connection and understanding, while creating priceless memories along the way. Whether you're curled up with your kids after dinner or snuggling with them to relax before bedtime, reading aloud is one of the simplest and most rewarding gifts you can give to a child.
The ethics and efficiency dilemmas of central bank digital currencies
Policymakers globally have shown great interest in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Encouraged by institutions like the International Monetary Fund and Bank for International Settlements, over 130 countries are exploring the concept of CBDC development. But global experts have expressed concerns that CBDCs may potentially pose significant problems. Experts from the International Monetary Fund and the Bank for International Settlement have issued warnings about how CBDCs are regulated.
Asia ground zero in the revolution of electric vehicle markets
The AI and green technology revolutions have generated economic disruptions, with the potential to reshape economies, with a new set of winners and losers. The fiercest battlefield may be in Asia, given its central place in the world economy and geopolitical competition. Among the green tech sectors, three are leading the way — solar, wind and electric vehicles (EVs). Four-wheel EVs are a growing battlefield for competing industrial and environmental policies.
Vietnam’s Land Law evolution
After another decade of land takings and conflicts, the National Assembly of Vietnam has passed new amendments for its Land Law. The law’s performance not only affects the regional rule of law movement but also holds real fiscal weight. Hanoi plans to invest heavily into the land-sensitive subject of its highspeed railway, metro and airport network. Experts have cast the new law as another reiteration of the ‘status quo’, which is the prioritisation of social stability.
Cranky
From the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Food Group series, Pete Oswald, and debut picture book author Phuc Tran, this is a hilarious picture book about big trucks, big feelings, and even bigger friendships! It's the last day at the construction site and Cranky the crane truck is feeling, well, cranky. And he doesn't want to talk about it. His friends Zippy, Wheezy, and Dump Chuck try to cheer him up. But you know what doesn't help when you're feeling cranky? A lot of talking.
New Listening to Love: AudioFile Editors Pick 14 Big Audiobooks for February
New Listening to Love: AudioFile Editors Pick 14 Big Audiobooks for February Our most-anticipated listens this month include a new novel from Tommy Orange, narrated by an ensemble of narrators, and a memoir from iconic actor Billy Dee Williams. It’s time to fall in love with your next audiobook. OWNING UP: New Fictionby George Pelecanos, read by Dion Graham Hachette Audio Release date: February 6 Golden Voice Dion Graham narrates four novellas from crime fiction powerhouse George Pelecanos.
Empowering Growth through Product Metrics
Assuming you already have a product that has a great product-market fit, meaning customers have an inherent demand for your product without any marketing effort, there are still a variety of approaches to take to achieve growth. Is a massive big marketing campaign always the best way to grow? How about shaping or creating a product that drives growth? To do this, you need to develop a deep understanding of your customer base and what drives their behaviour.
Fraud Anomaly Model: A Powerful ML Tool for Detecting Unusual Activity
I - Introduction Fraud Anomaly Model, a sophisticated technique utilized in fraud detection, plays a crucial role in identifying suspicious patterns and data points that may indicate fraudulent activity. The model is specifically designed to learn from historical data and leverage that knowledge to spot potential fraud in real time. As fraudulent activities continue to evolve and grow in complexity, traditional rule-based methods and manual reviews fall short of keeping up with new fraud trends.
What is Open Finance and How Will it Shape the Future of the Financial Industry?
Open finance is one of my favourite topics in recent months because of its growth potential and future importance. Firstly, Open Finance refers to a concept of user data handling, a major shift from anything known before. This concept envisages accumulating all data relevant to a person’s financial activity into a digital identity. This identity is owned by the person and is shared with financial service providers at his/her discretion.
Hack Your Way to LookML Mastery By Following These Tips
Looker is one of my favorite BI tools. Ever since it was acquired by Google in 2019, it has become a part of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its functionalities have become more and more practical. In this article, I’m going to share my tips to sharpen your LookML code skills. Looker is a self-serve tool, though it’s the LookML developer’s job to identify which metric (dimension and measures) is important to their colleagues — especially if the data (table from a data source) is big.
“Scene But Not Herd”: Phuc Tran's Playlist for 'Sigh, Gone' by Phuc Tran
This week, we’re pleased to present the playlist Phuc Tran put together for his memoir, SIGH, GONE: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and The Fight To Fit In. In 1987, I entered high school. The ‘80s were in full Benetton bloom, and we all donned the uniforms that would identify ourselves as friend or foe: jock, prep, redneck, punk, geek. I already had an irrepressible oppositional streak and an explosive relationship with my parents, so punk was the natural fit for me.
Physical activity and social support are associated with quality of life in middle-aged women
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Abstract Purposes This cross-sectional study assessed the quality of life and related factors of Vietnamese women during perimenopause in terms of vasomotor, psychosocial, physical, and sexual aspects. Materials and methods A cross-sectional study on 400 middle-aged women was conducted in Hung Yen, a delta province in Vietnam.
The Best Memoirs to Read for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Amazon Publishing Helena Rho was six years old when her family left Seoul for America. For decades, she fulfilled the expectations of others―marrying a doctor, raising children, and working as an assistant professor of pediatrics. All the while, she was keeping silent about the personal and professional traumas that left her determined to escape this life.
10 Bibliomemoirs About the Life-Altering Power of Reading
Most readers love books about books. We also love snooping through other people’s bookshelves for the thrill of the possibility of discovering a whole person in a stack of books that they chose to read. Bibliomemoirs offer both. These books combine the confessional, intimate tone and personal approach of memoirs and autobiography with, well, books, and sometimes literary criticism.
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So Help Me Gosh
From the creator of the New York Times best-selling Sad Animal Facts series, Brooke Barker, comes a quirky, hilarious memoir-in-essays about her journey from a childhood in the Mormon church to a Jewish adulthood, and all the wonder and weirdness of faith. When she was a teenager, Brooke wanted all the things she assumed every other girl her age wanted: boobs, a first kiss, and a spot in the Celestial Kingdom, the top Mormon heaven.
Shame, Shame, Shame, Know Your Name
By Phuc Tran • 3 minutes ago This story was told live at One Longfellow Square in Portland on November 15, 2019. The theme from this event is “Unmasked.” Phuc Tran is both a Classicist and a tattooer. He has taught Latin, Greek, German, and Sanskrit at independent schools in New York and Maine and was an instructor at Brooklyn College's Summer Latin Institute. His 2012 TEDx Talk on grammar and identity was featured on NPR’s TED Radio Hour and mentioned in News Week.
Top Picks From Amazon’s ‘Best Books Of The Year So Far’ List
[imagesource: Runstudio/ Getty] When the world went into various stages of lockdown at the start of the pandemic, a number of countries listed books as essential items. Unfortunately, South Africa wasn’t one of those countries, but that’s a rant for another time. Bookshops are open again, and you can order books online, so I’ll let this one go. Studies have shown that reading is not only a great source of entertainment, but it can improve memory, make you smarter, and even increase your lifespan.
In Search of the Open-Armed America of 1975
Dear Mr. President, I was almost two years old when we were evacuated from Sài Gòn in April 1975. In the tumult of escaping with my parents, I lost my right shoe. And then we lost my father—literally, not euphemistically. My parents became separated before we boarded the helicopter, and I clung to my mother as we thudded skyward. It was the first time we had ridden a helicopter, and it was riddled with terror. My mother tells me I cried a lot. She was 24 years old.
SIGH GONE by Phuc Tran Read by Phuc Tran
Listen to this if you want to hear what should be one of the best reviewed memoirs of 2020. Tran’s story is an American immigration story, and so much more. His delivery is crisp and engaging, and maintains just the slightest element of whimsy. The memoir traces the Tran family’s remarkable journey from Vietnam to America. It also tells the author’s own journey from punk misfit to college-bound scholar. Each chapter is tied to a classic work of literature, and this conceit works well.
Growing Up Star Wars, As Seen Through The Eyes Of Author Phuc Tran
The Force is strong with this one. (Image: Courtesy of Phuc Tran) Let’s go to a galaxy far, far away in a time long ago. Well, not that long ago—the ‘70s. My family wasn’t from a galaxy far, far away, but the Trans had moved from Vietnam to Pennsylvania in 1975, and by “moved” I mean escaped an imploding country. This story, however, is small. It’s not about a civil war or a fight against imperial powers. It’s about a girl (but when is it not?).
Growing Up Star Wars, as Seen Through the Eyes of Author Phuc Tran
The Force is strong with this one.Image: Courtesy of Phuc Tran Let’s go to a galaxy far, far away in a time long ago. Well, not that long ago—the ‘70s. My family wasn’t from a galaxy far, far away, but the Trans had moved from Vietnam to Pennsylvania in 1975, and by “moved” I mean escaped an imploding country. This story, however, is small. It’s not about a civil war or a fight against imperial powers. It’s about a girl (but when is it not?).
Author Phuc Tran On Fitting In As A Refugee Boy In America
The author of the new memoir, Sigh, Gone, fled Saigon with his family in 1975, and faced rejection and bullying in the Pennsylvania town where he grew up.
Author Phuc Tran On Fitting In As A Refugee Boy In America
The author of the new memoir, Sigh, Gone, fled Saigon with his family in 1975, and faced rejection and bullying in the Pennsylvania town where he grew up.
Author Phuc Tran On Fitting In As A Refugee Boy In America
The author of the new memoir, Sigh, Gone, fled Saigon with his family in 1975, and faced rejection and bullying in the Pennsylvania town where he grew up.
Author Phuc Tran On Fitting In As A Refugee Boy In America
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Author Phuc Tran On Fitting In As A Refugee Boy In America
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Author Phuc Tran On Fitting In As A Refugee Boy In America
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