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Virtual colonoscopy as good as the real thing?

Virtual colonoscopy as good as the real thing?colonoscopyJust to be clear about when to repeat a screening colonoscopy: If you have had a normal colonoscopy without polyps, and you do not have a family history of colon cancer first degree relative, the recommendation to for the next colonoscopy...

Tags: colonoscopy, real thing, Virtual colonoscopy

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

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Insurance reform is not health care

So whose fault is your inertia?>I should have had my cholesterol checked earlier. My neighbor should have had it checked period. That?s health care, but because we have health insurance instead my care came late, and my neighbor died.Your doctor doesn't accept appointments? S/he told you never to call and...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance Reform, health care, insurance, health insurance

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Review: Jawbone PRIME bluetooth headset

Review: Jawbone PRIME bluetooth headsetNew headsetsJust before new headsets are likely to be announced in the summer silly season?RE: Review: Jawbone PRIME bluetooth headsetI had the jawbone1 and jawbone2. the jawbone2 fit me poorly so I went back to the jawbone1 and was mostly satisfied with it. When I saw...

Tags: Kinda, Recharge, Jawbone Prime Bluetooth headset

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Business models at forefront of health care innovation

Business models at forefront of health care innovationYou're right about the elephantsThere have been too many around DC for too long and what we have gotten does come from the end shown.If you really want to put your mind to health care reform the first thing to do is to...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Insurance, DRG, health care, patient

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

You want to talk about colonoscopies?

You want to talk about colonoscopies?Is it a full day procedureIf it doesn't require being knocked out for half a day and not in good shape for the rest, it IS a LOT better. Presumably the whole process is a lot quicker as well?Not all want to lose a whole...

Tags: Colon Cancer

Discussion threads 2008-12-24

(Gallery: Feeling sick? Take a pill with a chip )

(Gallery: Feeling sick? Take a pill with a chip )Smart pill, but......has Phillips developed a way for the pill itself to be retrieved for re-use, or does all that silicon just get dissolved and "discarded" normally, forcing the user to buy another one or more?RE: (Gallery: Feeling sick? Take...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, pill, Gallery, chip

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Virtual colonoscopy as good as the real thing?

The best news is that, if your first colonoscopy was clean, you really don't need to go back for five full years. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Document Management, Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-18

5 tips to prevent IT extinction

5 tips to prevent IT extinctionJargon - useful, concise, natural extension of vocabularyIT personnel should be reasonable in their use of jargon just as much as professionals in other disciplines - Medicine, for instance. A user who needs to be spoken in language devoid of any technical terms might...

Tags: Strategy, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

Wanted: new term for SOA 'governance'

Here's a quote that's too good to pass up: "Let’s be honest, the term 'SOA governance' sucks. It reeks of someone else telling you what to do, hectoring you over every little detail of a project. It sounds about as desirable as a colonoscopy with an IMAX...

Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Mike, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Today's Debate: How far can scans go?

A few years ago I had a colonoscopy. It was not nearly as bad as advertised -- get yours now. (This gentleman has a CT scan scheduled for Monday -- good luck, Kos.) But it was, technically, a procedure. I was knocked out and equipment went inside my...

Tags: Problem, Scanners, Insurance, Financial Planning, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-19

39% of email admins would rather go through colonoscopy than find the cause for email problem

80% of email administrators who responded to a survey by Zenprise found determining the underlying cause of email problems is as painful or more painful that shopping with their significant other. Over 72% found sitting in traffic is as painful as or more painful than finding the underlying cause of...

Tags: e-mail

Blog posts 2006-03-08

Would you swallow this camera-in-a-pill?

Endoscopy is a generic term for minimally invasive surgery of any part of the body. Instead of a colonoscopy, which can make you feel very uncomfortable, with endoscopy surgery, very small instruments, such as cameras, are inserted through small incisions to operate with minimal damage to healthy areas. But until...

Tags: camera, CRIM

Blog posts 2005-10-06

IBM asks for Linux ban on SCO

IBM asks for Linux ban on SCOCase closed?We will have to wait and see about this if it does happens SCO is toast... Financially and as a company.There i said it!Flame on....Would someonejust please shoot Darl and Co. and get this over with?HA!!!So IBM does indeed want a court ruling...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, SCO Group Inc., GPL, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-08-19

Sony sends humanoid robot out for a run

Sony sends humanoid robot out for a runthus is the humble begginings of the TerminatorHey, Arnold....I don't know about anybody else....But I hope by the time I'm ready to be put in a Nursing Home that Robots run the joint. People get tired, make mistakes sometimes deadly ones. ...

Tags: Robots, Sony Corp., robot, patient

Discussion threads 2003-12-18

Doc-U-Scrip Prescription and Letter Writer 3.0 3.0 (Mobile)

New! Version 3.00! The Doc-U-ScripTM Version 3.00 is a software program for all versions of the PocketPC, including Pocket PC 2004 and Windows Mobile 2003. The program creates prescriptions, work and school releases, and lab reports to patients, drug lists, problem lists, and drug interaction reports. The Medical Letter Drug...

Tags: Patient, Mobile, Prescription, Doc-U-Chart, Doc-U-ScripTM Version 3.00, Prescription Format, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2002-01-20