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- Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?
- The Dutch system combines heavy public spending and private insurance.The government offers subsidies covering dozens of pre-existing conditions so the private market can accept all patients. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, Drugs, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Medical companies celebrate death of patent reform
- Medical device makers and drug companies are celebrating the apparent death of the 2008 Patent Reform Act. (For the other side of this debate, visit my open source blog.) Why were AdvaMed, PHRMA, and the rest of the industry so dead-against an end to...
- Tags: Patent, Industry, Patent Approval, Drugs, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
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- Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog
- Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blogBusiness vs making a living.I'm 100% behind the guy who just wants to do what he does, sells it for enough to make a living for his family and employees, and treats his customers as if they were more important than some...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, guest blog
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?
- Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?hmm...what are we going to do with microwaves, wireless routers and TV & radio stations that emit in a similar spectrum?...Go in the mountains,or... in a cave?What about Bluetooth?So I hear some people saying to use headsets instead, but if they're Bluetooth,...
- Tags: Federal government, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, industry, cell phone, FCC, Bluetooth, new cell phone cancer, radiation, cell phone cancer, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Have insurers tied their fate to Newt Gingrich?
- Have insurers tied their fate to Newt Gingrich?Greed is the problem with our systemYes we are capitolists but greed is problem when it comes to affecting the lives of millions.People sue for malpractice and receive millions. Laywers make a bunch a money from the cases. Insurers make money...
- Tags: Insurance, insurance company
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Prohibition 2.0
- Prohibition 2.0Version skippingAt least version 3.0, perhaps higher.The "War on Drugs" was at least version 2.0, and you could count the fiasco over the 55 mph speed limit as another.This is why it's a bad idea......to let lobbyists write the laws. If the average citizen comes to the conclusion...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Prohibition 2.0
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Prohibition 2.0
- Sunday's installment of To the Best of Our Knowledge features an interview with Larry Lessig, back at least briefly it seems, on the Re/Mix wars. One of his main themes in that interview was quite apropos of a comment on my post about the mom suing Universal over take-down...
- Tags: Criminal, Larry Lessig, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Mom, EFF fight back over take-down notices
- Mom, EFF fight back over take-down noticesIf Universal wins, America is doomedUniversal absolutely must not win this. It is the thin end of a [i]very[/i] dangerous wedge - will we be allowed to sing along to our ipods in the street, or in family videos? What about humming the tunes...
- Tags: EFF fight back, RIAA, member company, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Discussion threads 2008-07-20
- Why does open source need a villain?
- Why does open source need a villain?It doesn't need a villianIt just needs competition. And Apple provides some, but they also leave the door open for F/OSS given their restrictive policies.villain or hero?Linus Torvalds"By giving away his software, the Finnish programmer earned a place in history""Some of Torvalds' supporters portray...
- Tags: open source, villain, open source need, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Supercomputers fight against bird flu
- A worldwide outbreak of avian or 'bird flu' is still not excluded and health officials recognize that new drugs are needed since new strains of the virus appear everyday. Now, U.S. scientists are using supercomputers to find new drugs to fight the virus and to stay ahead of these mutations....
- Tags: Protein, Compound, Supercomputer, Bird Flu, Scientist, Potential Candidate Drug, Team Management, Cyberthreats, Security, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Did Sally Field break grandma's bone?
- Did Sally Field break grandma's bone?They shouldn't be advertised.He's right - the interactions with the body are complicated, and which drugs you take should be discussed with your doctor, not decided by an ad you've seen on TV.You should never be influenced by an ad to take a certain drug,...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Did Sally Field break grandma's bone?
- Drugs aren't like cars, or beer. Their interactions with the body are complicated and not straightforward. That's why drug advertising used to be restricted. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Advertisement, Drug, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Viacom, Google cut deal on user data
- Viacom, Google cut deal on user dataIf I see one I'll let you know NT&Viacom, Google cut deal on user dataOh this is funny. Google never cared about user privacy before and now that they are going to be sued into oblivion they suddenly care? I hope Viacom hits...
- Tags: INTERNET, Digital media, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., user data
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Viacom statement on YouTube user data
- Viacom statement on YouTube user dataGreat news for the entire copyright communityDing dong ... the witch is dead! ... or at least she is starting to melt! Wow ... I would say this is very good news for the entire copyright industry. While potentially inconvenient to YouTube viewers, and understanding...
- Tags: INTERNET, Digital media, user data, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- FDA warnings in the era of immunity
- FDA warnings in the era of immunityThe indoctrination runs deepNote how it is simply assumed as truth now that big pharmaceutical puts money ahead of the well-being of their customer.Not once does the brain engage to consider how big pharmaceutical could make money once all their customers are dead.One of...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, pharmaceutical company, TV ADS, FDA, environment
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- U.S. Justice Department to be sued
- U.S. Justice Department to be suedWell now,we certainly don't need to track the ACLU now do we? We already know they're everywhere, all the time.RE: U.S. Justice Department to be suedI feel there is a need for finding someone when there lost or hurt. I am writing that they...
- Tags: U.S. Department of Justice
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Deskless Workers, Useless Services: Microsoft Online Misses the Mark
- I spend a lot of time tracking the deskless souls who inhabit the workworld, the factory workers, nurses and others who spend more time on their feet and less time on their butts than the rest of us. So I was all ears as Stephen Elop, Microsoft's latest Business Division...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Worker, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- 12 terabytes of YouTube data
- 12 terabytes of YouTube dataHorrible loss for ConsumersThis Judge needs to be taught what he has the power to do, and not to do. This is a clear violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Not to mention a major privacy issue for all of us that have ever watched...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Must diabetes drugs prove heart benefits?
- Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, who blew the whistle on Avandia last year, recently told an FDA panel they must "rule out some level of harm" to the heart before approving any new diabetes drug. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Heart, Benefit, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Tech, telecom join up to beat back trolls
- Tech, telecom join up to beat back trollsa larger problemThe laws concerning patents, copyrights, and trademarks have spiralled out of control. What was once protection for a short period of time for something truly inventive has become indefinite protection for any casually obvious concept.The "intellectual property" experiment has failed. We...
- Tags: E-mail, telecommunications
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
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