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- What open source can teach medical practice
- Great article, Dana.You did in such a short piece what CNN, MSNBC, FOX and other media journalists failed to do: tell the story as it really is. You didn't take what was news worthy and sensationalized it, nor played up a negative reading of it to frighten those possibly affected,...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, open source, medical practice, CNN
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- The medical home is reform without objections, so far
- Medical HomeThis path is already being broken. At my company, the $56/paycheck credit for not taking a company medical insurance plan has been replaced with a $20 credit IF you participate in a company-sponsored "wellness" program. You have to have a screening on company time - weight, BP,...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, United HealthCare, DUI, public entity, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Reid promises 60 on Saturday
- promises, promises, promisesHe will not get his 60 on Saturday. There are enough senators with the backbone to avoid what will be an economic catastrophe for our nation.Obama created phantom jobsSomeone did bother looking into the jobs Obama claimed to save / create and found this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1t3zZBhJ7wBlog not about Obama or...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Reid
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- An interesting exchange on politics and IT
- Was just thinking about thisExcept I was thinking about what I've heard Linux advocates say in the past, that most consumers make dumb technology choices, and whether this squares with advocating for free markets? Yes, I think it does. People will buy products that they can relate to and feel...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, PRODUCTIVITY, information technology, Linux, computer, software
- Discussion threads 2009-11-14
- Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1
- Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, payroll solutions, H1N1 flu, insurance, life insurance, health insurance, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- The fight for medical cost transparency is coming online
- Unfortunately the "industry" will manipulate the data to their advantage.Universities cannot force "honest" disclosure of true rates like the government can. I can see another indictment and or law suite for manipulation in a year or two.The colleges work for the governmentIt's semi-privatized, which conservatives will like, but it's...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Government, Benefits, health care, transparency
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Insurer research arm pushes comparative effectiveness
- cougarster comHey guys, do you like dating with a cougar? Or are you a cougar yourself? Okay, no matter you are looking for a NSA, FWB or serious relationship. You'll want to check this out:**== Cougarster.com ==**It's where cougars and younger men can meet(Cougar is the slang for...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, troll, Dana
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Any value in Google's Social Search for students?
- Value?? May be we should see history of Twitter.On Monday, Google launched Social Search. Before finding about the success of the product, analysis have started in making the product a hit or flop.If we are blaming the social search to be useless to the students, then we should not forget...
- Tags: Generation Y people, social search, Twitter Inc., Facebook, Google Inc., Generation Y, Google Social Search
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Antitrust: Time to break apart the phone companies -- again?
- Actually,those 'guaranteed revenue' companiesAre not so rare. Food companies, oil and gas companies, phone companies, electric companies, water utilities.... the list goes on and on if I had enough time to think of them all.That is why we need to break up any company that gets more than a 10%...
- Tags: Corporate law, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, Food & Beverage, 360Networks Corp., phone company, phone, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Microsoft wins seat at health IT table
- this is shamIt is inconceivable that an anti christian organization like M$ would work with a christian hospital.Scary having your stuff running on MS softwareIt's scary to have any data about you stored on a Microsoft Infrastructure. Even scarier that it's your health records.Glad I don't use (or will...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, EMR, Microsoft Corp., health-IT, health care, interoperability
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Snowe and enemies push health reform forward
- Of course . . ."But the story is not yet told, and the trolls below will have their day."Of course. Your way is so right and everybody else is so wrong.at this point If they SO against the health reform let them have it there way since they...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- The T-Mobile-Microsoft Sidekick data disaster: Poor IT management going mainstream
- Always have local copies of your dataThe above is why it is a bad idea to put your fate in someone else's hands when you have a choice. By default, keep your data processing and data stores local, and then use cloud services when they suit you. All these kiddies...
- Tags: Federal government, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, agency, FDA, job
- Discussion threads 2009-10-11
- Can IBM's DNA transistor someday take genetic sequencing mainstream?
- IBM Research on Tuesday unveiled plans to create a "DNA transistor" that would result in personalized genetic testing for about $100 to $1,000. If successful, IBM could take genetic testing mainstream. In other words, your future Best Buy shopping list may look like this: PC, digital camera,...
- Tags: DNA, Transistor, IBM Corp., Biotechnology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Sports and Fitness Manager for Workgroup 1.2 (Windows)
- This is a more powerful version of Sports and Fitness Manager, with all of the features of the standard version, but with the additional capability to share data in real time over the network. A comprehensive solution, the program allows creating the database and events planned. It is absolutely essential...
- Tags: Coach, Microsoft Windows, Binary House Software, Backups, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2009-10-04
- Now the fun starts on health reform
- Tyranny wrapped up in compassionand you're a willing advocate. News flash for you. You won't get to be one of the rulers. Your life will wind up sucking just as badly as everyone else under the new system.A move to Canada is looking better and better every day. nt:-(Health Care...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, province, federal government, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Sports and Fitness Manager 1.2 (Windows)
- A comprehensive solution, the program allows creating the database and events planned. It is absolutely essential for coaches, fitness instructors, aerobics instructors, group exercise instructors, fitness coordinators, scuba diving instructors, trainers and team leaders, as it provides them with a tool to organize the business and to manage it effectively....
- Tags: Coach, Microsoft Windows, Schedule, Binary House Software, Backups, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2009-10-02
- Democrats threaten to grow backbones over health reform
- Good analysis.ntthis bill is DOA!Thanks to the efforts of real Americans in Congress and townhalls, the road to socialism in America has been blocked for now.The liberal plan to take over our healthcare and turn it into an expensive third world healthcare has been foiled, but the real test comes...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Reform, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Goverlan Remote Administration Suite 7.01.27 (Windows)
- Globally control your environment, generate reports on the configuration, status and health of your machines. Control & manage your enterprise by pushing administrative tasks on groups of machines or users. Use the powerful detection features to search for objects with a particular state or configuration. Perform live support and diagnostics...
- Tags: PJ Technologies, Microsoft Windows, WMI, Machine, Goverlan Remote Administration Suite, Network Administration, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-09-30
- The burnout risks for E2.0 community managers
- Dion Hinchcliffe's piece on community management surprised me. There is a sense that Dion is trying to lay down some ground rules in an area that is too new for anyone to draw anything other than tentative and early stage conclusions. That's not to say that conclusions are incorrect. There...
- Tags: Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
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