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Gates doubles funding for health initiative

Gates doubles funding for health initiativeAh, it's the old "really, I'm not evil!" donation BS..Better save that money, Billy...Good for him.."Gates also cited the need to direct more research toward fighting illnesses and diseases in developing countries."Don't we already have a cure for most of these diseases except for AIDS?...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Free trade, Bill Gates, health care, health initiative, Billy, cure

Discussion threads 2005-05-16

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NHS Connecting for Health Transforms Management of Patient Data to Optimize Quality of Service Delivery

NHS Connecting for Health wanted to build a planning and management architecture for the National Programme for IT NPfIT, a US$21.05 billion (GB£12.7 billion) multiproject initiative to transform service delivery through technology and manage 10-year rollout of NPfIT to over 300 hospitals (270 general, acute hospitals) in England to give...

Tags: Patient, QoS, Hospital, Oracle Corp., Health Care, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources

Case studies 2009-11-01

Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?

Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...

Tags: NETWORKING, H1N1 flu, network, marketing, network congestion, flu, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Washington finally embraces tech; the benefits will be here soon

It's about time.. Maybe they'll even learn about tech.Now if only Washington would start protecting our digital media rights. We should be able to use media we purchase on any device we own. Washington has done everything it can to screw us out of that right for the past decade....

Tags: Government, Benefits, Vertical industries, cloud computing, Data Ownership, Google Inc., benefit, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

News to know: Bing; Windows; HP; RIM; ZuiTUbe; CD sales; Wimax

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. Larry Dignan: Bing gains search share on Yahoo, Google Ed Bott: XP, Vista, or Windows 7: Which OS is...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., CD, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, E-mail, WiMAX, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Analytics in Healthcare: How the Healthcare Industry Will Uncover the Real Value of Electronic Medical Records and the Emerging Electronic Health Record (EHR) Initiative

Electronic Medical Records EMRs and Electronic Health Records EHRs hold great promise to improve the efficiency and quality of patient care while reducing cost and errors. The development of standard data models and a standard lexicon for coding patient care - coupled with government endorsement for a national healthcare information...

Tags: Analytics, Industry, Electronic Health Record, Health Care, E-health, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources

White papers 2009-08-01

Coca-Cola Teaches The World To....

"Participating in the community of the consumer." I love that phrase.  That's the way Jim Keyes, Blockbuster CEO described their Facebook group - which is for the most part, despite all our conversations to the contrary, is what most people think of when you say "community" or "social network"...

Tags: Facebook, Fan, Coca-Cola Co., Beverage, Customer, Machine, Coke, Coca-Cola Freestyle, Food & Beverage, RFID, Manufacturing, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Will touchscreen Windows 7 netbooks be hot or not?

Will touchscreen Windows 7 netbooks be hot or not?Hardware FirstWithout the hardware, there's no way it'll take off since no one will be able to take advantage of Touch features. I think the hardware has to come first, and I've been interested in touchscreen netbooks but there are very few...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, netbook, touch screen, Microsoft Windows 7, mouse, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

How Obama's electronic medical record plan could jolt content management’s importance

I had a jolt of enthusiasm the other day when drinking my Red Bull and thinking of President Barack Obama’s push for real electronic records management. As Ron Miller said a while ago on the topic: Bex Huff, who is a consultant specializing in Oracle Enterprise Content Management, wonders...

Tags: Electronic Health Record, Health Care, Content Management, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Doc

Sponsored content 2009-06-16

News to know: Salesforce.com; Microsoft; Apple tablet; Google

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. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com delivers mixed fiscal year outlook: Earnings up, revenue light Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Pop quiz - Which would you choose (Mac vs. PC)? ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Thriving in Challenging Times With EMC Solutions for Healthcare

The attendee of this webcast will find out how efficient IT can help the healthcare organization do more with less. EMC solutions for healthcare enable to thrive in a difficult economy. The attendee will learn how EMC is helping Partners HealthCare deploy an IT initiative that is setting a new...

Tags: Solutions Inc., Health Care, EMC Corp., Vertical Industries, Storage, Benefits, Healthcare, Hardware, Human Resources

Webcasts 2009-05-22

News to know: Intel; WiMax, Oracle; Craigslist; Apple's WWDC

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. Andrew Nusca: EC: Intel 'abused dominant position' vs AMD; fined record $1.45 billion in antitrust case Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: EU...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Craigslist, Richard Koman, WWDC, Oracle Corp., Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Virtualization, WiMAX, Corporate Law, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Security, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility, Business Operations

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Lawson Software: Positive first impressions

I'm currently attending Lawson Software's annual conference, called CUE 09, in San Diego. Since this is my first in-depth exposure to the company, I thought it appropriate to share a few thoughts and comments. Overall, I like the company: the people are nice, they articulate product strategy clearly, and senior management obviously...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Customer Satisfaction, Blogger, Blogging, Product Marketing, Internet, Marketing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Intel awards innovation around Classmate PC

Intel awarded four $100,000 prizes today at IDF as part of their INSPIRE/EMPOWER Challenge. Interestingly, three of the prize winners made use of the Intel Classmate PC. According to Intel's press release, The challenge called on the developer community to bring forth the most...

Tags: Innovation, Intel Classmate PC, Researcher, PC, Intel Corp., MSCC, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Desktops, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Proprietary advantage the argument against health IT?

Proprietary advantage the argument against health IT?Health Care = Big BusinessThose of us who live in the developed world outside the US and have nationalized health care systems (Canada, Europe, Japan, etc.) are always astounded at how much Americans pay for health care. My father just had two major surgeries...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health-IT

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

News to know: Salesforce.com; SXSW; Cisco; HP

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. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com: Pondering the next 10 years   Sam Diaz: SMBs to Salesforce: We want more SaaS ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., SXSW, Microsoft Windows, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Pfizer Inc Speeds Data Access, Ensures Security With Identity and Access Management Solution

Pfizer Inc, a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry, is taking aim at this challenge through a comprehensive, yet flexible identity management strategy designed to enable efficient, authorized access to information while helping to facilitate compliance with requirements imposed by Sarbanes-Oxley, 21. Code of Federal Regulations CFR Part 11, and...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Pfizer Inc., Access Management, Data Access, Identity, Identity Management, Authentication/Encryption, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Security, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

Case studies 2009-03-01

What BearingPoint

What BearingPointGood riddance?The Brits are finding out the hard way about digitizing medical records. Their own national IT project is way over budget and not very close to a solution (I know because I read the Register!). If the FBI can't even get their case file system working, what chance...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Outsourcing, Operational accounting, Financial services, Brits, BearingPoint Inc., acquisition

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

Waiting on a health IT czar

Waiting on a health IT czarMay I know?What is the "Career Employee" means to?Cheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.comWelcome to Socialiam 101 No rights, taxes on everything, same set up as getting your car tags what a great idea. Politicians (Democrats who don't pay taxes) telling everyone to PAY more money to the socialist...

Tags: Communism, health-IT, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-20

DTV delayed until June

DTV delayed until JunePresident Obama and the Congress ....... got this one wrong! The same people that aren't ready now won't be ready in June. It is their nature that until their hand is forced they will not act.Furthermore, since when is television is a right? Did...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, digital television, TV

Discussion threads 2009-02-05