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- 18 truths: The long fail of complexity
- Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...
- Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- GOP will present a health care bill
- Good startGood work Dana. This blog is not biased to the left (we'll see how you fare in the talkbacks though).There's of course still the question why you put politics on this IT tech site."ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals. Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, IT Pros, health care, No., Pelosi, GOP
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Corporate health reform comes to our house
- It doesn't matterAll the health care reform bills currently in congress eliminate HSAs.RE: Corporate health reform comes to our houseYou were wrong about one thing. Health Savings Account do not roll over.It is true you can use some of what is left in the first quarter of the next...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, HSA, HRA, network
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears
- another nail in M$ coffinThe upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.Linux is here to save the day!Wrong Answerhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/DesperationGuess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7Windows 7 a failure?Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?Failure...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SuSE, Linux, Fedora Project, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- VA now loves its VistA software
- In a VA hospital recently and watched VistA at workThe VA hospital in Omaha Nebraska handles about ten times the load of a normal hospital and every single bit of the load is possible because of their software. My sister had a big glitch show up in her medical...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Vista Software, Yes Vista, VA Hospital, MUMPS, hospital, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Behind the GOP revolt on health care
- ZDNET is not a LIBERAL soap box...Treat it like the TECH blog its supposed to be.You want to talk the merits of tech in medicine - I'm there.If you just use your position as a writer to spout your liberal views, you're doing the site a disservice.that's FUDThere is no...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Blogging, NOW IT, Dems, GOP, tax, health care, blog
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Will Windows Mobile jump back to number 2 by 2013?
- Don't summon the marketing people...Win7 house party ads check cNet Buzz Report for a nice roast, Bill Gates shaking his posterior, and misleading Laptop Hunters ads...these are the people you want to sell people on WinMo?Personally I'd say to have MS do the same thing that they mostly do with...
- Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, phone, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, mobile, WinMo
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Why pre-roll app ads on the Zune HD are a dealbreaker
- OptionsAs others have suggested, I guess MS could offer the apps for a fee, as well as free and ad supported. I think it would probably be a good idea if MS is very upfront about a free app being ad supported. I think so long as MS ensures that...
- Tags: Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, dealbreaker, Microsoft Corp., app ad, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Max Baucus opens his kimono
- PelosiObamaReidCare PORC is a Fascist Pig In a constitutional republic like ours, the government's powers are limited by a constitution that protects our unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. PelosiObamaReidCare PORC would violate the unalienable rights of patients, doctors, and business owners by forcing 1)...
- Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Insurance, health care, Max Baucus, office visit, health insurance, kimono
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Integrated Quality Approach - Building Quality Into The Product
- Dynamic business environments need mature testing processes & practices that can guarantee success rather than just cut costs. While testing has traditionally been regarded as a curative solution, the reality is that it is a preventive medicine that can enhance product capabilities and help meet business objectives. Today, nearly 40%...
- Tags: Aspire Systems, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2009-09-07
- Why health care is not in the Constitution
- Neither are food, clothing, and shelterThey're nowhere to be found in the constitution, yet are more important than healthcare. Without those 3 things you'll die real fast so you won't need healthcare. Those needs DID exist when the Constitution was written. There is no federal law making any...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Obama, health care, Constitution
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- Where have all the blogs gone?
- Once readers decide that real news...is what they want instead of misinformation, consistently wrong analysts' opinions, unresearched information pieces all of which is brought to them with terrible spelling and grammar, they will ditch bloggers for more professional media content. Blogs will be for those that enjoy trolling through talkback...
- Tags: Blogging, blog, blogger
- Discussion threads 2009-08-29
- Cutting imaging proves a win-win-win
- Ionizing Radiation Is Very Dangerousand must be employed very, very carefully.If it's not absolutely necessary, [u]don't[/u].Anyone familiar with nuclear physics, engineering, or medicine knows that it only takes one ionizing radiation event to damage one single cell's DNA such that the cell becomes malignantly cancerous to start a life-threatening illness.Any...
- Tags: Document management, Vertical industries, win-win-win, imaging, health care, patient
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Apple denies the denial of Google Voice app
- follow the moneyIf it's in Apple's financial interest find a reason - any reason- to deny the app, I believe they will.If an altered user experience results in people being not will to pay a premium for the product, then I can see the concern.More of a concern though is...
- Tags: Federal government, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, Apple Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Psystar wants your questions for Apple depositions. Seriously.
- I've heard people talk about trying a legal case in the press, but this takes it to a whole new level. It's deposition time in the on-going legal battle between Apple and Mac clone maker Psystar. And to make things fun, Psystar is soliciting questions that it...
- Tags: Deposition, Apple Inc., Psystar, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Who might get health reform passed?
- They're notAnother poll shows that 71% of those surveyed believe there should be a public option. Again, it's of those surveyed - not all Americans. Sort of like your poll.As for the Round Table, I think most large companies are aware of how much their health care benefits...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, public option, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Placing blame for the XTent failure
- Science, Research, and Data Are Not To Blamefor these rest on the scientific method. Instead, other social factors are to blame:The irresponsibility of our public media in chronically sensationalizing news for the sake of entertaining rather than informing the public;The caution practicing physicians must exercise to avoid liability in...
- Tags: comparative effectiveness, Paxil, XTent, stent
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Obesity is the health reform fault line
- Obesity is the health reform fault lineThe naivete is astoundingThe entire point of a universal healthcare system is to FORCE everyone to take care of everyone else. So that the state then has the moral authority to TELL you how to live.Period.A system that ALLOWS everyone to care for everyone...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Healthcare reform, obesity, Obesity, naivete, health care, insurance, universal healthcare
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- FishCo (Italian) (Windows)
- You and your business partner, Tracy, own an aquarium shop where you must breed and raise freshwater fish to sell. As you progress through 40 exciting levels, you can unlock new fish and plants, upgrade filters and lighting, and purchase food and medicine to keep your fish healthy and happy....
- Tags: Aquarium, Fugazo, Food & Beverage, Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-07-16
- FishCo (French) (Windows)
- You and your business partner, Tracy, own an aquarium shop where you must breed and raise freshwater fish to sell. As you progress through 40 exciting levels, you can unlock new fish and plants, upgrade filters and lighting, and purchase food and medicine to keep your fish healthy and happy....
- Tags: Aquarium, Fugazo, Food & Beverage, Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-07-16
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