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Medsphere now says open source will make it dominant

Medsphere now says open source will make it dominantMumps...but I wonder if [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS#Major_users_of_MUMPS_applications]Mumps[/url] will prevail?Not a lot of Mumps programmers out there.Good startA system of the size and scope of Veterans' Administration is an excellent foundation upon which to build. There are also a fair number of hospitals and...

Tags: Scripting languages, Medsphere, open source, MUMPS

Discussion threads 2007-10-26

SAP, Accenture team up on health care software

SAP, Accenture team up on health care softwareVistA Medical Imagining/ RecordsAccenture is the former Andersen Consulting, of Arthur Andersen Enron shredding infamy. When I worked at Arthur Andersen, it had the largest health care IT consulting practice in the US, and wasn't married to any one vendor. I worked as...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, team, health care, Accenture Ltd., MUMPS, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2006-09-20

Additional Resources

Gates' next act is to step into vaccine controversy

Gates' next act is to step into vaccine controversyGates Next ACTWhat's surprising about this?Carl Icahn thinks he knows how to run Yahoo!.The medical community has a pretty set way of choosing to adopt generalized treatments, and a lot of consideration goes to cost vs benefit. Bill will have to...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Why are reformers destroying Veterans' health computer system?

Why are reformers destroying Veterans' health computer system?...And people wonder why I hate corporations so much! Here is a perfectly functioning system of which I am a member of as a disabled veteran and now because of greed, we have to have our services jeopardized?!This is total bullsh!t and exactly...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Maduro, Cerner Corp., health care

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

A successful Veterans Administration is dangerous

A successful Veterans Administration is dangerousAgreedIt has not always been so. In years past the VA did an outstanding job, and it remains a very cost-effective provider. The question is whether its recent mismanagement is fixable, or endemic to its nature.Do you know any Vets receivingmedical care? I help...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Veterans Administration, medical care

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

Sun, MySQL and the return of integrated solutions

I just read the announcement that Sun has acquired MySQL for $1 Billion. Rather than just citing the facts and wishing that I was one of the founders of MySQL so that I could purchase that dream home in Florida, I'd like to consider what's really going on rather than...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-01-17

Is Linux enough for open source medical advocates?

Is Linux enough for open source medical advocates?Linux Vendor Lock-in?[i]without giving them the power to switch vendors which open source delivers naturally[/i]Is not Linux and Open Source supposed to do away with software Lock-in?Just a matter of time.Hospitals are one of the killing zones pardon the pun for proprietary software...

Tags: Operating systems, HEALTHCARE, hospital, McKesson, open source, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

Microsoft: Better software can prevent medical mishaps

Microsoft: Better software can prevent medical mishapsOver reach??As an critical care RN I have suffered thru too many "know it all companies" that have no background except in the medical field but do have the silly idea that they can make billions with any idea. OK, what Microsoft is...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., software

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

National ID plan may have killed immigration bill

National ID plan may have killed immigration billBill RejectionThe headline states The Senate rejected President Bush's immigration plan. It should read The Senate finally listened to the people. With 80% of the US citizenry opposed to the bill President Bush has nothing to do with it. It was...

Tags: Ted Kennedy, National ID plan, National ID

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

Cory Doctorow on taming the trolls

Cory Doctorow on taming the trollsAttracting the trollsFirst let's define what a troll is. Basically it's someone who disagrees with you - they may be foaming at the mouth and raving about Win$ucks or Eunuchs (guilty ;-)) or be incapable of logical argument see Paul Murphy but essentially they...

Tags: Blogging, ZDNet Bloggers, Cory Doctorow, troll, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

Practice Fusion brings free, on demand service to physicians

San Francisco-based startup Practice Fusion is hoping to do for medical practice management and electronic health records EHR what salesforce.com did for CRM. Practice Fusion is on demand suite of physician applications that includes practice management including claims and billing, electronic medical records, scheduling and a patient portal. It differs...

Tags: E-health, HEALTHCARE, Practice Fusion, physician, Howard

Blog posts 2007-03-16

OpenBSD hit by 'critical' IPv6 flaw

OpenBSD hit by 'critical' IPv6 flawIt still isYou can still make that claim. Remember, "Only two remote holes in the default install, in more than 10 years!" That still makes for a very good arguement of being one of the most secure operating systems.My faultI posted on...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NETWORKING, BSD, OpenBSD, IPv6, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-03-14

An idea from 1997 - needed now

I was looking at an application of the DUNDI (Distributed Universal Number Discovery - "a peer-to-peer system for locating Internet gateways to telephony services.") protocol within the Asterix open source PBX environment when I noticed that the combination is missing something important -which I just happen to have "invented" a...

Tags: Oracle Corp., cartridge

Blog posts 2006-09-14

One customer to unleash the flood

One customer to unleash the floodYawn... More like a dribble. nt.Worth doingDana, I've watched the OpenVista developments with keen interest.VA did a great service to release their 'MUMPS' based system into the public domain.Just so happens I am working on an EMR project and appreciate the level of...

Tags: Venture capital, EMR, F-key

Discussion threads 2006-09-07

Sage takes a $565 million shot at medical software

Sage takes a $565 million shot at medical softwareOh YeahI'd buy software from Sage, NOT.Open Source VistAThe real story here is that any entreprenure can get the Veteran's Administration's open source code and that this open source project is thretening to Microsoft and the Gates Foundation, who must see HeathCare...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Vertical industries, Health Level 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Lets See, Microsoft Corp., Gates Foundation, Sage, open source, software

Discussion threads 2006-08-09

Can open source save your life?

Can open source save your life?This is a great ideaI had MUMPS as a kid - and I wouldn't wish that on ANY programmer . . .Ermmm....If this software is "the freest thing there is" why would it cost the hospitals $7M?Perhaps the hospitals should employ someone to take on...

Tags: Government, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, hospital, hardware, open source, GPL, software

Discussion threads 2006-06-05

Why haven't GUIs progressed?

My wife asked a variant on this question the other day, particularly with respect to shortcuts that let you bypass the user friendly stuff once you outgrow it. Sadly I haven't much of a clue here. It seems clear that the Apple GUI has consistently been the most effective...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, GUI, Apple Computer Inc., SunView, Lifestream, desktop

Blog posts 2006-05-31

Infectious Disease Doctor (zip)

Infectious Disease Doctor is a complete guide to the management of the 21 most common infection problems afflicting man today. Discussions concerning the disease description, orders, diagnosis, and therapeutics are presented in a most concise and comprehensive manner. Designed for physicians and patients, Infectious Disease Doctor acts as a quick...

Tags: Patient, Infectious Disease Doctor

Software downloads 2006-02-09

Linux entrepreneur tries again

Linux entrepreneur tries againLinux entrepreneur tries againSorry, but I wouldn't trust anything this guy does. Just look what he did with VA Linux. THey nearly went bankrupt and lost millions of dollars. No vision means no future.I predict total failure...This guy is an obvious fraud. First he gets...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Entrepreneurship, Operating systems, Strategy, VA Software Corp., SteveB, Billg, Linux, information technology

Discussion threads 2005-08-16

Health care's the ticket, Craig Barrett says

Health care's the ticket, Craig Barrett says"Intel Inside" has a more darker meaning?Lets face it, microchips implanted will become the means neccessary to enslave the masses like sheep. Automatic ID being a realtime event on a global scale and perspective by telecommunication technologies, and man and machine become as...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Insurance, health care, Craig Barrett, health insurance industry

Discussion threads 2005-04-13