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The silver bullet of preventive care

The silver bullet of preventive careRethink it."It is chronic conditions, like diabetes, that are driving up your health insurance rates. Better compliance reduces those costs."No. It is poor personal choices and lifestyles, along with legal climate, that are ramping up costs! I'm not just surmising on this: ...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Insurance, health care, Max Baucus, preventive care, personal choice

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

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Paying for what does not work remains popular

We are already there, DanaYou said "But at some point your neighbors, who are paying for your excess, whether in the form of insurance or in the form of taxes, are going to start asking these hard questions"We are already there. I agree with you that many of us...

Tags: Insurance, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, prostate cancer, job

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Using green IT to meet corporate sustainability goals. Deloitte offers tips in Webinar.

Wondering how to get your chief executive to buy more into technology's role in helping reduce energy consumption or in managing environmental initiatives? Deloitte Consulting recently hosted a seminar called "Competing in the Low-Carbon Economy: The Essential Dialogue Between the CIO and the C-Suite. Its goal was...

Tags: Sustainability, Deloitte LLP, Webinar, Green IT, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-22

U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon warns of 'abyss" and 'widespread disaster'

Dear Mr Fuller you have to understand a few thing WEll even if i find your post always refreshing and deeply educating you must understand this until there hurrican lvl 6and 7 or twister force 6 or 7 or all coastal area will be under...

Tags: Ban Ki-moon

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Do video games really make you fat, depressed?

The headline du jour is that the average gamer is 35, depressed and fat. The reality may be a bit more nuanced. MSNBC runs with a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University and Andrews University. That trio analyzed survey data from...

Tags: Health Care, Video Game, Video, BMI, Games, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Insurance reform is not health care

So whose fault is your inertia?>I should have had my cholesterol checked earlier. My neighbor should have had it checked period. That?s health care, but because we have health insurance instead my care came late, and my neighbor died.Your doctor doesn't accept appointments? S/he told you never to call and...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance Reform, health care, insurance, health insurance

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents (Mobile)

powered by Skyscape Publisher: The American Academy of Pediatrics Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents provides a standardized, well-researched way in which everyone who cares for children in any capacity can help to realize country''s health picture for every child in America, regardless of race,...

Tags: Mobile, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-08-04

Risk rating for fatties?

Risk rating for fatties?But where are the exceptions?My wife went on heavy steroids when she was treated for acute leukemia. That changes your shape pretty fast - guess you could call it a bloating side effect.Actually, I prefer the tax on "fat food", including sugar based drinks, to build...

Tags: Vertical industries, Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, insurance company, government, insurance, health care, fatty

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Can Benjamin nomination change the debate?

Can Benjamin nomination change the debate?Thanks Dana.For this political post.Uhm. I thought the elections were over?OFF TOPICIs this a Tech Web Site/Blog or is this MoveOn.org? I'm getting tired of the political bias on this site when the political discussion does not relate to IT/Tech. Post left wing...

Tags: Benjamin

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

PrevCare (Mobile)

Selected preventive care guidelines for asymptomatic low-risk adults excerpted from the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd ed. by the US Preventive Services Task Force.

Tags: Mobile, Guideline, Adult, Karl Hsu, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Where cheaper is not better

Where cheaper is not better$2,500 -v- $40,000The cost of an PET/CT or MRI scan was about $2,500 when I had mine and a round of radiation or chemo is going to be at least $40,000. Identifying the efficacy of a treatment early can save some major dollars when the...

Tags: Financial Planning, HEALTHCARE, PET/CT, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

Is stimulus health IT money a trojan horse?

Is stimulus health IT money a trojan horse?From a free market to Socialism 101'Amerika' will be a model for its comrades in a few years, the days of having a choice will soon be decided for you by our new Socialist gov and don't worry about healthcare they will setup...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, SECURITY, trojan horse, information technology, Comparative Effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, Troy, health care

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Tech stimulus: $20b for health care records

Tech stimulus: $20b for health care recordsWe already have universal healthcareThat's where the uninsured go to the emergency room (where no one can be turned away, by law) instead of a clinic or doctor. Very expensive resources are used to treat everyday symptoms. They don't pay and the government doesn't...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, stimulus

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

The 10 best IT certifications

Guest post from TechRepublic's 10 Things blog: IT pros tend to have strong opinions when debating the value of professional certification â€" and views become even more polarized when it comes down to a discussion of which certs are meaningful. TechRepublic's Erik Eckel put together a list of the accreditations...

Tags: Project Management, Security, Expertise, Certification, Skill, Exam, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., MCITP, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Certification, Project Management Professional Certification, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-11

How doctors may benefit from personal health records

How doctors may benefit from personal health recordsOpening up to more than Google and MicrosoftFrom what I understand, the need for these data systems to work together is a big part of the larger electronic health record EHR challenge. It's encouraging to see Medicare tying in with existing personal health...

Tags: E-health, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, personal health record, MedeFile Card, health care, Alex Papas, benefit

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

The silver bullet of preventive care

The public debate will center on costs and mandates, but behind it will lie faith that Internet technology, if applied universally, can do what all those TV commercials telling you to watch your weight and stop smoking failed to do. Restore discipline. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night

To listen to health care debates raging in the U.S. and Canada is to hear ideology taken to extremes. Most Canadians can't get private health care at all, and the Canadian Medical Association CMA is fighting an uphill battle to build a private system. In the U.S.,...

Tags: U.S., Health Care, Canada, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Are you underinsured?

Are you underinsured?The problem is costs.Being uninsured is not the problem. It is a symptom. It is the cost of medicine. It is so expensive, that we cannot afford the insurance no matter who handles the policy. The profit margins on all the suppliers of medicine are absurd. A push...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Being Uninsured, Insurance deductible, health care, insurance, national healthcare

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

Pocket Primary Care (PktPCare) (Mobile)

Pocket Primary Carepowered by Skyscape Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Designed to provide key clinical information familiar to medical students and interns in an easy-to-use quick refrence format. You can also customize the content by adding your own notes and comments.Provides key points on common problems seen in the ambulatory...

Tags: Mobile, Skyscape Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-06-03

5-Minute Clinical Consult 2008 2.0 (Mobile)

5-Minute Clinical Consult 2008 is a comprehensive, structured clinical resource that presents essential, evidence based information about the diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and associated conditions of more than 600 medical conditions. This reference is available in an easy to understand and use format, and we hope this time trusted source...

Tags: Algorithm, Mobile, Reference, Therapy, 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2008, Engineering

Software downloads 2008-06-03