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- Caribbean medical schools and the primary care shortage
- Caribbean medical schools and the primary care shortageIs a Carribean-trained MD good enough?He is if he passes the boards and does the same internship and residency as anyone else (except I'd waive the internship and residency if the applicant has actively practiced medicine abroad for at least 5 years). ...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Caribbean medical school, medical school, primary care shortage, care shortage, residency training
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- Curing the primary care shortage
- Curing the primary care shortageBelling the catNow the trick is to persuade insurance companies to do that. Possibly you have some economic arguments you could make.Of course, they could also act to artificially inflate the supply by offering medical school scholarships to people who commit to general practice for...
- Tags: Insurance, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, primary care shortage, care shortage, insurance company, compensation
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
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- Ed Tech in a recession
- At the beginning of this week, I wrote about why the OLPC makes less sense than ever during a recession. Little green netbooks, though, aren't the only things that will get hit as the global economy tanks even further. Next year, our district is looking at a best...
- Tags: Recession, Hardware, Technology, Teacher, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4
- It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Animation, Camera, View, View Transitions, Core Graphics, Android API, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Beggars, and no longer choosers
- Detroit, its auto industry and its UAW find themselves facing a whole new era. A Congress that may NOT come across with dollars to keep the Detroit Dinosaurs (that's a management team not an NBA team) playing. And today a new powerful figure in charge of the House...
- Tags: Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- A 1.4-gigapixel camera to detect asteroids
- MIT engineers have developed silicon chips that will be at the heart of a telescope installed on Haleakala mountain, Maui, Hawaii, which will begin operation next month. The system, called Pan-STARRS for Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, is being developed at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy....
- Tags: Asteroid, Camera, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Semiconductors, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille, Earth, Pixel, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Image, Chip, Pan-STARRS
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Wyse, more than just thin clients
- I've followed Wyse for the longest time and yet, when I had an opportunity to speak with Jeff McNaught, CMO of Wyse Technology I was surprised at how far they're business has evolved from that base. The company now is doing interesting things in three areas: virtual clients, cloud computing...
- Tags: Thin Client, Wyse Technology Inc., Thin Clients, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Budget home theater setups
- This is the first of a series of buying guides for those looking forward to this holiday season as a time to assemble a home theater system. First up: budget setups. Whether you need to create a home theater...
- Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, DVD Player, Home Theater, LCD, 1080p, Prestigo SRU8010, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, DVD, Media Players, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro' Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie 'Morro'
- Microsoft today announced plans to kill its Windows Live OneCare PC care and security suite and replace it with a free anti-malware utility. The new product, code-named "Morro," will be designed for a smaller footprint that will use fewer computing resources, making it ideal for low-bandwidth scenarios...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Live, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- How medical device makers can improve U.S. health care
- Up to date equipment is key to productivity in any business and it's clear that the device industry's policies are holding down that productivity here. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Medical Device, Health Care, Productivity, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn, U.S., Norway, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Can free tech keep docs in practice?
- Half the nation's primary care doctors plan to quit within three years even though four-fifths of them realize we have a shortage. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Paperwork, Insurance, E-health, Financial Planning, Software As A Service (SaaS), Government, Healthcare, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Emerging Technologies
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan: With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Flash coming for WiMo, Android, ... iPhone?
- Apple isn't exactly known for bowing to pressure, but Mr. Jobs had to be sweating just a little under his turtleneck Monday when Adobe demonstrated Flash Player 10 running on Nokia's Symbian operating system, Microsoft's Windows Mobile, and Google's Android. Real Flash, not Flash Lite. That leaves the Blackberry and...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Brian X. Chen, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops
- Jerry Yang is no longer CEO of Yahoo. After a short and stormy tenure as CEO Yang is back to being Chief Yahoo. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft and a search deal--if not outright acquisition--may not be too far behind. The official line from Yahoo Techmeme: Yahoo today...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., CEO, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Consumer Watchdog overreacts about Gmail
- ConsumerWatchdog.org isn't too impressed with the way Gmail works -- they are convinced that Google isn't respecting the privacy of their users. Click here to watch the video Some things mentioned in the video may be concerning to some people, but everything mentioned can...
- Tags: Message, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Consumer Watchdog, ConsumerWatchdog, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Security, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Interesting OLPC discussion thread from Amazon
- OK, really for sure, my last update for the day on the Amazon OLPC sales. Just wanted to post a conversation thread from the one, concerned, negative reviewer on Amazon: Refund Policy?, November 17, 2008 By Marilyn Jones Last year, there were many...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Refund, One Laptop Per Child Project, G1G1, XO, Marilyn Jones, Productivity, Sales Strategy, Sales, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Conversation with Replicate Technologies
- Rich Miller, CEO, and Oren Teich, VP Product, both of Replicate Technologies spent a while providing an introduction to the company and an explanation of what they're doing. It was great catching up with both of them. Rich was the CTO of Univa, a company focused on bringing high performance...
- Tags: Oren, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is real
- IT departments are planning to increase offshore outsourcing in 2009, after two years of declines. Nevertheless, a new survey shows offshoring remains a very small portion of IT budgets, and U.S. IT leaders say they're still grappling with an IT labor shortage. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Information Technology, Offshoring, IT Offshoring, IT Department, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner, SIM Card, Offshore Outsourcing, Society Of Information Management, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Tech workforce pinched by economy, feeling like 2003
- That economic doom-and-gloom has finally hit the tech sector and it looks like job cuts in the electronics, telecom and computer industries could be flirting with numbers they haven't seen in years. According to Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a global outplacement firm that tracks daily job cut...
- Tags: Job, Technology Sector, Industry, Job Cut, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
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