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Should health IT be immune from suits

Think health IT vendors should be subject to the full market discipline of civil courts, as doctors and still drug companies are? Or would that destroy the industry? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Benefits, Clinician, Dana Blankenhorn, Enterprise Software, Health Care, Healthcare, Human Resources, Immunity, Information Technology, Management, Silverstein, Software, Tools & Techniques, Vertical Industries

Blog posts 2009-03-25

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Will health IT be Obama version of the Iraq War

Will health IT be Obama version of the Iraq WarA can of wormsIn the early 80s I developed a purchase order management system for a chain of department stores. The basic design was actually fairly simple. But that was based on everything working perfectly, which seldom happens in...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Strategy, Scot, naivete, health-IT, Iraq War, Obama, physician

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

Will health IT be Obama version of the Iraq War

If Silverstein is right health IT may be Obama's Iraq War. If he is wrong industry needs to prove him wrong, and not just try to discredit him. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Encouraging more pedal power

So, I guess the first thing I really HAVE to do is address Harry’s bequest in the last post. For the record, I do not believe male extinction is a good thing, even though, strangely enough, I sing with 48 or so other women in my local Sweet Adelines chorus....

Tags: Contest, Bicycle, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-09-24

Lawgarithms Links for 8/13/07

Remember that between entries here you can keep up with the Live Web and other issues I'm spotting by subscribing to my Google Reader Starred Items. Among the links now playing:Two-word license agreement: "F--- YOU!", from Boing Boing by Cory DoctorowFair Use for YouTube & MySpace Users, from Slashdot...

Tags: Google Inc., BitTorrent, Google Reader, Blog, Lawgarithms, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2007-08-13

Google scary now? Personal Health Records, sponsored by Google, next

Google scary now? Personal Health Records, sponsored by Google, nextWon't happen, at least not in the near future.Current HIPAA regulations will not allow this kind of information to be available, so you will NOT see this kind of information online.The title of this article is the scary part. Deliberately...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, personal health record, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., health care

Discussion threads 2007-04-24

Watch out Google? Yellow Pages meets Del.icio.us in YellowBot

Can Google win at Local? That is the $39 billion advertising question. Just as Google’s AdWords fueled billions can readily drive a multi-billion dollar takeover of the online display advertising market, in other words a DoubleClick buyout, Google’s spare cash can easily subsidize free local directory assistance service, in...

Tags: Social Web, Social Networking, Advertising, Yellow Pages, Web 2.0, Social Software, Social Media, Marketing, Local, Google, Culture

Blog posts 2007-04-23

The future of Local Search: Report from the field

What is the future of local search?Number one search engine Google wants to determine the local search future, just like it aims to lead all the myriad forms of search and advertising it is setting its eyes on.Several hundred local search and advertising executives have convened in Santa Clara for...

Tags: SEARCH, local search

Blog posts 2007-03-20

HP enlists Orange Country Choppers for SuperBowl ad

Hewlett-Packard is one of the seminal Silicon Valley companies, rooted in the nerdy engineering-driven culture that also spawned Intel, Apple, Sun, Google and other legends in the neighborhood. Unlike Apple, which has become synonymous with cool consumer tech, HP is still mostly iconic as an engineering company that happens to...

Tags: General, Personal Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Roman, advertisement

Blog posts 2007-01-28

Google: Happy Birthday to us!

Google's homepage today features a special Google logo incoporating a birthday cake and an oversized number eight designed to celebrate "Google 8th Birthday!"According to Google's FAQ:When is Google's birthday? Google opened its doors in September 1998. The exact date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years,...

Tags: Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-09-27

EU to tax e-mail, text messages?

EU to tax e-mail, text messages?Makes senseIt costs a lot to harass successful companies with never-ending legal actions!Good for politicians, bad for citiznes.But hey, it's the EU and gawd knows the EU commision knows more than the people living there.Sounds interesting: charge senders?Let 'em go for it. Then let's...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax

Discussion threads 2006-05-26

Eavesdropping: A little dab'll Dubya

Eavesdropping: A little dab'll DubyaThe other side knows we're listeningWhat's so retarded about all this...a phrase you get used to typing with the current administration...is that intelligence pros know that any unsecured communication medium can be monitored and tracked. That's why operatives don't fax in their daily report over...

Tags: Network security, Fax, SECURITY, constitution, intrusion, expedience

Discussion threads 2006-01-24

Google creates tools for hurricane relief

Google creates tools for hurricane reliefCan Google create tools for searching ‘the truth as it is'?Before you'll read the post, try to remember:If you'll have an excuse to deny the truth in your life, life will definitely have a reason to deny you.If you have excuses for your life, remember...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, tool, Google Inc., WTC

Discussion threads 2005-09-13

Playboy offers free pics for your PSP

Playboy offers free pics for your PSPIt's Ok For ZDNazis To Post Porn StoriesBut it's sooooooo bad to expose the Bush administration and the government for lying about 9/11 and OKC....Hypocrites...Yeah, go ahead and delete my posts, and my account. I will just come back under a different name...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, rationale, conspiracy theory, 9/11 commission, Web site, Playboy, Sony PlayStation Portable

Discussion threads 2005-04-20

Homeland security: Profiting from fear

Homeland security: Profiting from fearWhat fear? Why fear? Who's afraid of the big badWolf?I've never had a moment of fear caused by 9/11....What purpose does this fear serve in the lives of those who feel it? If you are scared reach out to one another and build...

Tags: Vertical industries, Constitution, government, homeland security

Discussion threads 2004-10-19

DOJ wants new antipiracy powers

DOJ wants new antipiracy powersReally starting to get ridiculousI suppose that in the future, if I say "Oops, I did it again", I'll have to pay for a license to say that.We'll have to get per-user licenses for our radios and CD playersProhibition all over again ...Hopefully Ashcroft gets the...

Tags: antipiracy, U.S. Department of Justice, democracy, Osama

Discussion threads 2004-10-12

Report on Sept. 11 finds home on Net

Report on Sept. 11 finds home on Net9/11 coverupWhy was WTC buildings rigged with explosives on September 11th? And why did the owner of the Trade Center complex, Larry Silverstein, personally give the go ahead to "pull" (read: demolish) those two buildings? It takes some time to rig a building...

Tags: steel, wreckage, fighter jet, Andrews Air Force Base, More Evidence, Sept. 11

Discussion threads 2004-07-22