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Happy 50th Anniversary, DARPA
April 11, 2008 9:41 AM by Bob Mitchell
You may have missed the celebration this week, but 50 years ago then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in response to Russia's surprise launch of the first man-made satellite, Sputnik. At the Read More...
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Fatigued RNs Worry About Drowsy Driving
April 10, 2008 5:40 PM by Frank Irving
In a national online survey conducted by the American Society of Registered Nurses (ASRN), 32 percent of the RNs surveyed said they were too fatigued after work to be driving and "shouldn't be on the road." "Nurses who work at night are four more times Read More...
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Eight Days and Your Organization Could be Out of Business
February 8, 2008 11:09 AM by Bob Mitchell
Eight is the magic number. Eight days. That's all it could take for your organization to be out of business. Eight days. According to a recent Gartner survey of 359 information security and risk management professionals from the United States, United Read More...
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Strategizing Around the Board
January 30, 2008 4:10 PM by Bob Mitchell
I read an interesting article the other day about the emergency room (ER) staff at Bristol Hospital in Bristol, Conn. Staff members who played a board game simulating a 24-hour cycle at the hospital found that managers produce better results working collegially Read More...
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Large Donation for Children’s Hospital
January 18, 2008 12:06 PM by Bob Mitchell
Aetna recently donated a $500,000 grant to a telemedicine program at UC Davis Children's Hospital. That's a boatload of money. And, why did the folks at this California hospital get all of the money? According to Gerald Bishop, MD, Aetna's senior medical Read More...
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Meeting the Likes of Brian and Douglas
January 3, 2008 10:20 AM by Bob Mitchell
While I relaxed with my family over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, I had a chance to catch up on some reading. I really enjoy reading the articles in Men’s Health magazine and one article caught my attention. It’s a story about 37-year-old Douglas Read More...
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Super-Sizing the Business
December 20, 2007 8:23 AM by Bob Mitchell
When I worked at a pizzeria supporting my income during college, we were often encouraged to suggestive-sell to the customer. "Would you like extra cheese on your pizza?" "Would you like a large soda?" I thought of this recently as I read about how IT Read More...
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Critical Mass
December 10, 2007 12:35 PM by Jim Boyle
I can sort of see the merit of Facebook's initial Beacon program, in a "capitalism, yay!" perspective. As ubiquitous as the Internet has become, it's still pretty difficult to turn a profit on the Web, minus a multi-billion sale to a major corporation. Read More...
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Subprime’s Meltdown and its Impact on Health Care
December 5, 2007 9:40 AM by Bob Mitchell
The meltdown in the subprime lending market is hitting home. Health care organizations that carry Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance and Errors & Omissions (E&O) coverage are being snagged into the subprime mortgage market meltdown. Read More...
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HIMSS Forecast: Sunny with a chance of foot pain
November 15, 2007 11:38 AM by Diana Olsen
It's November and for the health care IT community that means that registration notices for HIMSS are showing up in your inbox like clockwork. For my part, I'm eagerly anticipating the mid-winter trip to Orlando, where I'll step out of the convention Read More...
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Sitting at the Table Working Together
November 6, 2007 8:48 AM by Bob Mitchell
In the November cover story, I interviewed Leo Gilmore, senior vice president and CIO at Lancaster General health system in Lancaster, Pa., and Madeline Weiss, president of Weiss Associates, about the use of organizational agility. The topic was fascinating Read More...
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Life in the Technology Lane
November 2, 2007 11:54 AM by Diana Olsen
On a chilly November night in 2006 my husband and I drove from our apartment in Philadelphia to a small town in New Jersey. We drove down dark, unfamiliar roads as the clock approached 10 p.m. It was about 10:20 when the lights came into view. At first, Read More...
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