This past Tuesday, President Obama delivered his State of the Union to Congress. While the State of the Union speech always gets a lot buzz from media and the millions of Americans watching from home, another speech captivated our attention and focused...
The article states that Beth Martino felt uncomfortable around those who know more than she does and wanted to be surrounded by more people closer to her age. Was it going to also cost more to keep those employees on the government health plan too? That was worth throwing in there as that...
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When as a patient you are sick, do you care about whether you are a right or left winger, I would venture to say most of us put that on the back burner when needing care. Here we go again, one more OMG story and Mr. Gingrich is at it again and lack of consumer IT literacy is sticking out once more...
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When you look at how the money can be used, it says it right there, go to the IT folks first otherwise none of the rest will work. You need all the algorithms to analyze and come up with game plans before you do you anything, so hopefully each state will figure out best where to use the money. ...
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We have indeed built ourselves one complicated system over the years and with today’s advances in business intelligence and having to support an insurance system that is largely “for profit” which has also invested heavily in data, where do the side come to an agreement. As soon as you seem to...
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This is basically it in a nutshell, some of those mathematical formulas are no more. When you listen to the President speak, this is the entire issue of the entire health insurance business and what has made the American public unhappy over the last number of years. Everyone understands business...
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The court case stated the FDA violated the first amendment of freedom of speech when censoring truthful scientifically backed claims about how selenium can help reduce the risk of cancer. We see a lot of advertising where the train runs away with some products and their advertising where there...
I seems the future of CCHI now resides with David Blumenthal as HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has delegated much of Health IT, especially relative to electronic medical records. For a little recent history, the 2 links below have some updates on what is happening. What is Next on the Agenda ...
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I have my own personal reservations, but not because of what the GOP has going on here, but rather related to the understanding of Business Intelligence and the levels this position will require and having some IT knowledge rather than just the old political stuff is needed in a position that is around...
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