Thanks to the Wall Street Journal for putting the numbers together for us. There are 2 physicians in the Senate and this seems like a very good time to include a video from a post earlier this year with Robert Scoble interviewing Senator Dr. Tom Coburn, who by the way has a few fans if you check...
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on 11-06-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Congress, Scoble, Tom Coburn, Bloggers, Election 2008, Physicians in Congress
Words of wisdom and right to the heart of the matter. Below I have included a clip from the Wall Street Journal about President Bush signing a bill on protecting intelligent property, and what I found interesting is the mentioning of the fact that the coordinator for this was originally to be housed...
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on 10-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Health IT, Congress, software, Wall Street, White House, Algorithms, Geeks, Laws, formulas, Warren Buffett, Department of Justice, Intelligent Property, Sofware
This does not make sense, why don’t we find other ways to spend the funds, like perhaps some additional limbs for soldiers that come home from war, bionic arms and hands which DARPA has funded and helped create? What’s up with this? DARPA is also involved in biotech research as well. ...
When the sensors identify something suspicious they transmit warning data to analysts, who determine whether or not to deter passengers for further questioning. Micro-facial scanning is the next step, yes it scans your face and muscle movement. It will read your body temperature, heart rate and respiration...
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on 09-23-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Computers, privacy, Congress, software, Sensors, White House, Lab, Scanning, Terrorists, Mind Reading
In view of the recent events, I ran across the opinion article, written by a Venture Capitalist and just a small portion of some the content is below. I looked to see what they currently had under management, in other words, investments and about 90% involves technology, interesting. As everyone...
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on 09-20-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Congress, Business Intelligence, software, Bill Gates, Software as a Service, Venture Capitalists, Wall Street, Intellectual property, Intelligence, Junk Bonds, Campaign 2008
Anyone in the hospital business knows exactly who the Joint Commission is. It is somewhat of a peers guided group that hospitals pay for to ensure they are up to standard, or in other words accredited. If you read below, one government worker was not impressed with her findings as...
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on 09-07-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Congress, Hospitals, inspections, Hospital Safety, Joint Commission, Accredited, Hospital Grades, Investigation
Nice interview with Senator Tom Coburn, one of two doctors in Congress, but he is the only medical doctor that continues to practice. Imagine going to see you doctor the Congressman! Robert Scoble in his Washington series discussed blogging, Healthcare and how Congress operates, good topics...
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on 07-23-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Blogging, Congress, Politics, Senate, Tom Coburn, Senator