Even though he was not able to attend personally, modern technology of video conferencing made it possible for the Senator to continue his efforts and participation. As fuel prices continue to rise, along with just general state of the economy, video conferencing is finally coming of age. ...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 09-22-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Cancer, Congress, Senate, Senator Kennedy, Skype, Video Conferencing
Need a quick translation from English to other languages, this is hot. To do a simple translation is pretty simple and all you do is add the "bot" to your contact list and you are ready to go. I selected English to German here, type in a message to the bot and it comes back...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 09-17-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Windows Mobile, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Tablet PC, Medical Quack, Windows Live, Translation, Live Services
The double click question and yes, I get that question quite frequently myself. I just happened to speak yesterday at a Computer Friends Users group in Newport Beach and it is always a joy to revisit the Oasis Computer Friends group. I left the selection of the topic open to the group for...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 09-11-2008
Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, Computers, Seniors, Computer Friends at the Oasis, Speech Recognition, Newport Beach
The HealthVault and Google Health have already begun to impact the market and how the consumer thinks about health records today as this report indicates. With the recent partnership with Kaiser and the Microsoft HealthVault, I have already had some conversations with practices, hospitals, etc...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 06-20-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, PHR, Kaiser Permanente
More news from Microsoft and partners on the HealthVault this week. About a month ago I posted on the new campaign aimed at consumers that is starting at the pharmacy level to promote e-Prescribing . Well that time is here as efforts are under way. I was at an practice this week and...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 06-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, EMR, microsoft, EHR, Health Care, PHR, e-Prescriptions, HealthVault
A couple weeks ago I attended the CRM (Customer Relations Management - MS Dynamics) launch here in Huntington Beach, California. I was surprised at the turn out as the room was full...I sat next to an individual who was in sales and couldn't tell me how much time he has gained back in being able...
This is something I have been wanting to write about for a while and today's the day to finally express a couple of my own opinions about some gray areas and technology in healthcare. Healthcare as we know today is so terribly fragmented and there is nobody feeling the squeeze worse than the software...