The program is designated for start up companies, and we have plenty of those in healthcare. You do need to qualify, but the website is pretty complete with instructions, information etc. You need to be in business for 3 years or less and have revenues of under a million, so that leaves...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-05-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, visual studio, Medical Records, Silverlight, Robotics, software, Start Ups, Live Mesh, Venture Capital Funding, Dot Net, Developer Tools, Angel funding
Good interview from Robert Scoble and well worth listening to, he speaks about how healthcare is in a very fast pace, faster than what we have known in the past and about the shift to the consumer is evolving as far as taking care and accumulating your own personal health care records. People are...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-26-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, privacy, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Economy, MIB, Health 2.0, Healthline
This is interesting as yes the technology could make a waiter or waitress more in tune to your needs. I am guessing we might see this technology expanded as well to let individuals know when they have had too much too. We are getting so efficient at tending to our needs with technology that...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-22-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, software, Surface Technology, Alcohol, Smart Glass
Dana Blankenhorn of ZDNet does a nice write up here on his visit to the physician and yes, us “geeks” find our way there too We are probably some of the most curious patients to arrive, as we are looking constantly to see what technology is being used in the medical offices, as it is a known fact...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-15-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, Hospital, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, McKesson, Common User Interface, HealthVault, integration, Amalga, Stark Law, NextGen, ZDNet Healthcare
Hard Hat Area: If are thinking about learning more about Silverlight need some material, this is the place for the books, new website called: http://www.silverlightbooks.net/ . If are a developer with medical software, perhaps looking at the Common User Interface, this could...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-07-2008
Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Silverlight, Developers, software
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
Interesting video from Microsoft, Johnson and Johnson and the Discovery Channel on how health care will be in the not too distant future. I tripped out a bit on the toothbrush taking my pulse here, but as the video states, these are all thing either here now or in development. BD ...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-27-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Johnson and Johnson