Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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This just in: E-health Records Slow to Catch on
Computerworld.com reported that “interoperability problems and lagging adoption of electronic health record technology are challenging the federal government’s efforts to foster the creation of a national information health network”. The past twenty years of the health care industry seems to suggest that health care is a different from other industries, especially when it comes to…
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Here’s an interesting article from MSBNC.com titled “Doctors going wireless with souped-up PDAs” (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6987913/). I think that this type of story is a win/lose account of things happening in the health industry. On the “win” side, I’m encouraged to see increasing coverage of the use of technology in health care. I think a benefit is…
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Making technology more friendly
I’m always surprised at how little press usability issues get. This article on Marketwatch discusses how technology companies seem to be ignoring the aging population’s needs. The emphasis is obviously on sales and the impact on revenues, but the part about Intel’s use of social anthropologists really caught my attention (page 2): They told the…
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A coming wave?
I must say that I’ve become very impressed with the software created by open-source community. Three projects that I’ve recently used come to mind: Firefox/Mozilla, Open Office, and Filezilla. What amazes me is how quickly these projects have evolved into stable, high quality products. In fact, I have used Firefox as my primary browser for…
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Planting seeds and making connections
Our “Monday morning discussion group” met yesterday. The plan was to discuss Ivan Illitch’s book, Medical Nemesis, but we ended-up discussing an opportunity that has opened up. One of our members is on the program committee for the eHealth2005 conference, and she asked about what services/events were geared toward students. Since there wasn’t anything officially…
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Grad student fun
I came across this funny comic site that’s about graduate student life. The artist writes in a Dilbert-like way that I find absolutely hilarious. It’s called “Piled higher and deeper” (www.phdcomics.com).
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The teaching portfolio
In yesterday’s class, Prof. Guy Allen gave a talk on how to prepare the teaching portfolio. The basic message that I got out of the talk was that you need to take care in preparing the document to communicate a particular message. He gave some helpful tips on what you should try to do: Use…
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Of interest…
I just scanned the preliminary program for this year’s Coach conference held on April 30 – May 3, 2005 in Toronto. The title of the conference is “Realizing the vision” and the topics, guest speakers, and presentations sound very interesting. From my quick glance, the topics range from practical issues like negotiating with vendors and…
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