Comment Re:What would an alternate universe be like... (Score 1) 99
Xerox tried to commercialize the Alto research with the Xerox Star in 1981.
Xerox tried to commercialize the Alto research with the Xerox Star in 1981.
Kodak committed suicide in the mid 90s when management spun off Eastman Chemical, pharmaceutical and medical divisions. Management received nice bonuses though.
They remember me when they need a ride to and from the airport, but they can't remember to pay me back the money they've borrowed.
The remote for the Sony TV will be a wall of buttons and under those buttons will be more buttons and there will also be a function key so that each button has 3 or more functions.
The remote for the Apple TV will have no buttons and will probably be useless but at least it will look good on the fireplace mantle as a knick-knack.
a lone crusader in a cryptic world
What date and time will Eta Carinae go hyper-nova?
and 70,000 'contractors'
Use month, underscore + year
JULY_2011
or
July_2011 for systems that insist upon mixed case
By contrast, the vast majority of medical records have nothing in them that is worse than mildly embarrassing
Not in the US. Medical identity theft is used to perpetrate host of scams including medicare and prescription drug fraud.
Health care entities in the US have been using remote computing services and data storage for over 30 years.
grade school: homely
junior high: ugly
high school: fugly
university: ugly
If I had to choose it would be grade school since it was the least torture.
Management doesn't really get the usability concept. Well they do eventually when the mortality rates rise and the lawsuits start coming in.
What about privacy? The patient of course has no control over where that record goes...
Clinical data lives on multiple systems regardless of a patient's authorization to release the information to payers and other third parties. A hospital may have several clinical information systems located at third party data centers and the folks supporting of those systems may be located anywhere around the world
There's no need to go to all the trouble of hacking. I'm sure this EMR is probably interfacing with several clinical systems that have offshore support and data management.
Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.