The more data points I learn about my "friends", the more depressed I get.
Wow, Tom is worried about chemtrails... Oh, there is Dave suggesting the president should be assasinated... Wow, some of Gary's friends are commenting on a white power poster..

I recently deleted my account, I'd rather not know how stupid everybody is.

When I went to school, I assumed a certain level of intelligence for everyone. I slowly realized I had to ratchet down my expectations. Then I started working, and those expectations got ratcheted down again. Then came the internet and I realized my expectations were still too high. Then I opened a facebook account and damn if most people weren't still managing to squirm under my assumed level of intelligence. I mean the bar is resting in the dirt and people are tunneling under it. People I once thought I could respect.

Sounds criminally negligent to me, or a problem where the patient sees many doctors who can't communicate records. Patients can't always communicate their own medical history properly. There are many who are hard of hearing, loopy from a sugar inbalance, or just plain dumb.

Some erecord systems will examine how things are coded and change the codes to make sure they are submitted for the most possible revenue. For example, there may be a code for casting an arm, the computer will notice that there are also codes for washing an arm, mixing a cast, immobilizing an arm and casting. It will add the other coded items that may have been missed before or may just be the same task broken into more steps.

...but apathy is, and I think that is a more likely reason these are not being hacked.

Sounds like their release cycle needs to slow down if people are deciding to wait for the new version after 4 months.

So your saying it's gold speculation, not oil speculation.

waiting for that bubble to pop...

But chances are pretty good that if all 10 of those entrepreneurs dust themselves off and keep learning about what customers want (with a great team), all 10 of them will start something amazing

Nice fairytale, too bad real life doesn't work that way. Most of them will kiss the first corporate ass they can wrap their lips around. Usually somewhere their "buddy" can get them a job with benefits. Several will spiral into unemployement and eventual "retirement" or "disability". One or two will eventually succeed.

Not everyone can be an MBA and run the family business (into the ground).

And that is where Obama was looking for savings. Unfortunately the Senate and House handed him a bag of shit that he has to smile and hold up.
Kudos to him for trying to make changes and actually changing things. I think it will get us there eventually.

PPACA is what happens when a good idea gets derailed by partisan holdouts. We will be back to the drawing board with single payer healthcare now that people see what a disaster this frankensystem is going to be. Healthcare needs to be sundered from employers for anything meaningful to happen.

It sounds like these can be read from a distance of several meters. I doubt the kids are being asked to tap them on a reader when they enter the room.

It starts with badges, in afew years they will glue a tiny device to the base of their skull, in back where the children can not gnaw it free. It will be designed to slough off and be replaced periodically. Then implantable devices start to show up to relieve you of the onerous reattachment procedure...

My last company included sick, vacation, and HOLIDAYS in your pto balance. It was a decent amount, not stingy, but it was still a pain to track things and make sure you had enough PTO for your xmas holiday or 4th of July. To be fair they used a bi-weekly accrual method and they appeared to let you borrow from your future accruals for holidays.

Now I work for a small city and get sick and vacation rolled together, again a decent amount that is not stingy nor too generous. They count holidays separately and although the total time off is the same it feels so much nicer not to have to worry about holidays. 37.5 hour workdays are nice too.

Helps morale and improves the company culture at the same time!

It pisses me off when people demand doc notes. How is a doctor going to help me with a cough I don't want to spread or a 24 hour stomach bug.

In the US, it also costs me around $20 out of pocket with good insurance. Otherwise it might be $100, just to get a note.