Throwing computers at health care

Filed Under (Industry Biz News) by Admin on 01-12-2009

Computerworld reports on an extensive new Harvard Medical School study, appearing in the American Journal of Medicine, that paints a stark and troubling picture of the essential worthlessness of many of the computer systems that hospitals have invested in over the last few years. The researchers, led by Harvard’s David Himmelstein, begin their report by sketching out the hype that now surrounds health care automation: Enthusiasm for health information technology spans the political spectrum, from Barack Obama to Newt Gingrich. Congress is pouring $19 billion into it. Health reformers of many stripes see computerization as a painless solution to the…

Tweet and Print with TweetBookz

Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 01-12-2009

Let your tweets exist in real world! TweetBookz allows you to create and order high quality books of your tweets. Soft and hard cover versions are available in four unique designs. The books have full color covers and inside pages of black and white. Each one stands 5.5 inches high and 8.5 inches wide and features up to 200 of your tweets, one per page, starting from the most recent. You can chose to remove any tweets you dont want included. All tweets are printed in America on 100% recycled paper.

Rich Horwath: Deep Dive – Blog Business Success Radio

Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 01-12-2009

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