One of the main stumbling blocks in the American health care system, many experts say, is the inefficient use of computer technology to manage medical records.
Now, in Santa Barbara County, a network of hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and doctors is pioneering new technology that will allow medical professionals with different computer systems to share clinical information. The initiative may well be a first step toward the creation of a national patient-care data bank.
Daily Archives: March 8, 2005
Doyle’s iPod Tax
Steven Walters on Governor Doyle’s proposed sales tax on electronic downloads. Taxing certain internet activities and giving others a pass is simply absurd. We should apply the sales tax to all transactions, including newspapers and services….
Better Bad News Show on Google’s Autolink (or Adlink)
Well done! Check it out and send the link around.
BadgerNet: State Contractor Who Evaluated Bids hired by Winner – SBC
Patrick Marley does a nice bit of work:
A computer network consultant who evaluated bids for a $116 million state project ended his government work in the midst of final contract negotiations to work for SBC – the firm that had landed the huge deal two months earlier.