Comments on: News 2/22/08 http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/ Healthcare IT News and Opinion Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:24:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Benjamin Wright http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Benjamin Wright Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:12:35 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/#comment-766 Maybe patients can use contract law to enhance the privacy of their health records. <a href="http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/02/contracts-for-patient-privacy.html" rel="nofollow">http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/02/contracts-for-patient-privacy.html</a> Maybe patients can use contract law to enhance the privacy of their health records. http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/02/contracts-for-patient-privacy.html

]]> By: Terese Vekteris http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Terese Vekteris Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:21:26 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/#comment-760 Just a quick correction to the post by CHOP Person re: CTO. It's correct that the IS training group now reports under a consolidated Learning Services Department that report to the Chief TALENT Officer. However, the Chief TECHNOLOGY Officer position is still open in IS, pending the hire of a new CIO. Our c-level acronyms are cuasing some confusion! Just a quick correction to the post by CHOP Person re: CTO. It’s correct that the IS training group now reports under a consolidated Learning Services Department that report to the Chief TALENT Officer. However, the Chief TECHNOLOGY Officer position is still open in IS, pending the hire of a new CIO. Our c-level acronyms are cuasing some confusion!

]]> By: NEJM reader http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/comment-page-1/#comment-759 NEJM reader Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:50:49 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/#comment-759 re: Pronovost and OHRP- good news that they reversed the decision. The 2 lead perspective articles in the New England Journal of Medicine this week, one by the NIH's chair of bioethics, are critical of the OHRP as well. re: Pronovost and OHRP- good news that they reversed the decision. The 2 lead perspective articles in the New England Journal of Medicine this week, one by the NIH’s chair of bioethics, are critical of the OHRP as well.

]]> By: p_anon http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/comment-page-1/#comment-758 p_anon Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:37:41 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/#comment-758 It's okay (as Mr. HISTalk did) to confuse the .NET platform of today with Microsoft's .NET marketing campaign of yesteryear. If you recall, Microsoft at one point was calling everything '.NET' - their "Windows .NET Server 2003", their '.NET Web Services' AKA HailStorm, and, finally the .NET platform. Now Microsoft's doing a similar thing with its Live campaign - Live Search, Live Mail, Live Maps, Live Everything. As Mr. HISTalk noticed, they've renamed and somewhat reworked their Passport service into a "Live" account. Thankfully this time around Microsoft is showing some restraint and not tagging everything as "Live". Otherwise, we'd be talking about Microsoft Live HealthVault. Believe it. So when he was complaining about "proprietary .NET crap", try this translation instead: "proprietary Microsoft marketing buzzword of the day crap" And while I'm here, I will point out that the Mono project does provide a solid open source virtual machine, C#/VB compilers, and (basic/raw) IDE, as well as a large majority of the .NET libraries implemented. So while .NET isn't as open as Java's JVM, it's closer to "open" than you may think. It’s okay (as Mr. HISTalk did) to confuse the .NET platform of today with Microsoft’s .NET marketing campaign of yesteryear.

If you recall, Microsoft at one point was calling everything ‘.NET’ – their “Windows .NET Server 2003″, their ‘.NET Web Services’ AKA HailStorm, and, finally the .NET platform.

Now Microsoft’s doing a similar thing with its Live campaign – Live Search, Live Mail, Live Maps, Live Everything. As Mr. HISTalk noticed, they’ve renamed and somewhat reworked their Passport service into a “Live” account.

Thankfully this time around Microsoft is showing some restraint and not tagging everything as “Live”. Otherwise, we’d be talking about Microsoft Live HealthVault. Believe it.

So when he was complaining about “proprietary .NET crap”, try this translation instead: “proprietary Microsoft marketing buzzword of the day crap”

And while I’m here, I will point out that the Mono project does provide a solid open source virtual machine, C#/VB compilers, and (basic/raw) IDE, as well as a large majority of the .NET libraries implemented. So while .NET isn’t as open as Java’s JVM, it’s closer to “open” than you may think.

]]> By: Michael http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Michael Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:10:19 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/02/21/news-22208/#comment-757 re: Josie King foundation. If you havent seen the DVD the foundation puts out, of Josie Kings' mother Sorrel telling her daughter's story, you should- it is one of the most moving stories about medical error I've ever seen. http://www.josieking.org/page.cfm?pageID=23 re: Josie King foundation. If you havent seen the DVD the foundation puts out, of Josie Kings’ mother Sorrel telling her daughter’s story, you should- it is one of the most moving stories about medical error I’ve ever seen.

http://www.josieking.org/page.cfm?pageID=23

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