Comments on: News 11/13/09

By: Avid reader

Avid reader — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:02:41 +0000

“Hewlett-Packard agrees to pay $2.7 million to acquire 3Com…”

Seemed like a drop in HP’s bucket so I clicked the hyperlink…the deal was 2.7 Billion.

have a great weekend!

By: PezMan

PezMan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:20:50 +0000

Buzzwords aside, it is refreshing to see a huge vendor like McK willing to connect with everyone.

By: Architect

Architect — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:29:33 +0000

Re: HIMSS – I have heard from several smaller vendors too, saying that more niche driven conferences lead to more sales leads, and have caused them to drop the HIMSS commitment. Given these tough economic times, can one blame them?

A shout out to my bud Chris Assif. Way to go dude!

B Dub – Hey don’t dis my home town. Snow in April was freak weather for Chicago!

By: NoMoMcK!

NoMoMcK! — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:14:11 +0000

RE: Horizon Connect Buzzwords: ubiquity?!? Really? McKesson needs to get a grip. Ubiquity is a great word (in Scrabble), but honestly…

By: hitgal

hitgal — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:10:56 +0000

@@@The nursing school at Case Western Reserve University gets a $1.3 million grant to develop avatar-based software that teaches patients to communicate with their doctors. They envision it running on a kiosk outside the doctor’s office to coach patients on what to ask.

Such a grant would be better spent purchasing medications for the indigent or teaching kids to read. The target audience may not know how to work the machine. Amazing.