(This article was provided to me by Lou Hoyos, VP- IT and Facilities, Eastern Division) In one of his first public speeches since being appointed last month by President Bush to increase the use of IT in health care, Dr. David Brailer said: he will have a strategic plan by July 21 for guiding the health-care industry toward an interoperable ...

Who first brought to market these breakthrough products: Graphical User Interface Computers and Personal Digital Assistants? Microsoft (Windows) and Palm? Nope… Apple Computers. Apple is reknown for its product and design innovation, the iPod being the latest design marvel. But the company has never reaped the benefits of these innovations, getting creamed in the marketplace by others: Apple’s products are ...

In a Harvard Business Review article (reprint available here) entitled “Are Your Employees Bowling Alone? How to Build a Trusting Organization,” author Douglas Smith appied Robert Putnam’s (Bowling Alone) concepts of social capital to business. Bowling alone was Putnam’s metaphor for the civic disengagement: in 15 years, the numbers of bowlers grew, but much fewer were bowling in leagues. The ...

(This was posted on our Division Innovation Center by Karen Randall) Smart pens aim for better health pretty straightforward…