The NY Times reports that Medicare is going to give away to doctors record-keeping software that’s been used by Medicare and the VA for years. A couple of years ago the Bush Admin. set up a project to set some industry standards for EMR, but evidently that didn’t go anywhere. Now Medicare is just going to put it out there. ...
Read More »See you on the net
The internet’s moving toward audio/video with amazing speed. From Wired: Much of the recent success of internet video is due to the upswing in broadband penetration, which surpassed 58 percent of web users last month, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. This enables internet users to view online content easily. However, it is just the tip of the iceberg. New media standards such ...
Read More »ONLINE GIVING TOPS $3 BILLION
Americans grow more comfortable with electronic donations, a study says in the Philanthropy Journal, today. More than 8.6 million American households donated more than $3 billion on line last year, up 58 percent from 2003. Three in four donors who go on line before donating say on line information helped them to decide whether or not to give, More than ...
Read More »Mash-Ups
If you haven’t heard of "mash-ups" before they are when someone takes an existing product and combines it with something new and cool. Kinda like a re-mix. Here is a great Mash-Up based on Google Maps, which I have covered before for FIspace. This Web Site let’s you find Wireless Internet spots using a Google Map. No more asking people ...
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