The Salvation Army bell ringer may be no more. Forced to stop the bell at certain stores and a light that says people are moving towards the Internet, the most resourceful charity, the Salvation Army, at $1.3 Billion per year, may stop the bell. They took in $94 Million last year at the bell, but it pales to the extent ...
Read More »Cost of Electronic Records Will Be Billions, New Study Says
We’ve been having a little background discussion among FICenter people of how the ACS might support the electronic health records (EHR) movement. Here’s a little hiccup we haven’t tackled: the cost. It’s really big, according to a recent study, and it may not be the panacea some hope for. Billions and billions of dollars for healthcare providers will be necessary ...
Read More »Giving In 2004
Universities are taking in hefty donations. How about the American Cancer Society? Donations to universities are on the rise, with some schools hitting all-time highs in terms of single – donation amounts. Last month Howard U. received a gift valued at $70 million and earlier in the month Baruch College recieved $53.5 miliom in donations including a single donation of ...
Read More »It Works: Rural Health-Care Tech
Wired News: It Works: Rural Health-Care Tech PDAs to do rurual health–sort of like C-Tools.
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