It's also a means by which Google can pay an engineer or other 'smart person' less. It's the modern equivalent of the pinball machine and free pop machine.
"Hey, we're cooooooool. You can do your own research (which we'll own! sign that NDA now!)."
It'd be nice to see Google put some effort into depressing the value of link farms, and stop doing directory crawls to populate their search results. The Yahoo algorithim is starting to show some signs of this happening, and if it keeps going, they're likely to offer better quality search results fairly soon. Link farms suck.
Having a "wired" office is cute and sweet, but that's not where tech in the office matters, and I think patients know it. I also think a lot of people would look at the froo-froo stuff and wonder if its one of the reasons their health insurance premiums are going up so quickly.
Most people want scheduling that works, and receptionists who can explain why the office is behind schedule. People may not be thrilled, but they're more understanding of delay when told that there was an emergency case at 1 PM that put everyone back half an hour, especially if the late-in-day appointments can be called before they arrive so they can time themselves accordingly. That's not tech. That's humanity and good management and contact skills.
I refuse to let my medical records go online. I've worked in managed care and in medical advocacy. I wouldn't trust most organizations with the security or with the backups required on the systems.
Slashdot Mirror
...exactly.
It's also a means by which Google can pay an engineer or other 'smart person' less. It's the modern equivalent of the pinball machine and free pop machine.
"Hey, we're cooooooool. You can do your own research (which we'll own! sign that NDA now!)."
It'd be nice to see Google put some effort into depressing the value of link farms, and stop doing directory crawls to populate their search results. The Yahoo algorithim is starting to show some signs of this happening, and if it keeps going, they're likely to offer better quality search results fairly soon. Link farms suck.
Having a "wired" office is cute and sweet, but that's not where tech in the office matters, and I think patients know it. I also think a lot of people would look at the froo-froo stuff and wonder if its one of the reasons their health insurance premiums are going up so quickly.
Most people want scheduling that works, and receptionists who can explain why the office is behind schedule. People may not be thrilled, but they're more understanding of delay when told that there was an emergency case at 1 PM that put everyone back half an hour, especially if the late-in-day appointments can be called before they arrive so they can time themselves accordingly. That's not tech. That's humanity and good management and contact skills.
I refuse to let my medical records go online. I've worked in managed care and in medical advocacy. I wouldn't trust most organizations with the security or with the backups required on the systems.