One thing it misses - the "Final Rule" part of it implies that this is it. It's not.
The requirements from HITECH come in three stages - and this is the final rule for stage 2. There's an entire additional stage coming to further enhance what hospitals are doing to improve the quality of health care with technology.
Of note, too, hospitals who meet these requirements get additional reimbursement from Medicare (Beaucoup bucks). Those that don't get reduced reimbursement from Medicare. So a lot of these rules aren't entirely mandates, but close enough.
Infecting sick people with flu where your job is to make them better seriously inhibits your ability to do your job.
Oh my oh my what did we do back in the stone age of the 50's and 60's before the flu shots??
People MUST have been dying by the millions in hospitals because all of the nurses and doctors were killing instead of healing.
Honestly do you guys read what you write?
Simple precautions like a mask, hand washing and staying home if sick will do more than the flu shot.
I wish people that are sick would have to stay home until cleared by a doctor to return. I dont want whatever it is your carrying.
Did you read what you write? Or at least look at any numbers to back it up?
The number is easily millions overall (not annually), even if that was meant to be hyperbole. Almost a hundred thousand people are dying a year from hospital acquired infections. As you mention 'killing instead of healing', if we add in preventable medical errors, you can account for about another 50-100k a year.
How many deaths is enough before it's acceptable to think about the problem, and what's causing it?
Yes, the flu vaccine, in and of itself, isn't the panacea to all of these problems. But it's something that helps to prevent people from getting sick in hospitals. Wearing a mask, hand washing, and staying home if sick are also ways to help prevent people from getting sick in hospitals. And they're not mutually exclusive.
Smoking and drinking alcohol aren't contagious. But, by that note, if a nurse smoked in a patient's room in the hospital, I absolutely guarantee you he or she would be fired immediately. Same if they were caught coming in to work drunk.
It's not about what a person is doing to their body, it's about the health of the patients/customers. Infection in hospitals is a serious enough issue without the health care professionals adding to it.
And, from the article: 'There seems to be a persistent myth that you can get flu from a flu vaccine among nurses,' says Schaffner. Honestly... these are people who are expected to provide professional health care, who don't understand one of the most basic concepts of medicine. Maybe it's for the best, here.
The real issue is the health effects. While I'll agree that correlation does not necessarily prove causation, it's worth noting that there was an anomalous amount of cancer going on with TSA workers at BOS, an airport that piloted these scanners. The TSA refused to even let their employees where dosimeters when this was found.
From the TSA Blog:
There is a really good reason for this. The emissions from our X-ray technology are well below the requirements that would require their routine usage. To help reassure passengers and employees that the technology is safe, however, health physicists with the U.S. Army have been conducting area dosimeter surveys at multiple airports nationwide.
So, the short of it? The emissions are below the requirements that would require the routine usage of something that would detect the amount of the emissions? Wait, what? How... do... you... know?
I really don't give a shit if some random TSA jockey gets a look at a digital version of my junk. I'm opting out every time because I really don't want to get cancer because they refused to accept the possibility that what they're doing could be hurting people.
There's no way for an insurance company to know what is or is not going on around when you're driving, but...
If a random occurrence happens, where, like happened to me today, a goose were to wander into the road, and I had to slow down to not hit it, that's a small blip in the overall scheme of driving.
If I drive a road where midgets juggling flaming torches dive in front of cars every day, those stops are going to be more commonplace. And it's not going to be the fault of my driving. But I'm still more likely to get involved in an accident on this road.
People view insurance way too much as a "I'm a good driver, I should be rewarded", and "He's a bad driver, he should be punished". That's not what it's about. It's about "how much is it going to cost to insure someone like you". And that includes driving habits, and the situations around you.
Accurate, and, on top of that, USB is polling based, while PS/2 is interrupt based. USB will check the port every "n" milliseconds to see if there's data waiting, while with a PS/2 keyboard, when you press a key, an interrupt is generated. The delay is very short (depending on how often a given keyboard's driver polls, it might only be 10 milliseconds or so), but it's worth noting.
PS/2 is still significantly better than USB for keyboard technology. But USB is usually good enough if you're not a gamer.
It is worth noting too, that just because you have PS/2 doesn't mean you have NKRO automatically, as depending on the technology 'underneath the hood' of a keyboard, it might not allow certain combinations of simultaneous keypresses. But that's an issue that's resolved by getting a mechanical keyboard, since they have the individual switches.
Shameless plug: Steelseries 7G. It's a big investment for a keyboard, but it provides NKRO, is a native PS/2 keyboard, is well constructed, and has audio jacks and USB ports on the keyboard, as well as a removable plastic wrist rest.
For a vote for 'the third guy' to mean anything, you have to have millions of people agree with you. And the two major political parties spend a lot of money convincing millions of people to disagree with you.
If congress were allocated based on, say, percentage of votes obtained in the presidential election by each political party, then there could be a reason to vote for a third party candidate - even if they don't win, they get representation. This also solves the issue of two political parties getting nothing done in congress because of their opposing beliefs, assuming the third party gets enough representation and isn't so fundamentally close to one of the other parties to just push their agenda.
But, that's not the way things are set up in the United States. So in practice, voting for a third party for the presidency is, in fact, just giving up your right to choose.
Voting for them in elections other than the presidency can actually be viable, though.
While official investigations tend to stop when someone is put to death, and there certainly won't (and can't) be another trial after, there are a lot of cases were people have strong evidence that suggests that they're innocent. In cases where to find someone guilty, there needs to be no reasonable doubt, there is quite a bit of reasonable doubt presented here.
Somewhere, in the third world, kids are playing with Buckyballs and Jarts that could no longer be sold here. And I bet the majority, who don't have punctured feet and magnets attaching to each other through the intestinal wall, are having more fun than we're allowed to have here.
The fact that they're asking isn't wrong - the fact that they're asking is forced.
If you own a trademark, and you don't defend it when it's infringed upon, you run the risk of losing that trademark. That means that if they let this go without so much as a letter, then John Danielson's Alabama Whiskey can use an identical looking bottle (except for the name) and put it on store shelves, and Jack Daniels would be unable to legally stop them.
That's why they're doing this - the fact that they approached it without threatening, with offers to help, and the like, is very courteous, and really unheard of in today's society. Kudos here to Jack Daniels.
Or, as the article says, this isn't a strictly one year deal.
The increases are going to be an annual increase with a multi-year commitment. It mentions that the corps could be increased to 10,000 within four years.
It sounds like (although the information both in the article, and the White House's press release on it are both inadequate to confirm), that this is a one-time investment for a multi-year program.
Wait, Google made you give Yahoo your real name before you could post comments there? How did that work? Or is that a separate indictment of Google and Yahoo?
...it will be interesting to see how software companies respond. I guarantee you that the ability to resell software will need to be accounted for by companies needing to make a profit in some way.
I get the feeling that this might eventually create more companies going with limited licensing - i.e. updates for one year from the date of purchase, things like that. Anti-virus companies will be all set, since they already do that. Games like World of Warcraft? They charge you monthly anyway, so they're not going to have to adapt.
Given how much software is sold now with unlimited license, something is going to have to give. Either prices for that license will go up, companies will go the route of, say, EA and just focus their efforts on producing new things they can sell rather than supporting their existing software, or there will be more limited term licenses.
All in all, as much as it sounds like on the surface, I don't think this is a positive thing for consumers in the long run.
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And having a camera basically operated by Michael J Fox is the weakest of all movie devices.
Ultimately, I think we've figured out that J.J. Abrams isn't really a great director.
One thing it misses - the "Final Rule" part of it implies that this is it. It's not.
The requirements from HITECH come in three stages - and this is the final rule for stage 2. There's an entire additional stage coming to further enhance what hospitals are doing to improve the quality of health care with technology.
Of note, too, hospitals who meet these requirements get additional reimbursement from Medicare (Beaucoup bucks). Those that don't get reduced reimbursement from Medicare. So a lot of these rules aren't entirely mandates, but close enough.
It's there: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/lower-petition-count-taking-us-seriously-back-25000-signatures/cNjdpc3R
Plus, of course, the take your ball and go home petition: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/get-rid-petitionswhitehousegov/DLBvj7Vh
Infecting sick people with flu where your job is to make them better seriously inhibits your ability to do your job.
Oh my oh my what did we do back in the stone age of the 50's and 60's before the flu shots?? People MUST have been dying by the millions in hospitals because all of the nurses and doctors were killing instead of healing. Honestly do you guys read what you write? Simple precautions like a mask, hand washing and staying home if sick will do more than the flu shot. I wish people that are sick would have to stay home until cleared by a doctor to return. I dont want whatever it is your carrying.
Did you read what you write? Or at least look at any numbers to back it up?
The number is easily millions overall (not annually), even if that was meant to be hyperbole. Almost a hundred thousand people are dying a year from hospital acquired infections. As you mention 'killing instead of healing', if we add in preventable medical errors, you can account for about another 50-100k a year.
How many deaths is enough before it's acceptable to think about the problem, and what's causing it?
Yes, the flu vaccine, in and of itself, isn't the panacea to all of these problems. But it's something that helps to prevent people from getting sick in hospitals. Wearing a mask, hand washing, and staying home if sick are also ways to help prevent people from getting sick in hospitals. And they're not mutually exclusive.
Smoking and drinking alcohol aren't contagious. But, by that note, if a nurse smoked in a patient's room in the hospital, I absolutely guarantee you he or she would be fired immediately. Same if they were caught coming in to work drunk.
It's not about what a person is doing to their body, it's about the health of the patients/customers. Infection in hospitals is a serious enough issue without the health care professionals adding to it.
And, from the article: 'There seems to be a persistent myth that you can get flu from a flu vaccine among nurses,' says Schaffner. Honestly... these are people who are expected to provide professional health care, who don't understand one of the most basic concepts of medicine. Maybe it's for the best, here.
The real issue is the health effects. While I'll agree that correlation does not necessarily prove causation, it's worth noting that there was an anomalous amount of cancer going on with TSA workers at BOS, an airport that piloted these scanners. The TSA refused to even let their employees where dosimeters when this was found.
From the TSA Blog: There is a really good reason for this. The emissions from our X-ray technology are well below the requirements that would require their routine usage. To help reassure passengers and employees that the technology is safe, however, health physicists with the U.S. Army have been conducting area dosimeter surveys at multiple airports nationwide.
So, the short of it? The emissions are below the requirements that would require the routine usage of something that would detect the amount of the emissions? Wait, what? How... do ... you ... know?
I really don't give a shit if some random TSA jockey gets a look at a digital version of my junk. I'm opting out every time because I really don't want to get cancer because they refused to accept the possibility that what they're doing could be hurting people.
Obligatory xkcd: http://xkcd.com/1063/
In Soviet Russia, Armor Class 0 hits YOU.
Hey, if the victim doesn't get pregnant, it's rape. Just ask Akin.
And I think if I was a millionaire I could hook that up, too, 'cause internet connections dig dudes with money.
There's no way for an insurance company to know what is or is not going on around when you're driving, but ...
If a random occurrence happens, where, like happened to me today, a goose were to wander into the road, and I had to slow down to not hit it, that's a small blip in the overall scheme of driving.
If I drive a road where midgets juggling flaming torches dive in front of cars every day, those stops are going to be more commonplace. And it's not going to be the fault of my driving. But I'm still more likely to get involved in an accident on this road.
People view insurance way too much as a "I'm a good driver, I should be rewarded", and "He's a bad driver, he should be punished". That's not what it's about. It's about "how much is it going to cost to insure someone like you". And that includes driving habits, and the situations around you.
Technically, it's a flashback to the past's future. Which is, at this point, still is in the present's future. But not by much.
Accurate, and, on top of that, USB is polling based, while PS/2 is interrupt based. USB will check the port every "n" milliseconds to see if there's data waiting, while with a PS/2 keyboard, when you press a key, an interrupt is generated. The delay is very short (depending on how often a given keyboard's driver polls, it might only be 10 milliseconds or so), but it's worth noting.
PS/2 is still significantly better than USB for keyboard technology. But USB is usually good enough if you're not a gamer.
It is worth noting too, that just because you have PS/2 doesn't mean you have NKRO automatically, as depending on the technology 'underneath the hood' of a keyboard, it might not allow certain combinations of simultaneous keypresses. But that's an issue that's resolved by getting a mechanical keyboard, since they have the individual switches.
Shameless plug: Steelseries 7G. It's a big investment for a keyboard, but it provides NKRO, is a native PS/2 keyboard, is well constructed, and has audio jacks and USB ports on the keyboard, as well as a removable plastic wrist rest.
For a vote for 'the third guy' to mean anything, you have to have millions of people agree with you. And the two major political parties spend a lot of money convincing millions of people to disagree with you.
If congress were allocated based on, say, percentage of votes obtained in the presidential election by each political party, then there could be a reason to vote for a third party candidate - even if they don't win, they get representation. This also solves the issue of two political parties getting nothing done in congress because of their opposing beliefs, assuming the third party gets enough representation and isn't so fundamentally close to one of the other parties to just push their agenda.
But, that's not the way things are set up in the United States. So in practice, voting for a third party for the presidency is, in fact, just giving up your right to choose.
Voting for them in elections other than the presidency can actually be viable, though.
Fortunately, the software will be able to detect future attempts to unlawfully hack it.
That's what Miss Cleo told me when I called her, anyway.
Executed, but possibly innocent.
While official investigations tend to stop when someone is put to death, and there certainly won't (and can't) be another trial after, there are a lot of cases were people have strong evidence that suggests that they're innocent. In cases where to find someone guilty, there needs to be no reasonable doubt, there is quite a bit of reasonable doubt presented here.
They asked for something in computer science, though. Geek Squad involves very little computer or science.
And this is why we can't have nice things.
Somewhere, in the third world, kids are playing with Buckyballs and Jarts that could no longer be sold here. And I bet the majority, who don't have punctured feet and magnets attaching to each other through the intestinal wall, are having more fun than we're allowed to have here.
The fact that they're asking isn't wrong - the fact that they're asking is forced. If you own a trademark, and you don't defend it when it's infringed upon, you run the risk of losing that trademark. That means that if they let this go without so much as a letter, then John Danielson's Alabama Whiskey can use an identical looking bottle (except for the name) and put it on store shelves, and Jack Daniels would be unable to legally stop them. That's why they're doing this - the fact that they approached it without threatening, with offers to help, and the like, is very courteous, and really unheard of in today's society. Kudos here to Jack Daniels.
Or, as the article says, this isn't a strictly one year deal. The increases are going to be an annual increase with a multi-year commitment. It mentions that the corps could be increased to 10,000 within four years. It sounds like (although the information both in the article, and the White House's press release on it are both inadequate to confirm), that this is a one-time investment for a multi-year program.
Wait, Google made you give Yahoo your real name before you could post comments there? How did that work? Or is that a separate indictment of Google and Yahoo?
If you think the golden arch crowd isn't rough in the states, you obviously haven't been to an inner-city McDonald's.
On the plus side, people got back to their cars 45 seconds before Nicolas Cage made off with them.
...it will be interesting to see how software companies respond. I guarantee you that the ability to resell software will need to be accounted for by companies needing to make a profit in some way.
I get the feeling that this might eventually create more companies going with limited licensing - i.e. updates for one year from the date of purchase, things like that. Anti-virus companies will be all set, since they already do that. Games like World of Warcraft? They charge you monthly anyway, so they're not going to have to adapt.
Given how much software is sold now with unlimited license, something is going to have to give. Either prices for that license will go up, companies will go the route of, say, EA and just focus their efforts on producing new things they can sell rather than supporting their existing software, or there will be more limited term licenses.
All in all, as much as it sounds like on the surface, I don't think this is a positive thing for consumers in the long run.
It's worth noting, in the ruling attached, that the license that was ruled on was non-transferable as well.
"The licence agreement gives the customer a non-transferable user right for an unlimited period, exclusively for his internal business purposes."