It's funny reading your message because I deal with doctors while working are they are the worst, the WORST, at respecting the expertise of other disciplines.
I agree with a lot of what you said, but I think Doctors (and patients) overlook an important fact: The Doctor is not in charge of your health. You are.
A patient who is hungry for knowledge for what is going on should be able to get that information. Yes, you have to take what you get off the internet with a grain of salt, but go ahead and provide us with a better source (if you can get the AMA to approve that, which you can't).
Doctors are smart people, but the system in which they work encourages a cap of ten minutes to diagnose a problem, and leaves follow-up in the hands of the patient. Things don't actually work like they portray of House.
I see a future where medical records are mini-expert systems that take into consideration a patient's whole history, where patients add in things that could be important over time (sprained my ankle, lost a lot of weight), and get advice on things that may matter to them without having to interact with a doctor, while flagging things a doctor might want to ask about next time they are in.
And, when there's an issue, why wait for the appointment? Say a patient has abdominal pain and calls to make an appointment for the next morning. Why can't they get an email with a link to a simple survey, say a dozen questions to rule out or in some simple things. After they take it maybe the survey says "I think you have appendicitis, go the the emergency room right away" or "I think you have indigestion, try these things before you appointment". When the doctor sees them the next day, she doesn't even need to ask these things, it's already there.
Actually heard in a meeting last week "I don't care about revenues, show me at least a million users".
Sounds like the dot com bubble again. Year 2000, here we come.
It sounds to me like the game developers are the ones that need to pay, perhaps by tying in some in-game advertising or themes. Facebook users are too cheap to pay for anything.
I like your vision, but you need two more things: A barcode scanner (otherwise you can't scan patients and meds) and the cooperation of the closed systems (GE, Siemens, etc.) that run hospitals.
Uhm. Maybe the doctors you go to work like they do on House, but for the rest of us, the deal is simple: You get 10 minutes of a doctor's expertise and you pay a least 100 bucks. No references will be consulted, not too many notes will be taken. No follow up is guaranteed unless there's a charge to go with it.
This is the same business model Hookers use, and we're sick of it.
The medical industry here in the US is pathetic. We spend the most pre capita, 2-3 times what most industrialized nations spend, and have the life span of a third-world country. Our system was built by lobbyists looking out for Doctors and the Pharma industry. Almost no one is looking out for the patients.
We need better access to information so we can help ourselves. We need portable electronic records that we can view and amend without the assistance of a doctor (gain or lose weight? Sprain your ankle? Put it in there.). We need a proactive electronic model of our health that looks for trends and potential upcoming issues (Want to know the likelyhood of developing diabetes based on you age, weight, and history? It'll tell you. Having symptoms related to a kidney problem? Let's schedule you an appointment.). We need access to "tier-1" doctors such as the one in the article for a reasonable cost, and escalation should there be a need for it.
I agree. But it's less like a loan and more like financing.
I think if they're going to finance the cost of the phone over some time, that's fine, but show the math and the interest rate, and give people the option to buy it outright or get their own financing.
I agree. I expect better from Slashdot, but they seemed to have turned their headline writing over to the DrudeReport.
What they don't say is that this report going back to January of this year, and that the military has been working on fixing the problem since then. They "hackers" can only pick up the video signal, not other info, and could not control the drones, which is what is implied from the headline.
I do think it is embarrassing and kind of hard to imagine that you couldn't see this coming, especially with North Korea regularly developing and selling anti-US technologies. This should have been in the design, or at least identified as a risk.
What a great track record these companies have in designing and building hardware and software for the consumer.
Can't wait to read all about the "Kindle Killer" sometime in 2010, see it launch in 2012, and be able to buy one in the clearance rack at BestBuy in 2013.
I've used several of their video server apps, and besides trying to figure out which ones you need to accomplish a task (good luck), they are a mess to install and configure.
Other than Coldfusion, which works great, installs easy, runs in j2ee, but is treated as a "not developed here" solution.
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About time the Theory of Constraints gets some play in IT.
It's funny reading your message because I deal with doctors while working are they are the worst, the WORST, at respecting the expertise of other disciplines.
Second of the list? Lawyers.
I agree with a lot of what you said, but I think Doctors (and patients) overlook an important fact: The Doctor is not in charge of your health. You are.
A patient who is hungry for knowledge for what is going on should be able to get that information. Yes, you have to take what you get off the internet with a grain of salt, but go ahead and provide us with a better source (if you can get the AMA to approve that, which you can't).
Doctors are smart people, but the system in which they work encourages a cap of ten minutes to diagnose a problem, and leaves follow-up in the hands of the patient. Things don't actually work like they portray of House.
I see a future where medical records are mini-expert systems that take into consideration a patient's whole history, where patients add in things that could be important over time (sprained my ankle, lost a lot of weight), and get advice on things that may matter to them without having to interact with a doctor, while flagging things a doctor might want to ask about next time they are in.
And, when there's an issue, why wait for the appointment? Say a patient has abdominal pain and calls to make an appointment for the next morning. Why can't they get an email with a link to a simple survey, say a dozen questions to rule out or in some simple things. After they take it maybe the survey says "I think you have appendicitis, go the the emergency room right away" or "I think you have indigestion, try these things before you appointment". When the doctor sees them the next day, she doesn't even need to ask these things, it's already there.
Actually heard in a meeting last week "I don't care about revenues, show me at least a million users".
Sounds like the dot com bubble again. Year 2000, here we come.
It sounds to me like the game developers are the ones that need to pay, perhaps by tying in some in-game advertising or themes. Facebook users are too cheap to pay for anything.
in my mind is: Did they stop legal action against him because they FOUND the source of the leak?
Who is almost exactly as old as *nix time?
I agree it has been a sweet ride for the wireless companies.
And if the mob were to design the wireless world, it would look a lot like it does today.
But I do think Google is doing something good here by opening the door here.
What they TOLD congress, is they need the length of a contract to make back the subsidy.
Now let's see if that's true.
The old way of doing things where they give you the phone at a discounted price and lock you into a contract is stupid.
Essentially they were financing the phone without telling you the interest rate.
This way, you could buy it and finance it however you want.
Pay outright, put it on a credit card, use equity from your home. Borrow money from your dog.
Whatever.
It's a much better way of doing things, and I appreciate Google pushing the point, even if the sticker price is shocking.
Yes, but not everyone has Macs.
You might notice that AT&T commercials never promote the iPhone. They always promote some other smart phone.
I'm sure they'll get into the Android game soon enough.
And I look forward to the 4G iPhone in June.
And Google's new phone.
Boy, 2010 should be an interesting year.
I like your vision, but you need two more things: A barcode scanner (otherwise you can't scan patients and meds) and the cooperation of the closed systems (GE, Siemens, etc.) that run hospitals.
A productive programmer is one who solves the business problem at hand.
An excellent programmer understands the problem, and helps the organization solve it in the most efficient manner possible.
Yet, this link seems to support my statement.
http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/spend.php
Uhm. Maybe the doctors you go to work like they do on House, but for the rest of us, the deal is simple: You get 10 minutes of a doctor's expertise and you pay a least 100 bucks. No references will be consulted, not too many notes will be taken. No follow up is guaranteed unless there's a charge to go with it.
This is the same business model Hookers use, and we're sick of it.
The medical industry here in the US is pathetic. We spend the most pre capita, 2-3 times what most industrialized nations spend, and have the life span of a third-world country. Our system was built by lobbyists looking out for Doctors and the Pharma industry. Almost no one is looking out for the patients.
We need better access to information so we can help ourselves. We need portable electronic records that we can view and amend without the assistance of a doctor (gain or lose weight? Sprain your ankle? Put it in there.). We need a proactive electronic model of our health that looks for trends and potential upcoming issues (Want to know the likelyhood of developing diabetes based on you age, weight, and history? It'll tell you. Having symptoms related to a kidney problem? Let's schedule you an appointment.). We need access to "tier-1" doctors such as the one in the article for a reasonable cost, and escalation should there be a need for it.
I agree. But it's less like a loan and more like financing.
I think if they're going to finance the cost of the phone over some time, that's fine, but show the math and the interest rate, and give people the option to buy it outright or get their own financing.
Agreed. the video was amazing.
this guy deserves a deal.
I agree. I expect better from Slashdot, but they seemed to have turned their headline writing over to the DrudeReport.
What they don't say is that this report going back to January of this year, and that the military has been working on fixing the problem since then. They "hackers" can only pick up the video signal, not other info, and could not control the drones, which is what is implied from the headline.
I do think it is embarrassing and kind of hard to imagine that you couldn't see this coming, especially with North Korea regularly developing and selling anti-US technologies. This should have been in the design, or at least identified as a risk.
Haven't you noticed? Slashdot titles are now written by DrudgeReport.
They don't use the facts.
I've used it for setting up sharing of notes via WebDAV in PDF's.
Works really well, actually.
Although I don't know how much that matters if they can't secure their PDF format.
Where is the Like button on Slashdot?
This is exactly what I was thinking.
If he wants absolute control, he shouldn't have cached the check.
What a great track record these companies have in designing and building hardware and software for the consumer.
Can't wait to read all about the "Kindle Killer" sometime in 2010, see it launch in 2012, and be able to buy one in the clearance rack at BestBuy in 2013.
I've used several of their video server apps, and besides trying to figure out which ones you need to accomplish a task (good luck), they are a mess to install and configure.
Other than Coldfusion, which works great, installs easy, runs in j2ee, but is treated as a "not developed here" solution.
So Amazon thinks through a problem and designs an elegant solution, takes care of the software, hardware, and marketing.
Adobe just wants to inject their proprietary technology into a process and sit back and enjoy the royalties.
Screw Adobe. They don't even do any coding here in the US anymore.
I just had a stack of photos printed at Ritz Camera online. Cost me under $3. Picked them up down the street.
And, they'll last a decade, unlike your home printed photos, which will start to fade in 2 years.
Really? It took Wage and Hour to bring down these guys?
WTF?