Archive for April, 2009

Twitter, FTW!

ADVANCE Perspective: HIM
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For those of you unaccustomed to Twitterspeak, “FTW” stands for “For the win,” a throwback to those great sports moments when an athlete takes a game-winning shot. It’s a way to express your love or appreciation-a more efficient way to say “This rocks!”…(read more)
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Beth Israel/Google Health Fiasco–Is Technology Really the Problem?

The XY Files in an MT World
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Recently the Boston Globe has been reporting on problems arising when Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center sent insurance claims data (i.e., billing codes) to Google Health PHR as a means of summarizing patients’ medical condition. As it turned out, this…(read more)
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Online Scams

HIM Transitions
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With the economy in a continuing spiral, there are unscrupulous people out there who are taking advantage of the desperation of those unemployed. I am solicited by advertisements to earn money online by working from home. They usually promise the potential…(read more)
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A Question of Style

Passage
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When it comes to language, there are accepted formulae for how things work–not just the actual words used, but specifics as to punctuation, grammar, etc. They used to teach that in school, right? In the workplace, the rules are supposed to be more formal….(read more)
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Earth Day 2009

MT Connections
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Today, April 22, 2009, is Earth Day – I know there are a zillion statistics out there on topics related to environmental issues, but here is one representative listing of the length of time certain items take to decompose in landfills: paper 2-5 months;…(read more)
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