Sharing “For The Good” All But Disappears as “Sharing For the Good Money” Is Taking Over–NHS To Continue Selling Patient Records to Health Insurers As Patient Privacy and Dignity Suffer Another Loss… Sharing “For The Good” All But Disappears as “Sharing For the Good Money” Is Taking Over–NHS To Continue Selling Patient Records to Health Insurers As Patient Privacy and Dignity Suffer Another Loss…

It sounds like the NHS has some of the same issues we have in the US, a lot of “Dupers” that have no clue on how data mechanics logic works ...

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Friday, November 28, 2014

Computer Scientist, Jaron Lanier Explains How Big Data Is Used to Limit Our Freedom–The Value of Your Personal Data… Computer Scientist, Jaron Lanier Explains How Big Data Is Used to Limit Our Freedom–The Value of Your Personal Data…

He discusses the suffering of wealth distribution, recoveries that don’t have jobs included to start out.  The internet is not helping but r...

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

What’s Going On With the Media–Journalism Interviewing Data Bases, People And Journo Bot Comes In To Play… What’s Going On With the Media–Journalism Interviewing Data Bases, People And Journo Bot Comes In To Play…

Kenneth Cukier from the Economist explains in this 15 minute video how the face of journalism is changing and as readers we don’t all of it,...

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Online Data Brokers Persist, Listing Consumers on Chronic Disease Mailing Lists And More–Need To License and Index All Data Sellers, Brokers, Banks, Companies, Otherwise You Don’t Have a Complete Listing of Who They Are… Online Data Brokers Persist, Listing Consumers on Chronic Disease Mailing Lists And More–Need To License and Index All Data Sellers, Brokers, Banks, Companies, Otherwise You Don’t Have a Complete Listing of Who They Are…

As much as this is in the news, it still persists and people don’t like it, especially when it’s flawed and it really represents some sloppy...

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

HHS Error on Enrollment Figures–Grave Layers of Distraction With Both Government and Consumers, How Easily Distraction Occurs Today Relative to Odd Perceptional Priorities Along With A Cast of Dupers In Tuck, What a Joke.. HHS Error on Enrollment Figures–Grave Layers of Distraction With Both Government and Consumers, How Easily Distraction Occurs Today Relative to Odd Perceptional Priorities Along With A Cast of Dupers In Tuck, What a Joke..

So how long are we going to be distracted and hang on to this error?  For goodness sakes when you errors at such if people had any data mech...

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

FDA Rules to Require Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Pizza Parlors and More to Post Calorie Counts on Menus-Smart Way to Address Obesity With Education Versus Apps and Algorithms & Infographics Mapping Fat People.. FDA Rules to Require Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Pizza Parlors and More to Post Calorie Counts on Menus-Smart Way to Address Obesity With Education Versus Apps and Algorithms & Infographics Mapping Fat People..

We have seen obesity all over the map from the recent errors at CDC on their website to tons of people who love to make infographics to show...

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Monday, November 24, 2014

CMS Gives Hospitals an Extra 30 Days to Complete Meaningful Use Reporting for 2014 CMS Gives Hospitals an Extra 30 Days to Complete Meaningful Use Reporting for 2014

Penalties will apply for those who do not submit their qualifying data and this also covered the clinical quality measure submissions.  Agai...

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Training Prisoners to Code At San Quentin–What A Great Way to Train Future Hackers… Training Prisoners to Code At San Quentin–What A Great Way to Train Future Hackers…

Ok so hopefully the title got your attention here as that’s what it was designed to do.  No this is not all bad as they need something to ...

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Many States Trying To Figure Out Where to Get the Money to Keep Insurance Exchanges Open, While the GOP Wants the Money Back Already Spent? Many States Trying To Figure Out Where to Get the Money to Keep Insurance Exchanges Open, While the GOP Wants the Money Back Already Spent?

Yes it’s nuts from the GOP at this point to even think about getting the money back and time move on with that idea as it won’t work.  Now ...

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Detroit Hospital the Victim of Identity Theft $500,000 Worth of Fake Patient Tax Returns Filed Detroit Hospital the Victim of Identity Theft $500,000 Worth of Fake Patient Tax Returns Filed

Here we go again the tax return scheme.  Last time it was in Florida with a hospital that had been hit 3 times in 2 years, all inside jobs....

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Hospital for Seniors Closed Due to Abuse of Patients… Hospital for Seniors Closed Due to Abuse of Patients…

This has to be one of the worst I have read in a while about senior abuse and a facility.  One patient was shoved to the floor by a worker a...

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Goldman Sachs Big Investor in Kensho Analytics & Will Roll Out to Selected Clients– A Siri Service for Investors Goldman Sachs Big Investor in Kensho Analytics & Will Roll Out to Selected Clients– A Siri Service for Investors

Kensho was founded in 2012, so it’s not that old and I say here it’s like a competitor of sorts to IBM Watson if you will but with a specifi...

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Prime Healthcare to Buy St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Port Huron Michigan Prime Healthcare to Buy St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Port Huron Michigan

Here’s another one for Prime and as we all pretty much know, Prime buys hospitals in financial stress and has been doing that for a few year...

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Johns Hopkins -Insurance Plans From United Healthcare Bought Via Exchanges Will Not Be Able to Use Johns Hopkins Physicians or Medical System–Filed Lawsuit To Sue United, Stating Violation of 1997 Contract Johns Hopkins -Insurance Plans From United Healthcare Bought Via Exchanges Will Not Be Able to Use Johns Hopkins Physicians or Medical System–Filed Lawsuit To Sue United, Stating Violation of 1997 Contract

A few days ago I posted with information from the insurer themselves that doctors will be compensated at a rate slightly above what Medicai...

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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Workers Demand a Fix for Inadequate Care Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Workers Demand a Fix for Inadequate Care

Last year Kaiser was fined $4 million by the state of California that stated patients were not getting timely care and access.  The Californ...

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Saturday, November 22, 2014

FDA Approves Another Extended Release Hydrocodone Product With Abuse Deterrent Properties FDA Approves Another Extended Release Hydrocodone Product With Abuse Deterrent Properties

Well I thought we were trying to crack down on hydrocodone abuse and maybe the deterrent properties are the key here.  In the last couple of...

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Science and Healthcare Technologies–Two Parties on Complete Opposite Ends, Enter the World of the GOP Skeptics and the Democratic Dupers Science and Healthcare Technologies–Two Parties on Complete Opposite Ends, Enter the World of the GOP Skeptics and the Democratic Dupers

I have never seen anything like this and I’m not happy with either party.  I can understand the battle a bit though as the Democratic Dupers...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

CDC Shuts Down Obesity For the Work Place Web Site–One of Those Failed Models That Continues to Tie Obesity to Financial Losses-A Broken Proof of Concept Model That Does Not Work And Strips Employees of Their Dignity CDC Shuts Down Obesity For the Work Place Web Site–One of Those Failed Models That Continues to Tie Obesity to Financial Losses-A Broken Proof of Concept Model That Does Not Work And Strips Employees of Their Dignity

What’s the matter with people anymore with being stuck in stat rat world?  Do they think an obese person is going to look at this as somethi...

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
 
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