Why health IT is the core of reform

Why IT is the core of the healthcare renaissance
kevinmd.com

Warning! I am a practicing doctor who sees real patients using an electronic medical record (EMR). My sole agenda is to provide the best patient care. I have no financial stake in information technology (IT). However, unlike the editorial board at…

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The Leaderless Organization: more makers and fewer managers

 

English: The logo for Apple Computer, now Appl...
English: The logo for Apple Computer, now Apple Inc.. The design of the logo started in 1977 designed by Rob Janoff with the rainbow color theme used until 1999 when Apple stopped using the rainbow color theme and used a few different color themes for the same design. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Greg, digitaltonto.com

Good leadership, after all, is defined by its absence. Related posts:• 3 Levels of Strategy
• Apple’s (not so) Stupid Strategy
• How Companies Fail
• 21st Century Strategy
• Why The Lunatics Really Do Run The Asylum

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The Leaderless Organization

John Hodgman’s Apocalypse Survival 101

John Hodgman
John Hodgman (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

beeeeeenr, youtube.com

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John Hodgman’s Apocalypse Survival 101

Why you do not need to be irradiated by airport security

For those about to opt-out: a TSA scanning machine cheat-sheet
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

As Cory notes in this pre-Thanksgiving trav­el day post, some trav­el­ers in Amer­i­ca will be opt­ing out of scan­ning machines in TSA lines for pri­va­cy con­cerns, or for health and safe­ty rea­sons. I want­ed to post a reminder, how­ev­er, tha…

RT @xeni: For those about to opt-out: Not all TSA “Full Body Scanners” are created equal. Cheatsheet to take with you to airport. http://flip.it/E49SU http://flip.it/Y0nBg

Roger Ebert on education: more content, fewer sports stadiums

Hello, Mr. President? It’s me, Roger Ebert – Salon.com
By Roger Ebert, salon.com

I think we need an emergency education program, investing in basics — and not $60 million high school stadiums

I would ask the pres­i­dent for an emer­gency edu­ca­tion pro­gram. Our stu­dents at every level are below Amer­i­can his­tor­i­cal no…

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How information science empowered Obama’s reelection

When the Nerds Go Marching In
James Fallows, theatlantic.com

How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama’s reelection

The Obama cam­paign’s tech­nol­o­gists were tense and tired. It was game day and every­thing was going wrong.

Josh Thay­er…

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Christie flip flops after hurricane Sandy

Chris Christie listened to Rupert Murdoch’s warning, re-backed Romney – Salon.com
By David Daley, salon.com

After the Fox News chief threatened the governor on Twitter, the two men quickly talked, and Christie got on board

Rupert Mur­doch’s warn­ing tweet — telling Chris Christie in the midst of Hur­ri­cane Sandy cleanup that the New Jer­sey gov­er­no…

RT @Salon: This just in: After an ominous tweet from Murdoch, Chris Christie heeded the Fox News chief’s warning, re-backed Romney http://flip.it/thA47 http://flip.it/equob

Marco Rubio, the Tea party and the Big Bang

Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party – Salon.com
By William Bynum, salon.com

Marco Rubio doesn’t know how old the Earth is. Maybe he and his GOP pals need this refresher on the Big Bang

If a film of the his­to­ry of the uni­verse had been made, what would hap­pen if you ran it back­wards? At about five bil­lion years ago…

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LinkedIn and identity theft

Identity fraud more common among LinkedIn users – Salon.com
By Natasha Lennard, salon.com

The personal information openly shared on social media sites is a goldmine for fraudsters

The pro­lif­er­a­tion of per­son­al infor­ma­tion shared via social media cor­re­lates with a sig­nif­i­cant spike in instances of iden­ti­ty fraud. In 201…

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Cory Booker goes on food stamps to show us what food insecurity feels like

Cory Booker goes on food stamps – Salon.com
By Mary Elizabeth Williams, salon.com

The Newark mayor goes on a food-stamp diet to show us what poverty tastes like

Cory Book­er is a rare and unique brand of politi­cian. Cory Book­er is a human being. Since tak­ing office in 2006, the mayor of Newark has made a name for him­self …

RT @Salon: .@CoryBooker’s food stamp challenge: NJ mayor vows to eat on a $30 budget this week http://flip.it/erDTN via @embeedub http://flip.it/bG6ax

Doomsday preppers: Americans stockpiling beans and bullets

“Doomsday Preppers”: Living like you’re gonna die tomorrow – Salon.com
By Roger Catlin, salon.com

Forget “The Walking Dead” and “Revolution.” These National Geographic characters are truly ready for doomsday

The envy was fair­ly pal­pa­ble among the gath­ered “Dooms­day Prep­pers” as the 25-ton, 10-foot-tall, 18-inch-thick doors swung open,…

RT @NYTjamescobb: Doomsday preppers “imagine they’ll have the last laugh deep inside their individual bunkers as the world crumbles” http://flip.it/gVvKG http://flip.it/jxoTB

Fox News tries to ditch conservative propaganda

Fox News adjusts to new reality as it faces four more years of Obama
Paul Harris in New York, guardian.co.uk

It’s the go-to network for outraged conservatives – but now Fox News has benched two high-profile pundits, and shown signs of retreat. Is the US’s biggest cable news network going moderate?

For America’s liberals, it is the tantalising cherry on…

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