Ugly (ŭg’lē) adj.
Displeasing to the eye; unsightly.
Repulsive or offensive; objectionable
Likely to cause embarrassment or trouble
UPDATE: I was able to talk with several senior executives, including Jonathan Bush (CEO) and Rob Cosinuke (Chief Marketing Officer) about my concerns. The great news is that athena is finally getting serious about design and hired their first UX [...]
Software Enabled Services
Professional service offerings that leverage software to synergistically deliver higher levels of performance than obtainable from either alone.
A next generation construct which builds upon the concept of Software as a Service (SaaS) but involves the actual human delivery of the services.
I am here in Las Vegas at the athenahealth user conference. Jonathan [...]
Walkabout (wôk’ə-bout’) n.
A temporary return to traditional Aboriginal life, taken especially between periods of work or residence in modern society and usually involving a period of travel through the bush.
A public stroll taken by an important person, such as a monarch, among a group of people for greeting and conversation.
I have been off the grid [...]
Connection (kə-nĕk’shən) n.
The act of connecting.
The state of being connected
An association or relationship
Sermo finally makes the connection between all the health insurance reform conversations and the inevitable consequence of pushing a large percentage of providers toward a cash based practice. I have highlighted the rise of direct practice multiple times, and believe enough in [...]
Afterburner (af·tər′bər·nər) n.
A device for augmenting the thrust of a jet engine by burning additional fuel in the uncombined oxygen in the gases from the turbine
The augmentation of thrust obtained by afterburning may be well over 40% of the normal thrust and at supersonic flight can exceed 100% of normal thrust
athenahealth is one of my [...]
Prometheus (prə-mē’thē-əs) n.
A Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to humankind, for which Zeus chained him to a rock and sent an eagle to eat his liver, which grew back daily.
A personification of the unconquerable will opposing greater power, forever chained and suffering but confident of the ultimate triumph of his cause.
The [...]
Exchange (ĭks-chānj’) n.
To give in return for something received; trade
To give and receive reciprocally; interchange
A place where things are exchanged, especially a center where securities or commodities are bought and sold
There have been several interesting health finance innovations that have been announced recently which have relevance to health reform in general and the [...]
* This is the second part of my commentary on the June HealthVault Connected Care Conference in Seattle. I hope to use this post to motivate my good friends at Google Health into taking a much more public, visible, and proactive role in the health conversation. More importantly, it is a call to Google HQ [...]
* I am out at the Eli Lilly Health 2.0 Summit and just finished a presentation by Microsoft Health Services team. It was an interesting presentation, if but for nothing else to show their worldwide commitment to health. It reminded me of the June Health Vault Summit I attended where I wrote but forgot to [...]
* I just found several blog posts that I had written but never posted. Sorry that these are late but there are still worthy of a link or two.
I just saw some serious lame legislation proposed out of New Jersey by some ill-informed congressional lackey legislating that all EHR’s be certified through CCHIT. This [...]
