Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Stuff below the fold

NYTimes prints it's biannual article noting that the US Indian Health Service sucks.

Been there, done that. For the last 40 years,(I first worked with the IHS in 1974) the IHS has had dedicated medical personnel trying to give decent care despite inadequate out of date facilities, long hours, limited budget, and multicultural barriers.


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FYI:
Superfreakanomics podcast HERE.
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You heard about the Holy Grail, but do you know about the Grailstone?

TeaAtTrianonBlog discusses.

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Women as helpless victims?
Contrast and compare:
Those feisty women of the old West.


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Freshwater Algae, from the
Best Microscopic photos of the year at NatGeo.
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Hubble photos as an Advent calender HERE.
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Computers may drive up health care costs, says Harvard Study.
"...the healthcare system is broken — it’s overloaded, overburdened, over-administered, over-litigated, and way more costly than it should be. When it comes to adding IT, there’s an old maxim that comes into play: “When you automate a mess, you get an automated mess.” As with automation in any industry, organizations need to first clear up and address underlying processes and issues before throwing software and systems at them..."

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