Please allow me to make this the unoffical Request for Proposal of the people of the United States in the area of a standardized format for heathcare information exchange.
The current landscape is a bunch of different electronic health record providers storing data in propritary formats, which don’t allow for potability of data at all.
A Massive Database
The most effective and efficient way of doing things would be a massive, centralized helthcare information database compliging healthcare data on every patient in the United States. However, this masive database brings several concerns in the playing field.
Privacy – All of this highly confidential data stored in one location could be a breeding ground for trouble if someone received unauthorized access to the system.
Control – We’d …
This morning I found out that the total compensation package for the postmaster general was nearly $800,000. I have no problem with paying him that amount if that is what the market demands for his services. However, if the Democrats are going to play their silly CEO pay game, then it’s time we play that game with these types of agencies.
I realize that the postal service is and has been an independent agency for a long time now, but its starting to roll in huge deficits and if the problem doesn’t get corrected soon I can see the Obama administration stepping in with taxpayer support for one of the oldest institutions in America.
President-elect Barack Obama has proposed giving a $4,000 tax credit to any US higher education student who works 100 hours of community service each year. Making college more affordable would be a major help to the American education system – it’s a perpetual problem and Obama proposes improving the community by having college students perform community service, which instills lifelong values of servant leadership and volunteerism. In return, these college students can cover two-thirds of the cost of tuition at the average public college or university.
Cutting Costs, Helping Others
The cost of college is rising each day and students continue to struggle with find ways to pay for it without taking out enormous loans that place a burden on themselves, their …
Grown tired of the phrases “failed Bush economic policies” and “the last 8 years of this administration” have I, or at least my inner Yoda rebukes the continual repetition of these soon to be cliche phrases.
Even as we, America, rush to force our President of the past decade out of office, we must pause and take a moment to reflect and examine Mr. Bush’s administration. We must look deeply and analytically to discover the true gift has Bush’s presidency has offered our country and President-elect Obama. The current situation, the state of our country, most notably our economy is not the fault of George Bush, it is not the fault of the Democrats, the Republicans, the Libertarians, the bankers, or …
