Written by Neil Kelty on April 7th, 2009
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 …
Written by Neil Kelty on December 30th, 2008
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 …
Written by Neil Kelty on November 12th, 2008
On Tuesday, November 11-just a week after the election-myself and a crowd of just over 1,000 people joined Former Senator John Edwards at the IU Auditorium for a lecture running for public office and the future of America. While I enjoyed the lecture and the event showed the speaking power of the man, I felt it was missing an intellectual ingredient. Senator Edwards seemed to gloss over many of the issues we’re seeing America battle and I can’t honestly say I was inspired much by his rhetoric. He didn’t offer up any important changes we need to make, instead I heard a candidate making his case for issues.
I was expecting …
Written by Neil Kelty on November 7th, 2008
This is a response to “The Obama Agenda” by Paul Krugman.
Mr. Krugman:
I must respectfully disagree with you. I am not calling on Obama to be “a do-nothing president.” I am calling on him to maintain a left-center tone throughout his presidency. The voters have given him a mandate not on healthcare, not on the economy, not on the war, but on his ability to unify, to lead, to solve the problems our nation faces. As much as conservatives like to claim, Obama did not run on a socialist ideology. I’m sick of hearing that, Barack Obama is not a socialist. He ran left (not socialist left) at the start, then centered a lot. If you aren’t convinced use archive.org …
Written by Neil Kelty on October 30th, 2008
I don’t often agree completely with the Republican National Committee. They are extremely partisan, which I cannot fault them for because that is the purpose of the committee. However, despite my support for Barack Obama in the election in just a few days, I realize the importance of the RNC’s recent campaign against electing 60 Democrats into the Senate. They have hit the nail on the head in regard to not electing 60 Democrats to the Senate, a House Majority, and a Democratic President.
For those that don’t know, 60 Democrats would mean the Republicans would no longer have the ability to block votes by refusing to end debate (of course, the flip side is true as well). Giving one party …
