Milo.
Even though its only 30 degrees outside, Milo loves the fresh air.
Taken with our new Nikon D40.
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el·e·ga·tion: being highly effective, yet simple
December 29, 2008
December 10, 2008
2008: Top Songs, Top Searches.
2008: Last.fm top 10 (top 10 songs played via itunes, not necessarily purchased):
1. MGMT
2. The Ting Tings
3. Sara Bareilles
4. Fleet Foxes
5. Katy Perry
6. The Last Shadow Puppets
7. Foals
8. Bon Iver
9. Does it Offend You, Yeah?
10. Santogold
Seems like a lot of Brooklyn and Britain covering the top 10. I had not heard much of #4,6,7,8,9 prior to this top 10. Bon Iver, Does it Offend You, Yeah? and Fleet Foxes are groups I'll probably download and like to hear more from. I already have been regularly listening to Santogold & MGMT pretty regularly.
- sarah palin
- beijing 2008
- facebook login
- tuenti
- heath ledger
- obama
- nasza klasa
- wer kennt wen
- euro 2008
- jonas brothers
Not quite sure what the deal is with #4, 7, 8, or 9.
Hat top to Flickr photo, Alphafish
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November 14, 2008
Clinical Informatics: The Document Should Drive
Web 10.0
The above link is an Interesting video presentation by Kevin Kelly. He really invites us all to think and dream big about the future of the internet. It wont be what we expect. It inspired me to think about the current state of electronic medical records and where it could go.
I like his idea of the new extended self, which now includes all the knowledge accessible on the net. Without access we feel like we are missing something of ourselves. That power of extending myself beyond my physical body is actually what makes us able to use tools and technology so well.
I also like the ideas of teaching search engines to pull data from text, and make it smart. I feel I am most creative when I have a blank document, or even better, a blank piece of paper in front of me. If I can create and keep typing or writing I can get into a flow. If i have to constantly switch from mouse to click then back to my keyboard to type, my flow, my thoughts, and patterns are interrupted. This makes for a difficult to read document with the added negative trait of being slower.
This idea, I believe is going to be what breaks open the field of medical informatics. Physicians are used to thinking and speaking or dictating. They are used to the old form of note writing or order writing which includes a blank piece of progress note paper, or a blank order form. The old records follow a similar format.
Medical programs should PULL the diagnosis and relevant medical history FROM the medical document. Our current format allows a diagnosis to drive a note. I believe the note should actually drive actions. It should automatically develop billing codes, diagnoses, as well as order & fax prescriptions and set up follow appointments.
For example:
1. Hypertension
- well controlled, will refill HCTZ 25mg daily for another year
- recheck BMP in 2 weeks
- follow-up in 6 months
Is all one would need to drive billing, diagnoses, prescriptions, labs, and follow-up for this patient encounter.
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November 03, 2008
2008 Electoral College Prediction
I predict Obama will have a big night, doing better than expected in rocky mountains and states neighboring Illinois.
I invite you to share your predictions with me! Go to this map to predict . (Then I did a ctrl+print screen and then pasted into paint.)
I was 49/50 states correct in 2004, unfortunately I had Ohio predicted wrong.
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October 28, 2008
Pumpkins!!!!!
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October 14, 2008
The Muji Chronotebook
from Jack Cheng,
"The chronotebook teaches us that multifunction is not the same as multipurpose. That there's a logical, hypothetical way to do something and a simple, flexible way to do the same. When given the choice, I choose the latter. I absolutely swear by my chronotebook and recommend it without conviction (I've already bought three more of them)."
photo via Jack Cheng
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