Mobile Clinical assistants in the healthcare sector

Mobile clinical assistants are Tablet PCs/Mac tablet specifically designed for the healthcare sector. It’s a lightweight, portable slate Macintosh tablet/tablet that can be carried around the hospital by the doctors/ nurses. can be combined with software to enable bedside note taking, patient record retrieval, accurate treatment administration and faster response times.
The MCA is intended to replace more than the patient clip board. Just some of the applications for the MCA include:
Clinical Documentation
Practice Management
Electronic Health Records
Patient Education
The adoption of these devices has been gradual due to the fact that this is a massive shift for healthcare. Healthcare practices usually have long standing and well functioning paper based systems, and it takes time to develop a digital solution to supplement or replace these.
Now that there are a number of hardware options available, there are 3 key elements needed to enable the widespread adoption of the MCA:
Software to enable the shift
Staff training and adoption
Good hardware support
Much of this is already available. There are numerous software solutions across a wide range of healthcare specialties. We have to wait and watch.

MTV’s movie awards with Brangelina

No doubt, MTV will do anything to get Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to its upcoming Movie Awards.

We’re sure Brangelina will receive many nominations (remember this past year included Jolie in Wanted, Changeling and Kung Fu Panda along with Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Burn After Reading), but for now we know of at least one so far for Ms. Jolie.

My peeps at MTV tell me that this year’s 18th annual awards, which will be handed out on May 31 and telecast live from L.A.’s Gibson Amphitheatre, will include a new category: Best WTF Moment.

Nominees include:

Angelina Jolie: Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill

Amy Poehler: Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar: Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop Shed

Ben Stiller: Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head

Jason Segel and Kristen Bell: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked Break-Up

We say the Ayush from Slumdog should take home the Golden Popcorn. Do you agree?

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Carrier Ethernet standards

Carrier Ethernet is now becoming a widely deployed technology to connect metropolitan area networks. With Ethernet becoming immensely popular with customers, service providers are keen to roll out Ethernet networks that are carrier class. The key to the large scale roll out of these networks is two fold – standardization and conformance.
For Ethernet networks to become carrier class, they have to bring to the table, the same kind of services that have been available with traditional networks like Frame relay and ATM. Besides services, the networks have to pass the tests of reliability, simplicity and rapid provisioning. To achieve this and to increase interoperability amongst equipment vendors, there is need to standardize the services and requirements of carrier Ethernet.
This is being achieved by forums like the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) and by standards bodies like IEEE. Once standards are decided and services and implementation agreements reached, the task shifts to conformance.
For interoperability, its imperative that equipments that be certified for conformance to standards. There are various ways to achieve this – one obvious way is to publish the standards and let vendors decide their degree of conformance. The other option to is to setup certification bodies that issue compliance certificates. By doing the latter, it becomes important for vendors to put their equipment through the tests before going to service providers to sell their gear. There are many types of tests that need to be passed in certification – performance and functionality. Performance testing measure the network and subsystems at both ends of the scale – high and low speeds and congestion. Functionality tests measure protocol and feature requirements – q-in-q, VPLS, PBT etc.
An offshoot of the twin requirements of standardization and compliance is the need for test suites that can qualify equipments. The suites can run tests for performance and functionality and helps both service providers and equipment makers to achieve certification. Vendors run these tests to check if the devices they make conform to standards and service providers use them to check if equipment they are buying are compliant. Network testing suits are thus a crucial component in the widescale adoption and deployment of carrier Ethernet

How to tackle loss of job

In early 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that over 40 states recorded an increase over last year in the number of layoffs. In February alone over 600,000 workers were caught up in layoffs. This is an alarming statistics. If you and your family are experiencing a job loss then here are some tips that could help you out.
Set emotions aside. Don’t panic.: Job loss could have a profound effect on your emotional well being. It’s not easy to be separated from ones job. All of us closely identify ourselves with our work and its not easy to stay away from it. However we need to learn to adapt ourselves to the situation. Think what’s next and start planning for your future.

Make a graceful exit: If you are handed the pink slip, it’s very important that you keep your emotions in check and do not panic. It’s better to leave in a good term. You might have to run into the same people again or might even require their help. Make sure that you collect all your settlements. Remember money is very important during a job loss.
Check out and apply for benefits: In the United States, your local Employment Service Center will be able to help you. The Web Site of the U.S. Department of Labor has information on unemployment compensation in the United States. This includes links to the individual sites of many states.
Update your budget: Check your emergency funds. Be open to your family and kids about the financial situation. If you have to implement an expense reduction plan, do it immediately. Start managing your money properly. You can try online money management or free money management software.
Pass the word around: Do not be hesitant, but let your world know about your job loss. Anyone and everyone can give you a good lead. Networking at this hour is very critical.
Be open to new opportunities: It’s the best time to experiment with new field and opportunity. Do not restrict yourself to what you did before. Expand your search and include other jobs that you can possibly do.
Coping with a job loss is no joke. But remember patience pays. Be calm, be patient and all the best.

How to generate quality sales lead in a down market

Recession or downturn calls for big changes. It could be reducing waste, re-engineering processes, revamping their sales efforts, cutting expenses, selling off inventories and the list goes on and on. As a sales leads generator this could be a green season for you. Change is a sales lead generation manager's best friend. Change gives rise to new openings that probably were not available previously.
Here are some tips as to how to go about acquiring your new market.
Realign your sales messages: You should understand ‘change’ sounds exciting for you but it might be a nightmare for a company you are pitching for. Understand their requirements and realign your messages before pitching. Talk more on the lines of how your product could render help via money saving or dramatic process improvements.
Be on the lookout for obvious moves and changes. Do not neglect any company or stay away from any changes. You can never assess as to how things might change. For example a downsizing company might rely greatly on outsourcing services.
Adjust your target market: Not all markets are sensitive to the economy in the same way. The point is, not everyone is experiencing the same economy you are. Determine who is doing well and match your product or service to their needs. The goal is to micro-target vertical markets that are weathering the economic slowdown better than others.