Healthcare Insurance Information Technology
During the open enrollment period for 2014 healthcare insurance a few months ago, my wife and I chose the AARP Medicare Rx Preferred plan offered by United Healthcare, the largest health insurance provider in America. How could we go wrong? UnitedHealthcare is an operating division of UnitedHealth Group, the largest single health carrier in the United […]
Man with 3-D Printed Pelvis Walks Again
A British gentleman in his 60s was suffering from chondrosarcoma of the pelvis, a rare form of cancer that could not be treated with radiation or drugs. The only option was to replace the diseased half of his pelvis. Such surgery would have been unheard of in the recent past, but with the advent of […]
Reflections on Bitcoin – 8: The Coming Digital Anarchy
The pace of all things Bitcoin is picking up. On the tactical front, Expedia has announced that hotel reservations can be paid for with Bitcoin and processed through Coinbase, the Bitcoin payment processor. Expedia reportedly has plans to extend Bitcoin purchases to airline and car rental reservations in the near future. To Expedia, the new […]
DACS 22 – Review
Click image to enlarge On May 6th, the Danbury Area Computer Society (DACS) held it’s monthly meeting, and it was an honor to give a talk there about The Future of Healthcare and the Internet. This was the twenty-second year that I had shared my thoughts with DACS. The meeting was open to the public and […]
Reflections on Bitcoin – 7
The value of a Bitcoin is up approximately 50% from recent lows. Does this mean just a spike among speculators, or does it reflect increasing belief in the fundamentals as described here numerous times? I see coinbase.com as a proxy for the future of Bitcoin. The company is based in San Francisco, California and claims […]