Electronic Medical Records and Data Entry
A physician friend and I had lunch yesterday and discussed a broad range of healthcare issues, including the status of electronic medical records (EMRs). (There are a number of EMR stories here in patrickWeb — see list.) USA Today published a story this week written by a doctor who was less than positive about EMRs (see Electronic […]
ENUM and Bitcoin on CircleID
CircleID is a collaborative news and opinion website which publishes articles written by various industry professionals that write about new developments that may influence the infrastructure of the Internet. I wrote a piece about ENUM back in October 2003. Fast forward ten years and CircleID asked to publish a short piece I wrote about Bitcoin. Both […]
Coupons, Checks, and Envelopes
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? A United Healthcare unit had been chosen to fix the healthcare.gov website. They are reputed to […]
Inside Bitcoins – 2
A friend and I were having breakfast the other morning at Funky Pelican at the Flagler Beach Pier. I was reflecting on the similarities between the evolution of Bitcoin and the World Wide Web (WWW) as I had posted in Inside Bitcoins. Our discussion made me think of other similarities between the early days of the web and […]
Inside Bitcoins
Electronic money is not a new idea. The Electronic Fund Transfer Act was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Jimmy Carter 35 years ago (1978). Other forms of electronic money include payment processors, direct deposit, and digital currencies such as Bitcoin. What distinguishes Bitcoin from other electronic money is that it is a cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies are a […]
