Genesys XX
The 20th Annual Genesys Partners Venture Dinner — Genesys XX– Tuesday night at the Union League Club in New York included nearly 100 invited venture capitalists, investors, journalists, entrepreneurs, and industry executives. As always, Jim Kollegger — CEO of Genesys Partners and one of the pioneers of the information industry — was an elegant master […]
My First Purchase Using Bitcoin
Bitpay is an Atlanta startup that says their mission is to make Bitcoin every merchant’s favorite form of payment. They claim that more than 20,000 businesses use their services. The official merchant count on Bitcoin Pulse is approximately 2,800 merchants. Whichever number you believe, adoption is clearly rising. Perhaps like others, I was curious about how […]
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 […]
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 […]
My Doctoral Journey – Part 7
Next week, it will be 40 months since my decision in August 2010 to begin a doctoral journey. It has been eight months since I provided an update on the journey, and that is the purpose of this post. As of September 30, I have completed 100% of the academic coursework and have learned a lot from 23 […]