Oxinium
Like most people, I had never heard of Oxinium. I vaguely remember the Table of Elements from high school chemistry. Near the middle of the chart is Zirconium, a chemical element with the symbol Zr and atomic number 40. Zirconium is a lustrous, gray-white metal that has no known biological role but due to significant […]
Privacy
There have been many emails about the PepperBall, but perhaps the most emotional feedback has been about my short stories on healthcare. The cry for more efficient, effective, and affordable healthcare is universal. One reader said, "I was happy to see your take on healthcare in your recent blog. This is a field where some […]
Yottabytes – Part 2
A reader of the story about the hospital SmartCard project asked me if the card could store an MRI. The short answer is no, not today, but in the long term, yes for sure. The most important short-term role for the smartcard is authentication. The best example to explain that is Clear. The Clear smartcard […]
Chocolate and Gum
In the story about the hospital SmartCard project, I made a reference to both Wrigley’s Gum and M&M Mars candy. Little did I know that a few days later would come an announcement that Mars Inc. — with some financial backing from billionaire Warren Buffett — is buying The Wrigley Company, the one-hundred year-old powerhouse […]
Our Medical Records
It is 11PM. Do you know where your medical records are? Most likely they are scattered across multiple doctors’ offices in manila folders. The most information about our healthcare encounters is with "payers", the insurance companies which pay for care if we are lucky enough to have the coverage. Most of their information is about […]
