I have loved Maya Angelou for about as long as I can remember. In my office, at Kaiser Permanente, I kept dozens of cards from The Maya Angelou Collection from Hallmark. Birthday? Check. Get well soon? Covered. Loss of a friend or relative? Sadly prepared. Anytime anybody [...]
Michael Moore is ruffling more than a few feathers with SiCKO, his new movie which shines a (camera) spotlight on what’s wrong with healthcare in America. The movie doesn’t even open until Friday, but guess which healthcare organization already has its press release ready to go, saying its “portrayal” in SiCKO “must be addressed.” [...]
Marie-Anne Hogarth, with the East Bay Business Times, has what I believe is the first interview with Phil Fasano since he joined Kaiser Permanente back in February. In the first dose of honesty in a while, Fasano admits KP is falling far short on reliability when it comes to HealthConnect:
The first goal, Fasano says, [...]
I’ve probably spent billions of dollars on music, movies, and television shows from iTunes. Or close to that, at least. I’m not a fan, at all, of stealing the creative work of others. I also think the MPAA and the RIAA completely missed the digital boat about eight long years ago, and [...]
I believe in music therapy, too. For that reason, this post will be corporate intrigue free.
Kelly Clarkson has a new album, called My December, which is slated to be released on June 26. You should listen to Sober, the new single. I’ve had a chance to listen to quite a bit of [...]
The New York Times is wondering out loud whether the electronic health “cost savings” emperor has an empty wardrobe:
Saving money can be expensive.
Indeed, the quest to save dollars in the nation’s $2.1 trillion annual health care bill is becoming a lucrative market of its own. Thousands of companies, large and small, are pitching cost-saving ideas [...]
With governance at Kaiser Permanente in shambles, it is sad but not surprising to hear that the respected musical chair method of reorganization is now in full swing at KP-IT, under Phil Fasano. The new orgchart has been drawn up and distributed. The only trouble? Well, there aren’t any names. Simple [...]
When I was looking up some details for the Qualcomm piece, I came across an old favorite: the Sprint Trench Coat Guy. Taking over the job of Sprint’s personification after Candice Bergen had done such an amazing job must have been tough, but the fact that you still remember him (and probably still like [...]
Please allow me to introduce you to Qualcomm. If your wireless carrier is Sprint, Verizon, Alltel, Telus, or Bell Mobility (among others), then you probably already are a friend of Qualcomm (even if you didn’t know it). You see, a whole bunch of the technology inside your phone was developed by Qualcomm. [...]
I feel like I’ve mentioned this before, but, in most cases, the titles of each of my blog posts are segments from song lyrics that are somehow relevant (to me, at least) to the post itself. In this case, “Hid in the dark of their windows” refers to:
squint your eyes and look closeri’m not [...]