Comments for justen http://justendeal.com + blog Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:59:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The Future: Aflac and Workscape. by Aflac: one foot in the door. « justen http://justendeal.com/blog/2008/05/15/the-future-aflac-and-workscape/comment-page-1/#comment-34395 Aflac: one foot in the door. « justen Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:05:23 +0000 http://justendeal.com/?p=330#comment-34395 [...] after Aflac announced the new Aflac for Business campaign last spring, I wrote about how I believed the company had a real opportunity to expand its partnership with human [...] [...] after Aflac announced the new Aflac for Business campaign last spring, I wrote about how I believed the company had a real opportunity to expand its partnership with human [...]

]]> Comment on WellPoint’s challenge. by Justen Deal http://justendeal.com/blog/2009/01/13/wellpoint-and-its-medicare-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-30838 Justen Deal Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:39:38 +0000 http://justendeal.com/?p=526#comment-30838 Update: So WellPoint is now including a new blurb in its safe harbor statements, that the company faces risks due to "non-compliance with the complex regulations imposed on Medicare and Medicaid programs." Update: So WellPoint is now including a new blurb in its safe harbor statements, that the company faces risks due to “non-compliance with the complex regulations imposed on Medicare and Medicaid programs.”

]]> Comment on WellPoint’s challenge. by menoalittle http://justendeal.com/blog/2009/01/13/wellpoint-and-its-medicare-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-25791 menoalittle Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:21:07 +0000 http://justendeal.com/?p=526#comment-25791 Hi Justen, I have missed your brilliant writings. Hope you are ok. The CMS cited problems of "computer mistakes", "computer failures", and "problems with...computer systems" are not isolated to insurance administrators such as WellPoint. They are ubiquitous flaws and defects in HIT devices and when they occur in hospitals, patients suffer...even die. Yet, the Business Roundtable is aggressively lobbying the Obama administration to devote $billions on HIT devices to save "$165 billion a year on health care costs" (hello?) and use the facade it will create 200,000 jobs. They do not cite the number of dead patients IT devices will cause. Spending that much on unproven (for safety and efficacy) devices and an experiment in providing altered medical care may be a case of seduction by HIT dreams. But regulatory groups and academicians are awakening and the UK has shown how to waste billions of pounds, as indicated at the following sites: http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_42.htm http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12572 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3274703/NHS-IT-system-at-a-standstill.html Happy reading, safe computing, and continue to educate the lawmakers and CEO dreamers. Best regards, Menoalittle Hi Justen,
I have missed your brilliant writings. Hope you are ok. The CMS cited problems of “computer mistakes”, “computer failures”, and “problems with…computer systems” are not isolated to insurance administrators such as WellPoint. They are ubiquitous flaws and defects in HIT devices and when they occur in hospitals, patients suffer…even die. Yet, the Business Roundtable is aggressively lobbying the Obama administration to devote $billions on HIT devices to save “$165 billion a year on health care costs” (hello?) and use the facade it will create 200,000 jobs. They do not cite the number of dead patients IT devices will cause. Spending that much on unproven (for safety and efficacy) devices and an experiment in providing altered medical care may be a case of seduction by HIT dreams. But regulatory groups and academicians are awakening and the UK has shown how to waste billions of pounds, as indicated at the following sites:
http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_42.htm
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12572
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3274703/NHS-IT-system-at-a-standstill.html

Happy reading, safe computing, and continue to educate the lawmakers and CEO dreamers.
Best regards,
Menoalittle

]]> Comment on Purkinje: growing. by Purkinje: Another SaaS EHR http://justendeal.com/blog/2008/10/10/purkinje-stealth-fighter/comment-page-1/#comment-19883 Purkinje: Another SaaS EHR Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:38:29 +0000 http://justendeal.com/?p=481#comment-19883 [...] Deal in his post, Purkinje: stealth fighter, introduced me to another SasS focused Electronic Health Record (EHR) and practice management [...] [...] Deal in his post, Purkinje: stealth fighter, introduced me to another SasS focused Electronic Health Record (EHR) and practice management [...]

]]> Comment on Glen Tullman gets it. by Allscripts Newsletter http://justendeal.com/blog/2008/10/28/glen-tullman-gets-it/comment-page-1/#comment-18828 Allscripts Newsletter Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:11:00 +0000 http://justendeal.com/?p=419#comment-18828 Justen Deal, the Kaiser employee who infamously emailed his entire employee base to expose the HMO's failing Epic EMR system (earning Epic a series of terrible headlines), now endorses Allscripts for our Connect to Health focus. Deal singles out Glen Tullman for his visionary article in HISTalk (Oct. 13, 2008) challenging other HIT vendors to push the envelope on interoperability. "Allscripts has both the people, the resources, and the influence to actually push parts of healthcare forward," Deal writes. Justen Deal, the Kaiser employee who infamously emailed his entire employee base to expose the HMO’s failing Epic EMR system (earning Epic a series of terrible headlines), now endorses Allscripts for our Connect to Health focus. Deal singles out Glen Tullman for his visionary article in HISTalk (Oct. 13, 2008) challenging other HIT vendors to push the envelope on interoperability. “Allscripts has both the people, the resources, and the influence to actually push parts of healthcare forward,” Deal writes.

]]> Comment on Glen Tullman gets it. by R. Weiss http://justendeal.com/blog/2008/10/28/glen-tullman-gets-it/comment-page-1/#comment-18827 R. Weiss Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:23:09 +0000 http://justendeal.com/?p=419#comment-18827 Tullman sounds sincere but we have to get more vendors to jump on the 'connected' bandwagon to see widespread results. Tullman sounds sincere but we have to get more vendors to jump on the ‘connected’ bandwagon to see widespread results.

]]> Comment on Glen Tullman gets it. by Dr. Brigham http://justendeal.com/blog/2008/10/28/glen-tullman-gets-it/comment-page-1/#comment-18499 Dr. Brigham Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:23:32 +0000 http://justendeal.com/?p=419#comment-18499 Justen, thanks for the insight. Allscripts is using the Misys merger to move the company ahead. Smart move on Glen's part. Even better move for MDRX shareholders. Justen, thanks for the insight. Allscripts is using the Misys merger to move the company ahead. Smart move on Glen’s part. Even better move for MDRX shareholders.

]]> Comment on A whole new Vieue. by Glen Tullman gets it. – justen http://justendeal.com/blog/2008/10/03/a-whole-new-vieue/comment-page-1/#comment-18497 Glen Tullman gets it. – justen Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:58:17 +0000 http://justendeal.com/?p=341#comment-18497 [...] my work and all, I should probably stop getting so excited about athena, Allscripts, and (a few) others. [...] [...] my work and all, I should probably stop getting so excited about athena, Allscripts, and (a few) others. [...]

]]> Comment on We are created creative. by Bob Coffield http://justendeal.com/blog/2008/09/27/we-are-created-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-16098 Bob Coffield Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:26:23 +0000 http://justendeal.com/?p=361#comment-16098 Welcome back to WV Justen. Glad you are back. Thanks for participating in the CreateWV blog post initiative and highlighting your experiences. I appreciate your highlighting the health/technology initiatives going on in WV and the health thought leaders with WV roots. Look forward to talking more. Welcome back to WV Justen. Glad you are back. Thanks for participating in the CreateWV blog post initiative and highlighting your experiences. I appreciate your highlighting the health/technology initiatives going on in WV and the health thought leaders with WV roots.

Look forward to talking more.

]]> Comment on We are created creative. by Skip Lineberg http://justendeal.com/blog/2008/09/27/we-are-created-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-16084 Skip Lineberg Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:37:25 +0000 http://justendeal.com/?p=361#comment-16084 Justen- I was thrilled to discover your orange pylon of progress and your blog post on creative communities under construction! Thanks for joining and supporting the cause. Best regards, Skip Justen-

I was thrilled to discover your orange pylon of progress and your blog post on creative communities under construction! Thanks for joining and supporting the cause.

Best regards,
Skip

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