The path to success may be paved with dreams but navigating it requires more than wishful thinking. Abdul Kalam, President of India from 2002-2007, loved to talk about dreams. My favorite of his many quotes about them is, "Dream is not the thing you see in...
New report details lax management of contractors, missed deadlines, process in disarray In a review of 20 of 62 contracts awarded for the development, implementation and operation of HealthCare.gov, the HHS Office of the Inspector General found the supervision of contractors on the job to be...
The Dislike button has long been the most requested feature from Facebook users. So when Mark Zuckerberg today said in a public Q&A that the company was working on a way to show empathy for victims of tragedies and other things that are inappropriate to...
The ongoing battle between researchers and vendors over the public disclosure of security vulnerabilities in vendor products took a bizarre turn last week in a new case involving two security firms, FireEye and ERNW. In a blog post published September 10, ERNW revealed that FireEye...
Migration of two acquired hospitals from Epic to Cerner slated for 2018 It may seem counter-intuitive to pull the plug on a new and expensive – reportedly $115 million – EHR system that was recently rolled out at two hospitals in favor of another brand. But that's...
When Apple first introduced its widgets platform in iOS 8, the company blocked developers from releasing apps that launched other apps via widgets added to the “Today View” in the Notification Center on the iPhone or iPad. However, Apple later relaxed the rules, allowing apps...
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin space company will take over a launch pad at Cape Canaveral and open a manufacturing site nearby, bringing another high-profile tenant to the Florida Space Coast....
The efficiency of any population health program relies on the ability of caregivers and stakeholders to leverage population data With the increasing adoption of data analytics, providers, health plans and accountable care organizations are quickly transitioning toward a coordinated, integrated and value-based care delivery ecosystem. We...
CHANTILLY, Va. — On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine. As they worked their way around the...
Imagine if the founder of a very successful consumer technology company knocked on your door and offered to get you in on the ground floor of their new enterprise. Almost any VC would jump at the chance, as would most engineers and designers. But I...