Seems Georgia is in line for federal healthcare dollars. $1.4 million will go to the Georgia Association of Primary Health Care to help regional health centers convert to systems facilitating electronic medical records (EMR). If you want to learn more about EMR, TAG has a meeting on Aug 30 to discuss the topic.
Georgia [...]
Is the Intellectual Property system (patents, copyrights, etc). The world has moved from an era of individual inventors (see Thomas Hughes: American Genesis) to one which creates by cooperation across cultures, across national boundaries and across coporate boundaries. Robert Scoble interviews IBM’s IP attorney — and he emphasizes this point.
If we don’t adjust [...]
PEW Foundation has a new study on state investment strategies regarding innovation.
Investing billions of dollars in everything from nanotechnology to health care and agricultural science R&D funds are being used by states as diverse as New York, Minnesota, Florida, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Georgia and Arizona. California alone has committed $3 billion to a 10-year investment in [...]
Ok, this is where I get a little geeky. But, imagine if you will, subscribing to data providers for only data you need to feed into whatever type of analysis you fancy. As new data appears, your model is appropriately updated. No searching, no translation — just data as it happens.
See this discussion via John [...]
Gary Hamel, director at the Woodside Institute, pens a column in the WSJ about Google and its growth rate. In his conclusion, he writes:
Google seems to have grasped the new century's most important business lesson: The capacity to evolve is the most important advantage of all.
WSJ column by Andy Kessler, The Design Economy, posits that perhaps the stock market knows how the economy works better than we do as it zips past the behavior models we expect it to conform to.
Perhaps here's how the world works these days. No need to borrow billions and build big ethylene plants anymore. You [...]
Literally, according to this USA Today article TV makers are going to let broadcasters seize control of YOUR television and not allow you to skip commercials by switching channels.
Yes, according to Royal Philips Electronics. A patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says researchers of the Netherland-based consumer electronics company have created a [...]
A Wall Street Journal column on what's wrong with patents makes this cogent observation:
The Constitution grants Congress the power to protect the rights of patent and copyright holders, but only "for limited times" and to "promote the progress of science and useful arts." It does not, by contrast, grant Congress the power to confer the [...]
Some sage words from Wlawdawsky-Berger (Always On) on why innovation is critical:
Consequently, a business or institution of any kind—whether in government, healthcare, academia or any other area of human endeavor—needs to think about innovation as a principle, a pervasive set of behaviors and skills that underlies every aspect of its operations, its strategy and its relationships. [...]
