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Darrell Proctor
Business Technology ExaminerDarrell Proctor is a longtime observer of business and technology, from the art of the deal to reviews of consumer electronics. He's the author of the Mile High Tech blog and a veteran of the publishing industry. Questions for Darrell? Drop him a line at techexaminer@gmail.com.
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Darrell Proctor - Business Technology Examiner
The July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks
magazine contains the survey and study
of how health care providers use information technology.
Some groups have made it a priority, though, and that's reflected in the 2008 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
The survey focuses on how hospitals use information technologies for quality, customer service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce issues.
Read all about this year's survey here.
Topics: Medicine
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Topics: Internet
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Apple has an event scheduled Tuesday, and the invitation shows a silhouette of a dancing man with an iPod.It's titled "Let's Rock." And while Apple hasn't said much about Tuesday's event, the company has a history of gatherings in late... Read More
Topics: Technology
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Leave it to television to come up with yet another reality series that involves sex.Of course, in this case, it could be the technology that's sexy, even if the producers don't want it that way.The show is called Gadget or the Girl? It will air... Read More
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