Bring Your Own, BYO, takes me way back to my young adult days when small parties were often BYOB since none of us could afford to provide all of the alcohol. To us it mostly meant bring your own … [Read more...]
Going Mobile
The holiday season is upon us and in case you have not been counting, there are only 14 shopping days left. Perhaps there is a tablet PC on your list this year? For those of you who wait until the … [Read more...]
Smart Phones: Who’s in the Lead and What Does It Matter?
Smart phones made news recently when RIM, the Canadian company that makes the Blackberry, hired a new CEO and RIM’s stock price promptly dropped. In The Harvard Business Review this month, James … [Read more...]
Tablets Now Changing the Game at Point of Care
Last week I attended the AMIA meeting in Washington DC. On Monday a couple of members of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Staff led a session cleverly entitled, “Tablets in Healthcare: Not Just for … [Read more...]
Smartphone or “Dumbphone”: A Matter of Perspective?
An occasional topic of conversation around the dinner table at my house concerns the value of the smartphone. Per Wikipedia, a smartphone can be described as “a high-end mobile phone that combines the … [Read more...]