Data Warehousing
With the advent of the information age, the amount of digital information that is recorded and stored has been increasing at a tremendous rate. Common data formats for storage include...
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ChoicePoint Inc. has agreed to implement more safeguards as part of a settlement with 43 states and the District of Columbia over allegations it failed to adequately secure consumers' personal info...
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With a staffing ratio bill dead, the Service Employees International Union Local 1107 is putting efforts into a second pet project, a patient-lifting equipment bill, as the Legislature heads into t...
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Just as household appliances reduce the drudgery of housework, emerging "software appliances" are cutting down on the cost and complexity of business chores. Software appliances refers to a new met...
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Investors would be smart to keep tabs on the business intelligence software market. That's because analysts say more mergers and acquisitions are coming for this field, which is already in the mids...
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Howard Dresner has the credentials to be called a keen observer of the business intelligence software field. After all, it was Dresner who, while working as an industry analyst, was widely credited...
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Last summer, FP David S. Zalut of Voorhees, NJ, installed an electronic health record in his practice. What gave him the courage to write the check and take the plunge was a little-known CMS progra...
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I have this fantasy where I do an aftermarket version of "Jay-Walking." It's exactly like the popular segment on "The Tonight Show," where Jay Leno walks up to people on the street and asks them se...
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Glossary Terms
absorption. The process by which medications reach the blood stream when administered other than intravenously, for example, through nasal membranes. See also...
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