Risky Thinking Surrounded by Hubris

The banking and finance industries were among the first to make extensive investments in information technology.  Perhaps no other industry has done more with detailed information technology. You can see that in your own experience of ATM’s and now web access to your accounts.  Checks clear in a matter of hours and personal credit cards [...]

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Healthcare Reform and the Coss Conundrum

There are a lot of hopes placed upon the role of healthcare IT to address the ills of the healthcare industry, some are legitimate, many are not.  One such limitation I call the Coss Conundrum which goes like this.

Suppose for a moment that you and I are in a business arrangement in which your [...]

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Farmers have known for centuries that if you want to harvest wheat in October, you need to be planting in the spring.  If one is otherwise preoccupied and doesn’t get around to it until August, the wheat doesn’t care.  It won’t all of a sudden work extra hard to meet an October deadline.  In effect, [...]

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