<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Editorials @ histalk.blog-city.com</title><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Editorials) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 histalk.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:08:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Editorials @ histalk.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>If Clinical Systems Were The Space Shuttle, Would We Keep Launching Despite Frequent Crashes?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/if_clinical_systems_were_the_space_shuttle_would_we_keep_la.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/if_clinical_systems_were_the_space_shuttle_would_we_keep_la.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:38:00 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Toe-Dippers]]></description></item><item><title>Leapfrog&apos;s Big Leap Into Irrelevance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/leapfrogs_big_leap_into_irrelevance.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/leapfrogs_big_leap_into_irrelevance.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://histalk.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=leapfrogs%5Fbig%5Fleap%5Finto%5Firrelevance</comments><dc:creator>Mr. HIStalk</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leapfrog's Big Leap Into Irrelevance]]></description></item><item><title>Clinical vs. Clerical Systems – Why FDA Software Regulation is Inevitable</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/clinical_vs_clerical_systems__why_fda_software_regulation_.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/clinical_vs_clerical_systems__why_fda_software_regulation_.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:07:00 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Make Smug Comments about Grocery Store Barcoding]]></description></item><item><title>Contracts Need Penalties: Sullying the Honeymoon Bed with a Vendor Prenup</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/contracts_need_penalties_sullying_the_honeymoon_bed_with_a_.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/contracts_need_penalties_sullying_the_honeymoon_bed_with_a_.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://histalk.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=contracts%5Fneed%5Fpenalties%5Fsullying%5Fthe%5Fhoneymoon%5Fbed%5Fwith%5Fa%5F</comments><dc:creator>Mr. HIStalk</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Contracts Need Penalties: Sullying the Honeymoon Bed with a Vendor Prenup]]></description></item><item><title>Yet Another Satirical Phony News Issue</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/yet_another_satirical_phony_news_issue.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/yet_another_satirical_phony_news_issue.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 20:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://histalk.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yet%5Fanother%5Fsatirical%5Fphony%5Fnews%5Fissue</comments><dc:creator>Mr. HIStalk</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yet Another Satirical Phony News Issue]]></description></item><item><title>Guest Article: Headbanging No More, by Retiring Sales VP</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/guest_article_headbanging_no_more_by_retiring_sales_vp.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/guest_article_headbanging_no_more_by_retiring_sales_vp.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://histalk.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=guest%5Farticle%5Fheadbanging%5Fno%5Fmore%5Fby%5Fretiring%5Fsales%5Fvp</comments><dc:creator>Mr. HIStalk</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[HIStalk





It has been a 
good ride. I wish you all the best. I have bought a newer whaler and will be 
fishing with my grandson enjoying sunsets from our dock at Martha's Vineyard. 
A very few there in the midwest will know me. It has bee]]></description></item><item><title>Nurse Janus Gets Restructured (Fired)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/nurse_janus_gets_restructured_fired.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/nurse_janus_gets_restructured_fired.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://histalk.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nurse%5Fjanus%5Fgets%5Frestructured%5Ffired</comments><dc:creator>Mr. HIStalk</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[HIStalk




HIStalk correspondent 
Nurse Janus, new to the healthcare IT industry after a long career in ICU nursing, 
lost her job in a major software vendor's restructuring this week. You 
can contact her at nursejanus@hotmail.com.This]]></description></item><item><title>Guest Article by Nurse Janus - From the Hospital to the Vendor World</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/guest_article_by_nurse_janus__from_the_hospital_to_the_vendo.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/guest_article_by_nurse_janus__from_the_hospital_to_the_vendo.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://histalk.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=guest%5Farticle%5Fby%5Fnurse%5Fjanus%5F%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5Fhospital%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fvendo</comments><dc:creator>Mr. HIStalk</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[HIStalk





Nurse Janus 
recently left hospital practice to join a software vendor. She's been keeping 
a diary of her experiences and offered to share them with HIStalk readers. Let 
me know whether you'd like to see more from her.I though]]></description></item><item><title>HIMSS Analytics: Magazines are Chasing the Wrong Story</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/himss_analytics_magazines_are_chasing_the_wrong_story.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/himss_analytics_magazines_are_chasing_the_wrong_story.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2006 01:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://histalk.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=himss%5Fanalytics%5Fmagazines%5Fare%5Fchasing%5Fthe%5Fwrong%5Fstory</comments><dc:creator>Mr. HIStalk</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[HIStalk





Modern Healthcare 
is running a non-story 
on whether it's appropriate for HIMSS Analytics VP Mike Davis to serve on the 
advisory board of for-profit vendor RMD Networks. They miss the point. Why is 
HIMSS running the for-prof]]></description></item><item><title>Guest Article: the Cost of Exhibiting at HIMSS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/guest_article_the_cost_of_exhibiting_at_himss.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/guest_article_the_cost_of_exhibiting_at_himss.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://histalk.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=guest%5Farticle%5Fthe%5Fcost%5Fof%5Fexhibiting%5Fat%5Fhimss</comments><dc:creator>Mr. HIStalk</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[HIStalk




Blogger Boy is an anonymous vendor person who wrote editorials last year about his experience at the HIMSS annual conference.While I cannot do it as eloquently as you, here are some of my
musings on being a vendor at HIMSS. First I]]></description></item><item><title>Five Stages of Clinical Software Oversight: Do You Know Where Your Vendor Is?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/five_stages_of_clinical_software_oversight_do_you_know_where.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/five_stages_of_clinical_software_oversight_do_you_know_where.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 02:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://histalk.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=five%5Fstages%5Fof%5Fclinical%5Fsoftware%5Foversight%5Fdo%5Fyou%5Fknow%5Fwhere</comments><dc:creator>Mr. HIStalk</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A recent HIStalk poll asked             readers, &quot;Should             clinical information systems be subject to             oversight?&quot;A             surprising 75% of readers said yes, preferring (by a             three-to-one margin) that]]></description></item><item><title>Who&apos;s Responsible for Poor Clinical Systems Outcomes, Vendors or Customers?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://histalk.blog-city.com/whos_responsible_for_poor_clinical_systems_outcomes_vendors_.htm</guid><link>http://histalk.blog-city.com/whos_responsible_for_poor_clinical_systems_outcomes_vendors_.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://histalk.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=whos%5Fresponsible%5Ffor%5Fpoor%5Fclinical%5Fsystems%5Foutcomes%5Fvendors%5F</comments><dc:creator>Mr. HIStalk</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most of us agree  that the hypothetical benefits of clinical information systems (including CPOE)  have rarely been realized and documented. Hospitals keep buying, implementing,  upgrading, and replacing, spending millions of dollars and stressing ou]]></description></item></channel></rss>