Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that with this service Amazon is providing the hosting service with network and system administration such that they stand...

Steve,

I cannot agree more with your editorial. A hard lesson I learned many years ago (unfortunately not soon enough) was that we work to live -- not live to...

What has always worked well for me is to create a conversion script that encompasses not only DDL changes from one version of the database to another, but also DML....

As with others, I certainly don't mind getting a question wrong when I learn from it. At least I have lots of company!! 😛

Bugger! I hate it when I know the right answer but click on the wrong choice! :angry:

Eduard (9/13/2011)

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However health suddenly triggers things. Like "i dont want my son to know this is happening to me" or "i dont want people in the neighborhood to know i...

That's very true. For example, I can get into trouble if I even look up...

Mandatory participation does sound intimidating and authoritarian, but in this case it also saves lives. For example, if you arrive at a hospital's ED unconscious and emergency medication that...

sturner (9/12/2011)

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With the advent of obama-care and even more government involvement in peoples lives the risks for fraud and abuse will increase. I wish I could share your optimism but...

djackson 22568 (9/12/2011)

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One thing I forgot, soon your health records will be shared across the nation with anyone who wants access. It is called HIE's and HEN's. These...

I am the Sr. Data Architect at Indiana Health Information Exchange, the nation's largest and oldest exchange of medical and health data. Security and accuracy are an extreme concern...

Thanks Eric! I'll try that out and let you know although it will be a while before I do since I'm getting ready to go on a much needed...

I couldn't agree with you more! That sucker is HUGE and rather unwieldy...

Unfortunately, in a world where common sense is becoming more uncommon, formalized procedures are...

OCTom (3/24/2011)

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One place I worked at got hacked because an employee trusted a friend of a friend's nephew to borrow her personal laptop on which she stored, unprotected, all of...