Monday, September 19, 2005

Health care industry could save $81B a year with e-records, study says. A study by the RAND Corp. says that digitizing medical records in the U.S. could save the health care industry as much as $81 billion a year. but implementing the system means billions of dollars in upfront costs. [Computerworld News] Now there is a sharp sword.  Save a billion to make a billion.  Any bets?  Anyone?  Anyone? 3:23:35 PM    comment []

NASA Estimates Moon Rocket Will Cost $104B (AP). AP - NASA estimated Monday it will cost $104 billion to return astronauts to the moon by 2018 in a new rocket that combines the space shuttle with the capsule of an earlier NASA era. [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Does any nation need to spend money to put a man back on the moon?  Is there a purpose to this?  I can think of better uses for $104 billion.  Especially considering the United States governenment has already committed to spending close to $200 billion already this year in money it does not have to rebuild a city below water level and fight a war in a country that was quite happy not to even know were the United States was. 3:22:16 PM    comment []

Hurricane Warnings Posted for Florida Keys (AP). AP - Residents were ordered evacuated from the lower Florida Keys on Monday as strengthening Tropical Storm Rita headed toward the island chain, threatening to grow into a hurricane with a potential 8-foot storm surge. [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Is this the point were we cry uncle?  Maybe we need to start burning something...or stop?  Hey, Mother Nature, give us a break! 3:01:30 PM    comment []

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