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Airline Flight Had Close Call With Drone In March

Bart Jansen | USA Today | May 10, 2014

A US Airways commuter flight nearly collided with a drone in March near the airport in Tallahassee, Fla., according to a Federal Aviation Administration official...

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How The NSA Undermines Cybersecurity

Brendan Sasso | Nextgov.com | April 30, 2014

...Officials have warned for years that a sophisticated cyberattack could cripple critical infrastructure or allow thieves to make off with the financial information of millions of Americans. President Obama pushed Congress to enact cybersecurity legislation, and when it didn’t, he issued his own executive order in 2013...

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How The U.S. Power Grid Is Like A Big Pile Of Sand

Marina Koren | Nextgov.com | April 9, 2014

Last month, The Wall Street Journal gave us quite a scare.  "The U.S. could suffer a coast-to-coast blackout if saboteurs knocked out just nine of the country's 55,000 electric-transmission substations on a scorching summer day," Rebecca Smith wrote.

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I'm OK -- You, Maybe Not So Much

By Kim Bellard | November 28, 2016

It is widely agreed that competition, or lack thereof, in health care is a problem.  The Wall Street Journal recently showed how Viagra and Cialis prices seem to move -- up, of course -- in lockstep. USA Today found Walgreens charging 1237% more than Costco, for the same drug.  Economists like Martin Gaynor have been discussing problems with competition in health care for years. The Harvard Business Review just published a lengthy article on the problem. But, it turns out, we may be ignoring an important competition that has real impacts on our health: with each other...

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No Room In Health Care for Users

Giovanni Colella | LinkedIn Blog | November 25, 2013

The front page of this morning’s Wall Street Journal featured an important story about one of the most important trends in health care today: the rise of consumerism.  For many years, most people had “first-dollar” coverage, where effectively they were paying for all their medical care with someone else’s credit card.

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Quest Opens Direct Access To Lab Results

David F Carr | Information Week | April 11, 2014

Quest Diagnostics capitalizes on regulatory change and gives patients access to their own lab results on the web and mobile devices, boosting its own EHR software in the process.

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Two States Want To Extend Obamacare Deadline Because Of Glitchy Websites

Clara Ritger | National Journal | March 18, 2014

At least two states are requesting a longer Obamacare enrollment period--and they might get it.

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