Business Continuity Planning (Disaster Recovery)

I used a LiveBinder to collate information about Business Continuity Planning.  The electronic binder is online at http://livebinders.com/play/present?id=27395

The term, business continuity plan, is the term used for disaster recovery. It has significance in healthcare because or the incentives to have an electronic health record for most Americans by 2014. If health information is stored electronically, what are the ramifications of a disaster, such as a tornado, fire, or other destroying an IT location?

Facebook Scam

There is a new Facebook scam that entices users to sign up and test an iPad or iPhone 4.  Read more about it at http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-20015102-243.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=iPadAtlas

I  have already received an email with the scam from a friend in Facebook.  FYI so that you can avoid and educate others.

iPad apps

TCGeeks is a web site with information for tablet computers.  Last week they posted a web page - 175 Free Games for Your iPad.  Games are a great way to take a short "mental vacation" when working on a work project. Take a look at the site at http://www.tcgeeks.com/175-free-games-for-your-ipad/

LiveBinders

I stumbled across an interesting free website today - LiveBinders.  It allows users to create electronic notebooks, keep them private, or share them with others.  The notebooks can be made up of a combination of PDF files, videos, images, and websites.  The site is definitely worth exploring at http://livebinders.com/

It is an interesting concept that could be used to for patient education, and school projects.  There are a number of shared examples for education on the LiveBinder website.

Gmail Phone Service

I read yesterday where gmail was offering phone service (VoIP - voice over the Internet protocol), but I could not locate the phone in my gmail account.  Just over night, all of that changed!  When I opened my gmail account this morning, a flash page popped up http://www.google.com/chat/voice/

It should be like having Skype services integrated with gmail.  Enjoy!

Free eBooks until the End of August

Kaplan is offering free ebooks until the end of August. An example is the Kaplan RN Review manual. You have to download them to a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch) using iTunes. Read more at http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/25/a-barrel-of-free-books-from-kaplan-makes-a-great-back-to-school/

Insulin Dosing App

There is an insulin dosing app in iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/novodose/id384482419?mt=8
According to the website it is "a mobile insulin analog dosing guide application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. NovoDose™ gives health care professionals instant access to dosing information for Novo Nordisk’s portfolio of insulin analogs. Simply select Levemir®."  The app is free.

I am looking forward to exploring it further.  I can see the value in additional similar apps for healthcare.