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by avocado4 7y ago
23andme testing is one and done. Once you've had it you will never spend a dime with them. It's a red flag for any investor.
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The health-care industry is letting surgeons behave like muggers(washingtonpost.com)
4 points by avocado4 7y ago|0 comments
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Independent Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants: A Doc's View(medscape.com)
1 points by avocado4 7y ago|0 comments
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by avocado4 7y ago
At first I thought they were giving me $5000 for signing up as an early testers.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Makes me think they published an update to keep investors happy.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Epic's is significantly worse than Google's.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Google is now building an EHR as direct competition to Epic. It's definitely related to this move. Fwiw I welcome Google's entrance to this market because Epic's EHR and business practices are equally aweful.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Case in point - recent onslaught of regulation in the EU, including GDPR, was meant to push Google out of the market but their market share only increased, with valuation hitting record yet again just now.
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France’s Macron Pauses Tech Tax After U.S. Pressure(wsj.com)
2 points by avocado4 7y ago|0 comments
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by avocado4 7y ago
Stock market went up to the record on the news somehow.
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by avocado4 7y ago
It should take much less time and money to become a doctor than the current status quo. We don't have to look too far - most OECD countries have a much easier path to becoming a doctor, with significantly lower prices and better popula
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by avocado4 7y ago
That's a common misconception quoted by the medical cartel (i.e. MDs), among other ones such as "we should pay doctors 3x the amount Europeans get[1] because they study and burn out so much", which is a self-imposed problem.
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San Francisco NIMBY group using China-sponsored web platform(imgur.com)
2 points by avocado4 7y ago|0 comments
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by avocado4 7y ago
It was glaringly obvious from the first report considering the ongoing missile strike.
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by avocado4 7y ago
While from a statistical standpoint it's obviously not a coincidence given the ongoing warfare events, how could one even go a step further and call it a technical malfunction minutes after crash? You'd think Russia et al would im
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by avocado4 7y ago
Pro-tip: don't tell or show this sentiment to a potential employer if you ever look to switch jobs. This is probably the worst possible mindset for an employee to have from employer's perspective.
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by avocado4 7y ago
The goal is ridding world of American influence. There's nothing wrong with using the Gooogle products, your data is not being sold or abused in any way. It's a geopolitical effort first and foremost.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Their doctors get paid by insurance (employer or Medicare/Medicaid) the same way any other doctor gets paid. $200 per year is a fee on top. They are just much nicer to use than some alternatives.
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Google cuts Xiaomi's Nest access for showing photos of strangers' homes(cnn.com)
1 points by avocado4 7y ago|0 comments
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by avocado4 7y ago
The source is org chart.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Newsflash - he wasn't Google's head of international relationships like he claims. I keep seeing people in insignificant positions trying to present themselves like somebody they aren't. For example, account managers trying t
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by avocado4 7y ago
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/12/30/peoples-republic-of-... > The feds say they believe the Chinese government may be behind the theft of biological research specimens from a Beth Israel Deaconess Medi
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by avocado4 7y ago
Is this an argument against high density construction and tech workers at the same time?
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by avocado4 7y ago
> technically law abiding unethical company which is a net negative on society. Debatable - capitalism took 7 billion people out of extreme poverty, eradicated diseases, improved literacy, decreased child mortality, and increase life exp
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by avocado4 7y ago
So does US also similarly benefit from having this conflict with China? Seems like people don't really care about it as much as they do about the opposing party.
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by avocado4 7y ago
52% domestic, the rest heavily subsidized exports (essentially CCP giving out networking infra for free around the world). Rate of growth slower than expected, according the the article.
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by avocado4 7y ago
It's not politically easy to push legislation that increases competition for MDs. They've been successfully pushing back against scope of practice changes for RAs, PAs, ANPs, PTs and other midlevels, let alone allowing foreign doc
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by avocado4 7y ago
Why those two in particular? Especially 3D US - so far it's mostly been used for "cosmetic" purposes of getting a 3D picture of your baby. There hasn't been much clinical evidence to its usefulness from what I can tell.
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Fokker 100 plane crashes with 100 on board(m.dw.com)
3 points by avocado4 7y ago|0 comments
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by avocado4 7y ago
Here's a couple sources https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-07-03/... Amid Provider Shortage, California Doctors Oppose Expanding Nurse Practitioner Abilities https://th

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