by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 8, 2011 | Definitions
The early creators of the Internet discovered that data and information could be sent more efficiently when broken into smaller chunks, sent separately, and reassembled. Those chunks are called packets. So when you send an email across the Internet, your full email...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 8, 2011 | Definitions
Internet Protocol Suite, or TCP/IP for short. TCP/IP created a set of rules that allowed computers to “talk” to each other and send information back and forth. TCP/IP is somewhat like human communication: when we speak to each other, the rules of grammar provide...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 8, 2011 | Definitions
If traffic on the Internet were akin to a stream of water, the Internet’s bandwidth is equivalent to the amount of water that flows through the stream per second. So when you hear engineers talking about bandwidth, what they’re really referring to is the amount of...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 5, 2011 | Innovation
Amazingly, Ming-Zher Poh’s Cardiocam takes physiological measurements without physical contact with the patient of any kind! Click on the Cardiocam link below to see the video demonstrating the technology, which was introduced mid-2010. Cardiocam Thanks to...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 2, 2011 | A Career in Practice Management
In addition to onsite and online undergraduate and graduate programs in healthcare administration and management, there are a number of programs that offer certification and registration (both terms meaning the same thing) for career healthcare managers. When...