The primary theme was the integration of three screens, the PC, the Phone and the Television.

Of course Ballmer’s take on this was that windows would drive all three witht he new Windows 7 (Available for free beta testin at this meeting) Widows mobile and Windows Live connected to online “Cloud” content.

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Before you do anything else, make a note to read “The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care” by Sally C. Pipes. It might literally save your life,

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Most people are concerned about the economy and are looking to reduce expenses and increase productivity in the next year. Effective use of technology has always been one of the best ways to accomplish these goals.

1. Use what you have now. Chances are you already have some pretty sophisticated technology and you aren’t using it fully. Make a resolution to get more out of what you have.
2. One of the best ways to accomplish number one is training. Resolve to attend at least two computer or software training courses this year. That is training for the team and the doctor.
3. Complete the system. Resolve to add a computer to every treatment room and to network the entire office.
4. Reduce paper. A completely paperless record by the end of the year would be great. However start with some easier goals. Evaluate every paper you now create. Is it still important? Can it be added to an electronic record? Is there a faster way to do this?

This book has been chosen by several sources as the best business book of 2008. Here is the description from Amazon

Product Description
Corporate executives are struggling with a new trend: people using online social technologies (blogs, social networking sites, YouTube, podcasts) to discuss products and companies, write their own news, and find their own deals. This groundswell is global, it s unstoppable, it affects every industry and it s utterly foreign to the powerful companies running things now.

When consumers you ve never met are rating your company s products in public forums with which you have no experience or influence, your company is vulnerable. In Groundswell, Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff of Forrester, Inc. explain how to turn this threat into an opportunity.

Dental practices have always grown most effectively from word of mouth. Now word of mouth extends to the Internet and a happy (or disgruntled) patient can tell not just one or two friends but thousands of others using social media.

Amazon.com: Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies: Charlene Li, Josh Bernoff: Books.

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