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Driving In Traffic http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com Touring the Blogosphere in Rush Hour Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:25:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Play Golf, Donate, Send a Note, Spread the Word: Chose your own way to help Olivia You know, when your 10 years old, the worst thing you should have to worry about is boys pulling your pig-tails. However, Olivia King has Cystic Fibrosis and needs a liver transplant. If that wasn't enough---she also needs $185,000 to cover the medical expenses (not covered by insurance). ... http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com/2007/06/03/play-golf-donate-send-a-note-spread-the-word-chose-your-own-way-to-help-olivia Sometimes It Is The Journey That Counts As many of you know, I started blogging in 2005 for business at the encouragement of a close friend. The blogging bug bit me and bit me hard. What started as an academic experiment to boost the company's google juice, eventually took me to places I never expected and ... http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com/2007/06/03/sometimes-it-is-the-journey-that-counts The Move is Complete! Ok-- moving a blog is a pain!  I sincerely hope this is the last time I have to do it--- EVER!  Of course, such change always comes when you don't really have time to mess with it.  Oh-- well... it is finally done. Thanks for your patience. http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com/2007/06/01/the-move-is-complete Changes afoot…changing hosting Well--- all good things must come to an end.  My current hosting company is going to wordpress consulting and getting out of the hosting business. I am migrating Driving in Traffic to another hosting service.  The blog and my drivingintraffic.com e-mail will be down for a bit, but I will have ... http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com/2007/05/07/changes-afootchanging-hosting Quoted in Inside Healthcare Computing: Check it out Thanks to Michael Russell for the heads up about an article published from an interview I did a couple of months ago with Kayt Sukel on the influence of blogs and social media in healthcare.  She also interviewed Nick Jacobs and Mike as folks who get how blogs can be ... http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com/2007/04/26/quoted-in-inside-healthcare-computing-check-it-out Pharma Influence: Discussion is good but lets not forget individual responsiblity In a previous post I wrote about the pros and cons of pharmaceutical companies partnering with big philanthropy to help cure/treat diseases. Now, Fard Johnmar at Envision Solutions has posted on how the public is becoming skeptical of alliances between pharmaceutical companies and nonprofits that are aimed to educate and improve ... http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com/2007/04/26/pharma-influence-discussion-is-good-but-lets-not-forget-individual-responsiblity Doh!!! Lesson Learned: Get Treatment for Debilitating Camera Envy "Envy slays itself with its own arrows." Greek Proverb Hello... my name is Carol and I have a terminal case of Nikon Digital Camera Envy (photo by Kodoma). My preoccupation with Nikon started when I was my high school's photographer and was able to use the schools beautiful 50mm camera. ... http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com/2007/04/21/doh-lesson-learned-get-treatment-for-debilitating-camera-envy Gates Foundation: The Good and Bad of Partnering with Pharma I just read a Reuters article by Ben Herschler on the potential influence of the Gates Foundation on the pharma industry. A quick quotation to get you started: "The billions of dollars thrown at global health problems by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are changing the game in drug ... http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com/2007/04/17/gates-foundation-the-good-and-bad-of-partnering-with-pharma Medication Prior Approval: Things to Know A lady called physician's office with whom I am working. She was distressed because all of a sudden she was unable to get one of her medicines because she needed our office to submit a prior approval application. She was frustrated, upset and worried about what she was going to ... http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com/2007/03/27/medication-prior-approval-things-to-know Niche Marketing: The Power of a Colleague The second post of my Niche Marketing Series is up at Trusted.MD. Drop by to leave your comments and thoughts on the power of being a resource to your colleagues and how this can further you niche marketing efforts. http://www.drivingintrafficblog.com/2007/03/25/niche-marketing-the-power-of-a-colleague