Dr. Somnath Basu on Investing

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Dr. Somnath Basu is no stranger to the ME-P, or the financial planning community. He is a Professor of Finance at California Lutheran University and the Director of its California Institute of Finance.

Academic Background

Dr Basu earned his BA in Economics, University of Delhi, MBA (Finance), Marquette University and a PhD (Finance), University of Arizona. He is well published and is an award winning teacher. He has significant consulting experience with US Fortune 100 companies, advising institutional money managers and in developing proprietary finance and planning software. He serves on various Boards and committees including the CFP (chaired the Model Curriculum Revision Committee) Board of Standards and the Financial Planning Association.

Basu’s New Book

His new book, co-authored with Professors’ Block and Hirt, Investment Planning for Financial Professionals is available now, published by McGraw Hill, in May 2006.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Investment-Planning-Geoffrey-Hirt/dp/0071437215/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265918999&sr=1-1

Additional essays by Dr. Basu can be viewed at: http://blog.fpaforfinancialplanning.org/author/somnathbasufpa/

He also writers a column for the Journal of Financial Services Professionals. He can be reached at:

Contact Dr. Somnath Basu
Director – California Institute of Finance
Cell: 805 405 4448
Work: 805 493 3980
http://www.clunet.edu/cif

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About Disruptive Women in Healthcare™

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Online Since September 2008

By Staff Reporters

According to their website, Disruptive Women in Healthcare™ seeks to serve as a platform for provocative ideas, thoughts, and solutions in the health sphere.

They recognize that to accomplish this, a call on experts outside of the health industry is required

Service Goals

The founding Disruptive Women have audacious hopes for their blog.  Furthermore, they say:

We’re not managing change;

We’re not thriving on chaos;

We’re not waiting for cures;

We’re driving change;

We’re creating chaos;

We’re finding cures;

IOW: They’re disrupting the health care status quo.

Blog Goals

To become the “go to” health care blog that is recognized as a petri dish for fresh ideas and bold solutions.

Assessment

Open to all. Disruptive Women in Health Care™ is not intended to be positioned left, right or center. It will be what the authors — and those who comment — make it. Their goal is to generate as many wide-ranging posts as possible.

Link: http://www.disruptivewomen.net

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HealthyMagination and Direct to Consumer [D2C] eMRs?

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

About HealthyMagination.com from GE

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Just imagine … the broadcast TV or radio commercial fades in, as the announcer says:

“Almost everyone wants to make healthier choices, but they don’t always know how. The amount of information available on wellness, nutrition and exercise is overwhelming, to say the least. Even when we do know how to improve our health, we often try to make sweeping changes or set goals that seem too daunting to reach.”

What it is

Healthymagination, from General Electric, is a consumer directed internet site, with new D2C TV commercial about becoming healthier, through the sharing of imaginative ideas and proven solutions. It goes beyond innovations in the fields of technology and medicine, celebrating the people behind these advancements.

Seeking to build stronger relationships between patients and doctors, GE created healthymagination to gather, share and discuss healthy ideas and illustrative stories.

Story link: http://www.healthymagination.com/stories/

Participatory Projects for Patients

Because healthymagination is about becoming healthier together, it takes the form of multiple projects that patients can participate in, whether they are looking to change a lifestyle or fine-tune an approach to health.

According to GE, making healthy decisions should be easy … and fun.

Link: http://www.healthymagination.com/projects/

Info and Video for Doctors

There is also a portal for medical professionals, promoting GE eMRs, of course.

Link: http://www.ge.com/innovation/emr/index.html

Due Diligence RFP

And, good preliminary questions for all physicians to ask any eMR vendor are:

  • What is the cost per physician license?
  • Do you have any existing clients in our specialty?
  • Does your system come pre-loaded with templates for my specialty?
  • Is your company the developers of the software or is it re-branded from another vendor?
  • Is your system client/server based or ASP based?
  • Does your system include practice management software?
  • How many clients does your company have?
  • Is your system HL7 compliant?
  • How long has your company been in business?
  • Is your development done overseas?
  • Is support done overseas?
  • Is your software CCHIT certified? If not, why?
  • How often is the software updated?

Assessment

Let us hope that the health 2.0 participatory patient of the future doesn’t select a physician based on the proprietary eMRs s/he uses, as seen on a television commercial, much like the D2C [direct-to-consumer] pharmaceutical industry of today.

IOW: Will that be Allscripts, Cerner or GE, etc? Or, listen to narrator and actor Morgan Freeman intone on a TV spot: “Ask your doctor if XYZ electronic medical records are right for you.” 

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