Collective Intelligence (kə-lĕk'tĭv ĭn-tĕl'ə-jəns) n. 1. Collective intelligence is a form of intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals. 2. Collective intelligence appears in a wide variety of forms of consensus decision making in bacteria, animals, humans, and computers. 3. The study...
Medical Network (mĕd'ĭ-kəl nĕt'wûrk') 1. A group of health care providers who have organized themselves to provide care 2. Provider organizations who voluntarily group together and are utilized by insurance companies to seek discounted pricing in exchange for additional volume of patients for the...
Overtreated (ō'vər trēt ĭd) n. The act, manner, or method of handling or dealing with someone or something. Administration or application of remedies to a patient or for a disease or injury; medicinal or surgical management; therapy The substance or remedy so applied. Over the holidays,...
Riff (rĭf) n. A short rhythmic phrase, especially one that is repeated in improvisation. A clever or inventive commentary or remark: Almost two years ago I threw out a new term that I think needs to become a part of our new health vernacular. With all that...
I just noticed that this December 31, 2007 note had not been published. Blogging (blŏg) n. 1. A website that displays in chronological order the postings by one or more individuals and usually has links to comments on specific postings. 2. The act of writing entries, creating materials,...
Microcapitation (mī'krə kăp'ĭ-tā'shən) n 1. A healthcare delivery mechanisms wherein a service provider contracts with an administrator to provide health care services on a per capita basis. 2. A financing mechanism wherein a service providers assumes financial risk, is compensated at a fixed per capita rate, usually...
Dyscoordinated (dĭs-kō-ôr'dn-āt'ĭd) n. To purposefully prevent harmoniously working together To purposefully prevent pleasing combinations; or matches of form and function To purposefully prevent harmony of common actions or efforts In addition to doing a little Health 2.0 Experiment in my last post, I have to followup with the...
Reality Check (rē-ăl'ĭ-tē chĕk) n. 1. An assessment to determine if one's circumstances or expectations conform to reality. 2. The act of letting a real user try out prototype software. 3. Conversationally, saying “sanity check” means you are requesting a check of your assumptions. My wife recently notified...
Transformation (trăns'fər-mā'shən) n. 1. The act, instance, or state of being transformed 2. A marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better. I have long been a fan of the Transformers and their catchy tagline, "Transformers, more than meets the eye". In re-watching the summer...
Entrepreneur (ŏn'trə-prə-nûr') n. 1. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. 2. An individual who, rather than working as an employee, runs a small business and assumes all the risk and reward of a given business venture, idea,...