Search Details

Word: lacks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...third of all practicing doctors in the U.S. It's a level of penetration that could finally lend consistency to the country's electronic health-records industry, which to date has been plagued by thousands of conflicting software systems. Along with cost and privacy concerns, doctors often cite this lack of connectivity as a major reason they haven't made the move from paper to digital record-keeping. The Allscripts-Misys agreement could help overcome that barrier. "Our aim is to create the Microsoft Office for health care," Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman says, "to develop a standard all doctors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medical Records Go Digital | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

...situation is exacerbated by the heavy trading volume of the instruments, the secrecy surrounding the trades, and - most importantly - the lack of regulation in this insurance contract business. "An original CDS can go through 15 or 20 trades," said Miller. "So when a default occurs, the so-called insured party or hedged party doesn't know who's responsible for making up the default and if that end player has the resources to cure the default...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Credit Default Swaps: The Next Crisis? | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

...peace. “I certainly felt I was the lone wolf,” she said. “Nobody likes to be seen as soft on terrorism, soft on the bad guys.” For the Harvard academics who predicted the current turmoil in Iraq, the lack of accountability for the war’s intellectual supporters can be frustrating. No policy expert has a perfect track record, said Belfer Center expert Stephen M. Walt, who was one of 36 American political scientists to sign an advertisement in The New York Times in September 2002 opposing...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: About Face: Experts Rethink the Iraq War | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

...people who brought us the Internet and biotech - those solutions won't leave the laboratory without political support. Right now there are countless smart new ways to get energy that won't destroy the Earth, but they're not price competitive with cheap fossil fuel power because they lack economic scale. As solar panels or wind turbines are produced in bulk, the price will fall - but that won't happen until government sends a strong signal to producers and energy consumers. And the only way to do that, Krupp argues, is through a carbon cap-and-trade system that sets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environmentalism 2.0 | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...appalled by cruelty to a hawk but indifferent to chickens treated as trash? Masson argues that the problem is not human malice, but rather a lack of exposure to certain animals. He suggests that as more people begin keeping hens as pets, and learn more about the emotional intelligence of pigs and horses, attitudes are changing. “There’s a whole new animal consciousness arising, and it’s against cruelty to any animal...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Red Hawk Down | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

Previous | 441 | 442 | 443 | 444 | 445 | 446 | 447 | 448 | 449 | 450 | 451 | 452 | 453 | 454 | 455 | 456 | 457 | 458 | 459 | 460 | 461 | Next