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November 30, 2009 |
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Trend Talk: Learning To Appreciate
by Kathy Lamancusa
It was recently reported in Wired magazine that clinics, hospitals, and eventually corner stores will offer vending machines for prescription drugs. One is already being used in a Minnesota hospital waiting room. The ATM-like dispenser has been dubbed InstyMeds. Consumers enter a security code and birth date before swiping a credit card for their co-payment. Mendota Healthcare is the startup behind InstyMeds. They also sell a PDA-based prescription system that calculates dosage based on a patient’s given weight. The company believes the technology reduces errors caused by bad penmanship or bad math and will make up for the nation’s 12,000 unfilled pharmacist positions and expanding prescription needs. Each InstyMeds dispenser holds 80 kinds of drugs. They will soon be available in four Minnesota ERs. Source: Instant Refills. (2002, June). Wired, 036. Talk "Learning Appreciation" from How We Choose to be Happy by Rick Foster and Greg Hicks. "Choosing appreciation can become as fundamental to your life as eating and sleeping. It is simple in practice but requires heightened personal awareness. The three steps of this exercise suggest a way to find what you truly appreciate and how to act on your feelings.
Source: Foster, Rick & Hicks, Greg. (1999). How We Choose To Be Happy. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group. Published: June 3, 2002 Use of this article without permission is a violation of federal copyright laws. Related Articles:
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