> I wonder if this continues and Google lets Amazon employees on premises to collect medical information about their employees
This is a misunderstanding of the acquisition, and how OneMedical operates.
OneMedical (1Life Healthcare) is a tech company that makes the OneMedical app. They also make electronic health record and clinic management software.
You can visit health clinics branded as "OneMedical" without being a member. You just can't use the app.
OneMedical Clinics use the platform, but are (generally, it's complicated) privately owned by a physicians group.
In Austin, the OneMedical medical staff are associated with Ascension Seton Physicians Group (may have a slightly different name). They aren't Amazon employees. The medical staff isn't accountable to Amazon leadership/shareholders. They are accountable to other medical professionals. This is similar to law firms. Side note: this is one reason why innovating in these fields is very challenging.
This is the same for Amazon Care. The practicing medical professionals are not employees of Amazon.
It is possible that the clinics embedded in Google locations may discontinue licensing/using the OneMedical branding. They may also transition to using another platform, such as EpicCare, to coordinate patient records, scheduling, and Telehealth.
In Seattle, they’re part of Swedish, one of the major health providers in the area. The doctors are part of the Swedish staff directory and the insurance billing is done from their physician account.
This is my understanding also. Insurance Cos are aware of this.
I think people assume that they are receiving worse service from a PA vs a MD.
A PA may have more time to research your condition. They have more experience with your particular condition.
I went to a PA recently when my usual MD was not available. They knew of a recently(ish) released test that could be helpful in the situation. I did the test, and the MD reviewed it. The MD wasn't familiar with the test, but it ended up being very important.
> I think people assume that they are receiving worse service from a PA vs a MD.
And they have a right to make that assumption. The important thing is making sure the patient is aware they are getting a PA and not an MD. Let the patient decide if that's OK.
+ extremely independent
+ lots of reading about different subjects
+ less time working on tooling or “chores”
+ admin to manage your calendar
- much higher productivity expectations than tech
- high intensity
- varied knowledge of attorneys
How useful, and how common, would a PhD in life sciences (biology/biochemistry/genetics/etc.) to become a patent agent? I anecdotally heard and read of a few people who struggled to find industry work with that degree, and were then recommended to try and become patent agents/attorneys as the PhD should allegedly give them an advantage in work applications.
From what I observed back when I was working at IP-specialty firms, it's pretty common and a credential that would be sought after. I think in the life sciences area, if you wanted to get into patent agent work and didn't have a PhD it might be difficult to get a position. By contrast, in other technical fields having a PhD is relatively uncommon among patent agents. I don't know to what degree my highly negative view of patent prosecution work carries over to the life sciences area, although I believe the "two class system" exists there as well.
Know someone with PhD in chemistry that went into to law, then onto patent law. It seemed a long road. Then it took awhile to become accepted. However, here we are 15-20 years later, and they work as much as want to work. Interesting, is that they are registered (holds bar?) In a few States and countries.
To be honest 40C is quite doable, as long as you have shade (trees) water features (lakes/rivers) and a distance of a couple of km - I’ve cycled like that for fun, not just to get to a destination.
Now I would never do that on such an asphalt desert of course, a car is way more comfortable, the question remains why would you turn a lush greenery (as I’d imagine a texan climate could be) into something you’re only comfortable crossing in heavy and expensive survival gear. Especially if living in that gear leads to all the allergies you’ve mentioned.
Where I live if I wanted to cycle the worst would be snow followed by cycles of thawing and freezing, which leaves the routes a miserable mess, so I have to fire up my trusty corolla, but apart from that (20% of the time) I prefer biking for sure.
And I live in the shithole of the european union, the poorest of the member states, and am constantly amazed how much better the city planning is here, even with all of its flaws.
For example a UK colleague when visiting sent a picture how he got lost in a wilderness forest, on his way on foot from the downtown hotel to the office, since the capital itself is littered with small pockets of lush (and I mean really lush) greenery.
I can’t imagine what great things could be accomplished if you had the resources of a place like texas… You could make your city be so great, people go there as a tourist just to enjoy being there, and not for the novelty.
Music can be uninstalled and replaced with alternatives.
News can be uninstalled.
Apple TV+ can be uninstalled.
The apple card examples shown are minimal. such as adding applecard to a list of choices. the card type list shown often includes additional choices (transit cards).
appstore/arcade. meh. anytime you go into a store, expect to be sold things by someone biased.
Imagine it was Verizon Music, Verizon News and Verizon TV+ that came pre-installed. Would you feel the same then? A big selling point of Apple products has been the lack of bloatware found in other platforms.
I haven’t updated past iOS 12 so maybe things are different now, but at least there—while you can technically uninstall music, iOS will routinely ask if I want to restore it when e.g. someone airdrops me an mp3 file. And of course, I can’t change the default app.
If your device supports it, I strongly encourage you to update. Aside from not getting security updates anymore, which places you at significant risk: the privacy settings in iOS 15 are very good. Even location privacy for system level stuff can be highly locked down.
I have an 8, and iOS 15 doesn't feel "slow", if that's your concern.
Airdropping an mp3 results in a “open with” menu from which you can pick any suitable app. In fact, Music isn’t even in the list of apps presented. The Files app can play mp3s natively in a QuickLook style, no Music required.
> No gate keeping (by bundling, pre-installing or pushing Microsoft services) for a level playing field.
> Open standards and interoperability that make an easy migration possible. This gives consumers a free choice.
poorly defined and vague. what is "gate keeping"? what is a "level playing field"?
migration of what? what is envisioned by open standards? what is a free choice?
It's intentionally vague and poorly defined. That's the point.
They want the government to hamper the competition. The less defined the better if that's your aim. They want to say just enough to get the government to act, and not so much that they restrict potential government action ahead of time. They want to spur government movement on the subject broadly, not pursue a very specific course of action.
This is a misunderstanding of the acquisition, and how OneMedical operates.
OneMedical (1Life Healthcare) is a tech company that makes the OneMedical app. They also make electronic health record and clinic management software.
You can visit health clinics branded as "OneMedical" without being a member. You just can't use the app.
OneMedical Clinics use the platform, but are (generally, it's complicated) privately owned by a physicians group.
In Austin, the OneMedical medical staff are associated with Ascension Seton Physicians Group (may have a slightly different name). They aren't Amazon employees. The medical staff isn't accountable to Amazon leadership/shareholders. They are accountable to other medical professionals. This is similar to law firms. Side note: this is one reason why innovating in these fields is very challenging.
This is the same for Amazon Care. The practicing medical professionals are not employees of Amazon.
It is possible that the clinics embedded in Google locations may discontinue licensing/using the OneMedical branding. They may also transition to using another platform, such as EpicCare, to coordinate patient records, scheduling, and Telehealth.