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I posted a piece that was published on FastCompany site at the end of last month: Could The Future Of Health Care Mean No Waits In Hospitals? It included a link to an original concept from the innovative Kaiser founder Dr Sidney R. Garfield I shared this with my wife who is an accomplished midwife […]
I’ve said it before – Africa like many of the under developed countries is exploding with great use cases for mHealth. This piece: Kenya Has Mobile Health App Fever tracks the explosion of #mHealth.Promoted and supported by the Kenyan Medical Association and Shimba Technologies the latest release MedAfrica offer ready access to medical information and […]
Loved spending time with Dr Pat Salber (@DocWeighsIn) from the Health 2.0 conference that took place a couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of watching her in action as she blended social media with the sessions at Health 2.0 and tweeted a picture of her in action Here’s how @Docweighsin is a leading […]
Snackmaker Modernizes the Impulse Buy with Sensors, Analytics This company is building “smart shelves,” to help them identify people and sell to them more directly targeted adverts and products…. new display units located by checkout counters, that will use sensor technology to identify the age and sex of the would-be snacker, analytics to determine what type of guilty pleasure best […]
Consumer reports published a Medical Gripes report What bugs you most about your doctor?We asked 1,000 people about their biggest medical gripes recently It included the chart “Grip-o-Meter” What struck me was the number of elements that could be addressed using Healthcare Technology (HealthIT). While technology may not be a panacea it is a tool to help […]
Just too good not to share Why U.S. Health Care Is Obscenely Expensive, In 12 Charts ‘Nuff Said The Charts here are some illustrations of the wasteful spending.
Always enjoying talking with John Lynn (Founder of the HealthcareScene.com (he goes by @techguy and @ehrandhit) and great discussion yesterday on “Technology and Focusing on the Patient” using a Google Hangout
Hanging out with Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn & Dr Susan K Newbold at Summit of the Southeast #HealthIT Susan K Newbold, PhD RN-BC FAAN FHIMSS CHTS-CPSknewbold@comcast.net, 443-562-0502 cell Sent from my iPad
Like many in the healthcare IT industry, I was saddened by the announcement that Dr Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_ONC) would be retiring. I would suggest as famed football legend Vince Lombardi said “The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders” And, for healthcare technology, Dr. Mostashari has been a great leader. I’ve outlined below some of […]
A recent article on the The Difference between Science and Technology in Birth on the AMA site demonstrates the challenges we still face in getting clicnal practice influenced by science and data. Studies and data may show the path for best clinical practice but as the authors note there are multiple instances of the clinical community […]
In a great piece on FastCompany titled: Are you an Introvert or an Extrovert? What it Means for your Career, Beth Belle Cooper explores what she considered a binary position or bucket to put people in but discovers this is really a continuum and one that we as individuals don’t sit at one spot all of […]
A recent article in Becker Hospital Review: Technology Should Aid Human Interaction: Q&A with Dr. Nick Terheyden, CMIO of Nuance featured some important points to make Health IT needs to fade into the background. It needs to become part of the fabric of the office rather than the focal point, and then the interaction will change […]
I had the pleasure of speaking with Alex Welz of Health Tech Vision last week and he posted the interview here – or you can listen to it below The importance of bringing intelligent voice interactions to Health IT especially as medical technology moves to into the Mobile world. It is an exciting time with […]
Excited to be presenting at Health2.0 http://www.health2con.com/events/conferences/seventh-annual-fall-conference/ There have been exciting innovations in Cloud based Intelligent Speech Understanding and our new development tool set is offering a way to help healthcare providers transform patient stories into high-value clinically actionable medical information. No more burdening clinicians with data entry tasks. Florence You can see it here […]
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking Friedrich Nietzsche Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend Albert Camus I met Regina Holliday a while back at one of the many conferences that she attends: […]
Great post: 7 predictions for the future of health care technologyI expect we are failing to imagine all the other opportunities that exist but makes some key points Democratization of Medical Knowledge For thousands of years, the science and art of medicine has been passed down from generation to generation under an apprenticeship model (it’s called “a […]
The Geneticist Mary-Claire King who discovered the BRCA1 gene, says she is delighted by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that makes it illegal to patent it and rightly so Dan Munro reviews the decision in this piece on breaking the Myriad Monopoly and he rightly pointed out that Mark Skolnick said in an interview in 2007 Q: “You [Myriad] said this test will […]
Interesting study published by Pennsylvania Safety Authority Spotlight on Electronic Health Record Errors: Paper or Electronic Hybrid Workflows What will not be a shock but still an important finding – hybrid workflows major challenge in EMR implementations creating much increased risk of errors
Credit Suisse Says Wearable Tech “The Next Big Thing”: You bet – this market and area is going to explode via Tumblr http://drnic1.tumblr.com/post/50916719025
via medpagetoday.com Excellent article that demonstrates the challenges facing scientists and data. Despite the data clearly showing the benefits far outweighing the risks parents opinion and decision is swayed by “social norms” As a society, we respect the privacy of healthcare decisions; however, if we are to sustain adherence to the recommended immunization schedule as […]
I’m fortunate enough to spend a lot of time interacting with physicians, entrepreneurs, and investors on the bleeding edge of digital health – and it’s a consistently thrilling experience. At the same time, the continuous exposure to the imaginative and the extraordinary can also be a bit deceptive. Self-associating groups, as Sunstein has discussed, tend […]
Andrew Wakefield Tries to Shift Blame for UK Measles Epidemic By Phil Plait | Posted Sunday, April 14, 2013, at 8:00 AM 943 432 Right now, in the UK, the outbreak of measles has reached epidemic proportions. Nearly 700 people have come down with the highly contagious disease in south Wales, and that number may […]
Awesome video put together showcasing the various aspects of clinical documentation and why it is so important to capture the complete patient story in narrative form Putting all the details means capturing the diabetes and loss of consciousness Everything from Assure and the ability to capture anywhere and the exploding area of mobile integration of […]
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds no link between the number of vaccinations a young child receives and the risk of developing autism spectrum disorders. Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images A large new government study should reassure parents who are afraid that kids are getting autism because they receive too […]
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