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Please join me and SureScripts on Thursday, October 8th from 3:00-3:30 ET with David Chou (@dchou1107 ) honoring National Health IT Week with our Connected Patient Tweet Chat We hope you will come and share your perspectives and join the conversation regarding all things connected healthcare and the increasing role that digital health must play […]
I was raised in Gabon on the equatorial west coast of Africa and though I’ve never practiced there, I consider myself African and continue to be interested in the delivery of healthcare on the continent. Though health resources are scarce, my colleagues there have made creative use of the tools available. In Gabon, and indeed […]
Hope you can join me and my fellow Medical Informatics friends: R. Dirk Stanley, MD, MPH @dirkstanley Luis Saldana, MD @lSaldanaMD Luke Webster, MD @LukeWebsterATL Rasu Shrestha, MD, MBA @RasuShrestha John Mattison, MD @JohnEMattison for our inaugural #CMIOChat on Thursday September 24 at 4pm ET (Regular Chat 3rd Thursday of every month) Here’s the […]
“You are all individuals” Brian, speaking to the masses in Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Finally, medicine is getting the message. One of my school friends was part of the original genome project that kicked off in 1984, finally got underway in 1990, and reached completion in 2003. It was a $3B project (by the way, […]
This is a summary of the presentation I gave at the HIC 2015 conference in Brisbane on Wednesday Aug 5 at 12:15pm (program) Technology is an integral part of our lives – just take a look around: But unfortunately our health has suffered as a result of lifestyle changes – elegantly captured by this chart […]
I am excited to announce I am joining Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences as their Chief Medical Officer. Dell has been ranked number one in Healthcare Provider Services for six consecutive years by Gartner and continue to expand their presence in healthcare space with an incredible range of solutions and services that are combined with extensive experience offerings of hardware and […]
After an exciting 5 years with Nuance, I am saying goodbye to pursue a new opportunity. As is often the case with major decisions like this, I have had a chance to reflect on how far we have come and how many people I have had the privilege of working with in what has […]
This week I had the fortune of speaking at the Connected Health – Healthcare Reinvented – Customer First I pulled together an update in resources on the payment streams for mHealth activity alongside some review of the players in the space and some success stories The over riding principle in my mind is encapsulated by […]
A survey conducted at HIMSS15 found that patient satisfaction and patient engagement rank among the top priorities for CIOs. In fact, they rank above improving care coordination, streamlining operational efficiencies, and achieving Meaningful Use. The tides are clearly changing. We’ve all been talking about what the shift to a value-based care model means for healthcare […]
I attended the Health IT Marketing and PR Conference Schedule (HITMC) brought to you by the power house of John Lynn and Shahid Shah You can see the social Media feed in this Storify story here [View the story “Health IT Marketing and PR Conference (HITMC) – Day 1” on Storify] The day kicked off […]
Social Media is rapidly becoming an integral part of our lives. Despite the pervasive nature of the communication channel healthcare remains a technology laggard. This presentation from HIMSS15 Wednesday Apr 15) will offer insights to help understand why healthcare professionals should join the community, participate in the discussion and how can do so successfully. I […]
Review of the first Day of HIMSS15 and the Physician IT Symposium
HIMSS is finally upon us and like the 20,000+ people heading Chicago there is a lot to take in, many options and far too much for any one person to see or catch up with. So what do you do? First off – download the HIMSS Mobile APP that now comes with GPS intelligence […]
Great graphic that HITConsultant posted in this update SXSW Health Tech Trends Health and fitness apps, smart devices and connected products are making us more aware of our own health—and more active participants in our efforts to stay healthy. At the same time, health providers are looking to technology for smarter ways to deliver quality […]
Celebrating Pi (3.141592653) 3/14/15 at 9:26:53 Today is super-pi day, a day that comes but once a century and extends to a specific time at 9:26:53 seconds (although when that occurs will depends on your time zone. While pi is an infinite non-repeating decimal, there are still mathematicians and scientists seeking to build computers that […]
2015 health IT innovation holds the promise of turning massive amounts of personal health data into usable information that can keep you healthier — and it’s conveniently accessible on your phone. It’s always comical to watch movies from the 1980s, not only for the distinct style choices that typified that decade, but to see the […]
There is no known medical condition that enables an individual to predict the future. While such an ability would be extremely useful for myriad reasons, we have, instead, learned to hone and leverage our analytic skills to deduce what might occur, relying on the data we cull and parse to help forecast the future. So, […]
As a physician and a CMIO, I’m forever seeking the latest technology offerings that might help us solve some of the very complex problems that exist in healthcare. With that goal in mind, I set out across the CES 2015 showroom floor, seeking the best in health innovation. While it was interesting to see all […]
This year I have the privilege of attending CES2015 in Las Vegas – for those of you who have not been before its big..even by Las Vegas standards. CES attracts 150,000 visitors (all looking for the same cabs so I’m willing to bet that Uber is not going to work as well), occupies 2,000,000 sq […]
I am at Medicine 2.0 this week and will be participating on the panel Bridging the Digital Divide and will then be presenting: Speech and Medical Intelligence – Allowing Doctors to Focus on Patients Not Technology This is an exciting time for mobile devices and while we know there is a discrepancy in the accessibility of mobile technology […]
This week I will be at the Medicine 2.0 Conference on a panel Bridging the Patient Digital Divide moderated byMelody Smith Jones and includesLauren Still andNick Genes The session was put together by Melody to take on the oft talked about but perhaps poorly understood “Digital Divide”. Patients spend less than 1% of their time with doctors […]
After all the hype and knee jerk politics and media I was delighted to read this piece Ebola US Patient Zero: lessons on misdiagnosis and effective use of electronic health records by Upadhyay, Sittig and Singh (PDF file here) A thoughtful piece that drilled in to the detail of events surrounding the arrival and subsequent […]
I attended the Connected Healthcare Conference in San Diego yesterdayAccelerate mHealth Adoption: Deliver Results through Data Driven Business Models for End-User Engagement Never has there been so much to play for in the mobile health landscape, a revolution is just round the corner with key players from the health care and consumer markets coming together […]
Come join me in the conversation with my colleagues at the SpeechTek 2014 conference in Marriott Hotel in Time Square, Manhattan New York. The Panel: C103 – PANEL: The Digital Healthcare Revolution at 1:15 p.m – 2:00 p.m. The panel moderator Bruce Pollock, Vice-President, Strategic Growth and Planning at West Interactive and on Social Media @brucepollock I will be […]
I attended a Wearble Technology conference today in Pasadena California: Wearable Tech LA There was a wide range of technologies and innovations – everything from the mind monitoring by IntraXon’sMuse headband. Here’s their online demo video One of the more interesting concepts takes the challenge we have all faced mastering the mechanics of walking, exercise, […]
