Big Doctor Data

January 31, 2012

I recently gave Grand Rounds to the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine.  Here’s what was going through my head as I looked out over the podium: ‘Just imagine what’s out there.’  Not the people, necessarily, but what they know. Imagine if we could harness that knowledge and wisdom.  And what would it [...]

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What Would Osler Think?

January 30, 2012

Medicine is changing quickly.  In the context of these changes I hear this question occasionally: ‘What would Osler think?’ What would he think of imaging before examination?  How would he feel about medical residents rounding with one eye on the EHR? It’s an interesting question and one that highlights the fact that we’re a profession [...]

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The Future of Patient Stories

January 25, 2012

All day long I listen to stories. Some doctors use genetic analysis or study shadows.  Others push laparoscopic trochars.  I listen and look for patterns. Sure I study the intestinal mucosa with fiberoptics.  And the physical exam can add something.  But the real money’s in the stories. It’s used to be that stories and patterns drove medicine.  Narrative and [...]

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Book Notes: The Creative Destruction of Medicine

January 19, 2012

It’s arrived: The Creative Destruction of Medicine – How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care, Eric Topol’s prescient view of the near future of medicine. This book details how four areas of digital medicine – wireless sensors, genomics, imaging and health information – are about to undergo a super-convergence marking perhaps the most [...]

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How Often Should a Physician Blog?

January 16, 2012

Recently someone asked how often a medical blogger should post.  True-to-form there was the suggestion that you post daily. This is a timeless question.  But I’d be careful believing that there’s a firm answer. What you do with your blog and how often you do it depends upon what you seek to gain from your [...]

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When Doctors Monkey Around

January 14, 2012

When I talk about social media I usually describe my earliest entree in to Twitter as ‘monkeying around.’  An innocent flirtation with no real endpoint.  The point is that I didn’t know what it was or how I might use it, but I was curious.  Recently a skeptical physician-friend approached me after a talk and [...]

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Medical Grand Rounds – January 10th, 2012

January 10, 2012

Welcome to this edition of Medical Grand Rounds.  I scoured the web and pulled together what I think are some of the more interesting posts and news items of the past couple of weeks.  I’ve tried to explore some voices that perhaps haven’t crossed your radar.  We’ve got sociologists, medical students, IT gurus, medical futurists [...]

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Medical Grand Rounds is Coming to 33 charts

January 5, 2012

I’m your humble host for Medical Grand Rounds on January 10th, 2012.  As you heard last week from Margaret Polaneczky, Grand Rounds is evolving as a more focused, curated publication.  Rather than a 4,000 word chain-o-links, Nick Genes, Val Jones and others felt that a focused collection of recommendations would be more manageable for both [...]

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A Simpler Ladder of Social Engagement

January 3, 2012

I’ve been thinking about how we use social media.  How can we characterize what we do?  I have always used Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff’s Social Technographics ladder for thinking about the various levels of social media participation.  I want to make it simpler for use in teaching others about social media. Perhaps there could be [...]

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Time

December 30, 2011

Time is my most precious commodity. It isn’t contacts, followers, friends, subscriptions, readers, link love, mentions, or people’s attention.  It’s time.  With time I can have all of these things.  Extra money and amazing ideas are of little use without time. The world is full of experts telling me how I should use my time. [...]

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