Look at everyone who jumped on to telemedicine during COVID19. Almost across the board healthcare systems are using video technology to sustain an old business model. It’s the short game of telemedicine. I understand it because I live in it. Operations must continue. The lights need to stay on. The problem is that some healthcare leaders see telemedicine ... Continue Reading about The Short Game of Telemedicine
How Doctors Learn About Social Media
Recently a contentious public exchange over the diagnosis and management of surgical condition lead a young physician to leave Twitter. For some, watching this doctor virtually vaporize was the equivalent of losing a colleague. This is because our social networks have become important sources of support, information, inspiration and fellowship. The situation raises ... Continue Reading about How Doctors Learn About Social Media
Doximity Dialer Video – Telemedicine’s Latest Power Player
The world has gone remote. Overnight the connection between doctor and patient has gone to teleconnection. And as it happened every doctor in the free world has scrambled for a place and a space to connect with patients. As a means of bridging doctors and patients Doximity has released Dialer Video. Dialer Video works with a doctor’s iOS or Android smartphone and ... Continue Reading about Doximity Dialer Video – Telemedicine’s Latest Power Player
The Solution to Pollution is Not More Pollution
The medical infosphere has a pollution problem. Misinformation is becoming one of healthcare’s greatest public threats. We’ve seen this recently with COVID-19 and over the long run with vaccine advocacy. But yelling back is unlikely to change minds. Spend some time watching the sharpest vaccine advocates. Despite personal attacks they laser drop ... Continue Reading about The Solution to Pollution is Not More Pollution
Telemedicine and Telehype
This week Dr. Jay Parkinson had this to say about telemedicine and telehype: In the minds of consumers, they hear telehealth and they hear a cheap 10 minutes with a stranger. They don’t hear that it should be like managing a project at work over time using online and in-person communication with a known team of highly competent people. Over the past ... Continue Reading about Telemedicine and Telehype
Doctors Need a Webspace to Call Home
For years I have argued that doctors need webspace to park their ideas. A place that is relatively permanent. A place with an address where ideas can live and people can go. A place to call your own. This should be the home base of your digital map. But in 2020 few doctors maintain sites that are their own. Ideas have taken the shape of Twitter threads — long ... Continue Reading about Doctors Need a Webspace to Call Home