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Have We Hit Peak Podcast?

July 18, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minute

This is from the New York Times this morning. Have We Hit Peak Podcast? It’s no wonder that the phrase “everyone has a podcast” has become a Twitter punch line. Like the blogs of yore, podcasts — with their combination of sleek high tech and cozy, retro low — are today’s de rigueur medium, seemingly adopted by every entrepreneur, freelancer, self-proclaimed ... Continue Reading about Have We Hit Peak Podcast?

Tagged With: Podcasting

Future Medicine, Technology

Omega Speedmaster and the Human Experience

July 18, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

This is a pull quote from an Atlantic article discussing Buzz Aldrin’s Omega Speedmaster watch that he wore on the moon. This very watch worn by Aldrin is available today in its original form. This quote stuck with me. ... In other words, the Speedmaster and watches like it provide a sense of permanence in an age with little of it. The Speedmaster available ... Continue Reading about Omega Speedmaster and the Human Experience

Tagged With: Future

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What Do Your Ideas Look Like?

July 16, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minute

We need to pay attention to what our ideas look like.  Recently I was working on a project with a colleague. We were shaping an idea and he put together a concept sheet — a summary of our idea for leadership buy-in. His summary was one long-winded paragraph in a tiny font compressed on to the top third of the page. The only thing more exhausting than glancing ... Continue Reading about What Do Your Ideas Look Like?

Tagged With: Design Thinking

Hospitals, Physicians

Measure What You Care About

July 13, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minute

“We don’t know how to measure what we care about so we care about what we measure.” This quote comes from Chris Dancy in his provocative book, Don’t Unplug. While it references technology, the quote captures the problem with modern medicine’s obsession with numbers. Measuring to manage is okay as long as we’re measuring the right stuff. Usually we’re not ... Continue Reading about Measure What You Care About

Physicians, Technology

Phone Hygiene – Technology as a Reflection of Ourselves

July 8, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

During a recent solo dinner at a local restaurant a gentleman sat down next to me at the bar and put his phone between us. To my disgust, he had miserable phone hygiene. His screen was caked with a think layer of biomatter. I could only imagine - which was the problem. Knowing that a phone is ten times dirtier than a toilet seat, I moved. Sounds extreme, ... Continue Reading about Phone Hygiene – Technology as a Reflection of Ourselves

Tagged With: Smartphones

Digital culture, Social/Public Media

Twitter’s Narrative Correction

July 6, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

On July 3rd I shared an image from an Independence Day celebration that’s a tradition in my home town. A colleague replied that celebration is difficult when children are in cages. On the morning of the 4th I opened Twitter to a short clip of a woman sobbing with the suggestion that the American flag is ‘bathed in our blood.’ Laurence Scott tells the story of a ... Continue Reading about Twitter’s Narrative Correction

Tagged With: Twitter

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Bryan Vartabedian is a pediatrician at Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital and one of health care’s influential voices on technology & medicine.
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