It used to be clear where we were. When we were in a patient room we carried ourselves one way. In church or temple, we behaved a different way. With old friends and family, the limitations and boundaries were different. How we should be has traditionally been defined by where we were and who we were with. Public networks change a physician's context Public ... Continue Reading about Context Collapse and the Public Physician
Doctors and the Endemic Culture of Permission
Recently Richard Smith, editor of the BMJ, called out the NEJM for failing to publish critical letters. His post in the BMJ blog network calls out NEJM as elitist. If electronic space is unlimited, he asks, why limit letters? Good point. Buy why assume that conversation is controlled by the NEJM? This is a great illustration of what I have come to call ... Continue Reading about Doctors and the Endemic Culture of Permission
The Case for New Physician Literacies in the Digital Age
This is the rough narrative of a presentation on new physician literacies delivered at Stanford's Medicine X on September 30, 2012 I’m convinced I was born at just the right time in history. I was trained as an analog physician but I’m a witness to medicine’s digital transformation. It’s really a remarkable time to be in medicine. And one of the key forces ... Continue Reading about The Case for New Physician Literacies in the Digital Age
Will the Future Need Doctors?
The following is an Ignite talk on the future of the physician delivered at Tim O'Reilly's 2012 Health Foo - Microsoft Research Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts. As I see technology advancing around me, I think about the future of the physician. Where are we going to fit in? Will we become obsolete? Are we headed for a medical singularity? The good news for ... Continue Reading about Will the Future Need Doctors?