Chrissy Farr at CNBC has reported that Slack may be posturing for a health care move. Recent changes in the site’s HIPAA compliance suggest that it may be readying to allow providers to share patient information in a clinical environment. I’m thrilled. Why? Physicians have no means of communication. Sounds dramatic? Not really. Or, I should qualify that they have ... Continue Reading about Slack – 4 Ways It Will Save Health Care
Sturgeon’s Law | 90% of What We Make is Rubbish
Sturgeon’s law suggests that 90% of what we make is rubbish. That goes for everyone. Your journal publications, editorials and podcasts. Your ideas and theories. Odds are, they’re not that good. When you own this reality you free up your head and your expectations. I live with this reality. I squeeze out ideas before they’re finished. Most float into the ... Continue Reading about Sturgeon’s Law | 90% of What We Make is Rubbish
Don’t Look at the Internet
Don’t look at the internet. No matter how few doctors tell their patients this, we talk like it’s everyone. We love the story. It fulfills the narrative of the stereotypical controlling doctor. But don’t look at the internet is a hangover from the early days of the Information Age. It marked the transition from physician as sole arbiter of information to patient ... Continue Reading about Don’t Look at the Internet
The EHR Thank You Crisis
This is awkward but I think we need to stop saying thank you. At least in the EHR. Take the health professional who responds to 25 staff messages per day. With all dutifully addressed in the early afternoon, by the end of the day they’ll often find their inbox full again. And each one with nothing more than a ‘thank you.’ A kind of warm and fuzzy last word in an ... Continue Reading about The EHR Thank You Crisis
Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff – How to Clean Clinical Workflows
If you want to see how the machine of medicine can be changed, read Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff in the New England Journal of Medicine. Under the leadership of Dr. Melinda Ashton at Hawaii Pacific Health, getting rid of stupid stuff was initiated to improve the inefficiencies of health professionals at the ground level. This program sought nominations for EHR ... Continue Reading about Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff – How to Clean Clinical Workflows
The Frightening Reality of a Child’s Digital Footprint
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt had this chilling prediction about a child’s digital footprint in The New Digital Age in 2013 (required reading for everyone): Near-permanent data storage will have a big impact on how citizens operate in virtual space. There will be a record of all activity and associations online, and everything added to the Internet will become part ... Continue Reading about The Frightening Reality of a Child’s Digital Footprint