Everyone wants to put a number on social media use by physicians. Here’s the problem with graphs that cut the physician day up into neat little pieces of colorful pie. Our online and offline spaces are slowly becoming one. When I leave my Twitter client open on my desktop during an afternoon of clinic and I peek in occasionally, am I using it for 4 hours? What ... Continue Reading about My Immeasurable Digital Life
Public Network Skills Every Physician Should Have
To survive and thrive in a networked environment physicians will need some basic skills. Most of us have been trained to work and think as individuals. But the networked age will force changes in how we think and share information. Here are a few public network skills that may be important going forward: The ability to confidently shape and compose an idea or ... Continue Reading about Public Network Skills Every Physician Should Have
What are You Doing to Flip the Clinic?
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation wants you to flip the clinic. What does this mean? Flipping has emerged as a cultural meme associated with disruption. 'Let's do things differently.' I got to thinking how I might flip the clinic? Here are a few ideas that came to mind: Create an introduction video. I don't have one. This is embarrassing. What do I ... Continue Reading about What are You Doing to Flip the Clinic?
The Branded Doctor
Every doctor has a brand. But when I mention this, people throw things at me. Because everybody knows a brand is for potato chips and toilet paper. This has nothing do with promotion or commercials. Your brand is what people think about you. It's what comes to mind when your name is mentioned. It's a tattoo on the brain that's been created by your clinical ... Continue Reading about The Branded Doctor
Human Bandwidth Will Never Scale to Match Clinical Supply
In his book, Too Big to Know, David Weinberger suggests that information is becoming the problem rather than the solution. There used to be a nurse practitioner in another specialty in my hospital who copied those involved in a child's care with every encounter. Anything - phone calls, routine visits, etc. The rationale was that "it's better to be too informed ... Continue Reading about Human Bandwidth Will Never Scale to Match Clinical Supply
Polishing Glass
We’re all convinced that Google Glass will change medicine. But no one’s really sure how. The idea of a doctor talking to her glasses just seems inevitable. This closing paragraph from a FastCo.Exist article on surgeons and Glass showcases our dogged determinism in forcing technology into every corner of medicine. "For advocates of the technology, the big ... Continue Reading about Polishing Glass