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Friction in Healthcare – Why More Could be Better

April 24, 2021 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 5 minutes

In Silicon Valley there is a concept referred to as friction. It’s the idea that you’ve got to remove every bit of inconvenience or work that gets in the way of a digital interaction. It’s about making things as easy as possible to get done. Reducing friction leads to higher conversion which means it gets you to do what the app wants you to do. I've been thinking ... Continue Reading about Friction in Healthcare – Why More Could be Better

Tagged With: Clinic Operations, Clinical Industrialization, Patient experience, Slow Medicine

Process/Flow

Marshall McLuhan’s Safe-Cracker Approach to Writing

June 16, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

I love Marshall McLuhan’s description of his work in media. It explains his style and reason for writing which was strictly to understand. McLuhan referenced his written observations as probes. He popularized pre-publication before there was such as thing. I can relate to this safe-cracker approach since this is how I have often seen this site and its ... Continue Reading about Marshall McLuhan’s Safe-Cracker Approach to Writing

Tagged With: Big Thinking, Creativity

Physicians, Process/Flow

Keep Going by Austin Kleon – A Manifesto for Life and Balance

April 9, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Who knew that a book about art could motivate a physician. I’m not sure that’s what Austin Kleon had in mind when he wrote, Keep Going - 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad, a brief, brilliantly produced book for people who create stuff. It's a motivating manifesto that puts a lens on a creative way of living. It makes sense that it would motivate those of ... Continue Reading about Keep Going by Austin Kleon – A Manifesto for Life and Balance

Tagged With: Creativity, Writing

Process/Flow

Act Like You’ve Been There Before

March 23, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

I have a friend who dogs me about declaring my ignorance in certain situations. During a team meeting about a research project there was mention of a software package that I should have known about but had not used before. I brought it up. We went down a brief rabbit hole discussing why it worked in this situation - It opened up a fresh discussion about what we were ... Continue Reading about Act Like You’ve Been There Before

Information, Process/Flow, Social/Public Media

Slack – 4 Ways It Will Save Health Care

February 5, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

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

Tagged With: Communication, EHR

Process/Flow

Bullet Journal – The Analog Process That Went Digital

December 31, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

You may have heard of the Bullet Journal, the latest trend for the productivity-obsessed. Billed as ‘the analog method for the digital age,’ it’s ironic that Bullet Journal recently released an app. An app for your phone, the very thing sworn off by Bullet Journal. Maybe they realized that the best tool for capturing an idea is the one in your pocket (smart ... Continue Reading about Bullet Journal – The Analog Process That Went Digital

Tagged With: Productivity

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