This morning Austin’s WGC released the MDigital Life Social Oncology Project. This report represents the deepest look at cancer conversations done to date. If you live or work in proximity of cancer, communication or health, you need to stop what you’re doing and read. The deep dive into #ASCO12 alone is worth the look. Using cancer as the test case, the MDigital ... Continue Reading about MDigital Life Social Oncology Project
Powerful American Voices – Aligned for Health
This week Kaiser Permanente is initiating a new conversation about health. American Voices - Aligned for Health is a panel discussion and event centered on the social discussions happening around health. It seems that physicians, policymakers, and the media talk about health, but the nature of their conversations are entirely different. Kaiser Permanente is ... Continue Reading about Powerful American Voices – Aligned for Health
Vizify: Infographic meets Biography
Check out Vizify, an application that pulls data from your social networks and generates an always up-to-date interactive personal profile. It's infographic meets biography. You can find mine here and I think you'll probably agree that it beats a dry 500 word bio narrative. And the career timeline trumps LinkedIn's resume style work history. I found the Twitter ... Continue Reading about Vizify: Infographic meets Biography
Join me on April 26th at Rice University for Millennial Medicine
This is the most amazing time to be in medicine. Everything we understand about medicine and the care of patients is changing faster than we can keep up. And how we prepare the next generation of providers to meet these challenges is something deserving of real conversation. Join us for Millennial Medicine: Knowledge Design for an Age of Digital Disruption on ... Continue Reading about Join me on April 26th at Rice University for Millennial Medicine
Medical Apocalypse
We've become preoccupied with health care to the point that we've lost sight of who delivers it. To understand the depth of the crisis look no further than the words of Dr. Jordan Grumet. This week he announced his pending departure from clinical care. To think that we have evolved a system so dysfunctional that it can't support a dedicated doctor of this caliber ... Continue Reading about Medical Apocalypse
Takeaways from One Doctor’s Facebook Faux Pas
One St. Louis obstetrician drew attention for select Facebook comments posted last week. Dr. Amy Dunbar posed the veiled threat to show up late for the induction of a patient who had been consistently late for her prenatal visits and ultrasounds. It’s interesting that the public discussion and the response of her hospital, Mercy Hospital St. Louis, has been ... Continue Reading about Takeaways from One Doctor’s Facebook Faux Pas