Wow. I spent the afternoon interviewing Dr. Eric Topol, the Original Dean of Digital Medicine. There’s no one who has better defined the the radical transformation currently underway in medicine. And if you do anything related to medicine and you haven’t read The Creative Destruction of Medicine or The Patient Will See You Now, consider yourself on the fast track ... Continue Reading about How Not to be Irrelevant in Health Care
Why Health Care Isn’t More Like Starbucks (yet)
Making health care feel like buying a latte or catching an Uber ride is our new obsession. This week Forbes asked why health care cannot be more like Starbucks. In a world buzzing with health precision, it’s a reasonable question. When I think about why my clinic can’t run like a Starbuck’s drive through, I look to Clayton Christiansen and Jason Hwang. Their ... Continue Reading about Why Health Care Isn’t More Like Starbucks (yet)
33 charts Refresh
33c was lookin' a little 2008 so I thought it was time for a refresh. Same feel but with a little more breathing room for you, the reader. I'm planning to customize 33c further to make it easier on your eyes and minds. While I try to live by Seth Godin’s imperative that we must always finish and ship, I'm afraid that this is a space that will never be done. As a ... Continue Reading about 33 charts Refresh
33 Shorts | January 16, 2014
A few interesting things from the stream this week: Ignorant teens Most of us were smug enough to believe that we understood teens and their social media after reading this Medium post-gone-viral. danah boyd’s brilliant take shows that teens know themselves no better than we do. As the father of a 16-year-old, I concur. Pharmacy medicine The short-term solution ... Continue Reading about 33 Shorts | January 16, 2014
33 Shorts | January 12, 2015
A few noteworthy things: Board stiff Doctors are sick and tired of jumping hoops. Organized medicine’s latest mandate is maintenance of certification, or MOC. Consisting of an assortment of oddly creative quality and patient-safety exercises, it seems MOC’s biggest win has been the initiation of a conversation about what makes a doctor qualified. In a bold move of ... Continue Reading about 33 Shorts | January 12, 2015
ZDoggMD Riffs on Dr Oz
If you're the type of person who slows down to peek at accidents, you might want to take a moment to watch ZDoggMD rhythmically eviscerate Mehmet Oz. The entertainment value of ZDogg’s calculated language is surpassed only by the fact that Oz looks about as uncomfortable as a prostitute in church. Hell hath no fury like a physician forced to spend the first 5 ... Continue Reading about ZDoggMD Riffs on Dr Oz